Mellana & Theona / Malthus

[Chris J. Durden]

For me it is not the heat but the smoke! For the last few days we have had 
the spring burning haze as far north as Austin. This just makes me sick as 
I smell the burnt tropical forest and its butterflies - gone! 
Slash-and-burn agriculture is productive only for a much less dense human 
population. We are far beyond that point and have been for fifty years. 
Don't fall for the current propaganda movement that claims that Paul 
Ehrlich was wrong and the world is not overpopulated.
    The upside of this is - watch for special reduced airfare to vacation 
spots like Cancun where tourists don't want to go when it is smoky - the 
butterflies are still out.
...................Chris Durden

At 12:09 AM 5/4/2002 -0700, you wrote:
>Agree Charlie that you must be in an air conditioned building!   Can
>readily recall being there for friend to pick up a few US birds around
>this time of year when heat and humidity made her so sick, I just did
>laundry and we headed back to High Island....   Cheers, Wanda
>
>parides wrote:
> >
> > >TX-Butterfliers,
> > >A HOT day in the field today.  Lizee, Andrea, and I sorta just gave up by
> > 1pm.
> >
> > Reply:
> >
> > What a bunch o' whimpies!  Ya know Dave, when the going gets tough
> > whimps fly north.  Real Texans can handle adverse conditions.  <giggle>  I
> > just couldnt resist...................
> >
> > Charlie
> >
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