I saw that article this morning and thought it was a very strange article, and very strange for Americans being outraged by this. Last time I checked kangaroos are almost an invasive species in Australia. Although it was an introduced species in NZ, I buy possum fur to support the culling of a species that shouldn’t be there (and because possum fur is awesome). And I absolutely would buy something out of kangaroo hide over cow hide if given the choice.
If some product can be made from Cane Toad skins, are Americans going to complain about the environmental impacts of that?
Just saw a special announcement for the weather here in Indiana. I think that storm from the frozen north in Canada is coming down this way. It came with a warning, saying just 5 mins skin exposure gets you frostbite.
Snow, high winds, and minus who knows, but stupid cold.
I’m dead middle of that map. This is my front yard and end of my street (no through road). Lot of snow for this part of the country. Last time we got hit with a foot like this, was 1996. Only other time my company shit down for a day since then, was on 9/11…And even today we had guys out there sparingly doing medical supplies and such
It’s my front yard and end of the street. Nothing to shovel there. Kicking myself for not moving the boat and trailer before this week, running out of space to put snow. Apparently another 20cm on Thurs
Oh no, shovel the snow away and end up with a sheet of ice by the looks of things … and more snow on the way.
Here we had 2mm that disappeared faster than it came, still there was those that didn’t come to work, like the young guy I was supposed to be training (he got a poor note). Now it’s very mild (tea-shirt time for the young fit lads) and just started raining when I wanted to repair my car.
Colder than I have ever been out in (-44 C is my personal record), but somehow I suspect it isn’t much different. Exposed skin freezing just a few seconds faster, etc.
I am sort of curious as to where in the Far North is seeing unusually warm temperatures. This weather system happens when a (very) cold air mass comes out of the Arctic rather than remaining over the poles, and in place a warm air mass arrives somewhere in the North. Two winters ago we had a weird system where it was much warmer (10-15C difference) in Inuvik than it was in Montreal, but this system over Western North America isn’t seeing warm temperatures directly to the north.
