sirdroseph wrote: Uggh. Another example of how the democrats, despite the GOP/Trump giving them every opportunity, have failed to lead.
It was before the President suggested an attack on the Capital to stop the Constitutionally prescribed process of electing a President...not that it changes the stupidity, just the priority and context of it being posted today.
sirdroseph wrote: Uggh. Another example of how the democrats, despite the GOP/Trump giving them every opportunity, have failed to lead.
It was before the President suggested an attack on the Capital to stop the Constitutionally prescribed process of electing a President...not that it changes the stupidity, just the priority and context of it being posted today.
Phoenix is now a sprawling metropolis where, scientists say, progress and growth have created nothing but problems for those prone to allergies:
* The widespread use of irrigation has resulted in a 10-month growing season, bad news for those who suffer from pollen and grass allergies.
* Transplanted residents who imported non-native plants have increased the variety of flora that can trigger allergic reactions. The top local offenders, mulberry and olive trees, are not indigenous.
There are more factors and a strange twist but I think that I have sufficiently supported my primary assertion regarding importation of plants and increased irrigation. I just knew this and have for a long, long time based upon where I have lived and other life experiences which you and others continue to mock on a regular basis. I only found this after you called me full of shit and felt the need to defend myself once again.
We can also talk about what irrigation has done to Palm Springs and periods of insanely high humidity as a result ...
Wow, buddy, you need to take a chill pill with your Dristan!
I'm not calling you full of $h*t. As I said in my second post, you are correct...although I gotta wonder if farming in AZ is the bigger problem than suburban retirees/transplants, given that the "top local offenders" are mulberry and olive trees and the article talks about irrigation. But what do I know. Maybe irrigation is common and needed in the AZ suburbs. Maybe new Arizonans plant olive trees for kicks...even though it takes 5-7 years for a new olive tree to start bearing fruit.
This is also interesting—from the piece you cited (well done, Kurt: you backed up your assertion! )
* Phoenix allergist Dr. William Rieck believes that an additional factor as well may be at play here—an allergy-loaded gene pool.
Because people have traditionally moved to the Phoenix area to escape allergy miseries, he said, a higher percentage of the population is allergy-prone. When those people meet and marry others who also suffer from allergies, the odds are good they will pass on allergic tendencies to their children. The process has repeated itself over generations until a city once believed to be allergy-safe actually has a high number of allergy-prone residents.
âNationwide, about 10% to 15% of the population suffer from allergies,â he said. âHere, about 20% to 25% do.â
For a guy who apparently smokes a lot of herbage, you sure are cranky.
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