http://taisteal.atomiclemur.com/2006/09/yum-and-yuck/ you probably have a better idea Tue, 30 Jun 2009 13:34:31 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 hourly 1 http://taisteal.atomiclemur.com/2006/09/yum-and-yuck/comment-page-1/#comment-12 Green, but Certainly Not Blue at Atomic Lemur Sun, 15 Oct 2006 00:02:52 +0000 http://taisteal.astrodogpress.org/2006/09/yum-and-yuck/#comment-12 [...] I’ve been amazed at how beautiful it is here in Seattle, the colors in the sky, the greenery, the mountains, the water.  Well, it turns out the water isn’t so great.  You might have guessed that when I posted the sign that warns of sewage in the water during rain that maybe the water isn’t so great.  Well, that would be a pretty good guess. It turns out they are having a lot of trouble with water pollution in this supposedly eco-friendly area.  Yes, trees are nice, but trees are one part of the environment and I think it is easy to forget the water so long as the surface looks ok-ish.  Recently I’ve been reading reports that talk about things like sewage ruining clam beds, weird white mat covered dead zones, fish killing oxygenless water, and oil spills.  In short, I think that this area is nearing a crisis point where folks won’t be able to ignore what they can’t see. [...] [...] I’ve been amazed at how beautiful it is here in Seattle, the colors in the sky, the greenery, the mountains, the water.  Well, it turns out the water isn’t so great.  You might have guessed that when I posted the sign that warns of sewage in the water during rain that maybe the water isn’t so great.  Well, that would be a pretty good guess. It turns out they are having a lot of trouble with water pollution in this supposedly eco-friendly area.  Yes, trees are nice, but trees are one part of the environment and I think it is easy to forget the water so long as the surface looks ok-ish.  Recently I’ve been reading reports that talk about things like sewage ruining clam beds, weird white mat covered dead zones, fish killing oxygenless water, and oil spills.  In short, I think that this area is nearing a crisis point where folks won’t be able to ignore what they can’t see. [...]

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