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Troubled waters for manatees? (dependence on warmth from power plants could prove disastrous)
Orlando Sentinel ^
| February 26, 2007
| Ludmilla Lelis
Posted on 02/26/2007 3:35:58 AM PST by Cincinatus' Wife
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Interesting blog about
"Power Plant Manatees" - ***....The Tampa Electric Company is a power plant. It makes electricity from coal. In the process, water is heated so hot it makes steam. To cool the steam back down, the Tampa Electric Company pumps in cool sea water from the bay. After the sea water cools the steam back into water, the sea water has warmed up and is returned to the bay.
And the manatees like to swim in this warmed up water! This is the warm water discharge from the power plant. The warm water goes into a canal right next to the power plant. In 1986 the state of Florida declared this canal to be an official manatee sanctuary. It is a winter haven for migrating manatees.
Boats and people are not allowed in this canal. The manatees are safe here. They can't be hit by boats or disturbed by people in any way. They can rest in the canal and stay warm. They cannot eat here because there aren't any plants for them at the bottom of the canal. But the power company provides two water hoses for them. The hoses are hung out over the canal and the manatees will drink out of the hoses.....****
A good place to find manatees in Tampa is at the Tampa Electric Company power plant. The warm water coming from the power plant attracts manatees trying to warm up!
The manatee observation platform at TECO. School students and families can come here to see the manatees.
Manatee observation trip at the Florida Power and Lignt Indian River Lagoon Power plant. Joe's making friends with the native below.
This reminds me of the caribou that hang out at oilfields in Alaska.
And it reminds me of the bears walking on the pipeline in Alaska.
To: Cincinatus' Wife
Manatees are not native but like cows were used for food.
Like many species placed on the "endangered list" keeping them safe by restricting habitat usage often is overdone and is a pain in the rear.
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posted on
02/26/2007 3:45:01 AM PST
by
Joe Boucher
(an enemy of islam)
To: Cincinatus' Wife
The Manatees found the warm water, when it goes they will look for something else.
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posted on
02/26/2007 3:45:38 AM PST
by
sgtbono2002
(I will forgive Jane Fonda, when the Jews forgive Hitler.)
To: Cincinatus' Wife
We get to read the same articles every year. Nothing new.
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posted on
02/26/2007 3:46:26 AM PST
by
WorkerbeeCitizen
(Religion of peace my arse - We need a maintenance Crusade - piss on Islam)
To: Cincinatus' Wife
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posted on
02/26/2007 4:12:13 AM PST
by
Incorrigible
(If I lead, follow me; If I pause, push me; If I retreat, kill me.)
To: Cincinatus' Wife
Bumper sticker material
"SAVE A MANATEE, BUILD A POWER PLANT"
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posted on
02/26/2007 4:23:58 AM PST
by
Roccus
To: Incorrigible
And imagine! Kennedy Space Center is a wildlife refuge.
To: Roccus
To: Cincinatus' Wife
We're worried about manatees? Heck, with the money they make as writers of "Family Guy," they can damn well afford to buy a place anywhere they want!
Mark
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posted on
02/26/2007 4:32:04 AM PST
by
MarkL
(When Kaylee says "No power in the `verse can stop me," it's cute. When River says it, it's scary!)
To: Cincinatus' Wife
Don't forget the offshore oil rigs becoming reefs.
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posted on
02/26/2007 4:39:29 AM PST
by
sportutegrl
(This thread is useless without pix.)
To: sportutegrl
Don't forget the offshore oil rigs becoming reefs.Yes!
---------More
To: Cincinatus' Wife
Al Gore: if what you want is implemented, the poor manatees will suffer!
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posted on
02/26/2007 5:18:18 AM PST
by
Elsie
(Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going....)
To: Cincinatus' Wife
Don't these animals know that human built things are BAD for them??
...and their pristine environment?
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posted on
02/26/2007 5:20:13 AM PST
by
Elsie
(Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going....)
To: Cincinatus' Wife
Don't forget Whitetail deer in the suburbs!
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posted on
02/26/2007 5:26:52 AM PST
by
Varda
To: Cincinatus' Wife
but I thought the oceans were getting warmer?
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posted on
02/26/2007 6:11:26 AM PST
by
vigilante2
(Thank You Troops)
To: Cincinatus' Wife
Rush has a parody about Republicans caring more for the Caribou, because the caribou like the warmth provided by the Alaskan Oil Pipeline. So Republicans support the pipeline, because pubbies love the caribou. It's pretty funny.
You know Global Warming would help the manatees. Al Gore wants to kill off the manatees. Mr Gore, the Goracle, without Global Warming, for the manatees the End IS Nigh.
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posted on
02/26/2007 6:34:36 AM PST
by
Jabba the Nutt
(Jabba the Hutt's bigger, meaner, uglier brother.)
To: Jabba the Nutt
It would be interesting if a student would do a science project on how the environment benefits from humans.
To: Varda
Don't forget Whitetail deer in the suburbs!Humans are endangered by them. But I'm sure that's interpreted as, we took their land.
To: Elsie
Don't these animals know that human built things are BAD for them?? I guess the environmentalists haven't gotten through to them.
Natives in Alaska want more exploration and drilling because they know their lives will improve through the jobs that it will bring. But the environmentalists (and the congresscritters they support) shout them down.
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