9.5 million litres of toxic waste spills in Northern Alberta

Sal

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Me?... Personally, I love the snow
I like snow...but I can't say I love snow, especially if it is on the road..
SLM lives close to me, just an hours drive BUT she is in the snow belt area, I am on the edge and it makes a huge difference in the accumulation, you can get half way there and a sunny day can become a stormy day in less then five minutes or you can literally drive into a wall of "happening" snow on the highway....it literally will look like a line
 

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gorgeous...near Sudbury...not so far then....

It is, very nice. You know that nice weather we're currently having here, where the mornings are a bit cool and crisp but the sun warms things up later in the day? That puts me in mind of summers as a child. When I step outside in the morning to go to work, I get that 'familiar' feeling. Kind like the way apple pie or chocolate chip cookies bring back a sense memory of visits to grandma's house.

Sure is lots of water around Espanola and is very scenic.

It is. Mind you, I also recall the distinct aroma of the paper mill when the winds were blowing in the 'wrong' direction, lol. But no place is perfect.

You still have family/connections out there?
Funny but I actually think one of my second cousins is the mayor. Lol. I'll have to check with my mom later if he still is.

I like snow...but I can't say I love snow, especially if it is on the road..
SLM lives close to me, just an hours drive BUT she is in the snow belt area, I am on the edge and it makes a huge difference in the accumulation, you can get half way there and a sunny day can become a stormy day in less then five minutes or you can literally drive into a wall of "happening" snow on the highway....it literally will look like a line

I don't find it that bad. Mind you, I spent about 20 winters in Ottawa and the dry freeze one day followed by damp snow the next would really wreak havoc with my sinuses, so I'll put up with the snow for the milder conditions we get here.
 

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I like snow...but I can't say I love snow, especially if it is on the road..
SLM lives close to me, just an hours drive BUT she is in the snow belt area, I am on the edge and it makes a huge difference in the accumulation, you can get half way there and a sunny day can become a stormy day in less then five minutes or you can literally drive into a wall of "happening" snow on the highway....it literally will look like a line

We all have our preferences, and while I don't relish driving on snow packed roads, I do like the fact that it covers-up all the 'blah', dull brown scenery.

Besides, can't go skiing without a strong snow pack
 

Sal

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We all have our preferences, and while I don't relish driving on snow packed roads, I do like the fact that it covers-up all the 'blah', dull brown scenery.

Besides, can't go skiing without a strong snow pack
the only skis near me would be the ones under my azz on the dog sled
 

Sal

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One of the big attractions of skiing relates to drinking beer on the hill.

Far less danger of falling off of a bar stool than there is of breaking a leg on the slopes
chalet, roaring fire, servers, room up stairs with hot tub, waffles in the morning...aaaaaaaah, life in the snow
 

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L Gilbert

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Just cruised around Zama and Great Slave Lake in Google Earth and looked at a few photos. Looks pretty freakin grim to me. And all that synthesized by some dude that wants a new truck? That's some hoax.
Oil just ain't good for life on the planet. Get over it.
 

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Like it or not, ole Mother Gaia has produced the stuff in very large quantities... It's only a function of time (geologically speaking) before it gets exposed
If the stuff was undisturbed the planet could handle it and has done so for millions of years. We dig it up and spread kazillions of liters of it around in the space of a hundred years or so and the planet hasn't the capability to cope with it. Doesn't take a genius to figure out we are screwing up the planet faster than the planet can recover. And that is just plain stupidity because eventually it will backfire bigtime and I think it isn't that far away. And that's also a function of time.
 

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If the stuff was undisturbed the planet could handle it and has done so for millions of years. We dig it up and spread kazillions of liters of it around in the space of a hundred years or so and the planet hasn't the capability to cope with it. Doesn't take a genius to figure out we are screwing up the planet faster than the planet can recover. And that is just plain stupidity because eventually it will backfire bigtime and I think it isn't that far away. And that's also a function of time.

Not trying to hen-peck here Les, but that oil will be handled by the local system and consumed by the bacteria that exists naturally in the soil.

Doesn't change the fact that Apache f*cked up and should be held to account, but it's not like a big oil slick will be there for eternity either