Just a few of many photos from Bull Island, SC. It is an uninhabited barrier island in the Cape Romain National Wildlife Refuge.
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Nice.
Maybe Itâs just me, but I wonder if or how others saw your comedyâŚI didnât
These pictures are not spectacular or anything, but this is 5 minutes from the house and you can be in the water in an half hour. Use to be a regular, daily rec paddle, have to get back to it. One of the features of it is you can put on a spray skirt and go in and out of the fountains, the mist throws up broad rainbows.
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A Buccaneer, a surviving old North Shore!
Yes, it is. I picked it up used for a good price in 2010, and it fits me well. It is a good all-around sea kayak. It is 17â 4" long, 21.5" wide, and weights 51 pounds on my scales. I surf it, camp from it, paddle ocean, bay, lake, river, and swamp in it. I have paddled a variety of excellent sea kayaks but am satisfied with this boat. I also own a Shearwater Merganser 17 I built which I often paddle too. So even though there are many sea kayaks I would be happy to own I just havenât felt the need. Now when it comes to canoes, I have been through many, and sailboats I have 3. Been doing more sailing lately and have a 12-foot Scamp I made a tent for and have it camping ready. When I get a window of decent weather, Iâll be out camping overnight in it.
Shearwater Merganser
Buccaneer
Scamp
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I had a North Shore Calypso at one point - kind of wish I still had it. I also wish I was 74 instead of 84, but so it goes.
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Gooseberry Falls, North shore of Lake Superior
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Have to say, for what I enjoy, Iâm partial to the lines of the Buccaneer and what it seems to capable of. 
-sing
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Dang! Gloval warming at its finest.
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Oh yeah, without Global Warming it would have been much worse.
âDang! Gloval warming at its finest.â
You are right! This is caused by an instability in the polar vortex due to increase energy in the atmosphere making for more extreme weather. 2024 is the warmest year on record. The western US is warmer than normal and then there are the fires in California in January. Donât forget this yearâs hurricane season either. The climate is changing, and we do know what is driving it.
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Global Warming is a misnomer. It is correctly called Climate Change. You see, when the average temperature goes up, what really happens is that it goes way up in places and way down in places. Overall it is up, but whatâs worse, is that weather events are becoming more severe since they are powered by a warmer, overall, globe.
We are undeniably in a Climate Change scenario now.
If you deny it, wow, really, take some science classes. Stop listening to politicians and listen to scientists. And I donât mean YouTube Scientists, I mean real ones.
@castoff is correct, 2024 was the warmest year EVER on record. Anybody want to guess what the second warmest was? Thatâs right, 2023.
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Indeed, the climate is changing. The Climate has fluctuated throughout the entire history of the world since its conception. That is why we should concentrate our resources and economies on mitigating the affects of this climate change so it does not impact the human population of the world to a great extent. Instead of wasting or resources and wrecking our economies trying to have an 1/2 degree reduction in the earthâs climate so a few well positioned people can get rich at the expense of the entire worldâs population.
I was sure you would respond. There are not just human economic repercussions, but the repercussions are much more imminent and impactful on the balance of nature. This balance is responsible for life on the planet as we know it.
This post might be of interest to you. We do know what is driving this round of climate change and its repercussions on natural systems.
I posted the science. I donât intend to do it again on this thread about photos.
You are right, this has already gone on too long on this manâs thread.
The only reason a particular thread is not appropriate is because itâs hard to find the discussion or refer to the info, especially as time passes. If you look up climate topics or want to refer anyone to data, you wonât find it unless you remember the content on this thread.
It isnât a cardinal sin, or a breach of etiquette, like squeaking out a note of flatulence in church. It only means your input is lost in the weeds. As far as being burdened by coming across a global warning topic on a pretty picture thread, dont read it. I stopped reading the Co2 in the ocean long before it dried up and died.
Did I post the tree ring study . . .
Sorry, wrong thread. Peace out!