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Lisa Kadonaga
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“They call them beasts of burden, we call them our beloved mules,” the company wrote on Facebook Monday. “They are capable and willing to work in many conditions most won't. They are not stubborn… they are wise, and require respect.” RESPECT MULES!!!

Mules Navigating North Carolina's Impassable Roads To Bring Supplies To Communities Cut Off By Hurricane Helene
Mules Navigating North Carolina's Impassable Roads To Bring Supplies To Communities Cut Off By Hurricane Helene

With hundreds of roads still impassable due to storm damage and flood debris, Mount Ulla-based Mountain Mule Packer Ranch is using their “beloved” pack mules to bring supplies to areas not accessible ...

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Looked for this article after hearing summary on CBC this morning. Elevated mortality rates evident for years after hurricanes make landfall. Stress of displacement, rebuilding, and depletion of savings exerting an enormous toll on public health. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Mortality caused by tropical cyclones in the United States - Nature
Mortality caused by tropical cyclones in the United States - Nature

A large-scale evaluation of the long-term effects of tropical cyclones on human mortality in the contiguous United States estimates that the average tropical cyclone results in 7,000–11,000 ...

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For someone who owns property in Florida, Trump doesn't seem to get how hurricanes work. Atlantic hurricane season is until the end of November. Also, nuclear bombs would have no effect on them. Hurricane forecast maps change a lot in hours (because chaos theory) and drawing stuff on them is silly.

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Happy 100th birthday to former president Jimmy Carter. (Decades ago he came to Canada to help out with this emergency situation.) www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

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The sight of these contented little babies makes me very happy. (Twins are very rare for all species of tapirs, though I think there's at least one report of twins being sighted in the wild, in Brazil.) These are South American (lowland) tapirs, at a zoo in China. www.youtube.com/shorts/2-97c...

I'll see if this person takes good care of my baby. Original video: Brazilian tapir twins
I'll see if this person takes good care of my baby. Original video: Brazilian tapir twins

YouTube video by South American tapir

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"economy as a home". I was reading along, when that sentence floored me just now. Look at this. She knows.

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Lisa Kadonaga
@tapirtrouble.bsky.social
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