http://www.haitiaction.net/

Just sayin’.

Roberson is exceedingly weird, full of insane apoicalyptic fantasies, (and, as some-one who has a soft spot for apocalyptic fantsasies when it comes to global warming, I reckon I know what I’m talking about.)

I oppose both the death penalty and cruel/unusual punishment, even for heinous criminals, but statements such as Robertson’s above do press my buttons enough to wonder whether I wouldn’t enjoy the opportunity to beat him into a catatonic state with a large rubber hose.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/jan/14/haiti-history-earthquake-disaster

Haiti disaster blamed on pact with devil

American televangelist Pat Robertson has blamed the devastating earthquake in Haiti on a pact between the impoverished nation’s founders and the devil.

Also calls earthquake a blessing in disguise

From the man who popularised AIDS as god’s plague …

A group of Melbourne’s Lubavitchers has been ex-communicated for drinking and eating throughout the Fast of Tevet believing that since the Meshiach is already here, the Fast is no longer necessary…and for publishing a video of their festivities.

Anthony, we do a bit of urban bushland work too, so it gives some flexibility. We also work way down south [often coastal] a LOT, which unless the wind is a strong northerly gives us significantly lower temps than Adelaide metro. We have a few contracts that are reasonably close to home base, so we’ll prioritise them on hot days, start early and work short days if we need to.

WE don’t work at all on fire-ban/extreme fire risk days, but I don’t as yet have a simple temperature policy…..often it’s very site specific depending on the geography, access, shade v open veg, proximity of cleared land, ability to access the vehicle – but that stuff is all part of the risk/hazard assessments we do. At the moment I have only have one site that is really worrying me, I just hope we get enough low fire risk days to do it, or we are not going near the place.

The upside is that a couple of extra degree in winter gives much greater flexibility to do more work then. The other upside, is that increased temps and dryness will disadvantage certain weeds. There is a new guide to blackberry that has just been released and the mapping projections factoring in temp rises are quite interesting.

Anyway, I was supposed to be drafting our new OHS policy on the weekend, which is why it was on my mind…I didn’t get very far with it..it’s too hot to think at the moment! I have a new mapping toy arriving soon, so worst case scenario is we just spend the summer working out how to use the thing!

Further south than Staley – corner of Merri St, just south of Glenlyon.

I’m sure he’d come in handy though.