tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post4570921970990680001..comments2024-03-03T17:01:57.876-05:00Comments on Montreal Simon: The Big Ice Hole and the Con Climate Change DeniersSimonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15309809679331128837noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-17346859133790358782014-03-11T17:43:04.040-04:002014-03-11T17:43:04.040-04:00Pull your head out of your ice hole. Animals die e...Pull your head out of your ice hole. Animals die every day of every year since the beginning of time. They are not smart enough to knit sweaters. They get caught in adverse weather conditions and they DIE! Is it sad? yes. Is it man's fault? no.<br />global warming / climate change is a fabrication devised to transfer money...period.<br />And you all bought it, hook, line and sinker. Pathetic.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-84726092384196318642014-03-04T16:12:17.222-05:002014-03-04T16:12:17.222-05:00I agree, Simon. Don't be sorry you made anyone...I agree, Simon. Don't be sorry you made anyone sad. We NEED people to understand how sad and horrifying all this is, to motivate people to get active on this issue. Keep up the great work on your blog. I'm REALLY enjoying it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-66358008649831062072014-03-03T21:30:10.052-05:002014-03-03T21:30:10.052-05:00hi anon...I'm sorry about that, but let's ...hi anon...I'm sorry about that, but let's turn our tears into anger, and use it to motivate us to change the world. I went by the ice hole this evening and it was completely frozen over, and all the birds had gone. I only hope they found some other place. To make matters worse, I have a pet swan somewhere out there, so you can imagine how I feel. The end of this hideous polar vortex can't come soon enough...Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15309809679331128837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-10753795639342730152014-03-03T21:24:53.190-05:002014-03-03T21:24:53.190-05:00hi anon...I'm sorry I made you sad, but if you...hi anon...I'm sorry I made you sad, but if you love animals how else can we feel? The climate change debate always focuses on US and forgets all the other living things that make this world so marvellous. I love those swans. I help protect their nests on the island in the late Spring, and I was so upset that after helping to plant milkweed for the Monarch butterflies, almost none of them visited last summer. The latest victims of climate change and human greed. You're stories are too true and tragic. We are witnessing the end of the world as we know it. But what I take from that is that we must form a mighty movement and take our country and our planet back...Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15309809679331128837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-6566843647150841042014-03-03T07:08:06.530-05:002014-03-03T07:08:06.530-05:00Brings me close to tears too.Brings me close to tears too.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-18262841372641157162014-03-03T03:41:09.297-05:002014-03-03T03:41:09.297-05:00Your blog post brought me to tears, because I full...Your blog post brought me to tears, because I fully understand the helplessness and anger you're feeling when you look at those birds, whose suffering has been brought about by our own foolishness, selfishness, and disconnection from the natural world. Two summers ago, we experienced one of the worst droughts on record in Grey County, Ontario, where my farm is. The drought followed an unprecedented March heatwave and subsequent freeze. Altogether, these unnatural weather phenomena resulted in there being almost no spring blossoms or summer fruit and berries on the wild trees and shrubs, and a vastly reduced wild flora. The birds had so few provisions right when they needed the most food, during mating and nesting seasons. The bees and butterflies had so little nectar. I watched wild trees and shrubs dying on my property by late summer. That drought continues to diminish the long-term health of even mature trees throughout Southwestern Ontario. A couple of years ago, the Ontario environmental commissioner, Gord Miller, warned that climate change could wipe out Ontario's iconic sugar maple forests by sometime this century. Experiencing that year of drought, I started to understand how quickly this could happen. Almost right before our eyes.<br /><br />The whole time this was happening, the news reports talked about how glorious and sunny the weather was. We went about six weeks, right through the hottest part of the summer, without any rain. People were thrilled! The only thing negative I saw on the news was a report about diminished corn crops. I was so angry. Corn crops! We're worried about that, and enjoying our beach days, while the birds and every other wild creature were suffering and dying. I felt as though we was being given a glimpse of the beginning of the end of nature as we've known it, and no one cared.<br /><br />(http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/ontario-could-lose-its-maple-trees-watchdog-warns-1.1148162)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com