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moonspots Happy Curmudgeon
Joined: 03 Feb 2007 Posts: 2456 | TRs | Pics Location: North Dakota |
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moonspots
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Tue Feb 25, 2020 10:31 am
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Washakie wrote: | I think the brother from Better Call Saul is wathcing this thread. |
Yeah, good ol' Chuck!
Great series by the way.
Anyway, is this virus transmission via airborne, contact, all the above? Stand back and wash your hands (as mom used to say).
"Out, OUT you demons of Stupidity"! - St Dogbert, patron Saint of Technology
"Out, OUT you demons of Stupidity"! - St Dogbert, patron Saint of Technology
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Cyclopath Faster than light
Joined: 20 Mar 2012 Posts: 7744 | TRs | Pics Location: Seattle |
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Cyclopath
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Tue Feb 25, 2020 11:32 am
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Jake Robinson Member
Joined: 02 Aug 2016 Posts: 521 | TRs | Pics
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Sculpin Member
Joined: 23 Apr 2015 Posts: 1383 | TRs | Pics
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Tue Feb 25, 2020 1:27 pm
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iron wrote: | i'm sure this will spread worldwide, full scale. only solution will be a vaccine or whether you're not in a compromised health group. |
I disagree. It does not look as serious as bird flu or SARS at this point. The big worry IMO is horizontal gene flow that transforms this novel bug into something far more deadly.
Between every two pines is a doorway to the new world. - John Muir
Between every two pines is a doorway to the new world. - John Muir
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Randito Snarky Member
Joined: 27 Jul 2008 Posts: 9513 | TRs | Pics Location: Bellevue at the moment. |
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Randito
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Tue Feb 25, 2020 3:59 pm
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The pisser so far is MSFT was trading at 184 last week and closed at 168 today on fears of the virus's effect on the global economy.
I expect the share price will recover, but I wish I sold a few at 180+
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neek Member
Joined: 12 Sep 2011 Posts: 2338 | TRs | Pics Location: Seattle, WA |
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neek
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Tue Feb 25, 2020 4:26 pm
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And everyone else. Wake me up in 20 years or so.
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grannyhiker Member
Joined: 29 Jul 2006 Posts: 3519 | TRs | Pics Location: Gateway to the Columbia Gorge |
Last I looked (noon PT), Clorox stock is going up.
May your trails be crooked, winding, lonesome, dangerous, leading to the most amazing view.--E.Abbey
May your trails be crooked, winding, lonesome, dangerous, leading to the most amazing view.--E.Abbey
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zephyr aka friendly hiker
Joined: 21 Jun 2009 Posts: 3370 | TRs | Pics Location: West Seattle |
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zephyr
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Tue Feb 25, 2020 7:17 pm
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He laid on top of a huge pile of treasure.
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Ski ><((((°>
Joined: 28 May 2005 Posts: 12832 | TRs | Pics Location: tacoma |
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Ski
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Tue Feb 25, 2020 8:24 pm
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Grannyhiker wrote: | Last I looked (noon PT), Clorox stock is going up. |
Checked your local hardware store lately for disposable dust masks?
"I shall wear white flannel trousers, and walk upon the beach.
I have heard the mermaids singing, each to each."
"I shall wear white flannel trousers, and walk upon the beach.
I have heard the mermaids singing, each to each."
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Cyclopath Faster than light
Joined: 20 Mar 2012 Posts: 7744 | TRs | Pics Location: Seattle |
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Thu Feb 27, 2020 11:14 pm
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zephyr aka friendly hiker
Joined: 21 Jun 2009 Posts: 3370 | TRs | Pics Location: West Seattle |
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Thu Feb 27, 2020 11:33 pm
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How about starting a new thread on this topic?
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Chief Joseph Member
Joined: 10 Nov 2007 Posts: 7709 | TRs | Pics Location: Verlot-Priest Lake |
zephyr wrote: | How about starting a new thread on this topic? |
How about not? I hear enough about it on the news.
Go placidly amid the noise and waste, and remember what comfort there may be in owning a piece thereof.
Go placidly amid the noise and waste, and remember what comfort there may be in owning a piece thereof.
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zephyr aka friendly hiker
Joined: 21 Jun 2009 Posts: 3370 | TRs | Pics Location: West Seattle |
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zephyr
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Fri Feb 28, 2020 8:35 am
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Humans adores trees. But humans also migrate and trade, habits that led to the accidental introduction of insects and diseases that harm trees and alter the landscape. Examples are easy to find and may be outside your front door: American elms that once dotted streets across America succumbed to Dutch elm disease. Now all colors of ash species – black, green, white, pumpkin, and blue – are threatened by emerald ash borer. The already uncommon butternut tree, also known as white walnut, faces the possibility of extinction from a mysterious attacker.
Many invasive insects and fungi come from regions where native trees have evolved to resist their attacks. When these species enter the United States, they find trees that lack this resistance. There’s no immediate end to this dismal pipeline, but there is hope on the horizon.
After a pest has moved through a forest, inquisitive scientists scour the woods looking for survivors. There is a chance that no trees will survive, but those that do may be worth studying. Scientists at the USDA Forest Service’s Northern Research Station work with the agency’s Reforestation, Nurseries, and Genetics Research program, also known as RNGR. They have identified lingering green ash trees that are demonstrating resistance. So far, 16 selectively bred varieties of American elm are on the market, and scientists at the Northern Research Station are breeding trees to improve resistance even further. Resistance in butternut remains elusive, but scientists in the United States and Canada, including those at the Hardwood Tree Improvement Regeneration Center, are embarking on a new plan to help save the species. Today, the search for ash and elm trees with resistance to emerald ash borer and Dutch elm disease continues.
Finding survivors is the first step toward improving resistance. Scientists acquire a branch or bud from surviving trees, then transport and study these survivors to their lab for assessments and controlled studies. Surviving trees can be cross-pollinated to increase resistance in the offspring. Eventually, as resistant material becomes available, you can check the national nursery and seed directory at the RNGR website.
Citizen scientists can contribute to this important work. If you find a surviving elm or ash tree in the woods, upload the information to Treesnap, a free app that you can download to your phone. Hard-working scientists and trained citizen-scouts are needed to conserve seed, graft survivors, and breed for resistance. These efforts may be our best bet to prevent the wholesale loss of our most beloved, and valued, forest trees.
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zephyr aka friendly hiker
Joined: 21 Jun 2009 Posts: 3370 | TRs | Pics Location: West Seattle |
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zephyr
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Fri Feb 28, 2020 8:42 am
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The USDA Forest Service has developed a new risk-assessment tool that helps scientists and decision makers manage natural resources and develop strategies that strengthen ecosystems.
The FireCLIME Vulnerability Assessment Tool, developed by Forest Service scientist and partners, measures how climate change and changes in wildfire patterns, impact the vulnerability of lands and other natural areas. The tool also helps land managers measure and compare the potential effectiveness of strategies for sustaining these areas.
Developing effective risk management strategies to strengthen our ecosystems, specifically with wildfire and climate change, is a significant challenge in the field of natural resource management.
“FireCLIME is a quick, flexible tool that helps land managers and industry partners compare how well treatments such as mechanical thinning or prescribed fire are able to prepare landscapes to adapt to future changes in climate or fire behavior,” said Megan Friggens, a research ecologist with the Forest Service’s Rocky Mountain Research Station.”
Changes in climate affect forests directly. For example, drought and heat stress are linked to tree mortality. Changes in climate also affect forests indirectly. Wildfire frequency, fire season length, and total area burned are all projected to increase in the coming decades in the western United States in response to warmer, drier conditions. However, it’s hard to predict how climate-driven wildfire patterns will influence a particular landscape and the organisms that depend upon it because climate, vegetation and wildfire interactions are complex and do not operate independently.
“FireCLIME can be used to identify at-risk resources and guide management actions,” Friggens said. “The tool works by comparing changes in desired future conditions under different climate-fire and management strategy scenarios.”
Despite these complexities, land managers are required to develop long-term plans and make site-specific decisions for managing natural resources and wildland fire based on the best available information and large-scale objectives. Once the desired future conditions are defined, users compile information about past fire history, current landscape condition, and future expected climate and wildfire within a Microsoft Excel-based program to produce impact scores representing potential negative outcomes.
The program can compare the effectiveness of up to three different management strategies for reducing negative impacts. As climate projections improve and climate-fire-ecosystem interactions are better understood, this tool can be updated to reflect the best available science. Forest Service researchers will continue to study risk-based wildland fire management to help managers make informed decisions for improving forest conditions.
Participants listening to a presentation on fire simulation models.
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Schenk Off Leash Man
Joined: 16 Apr 2012 Posts: 2372 | TRs | Pics Location: Traveling, with the bear, to the other side of the Mountain |
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Schenk
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Fri Feb 28, 2020 9:31 am
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The Dragon was fearsome and vengeful. It breathed fire and incinerated all who came to steal the Treasure, all except for one...
Nature exists with a stark indifference to humans' situation.
Nature exists with a stark indifference to humans' situation.
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