Month January 2005

Hawaii and cane fields

Sugar cane and tourism are the main industries in Maui, where Sue and I are honeymooning. Vast tracts of the island are cane fields. The cane mill spews pollution into the air on a daily basis. The owners of the…

Another Bolivian revolt against water privatization

The public revolt against water privatization taking place this week in the city of El Alto took a dramatic turn today – the announcement by the Bolivian government that it is canceling the private water contract, and the rejection of…

Quake stats

According to Hubble This, a EMS listserv, NASA says the quake that caused the tsunami “moved the north pole 1 inch, shortened earth day by 3 miscoseconds, and made the earth rounder.’

25 ton boulder in road

That huge boulder that rolled into Topanga Canyon Blvd..in L.A. blocked a major secondary route over the canyons between the San Fernando valley and Santa Monica. The resulting traffic jams must be monumental. The mudslides and deaths so far are…