tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6277313567524932904.post5553954178162621755..comments2024-03-23T20:52:19.525-06:00Comments on An Alaskan in Yucatán: Nature Takes OverMarc Olsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11289566244668566622noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6277313567524932904.post-4488395826705223922012-06-30T15:22:49.892-05:002012-06-30T15:22:49.892-05:00It is interesting and humbling to think of all the...It is interesting and humbling to think of all the great strides made by man that will inevitably succumb to the doggedness of nature. We are fleeting by comparison.Shannonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10707196505818823372noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6277313567524932904.post-54070187764685613312012-06-29T19:28:12.741-05:002012-06-29T19:28:12.741-05:00Yes, Eric, we've talked about the ruins of Mér...Yes, Eric, we've talked about the ruins of Mérida and Yucatán before. There is always something interesting to see.Marc Olsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11289566244668566622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6277313567524932904.post-4910582771019989582012-06-29T17:06:47.075-05:002012-06-29T17:06:47.075-05:00I love the phonebook foto, Marc. I wonder what num...I love the phonebook foto, Marc. I wonder what number the roots are searching for! <br /><br />I have some pictures of a fine old home now in ruin on c.66 in centro. Once the roof let go, the trees came in to reclaim their place at the table. I remember wandering down an obscure path at Uxmal only to find a building utterly overtaken by trees. It gave me a glimpse of what it must have been like for Catherwood, way back when.<br /><br />~eric.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6277313567524932904.post-39047661690526203402012-06-28T07:12:20.201-05:002012-06-28T07:12:20.201-05:00George, I don't see much television, but recal...George, I don't see much television, but recall clearly one episode of this series which I was able to see. It's very interesting and I enjoyed it. The startling part in the tropics (at least startling for those of us who grew up in northerly climates where things happen more slowly) is how very quickly signs of human presence can be erased.Marc Olsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11289566244668566622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6277313567524932904.post-49450680705173982722012-06-28T07:07:58.229-05:002012-06-28T07:07:58.229-05:00Yes, it's a humbling reminder to say the least...Yes, it's a humbling reminder to say the least.Marc Olsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11289566244668566622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6277313567524932904.post-53428197107093417472012-06-27T21:53:13.229-05:002012-06-27T21:53:13.229-05:00Marc, There was a program on the History channel c...Marc, There was a program on the History channel called "Life after people"<br />showing what would happen the days, months, years, decades, and centurys after man vanished from our planet. It was very intresting.<br /><br />Life After People is a television documentary series where scientists, structural engineers and other experts speculate with the thought experiment about what the Earth might be like if humanity instantly disappeared, as well as the impact humanity's disappearance might have on the environment and the artificial aspects of civilization. The program premiered as a two-hour special on January 21, 2008 on the History Channel[1] which served as a de facto pilot for the series that premiered April 21, 2009. The documentary and subsequent series were both narrated by James Lurie.<br /> <br />The program does not speculate on how humanity may disappear, only that it has, and that it has done so suddenly, leaving everything behind including household pets and livestock that have to fend for themselves. The rest of the speculation is based upon documented results of the sudden removal of humans from a geographical area and the possible results that would occur if humanity discontinues its maintenance of buildings and urban infrastructure. Lurie's narration thus begins: "What would happen if every human on Earth disappeared?<br /> "This isn't the story of how we might vanish...it's the story of what will happen to the world we leave behind."Georgenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6277313567524932904.post-62952995900838108272012-06-26T11:58:09.177-05:002012-06-26T11:58:09.177-05:00A timely reminder that we merely rent the stage f...A timely reminder that we merely rent the stage for strutting. Nature will soon strike the set and a new production will be performed long after we are gone.Steve Cottonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00468378507171761868noreply@blogger.com