A good morning to all from Moose Pass, Alaska. Clear skies, 50 degrees and no snow at our elevation. Though it has been said that our mountains received over 4 feet of snow during last week's snowfall.
Snowy River, which comes out of a series of massive glaciers to our south and feeds the famous Kenai Lake is at an extreme low. We haven't seen the river this low in the last 18 years, leaving mud flats between some of the bodies of water.
Snowy River, which comes out of a series of massive glaciers to our south and feeds the famous Kenai Lake is at an extreme low. We haven't seen the river this low in the last 18 years, leaving mud flats between some of the bodies of water.
When this happens it is believed a glacier dam has formed and now everyone waits for it to break loose. This often results in a wave of 5-7 feet in height, racing down the river, under road and train bridges, until it reaches the lake. Something to see, believe me. It also carries with it a lot of trees and scatters them about the embankment. but in the meantime, the level of Kenai Lake is dropping and this will have some effect on this years salmon fishing. Tributaries coming in from the ocean reach the Kenai lake and this is how the various breeds of salmon make their way to the famous fishing grounds of the Kenai and Russian Rivers, home to the 100 lb king salmon and eventually work their way out to the ocean for the fishing fleets to harvest. So, this lack of water can have a disastrous effect on this years fishing season if the dam doesn't break. In a worse case situation, it could wait until next year. We saw a couple sport fishermen fishing in one of the low spots and I believe them to be tourists, as there really wasn't any fish in this area, but hopefully they had fun. I still haven't seen any sign of moose or bear, but our Pastor said he saw a moose just the other day. Not sure why the low critter count, but nature can be like that. Arctic hares seem to have a 7 year life plan and at the 7th year they pick-up this weird disease, causing blue spots to their flesh and it kills off a lot of bunnies. We hunted them one year and couldn't find a single bunny without this disease. I guess God does this just to keep the arctic hares from over populating the world.
I am reading Clive Cussler's new novel, "Celtic Empire", that I picked up at the Seward Library and the story is about a woman's group who develop a new strain of disease to wipe out more than half of the male babies in the world. This is to make the female species the dominant race. Interesting so far. Cussler is an adventure writer with nearly 100 books to his credit and I enjoy most of his stories. I also like W.E.B. Griffin's stuff, L'amour's westerns and Stephen Coonts. I suspect I use a bit of their writing talents in my own stories. I am now an avid reader, who before I met my lovely wife, spent most of his reading time in comic books. She got me turned on to an author named Heinlein, a fantastic sci-fi writer, now deceased. I truly recommend his early writings...such as "Glory Road" and his 7 sci-fi stories referred to as his "juvenile science fictions". There just fun to read. "Glory Road would make a great movie, but only two of his books were made into movies in the late 1950's. "Starship Troopers" was one of his stories made into a movie, though the book was much better.
Some headlines for you: "19 year Old Man Kills One and Wounds 3 others in Shooting Inside San Diego Synagogue, Linked to Antisemitism"...."Seattle Construction Crane Collapse Kills 4"...."Experts Says Border Prices May Soon Impact Fruit and Vegetable Prices Across the Country"...."FDA Finds Harmful Bacteria at 21% of Ice Cream Plants"...."Ohio Budget Provision Would Require $250 Licenses For Tattooers and Body Pierce-rs".... "Thousands Protest in Hong Kong Over New Extradition Laws"...."Israel Bans Fishing in the Mediterranean Sea For a Month".... "China conducts Joint Naval Exercises With Southeast Asian Countries"...."Libya Seizes Iranian Ship Under US Sanctions".... "5.6 Earthquake Strikes Japan"...."Experts Say California Quakes due to Snow Load".... "Hundreds of Flights Canceled as Winter Storm Hits Chicago".... "10 killed, 26 people injured as Bus Falls Into Gorge in India"...."Terrorist Gunmen Open Fire on Israeli Tourist Bus"...."Sri Lankan President Bans the Wearing of Burkas and Nijabs to Prevent Would-be Terrorists From Hiding Their Faces"...."Texas DA Announces He Will Not Prosecute Theft Cases Under $750"...."Report That China Is Recruiting Trump Hating Ex-Gov't Officials to Spy on U.S.".... "Terrifying Boy Scout Abuse Scandal Reveals Hundreds of Victims Have Come Forward With Alligations".... "Surveilance Video Shows Heavily Armed Men Escorting Migrants Across U.S. Border".... "New York Times Apologizes For Publishing Antisemetic Cartoon".... "Pakistan's Anti-Polio Campaign Hobbled by Deadly Attacks on Health-Care Workers".... "U.S. Considering Placing Giraffees on Endangered Species List".... "NFL Rooki is Shot Just Hours After Being Drafted by New York Giants"....
"7 People Slain in Two Tennessee Homes, Suspect in Custody"...."New York Attorney General to Investigate NRA Finances"...."Mormon University Valedictorian Announces He is Gay During Graduation Speech".... "After Indonesian Elections 270 Election Workers Die From Over Worked Related Illness".... "One Dead, 7 People Injured in Baltimore Shooting"...."Thousands of Emporer Penguins in Antarctic Have Disappeared".
I have read how the penguin issue has really stumped the experts and it also concerns the environmentalists. I am also a bit curious as to what is happening to the African Giraffes, as to show them being endangered. Africa continues to have problems with poachers, to the point that even their armed forces have become involved in catching these vile people. I am also curious what the police are going to do in Texas for their theft cases of less than $750, that's just opening the door for thieves to help themselves and forcing the victims to have to proceed with civil complaints. Any police officer will tell you that a thief who gets away with such thefts will eventually graduate on to larger prizes.
Well, time for me to switch over to working on my current manuscript. Yesterday I spent time making the editing changes for "Homeland Security". Susan is editing "The Sandbox Wars", the 3rd book in the Apache Snow series and covers the Afghan War, while Mona is editing "Homeland Security". My current project is temporarily entitled "Night Shift", part of my "Badge and the Cross" series.
I wish you all a wonderful Monday and may all your prayers be answered favorbly. God Bless, BILL
I am reading Clive Cussler's new novel, "Celtic Empire", that I picked up at the Seward Library and the story is about a woman's group who develop a new strain of disease to wipe out more than half of the male babies in the world. This is to make the female species the dominant race. Interesting so far. Cussler is an adventure writer with nearly 100 books to his credit and I enjoy most of his stories. I also like W.E.B. Griffin's stuff, L'amour's westerns and Stephen Coonts. I suspect I use a bit of their writing talents in my own stories. I am now an avid reader, who before I met my lovely wife, spent most of his reading time in comic books. She got me turned on to an author named Heinlein, a fantastic sci-fi writer, now deceased. I truly recommend his early writings...such as "Glory Road" and his 7 sci-fi stories referred to as his "juvenile science fictions". There just fun to read. "Glory Road would make a great movie, but only two of his books were made into movies in the late 1950's. "Starship Troopers" was one of his stories made into a movie, though the book was much better.
Some headlines for you: "19 year Old Man Kills One and Wounds 3 others in Shooting Inside San Diego Synagogue, Linked to Antisemitism"...."Seattle Construction Crane Collapse Kills 4"...."Experts Says Border Prices May Soon Impact Fruit and Vegetable Prices Across the Country"...."FDA Finds Harmful Bacteria at 21% of Ice Cream Plants"...."Ohio Budget Provision Would Require $250 Licenses For Tattooers and Body Pierce-rs".... "Thousands Protest in Hong Kong Over New Extradition Laws"...."Israel Bans Fishing in the Mediterranean Sea For a Month".... "China conducts Joint Naval Exercises With Southeast Asian Countries"...."Libya Seizes Iranian Ship Under US Sanctions".... "5.6 Earthquake Strikes Japan"...."Experts Say California Quakes due to Snow Load".... "Hundreds of Flights Canceled as Winter Storm Hits Chicago".... "10 killed, 26 people injured as Bus Falls Into Gorge in India"...."Terrorist Gunmen Open Fire on Israeli Tourist Bus"...."Sri Lankan President Bans the Wearing of Burkas and Nijabs to Prevent Would-be Terrorists From Hiding Their Faces"...."Texas DA Announces He Will Not Prosecute Theft Cases Under $750"...."Report That China Is Recruiting Trump Hating Ex-Gov't Officials to Spy on U.S.".... "Terrifying Boy Scout Abuse Scandal Reveals Hundreds of Victims Have Come Forward With Alligations".... "Surveilance Video Shows Heavily Armed Men Escorting Migrants Across U.S. Border".... "New York Times Apologizes For Publishing Antisemetic Cartoon".... "Pakistan's Anti-Polio Campaign Hobbled by Deadly Attacks on Health-Care Workers".... "U.S. Considering Placing Giraffees on Endangered Species List".... "NFL Rooki is Shot Just Hours After Being Drafted by New York Giants"....
"7 People Slain in Two Tennessee Homes, Suspect in Custody"...."New York Attorney General to Investigate NRA Finances"...."Mormon University Valedictorian Announces He is Gay During Graduation Speech".... "After Indonesian Elections 270 Election Workers Die From Over Worked Related Illness".... "One Dead, 7 People Injured in Baltimore Shooting"...."Thousands of Emporer Penguins in Antarctic Have Disappeared".
I have read how the penguin issue has really stumped the experts and it also concerns the environmentalists. I am also a bit curious as to what is happening to the African Giraffes, as to show them being endangered. Africa continues to have problems with poachers, to the point that even their armed forces have become involved in catching these vile people. I am also curious what the police are going to do in Texas for their theft cases of less than $750, that's just opening the door for thieves to help themselves and forcing the victims to have to proceed with civil complaints. Any police officer will tell you that a thief who gets away with such thefts will eventually graduate on to larger prizes.
Well, time for me to switch over to working on my current manuscript. Yesterday I spent time making the editing changes for "Homeland Security". Susan is editing "The Sandbox Wars", the 3rd book in the Apache Snow series and covers the Afghan War, while Mona is editing "Homeland Security". My current project is temporarily entitled "Night Shift", part of my "Badge and the Cross" series.
I wish you all a wonderful Monday and may all your prayers be answered favorbly. God Bless, BILL
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