Posted on 09/30/2004 1:30:58 PM PDT by Horatio Gates
Thought you might be interested...
:-)
Excerpt form October 20, 1804:
Moulton prints a note by Lewis of this date indicating that Pierre Cruzatte, out hunting, had wounded a white bear, or grizzly, but then ran away in fear at the "formidable appearance" of the animal and left his gun and tomahawk behind. He retrieved them later. This was the corp's first encounter with a grizzly.
Excerpt form October 20, 1804:
Moulton prints a note by Lewis of this date indicating that Pierre Cruzatte, out hunting, had wounded a white bear, or grizzly, but then ran away in fear at the "formidable appearance" of the animal and left his gun and tomahawk behind. He retrieved them later. This was the corp's first encounter with a grizzly.
It's frustrating.
Please delete post 5 and this post if possible.
I did an errant "Breaking News" my first week here. Won't be doing that again if you know what I mean. I'm working on a special Vanity for Breaking News :)
I read about the bear in Ambrose's 'Undaunted Courage.' I imagine they all had a good laugh about that afterwards :-) If you haven't read that one I recommend it.
Thanks.
Global warming?
I think this is a double edged sword. Lewis and Clark encountered an early winter with much snow crossing the Bitter from the east and a lingering winter crossing from the west. The drought may have made water a problem, but crossing the Rockies would have been easier.
I'm reading the same. I was astounded by how many times they encountered hail on that trek.
It cracks me up every time I think of it.
I get a pretty good adrenaline rush just crossing paths with black bears.
http://www.esm.psu.edu/Faculty/Gray/graphics/movies/bear-fight.mov
But aren't hail storms rather common in some mountain areas in the North West? Did they encounter storms that would be considered unusual today?
Unfortunately, I don't have much experience in the Pac NW.
I'm a little surprised that I haven't seen any.
[related: I think it was posted to FR]
Past climate change questioned
Quirin Schiermeier
Swings in temperature might be more common than thought.
Published online: 30 September 2004; | doi:10.1038/news040927-16
http://www.nature.com/news/2004/040927/full/040927-16.html
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When does a drought cease to be a drought, and become the normal climate?
And whatever you call the opposite of a drought is the proper term for L&C's "window".
In any case, interesting article about an interesting study.
Knapp has spent years studying tree rings in his native state of Oregon,
BTW the Medford, OR area seems to be be losing its 'wet' trees in favor of 'dry' trees. By the time we sold last year, after 19 years, the alders & willows in our drainage were dying, and no seedlings were replacing them; but pines were invading. Firs were also pretty stressed. We had years of 'drought' followed by a few "normal" years, and then back to drought.
I know; too small an area, and too brief a span to make any valid conclussions; just more "anectdotal evidence".
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