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Lemon Grove Abates Fire with Goats
This is contrary to anythingI have ever read. Please cite the source of your claims. That is, if you can.— September 13, 2011 12:18 a.m.
Lemon Grove Abates Fire with Goats
Laguna Beach has been using goats as part of its fuel reduction and vegetation management program since the early 1990s. They expanded the program afterthe wildfire in the early 90's that burned about 15k acres and 400+ homes. In Laguna, the goats work year-round and are moved from place-to-place as needed. It costs the city about $125k per year (which coincidentally is about the cost of 1 firefighter) So far, I haven't heard of any complaints from Laguna's residents over this "taxpayer-pocket-picking scheme". Malibu, Glendale, Newport, Woodland Hills and Corona del Mar are among the dozens of SoCal areas that have used goats and there are at least a dozoen of these " Goat Brush Control" services in SoCal. The East Bay Regional Parks District in Alameda and Contra Costa counties have been using goats for fire prevention since 1983 and Sunnyvale, Oakland began using them in the 1990's. Goats like to eat thistle,Mustard, Himalayan Blackberry, Coyote Bush, Ivy, Pine and Oak Saplings, Poison Oak, Eucalyptus Saplings, Poison Hemlock, Sage, Ivy, and most grasses. It costs about $500 $750per acre to use goats, depending on the size of the herd. How much do you think it would cost to clear the land by hand? BTW, this is not even close to the first time that goats have been used as a fire prevention tool in San Diego county. My sister and brother in law live out by Miramar. They are part of a group of home owners who have had goats brought in to their neighborhood after the Cedar Fire. They had a big block party when they came in. Channel 10 did a story on it. At least 2 different outfits we hired out in other areas of the Cedar fire a couple of yrs ago. I know the have also been used in Fallbrook, Tierrasanta and Scripps Ranch. Not everything that happens in San Diego is a conspiracy to screw the public...just somee things.— September 12, 2011 10:58 a.m.
Religious Website Calls Blink 182 "Gay Sex Triangle"
Try adding racist and homophobis. Now if you want a website that offers some good parody on religion, you might like Landover Baptist Church. It's pretty funny http://www.landoverbaptist.org/news0101/planofsal…— September 2, 2011 10:36 p.m.
Is there life after death?
If there is life after death, then it must mean that we are reborn, into another dimension, as another being, another form, what ever it may be. If that's the case, then for there to be life after death, then there must also be another life before birth.— September 1, 2011 10:03 a.m.
The Highwayman's Rig: Totaled
"Moderators are advised to check those IPs and remove the offenders posts as double registrations are violation of terms here and on most other sites" Actually, I don't believe the reader has any such restrictions in their tos.— August 31, 2011 11:13 a.m.
Normal Heights Sign Sparked Adams Avenue Street Fair
Actually, if you mean the original Irving Gill designed building from the late 1890's: http://sohosandiego.org/lostsd/images/normal_scho… It's long gone. Here's what's there now: http://sohosandiego.org/lostsd/images/normal_scho… http://sohosandiego.org/lostsd/normal.htm— August 30, 2011 4:09 p.m.
Normal Heights Sign Sparked Adams Avenue Street Fair
Actually, students, faculty and staff moved into the buildings in the area known as the Main Quad. in 1931. It became SDSC in 1935 when the State Legislature authorized expansion of degree programs beyond teacher education (SD Normal was originally a school for female elementary school teachers. You can get some good info right on SDSU's site, or you can ask someone who attended or taught there.— August 29, 2011 8:26 p.m.
Normal Heights Sign Sparked Adams Avenue Street Fair
Exactly correct, Twister. Normal Heights was named after San Diego Normal School. It was srated to teach teachers. At one point it was called SD teachers School, or something like that and then was San Diego State College. My wife's sister was a student there when it was changed to SDSU in about 1970, a few yrs after it became part of the CSU system. It was originally in University Heights. According to my SIL, the SDUSD building is where the original school was.— August 29, 2011 4:42 p.m.
U-T Wouldn't Print Issa Piece, Draws Criticism
Interesting reading. http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/apr/21/s…— August 27, 2011 9:33 a.m.
U-T Wouldn't Print Issa Piece, Draws Criticism
You know, I honestly didn't have a clue, so I just looked it up. In the 1992 elction, 10.7 million people voted. I went back as far as 1976 and the only Senate election to have more people cast votes was the 2004 election, which had 12.5 million ballets cast. In fact unless I missed one, the only other Senate election besides these 2 that topped 10 million voters was Fienstein's 2000 campaighn, which drew 10.6 million voters. I have to admit, I found that a little suprising.— August 26, 2011 4:36 p.m.