For #FungiFriday I present these two #mushrooms I found growing at the edge of a mowed area by some bottomland hardwood forest. This was near #Sorrento#Louisiana on September 1, 2023. Neither iNaturalist nor I can identify them, but they are interesting nonetheless. #mushtodon#sporespondence
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🚨BREAKING: Federal Court REJECTS #Louisiana's effort to cancel Oct. 3 remedial hearing in congressional redistricting case. The hearing will go forward as planned. Louisiana is one step closer to a second Black opportunity district!
I thought I’d post something a little different for #ThickTrunkTuesday! This magnificent #bonsai is a #BaldCypress Tree (Taxodium distichum). This water-loving conifer is approximately enough the State Tree of #Louisiana. This miniature specimen was on exhibit at the Louisiana Bonsai Society Show at Independence Park Gardens in #BatonRouge in November 2016.
The short-term #drought blend shows exceptionally dry conditions along the Gulf Coast, especially #Louisiana and #Texas, Southwest, Pacific Northwest and Midwest.
On a longer time scale (several months to years), patches of intense drought exist in the Plains, Midwest, Southwest, Texas and the Pacific Northwest. https://ndmcblends.unl.edu/
Yakamein is a New Orleans dish fusing Asian & African cuisines.
It's thought to have originally been shared by Chinese laborers to their African counterparts, but has been popularized in modern times thanks to folks like Chef Linda Green, aka The Yakamein Lady.
I woke up this morning to the smell and haze of smoke coming from the southwestern end of the state, hundred of miles away. I can’t remember ever seeing anything like this. 17 parishes across the state of #Louisiana have declared a state of emergency due to #wildfires - meaning there are active fires in a quarter of the state’s parishes.
From a story on #Louisiana#wildfires — "Nobody alive in Louisiana today has ever seen these conditions. It has never been this hot and dry for this long," Edwards said during Friday's news conference.
Dark red symbols are heat detections by MODIS and VIIRS satellites within prior 6 hours. This data is not real time, locations are approximate and sometimes ‘false positive”. Two links in upper left corner have more info.
A few years ago my buddy Andy Crawford invited me down to Louisiana to explore the swamps with him. It was great having a guided tour, and photographing places I'd never see without him showing me. There are no hiking trails here. if you don't have a boat and don't know the bayous, you're not getting here. "Cypress Whispers" Prints available at https://rickberk.pixels.com/featured/cypress-whispers-rick-berk.html
Use gas
Drive everywhere
Raise global temperature #Heatwave hits refineries
Less gas, and more expensive #GasPrice goes up
"#Refineries aren’t designed to operate in temperatures above 95 degrees, so companies scale back production during #heatwaves as a safety and efficiency measure. Much of the country’s refinery capacity is in areas of #Texas and #Louisiana where the average daily maximum temperature in July has been at least 95 degrees."
Jo Yurcaba reports that Louisiana is losing one of its few pediatric specialists in the area of heart transplants, Dr. Jake Kleinmahon.
He and his husband are packing up and leaving New Orleans for New York, with their children, because they do not want to live in a place that targets LGBTQ people and their families.
Bigotry comes at a very high price to states that practice and normalize it — in this case, the exodus of doctors.
The short-term #drought blend shows intensely dry conditions in #Louisiana, #Texas, the Southwest, the Pacific Northwest and the Dakotas, Minnesota and #Iowa.
On a longer timescale (several months to years), pockets of #Nebraska, Iowa, Colorado to Louisiana and the Pacific Northwest remained dry. https://ndmcblends.unl.edu/
I just started /m/louisiana! (kbin.social)
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