Item 6, should have been moved to position 1. John M. Ross Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca ----- Original Message ----- From: "Alan Barnard" <tune4u@earthlink.net> To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: Thursday, September 15, 2005 5:42 PM Subject: RE: O.T. RE: Business in Coming Days was O.T. "Do Not CallList" > 1. Act of God = no religious tone intended, it's an insurance term, > actually, meaning a natural phenomon that humans did not cause and can not > control, let alone stop. > 2. Global what? In the 70's these same Chicken Little scientists were > predicting the beginning of a new ice age! Scary junk science keeps the > grant money flowing and guarantees an interview in Time Magazine, but it > does a great disservice to the integrity of all science, methinks. The > earth may be warming; increased solar activity will do that. Huge volcanos > have a measureable effect, short term. > 3. Hurricane frequency and severity: Storm-specialist meteorogists will > tell you we have been in a historic lull for the last few decades. Looks > like we're just swinging back to "normal" (solar cycles again, perhaps). > 4. You are correct. The results of this event were predicted precisely and > N.O. was horribly vulnerable. So .... uh .... ? > 5. Don't know about an agreement on O.T. -- sorry if folks are bothered. > I'll quit with this, unless someone wants to chat off list. But this topic > started with business confidence which directly affects all of us. > 6. Hit DELETE now. > > Alan Barnard > Salem, Missouri > > >> [Original Message] >> From: Susan Kline <skline@peak.org> >> To: Pianotech <pianotech@ptg.org> >> Date: 09/15/2005 3:22:07 PM >> Subject: RE: O.T. RE: Business in Coming Days was O.T. "Do Not CallList" >> >> >> >Now Katrina WAS an act of God, >> >> >> Well, Alan, this IS way off topic, but one doesn't want to see God blamed >> unnecessarily. Scientists have warned us for years and years that global >> warming, by increasing the temperature of the Gulf of Mexico seawater, >> leads to more frequent and violent tropical storms and hurricanes. > They've >> also pointed out since the 1970's that New Orleans, being below sea > level, >> was very vulnerable. Exactly what happened was predicted in detail many >> years ago. >> >> This was not a random disaster or a divine intervention, except perhaps >> very, very indirectly. >> >> Susan >> >> _______________________________________________ >> pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives > > > _______________________________________________ > pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives >
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