Using Rainwater for Gardening: the Convenience of Owning Rainwater Tanks

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Undeniably, gardening can indeed be a very enjoyable hobby and pastime especially if you are just staying in the house. Most women love to garden and take care of varieties of flowers and plants because they believe they make their homes much lively and livable to look at. With all the colors and nice aroma from flowering plants that may be in your backyard or front yard, or sometimes surrounding your home, a garden can pass out all the stress away.

However, in places where drought is experienced, gardening can somehow be considered an excessive activity because of the water conservation measures that these places practice. Most people then feel like they are being deprived from the freedom to use water as much as they want and from the privilege to own a garden. Nevertheless, alternative measures were already set out especially in places like Australia. What they have as an option to resolve the water issues is the proposition to install or own water tanks in every household.

Like people, plants need water to live. And ample amount of water each day is necessary in order to keep one’s garden look fresh and beautiful. Now if a place lacks a bountiful amount of water supply, the idea of gardening is impractical. So the best option is to use rainwater as a surrogate to using clean city water to lavishly drench the garden.

Commonly, rainwater tanks come as the very foremost option to storing rainwater. It is in fact the perfect way for you to maintain a green garden without compromising the usage of city water. To add, an irrigation system is what you will need to maintain a green garden. That will allow you to save water from watering your gardens daily. But of course, you must first identify two things – how much water your garden needs and how much water you will be able to get from the rain. The latter can be determined through some local rainfall tables which are available mostly online from weather websites.

Basically, the best size of water tank to be used are those large water tanks since they can accommodate bigger amount of water enough or even more than enough to sustain the family’s water needs especially during drought season. These can be placed outside the house but would require a bigger space for installation. It may cost more too but eventually you will realize the great benefits it could give you and your family especially with regards to financial matters.

As for rainwater benefits to be used for gardening, they are more advisable than using tap water for watering the plants since city water already contains minerals and chemicals that are used to purify the water for drinking purposes. These said chemicals are helpful in treating unwanted bacteria, strange odor and colors that may harm every people’s health. On the other hand, rainwater is all natural, aside from the chemicals it carries like oxygen, nitrogen, and carbon dioxide. It does not harm plants at all and in fact can be a healthy alternative for them.

Rain, as we all know, is free; so the best way to save our water? Use it! Proper distillation and purification purposes though are advised if you are planning to take in rainwater in your other household water needs like drinking.

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What Is Weathering and How Does It Differ Between Climates? (Weathering Part No 3)

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By Gwen Nicodemus

 

There are many different kinds of climates on out planet. Climates can be categorized by the average annual precipitation (wet vs. dry) and by the average temperature (cold, temperate, and hot). These categories lead to climates such as tundras, grasslands, deserts, deciduous forests, boreal forests, and the tropics. Because of the different temperatures and the different humidity, each of these areas have a predominate form of weathering.

Wait. What is weathering?

Weathering is the break down of earth’s rocks (rocks, minerals, crystals, mountain ranges, cliffs, and such) by the weather. It is the break down of rocks by air, the water in the air, and wind.

There are two basic different types of weathering.

Mechanical weathering

Mechanical weathering doesn’t change the property of earth’s rocks or mineral. If the rock was granite before, it is granite after weathered. It just gets smaller. This form of weathering has many causes.

Temperature changes cause expansion and contraction, thus creating cracks in rocks.

Water can freeze on a rock or inside a rock crack. When it freezes, the water expands, pushing the rock apart. The water melts and fills with even more water comes. It freezes again and expands even more.

Plants growing in rock cracks increase the size of the cracks as they grow.

Deflation. Air can pick up small pieces of sediment and move it to other areas.The wind-blown sediment slowly pounds away at the rock. The pounding of the rock with the sediment in the air is called abrasion.

Water can pound against rock, breaking off tiny pieces of rock.

Chemical weathering

Chemical weathering changes the composition of the rock or mineral. So, after chemical weathering MgSO4 is no longer MgSO4. The end product is different from the starting point. Like mechanical, chemical weathering has a variety of causes.

The air we breath is about 21% Oxygen. Oxygen from the air can combine with rocks, or replace an element in a mineral, to create a new rock or mineral.

Living things that grow on rocks often release acids that dissolve rock.

Water combines with particles in the air, like volcanic gases and industrial pollution to make acids. Acids dissolve rock and change the chemical composition of it. Outside sculptures are often weathered.

Chemical and mechanical weathering can operate together.

Chemical weathering can make physical weathering operate faster and physical weathering can make chemical weathering operate faster. Demonstrate this to yourself by performing this little experiment. Take three glasses. Put water in two of the glasses. Put candy in all three glasses. Label the glass without water “Control.” Label the next glass “only chemical weathering.” Label the third glass “chemical and physical weathering.”Take the glass labeled chemical and physical weathering and swirl it for a minute. Let all the glasses sit. Come back in twenty minutes and notice which candies have dissolved more.While the candies in the “chemical only” glass have dissolved somewhat, the candies in the physical and chemical glass have dissolved much more.

Back to the climates

Different climates have predominate types of weathering.

Chemical weathering is faster when there is plenty of water. This is for two reasons. Firstly, the water combines with particles in the air to make acid. Secondly, more living things live in wet areas, and living things produce acids. Chemical weathering is also faster when it is warmer, because increased temperature speeds up chemical reactions.

Physical weathering, like water freezing in rock cracks, thawing, and re-freezing, requires cold temperatures to freeze, and it requires water to weather.

So, cold and wet favors mechanical weathering and hot and wet favors chemical weathering. The arctic tundra is cold and dry, so little chemical weathering occurs there. The rain forests, however, are hot and wet and chemical weathering does well there.

A Home Weather Station Will Simplify Your Life

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By Peter Lockwood

 

Imagine a situation where you are getting dressed for a picnic in the woods. You wear your best dress and are halfway there, when you get caught in a thunderstorm! Darn! The weatherman promised clear weather and here you are stuck up in the middle of a downpour with nowhere to go!

Alternatively, maybe you love to grow plants and have a beautifully maintained green house. The weatherman has predicted that the weather will be clear, so you decide to let your plants soak some sun. You are in the house, when you suddenly hear a thunderous roar. Before you can actually rush and salvage the situation, the heavy downpour has actually ruined all your plants!

These kinds of scenarios are quite common in the world. People tend to believe the weather news and then get nasty surprises that ruin their best plans! So, what is the solution to this predicament? How can you score over the weather and plan in advance? All you need is a home weather station.

Weather is more or less localized which means that weather changes even at short distances. For example, when we travel to different cities, it’s quite a common phenomenon to see rain and the sun at a distance of a few miles. No wonder, people get foxed by the weather since it changes so unpredictably.

A home weather station can take this uncertainty out of your life and actually help you to understand the weather. This kind of station is a display unit that can be kept inside your house and helps you to get a true picture of the weather outside.

An accurate and advanced knowledge of the weather can make all the difference in life. It can help you to pursue your interests and enjoy the weather without the surprises that the weather can bring.

There are different kinds of home weather stations available in the market. Therefore, it’s important to choose the one that fits your budget and fulfills all your requirements. A wireless home weather station is a good idea for the starters. That will ensure that you don’t need to watch out for cables or be concerned of tripping accidents.

These wireless stations are perfect for recording rainfall, direction and the strength of the wind, humidity and the temperature. In earlier times, people used the age-old analog thermometer and rain gauge to predict the weather. Accuracy was dependent on the person’s eyesight and his ability to read the readings on the instruments.

Currently, you can get weather stations which are digital. These kinds of instruments eliminate human error and effort.

You also need to make sure that the range of your wireless home weather station is adequate. The sensors should be installed so that they are free from all kinds of obstructions like buildings and trees.

A home weather station is a cheap and effective solution to enjoy the weather. It can also increase your popularity among your friends, when you predict the weather more accurately than the weatherman on the television!

How To Select the Ideal Home Weather Station

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By Graham McClung

 

Have you ever considered buying your very own home weather station? Not that I’m selling them, but I believe I may be able to help you decide what to look for.

There are certainly many good reasons for having a modern weather station set up and working in your home.

Not the least of these is that they have never before been so easy to install and use, never had so many useful features, and certainly never been such good value.

How Your Own Home Weather Station Will Benefit You

The overall benefits of a home weather station are huge.

Modern home weather stations bring the outdoors inside to you, as outside weather sensors frequently and regularly transmit weather information to an attractively designed receiver/display unit, which can be set up almost anywhere in your home.

Home weather stations can provide crucial information about approaching bad weather, as well as giving you valuable data you can use to help maintain your garden, greenhouse, pond or aviary, or even to decide what to wear when you venture outside.

But best of all, they provide a painless way of understanding the weather, and what drives it. After all, weather provides the background to all our outdoor hobbies, sport and recreation. And many people have found that a strong appreciation of weather has led in many unexpected and enjoyable directions.

So there could be any number of reasons why you first considered a weather station as a possible addition to your home, including just a general interest in weather.

Let’s think about what the ideal home weather station might be.

The Ideal Home Weather Station

  • Firstly, it should be a wireless weather station – no worries about where the cables go. And it certainly will be able to record temperature, humidity, air pressure, wind strength and direction, and rainfall.
  • Next, the radio’s range must be great enough so that you have no problems with installing the sensors in the best place to obtain realistic weather data for your location – no problems with trees or buildings affecting your results because your best position was out of radio range. No problem about the room the receiver goes in because the ideal transmitter can handle a wall or two. And it should be able to operate free of any governmental restrictions on radio frequency, allowing fast and reliable data updates. Most of the likely problems are overcome with a radio range of 300 feet (91m) or more
  • Thirdly, your temperature sensor is shielded so your readings are not affected by direct heat from the sun.
  • Fourthly it should be easy to install. A purpose built stand would be nice.

So far so good. You’d be up and running in no time at all, and you’d be able to place the receiver in a location that suits you rather than the radio link.

  • Now you have a couple of concerns about temperature and wind strength, as it affects your garden. A few programmable warnings would be nice.
  • And so would a charting facility so you could review changing patterns over the last few hours, or days, or months, for almost any variable.
  • In fact, you can see a few good reasons for linking your weather station to your computer, where some well designed software allows you to follow up a whole range of thoughts and trends.
  • You’ve noticed that there are a number of private weather stations on the net, reporting online data just like you are getting from your set up. But there’s a gap in information in your area, and you feel like you’d like to join the network – maybe even become a volunteer weather station in your area. And after a little bit of research, you find that it’s no problem at all. Even better, you’ve just found a large group of interesting people with similar interests to yourself, scattered over the country, even the world.

All of these features can be found in quite a number of home weather stations, ranging in price from less than $150.00, if you are prepared to look around. However, like most things in life, you tend to get what you pay for, and the better models start around the $450.00 mark. Keep the name “Davis” in the back of your mind.

This doesn’t mean that the lower priced home weather stations should be disregarded, particularly if your budget is tight. It just means that your weather station will work better and last longer if you take some care in setting it up and maintaining it, including early preventative maintenance.

Have you ever considered buying your very own home weather station? Not that I’m selling them, but I believe I may be able to help you decide what to look for.

There are certainly many good reasons for having a modern weather station set up and working in your home.

Not the least of these is that they have never before been so easy to install and use, never had so many useful features, and certainly never been such good value.

How Your Own Home Weather Station Will Benefit You

The overall benefits of a home weather station are huge.

Modern home weather stations bring the outdoors inside to you, as outside weather sensors frequently and regularly transmit weather information to an attractively designed receiver/display unit, which can be set up almost anywhere in your home.

Home weather stations can provide crucial information about approaching bad weather, as well as giving you valuable data you can use to help maintain your garden, greenhouse, pond or aviary, or even to decide what to wear when you venture outside.

But best of all, they provide a painless way of understanding the weather, and what drives it. After all, weather provides the background to all our outdoor hobbies, sport and recreation. And many people have found that a strong appreciation of weather has led in many unexpected and enjoyable directions.

So there could be any number of reasons why you first considered a weather station as a possible addition to your home, including just a general interest in weather.

Let’s think about what the ideal home weather station might be.

The Ideal Home Weather Station

  • Firstly, it should be a wireless weather station – no worries about where the cables go. And it certainly will be able to record temperature, humidity, air pressure, wind strength and direction, and rainfall.
  • Next, the radio’s range must be great enough so that you have no problems with installing the sensors in the best place to obtain realistic weather data for your location – no problems with trees or buildings affecting your results because your best position was out of radio range. No problem about the room the receiver goes in because the ideal transmitter can handle a wall or two. And it should be able to operate free of any governmental restrictions on radio frequency, allowing fast and reliable data updates. Most of the likely problems are overcome with a radio range of 300 feet (91m) or more
  • Thirdly, your temperature sensor is shielded so your readings are not affected by direct heat from the sun.
  • Fourthly it should be easy to install. A purpose built stand would be nice.

So far so good. You’d be up and running in no time at all, and you’d be able to place the receiver in a location that suits you rather than the radio link.

  • Now you have a couple of concerns about temperature and wind strength, as it affects your garden. A few programmable warnings would be nice.
  • And so would a charting facility so you could review changing patterns over the last few hours, or days, or months, for almost any variable.
  • In fact, you can see a few good reasons for linking your weather station to your computer, where some well designed software allows you to follow up a whole range of thoughts and trends.
  • You’ve noticed that there are a number of private weather stations on the net, reporting online data just like you are getting from your set up. But there’s a gap in information in your area, and you feel like you’d like to join the network – maybe even become a volunteer weather station in your area. And after a little bit of research, you find that it’s no problem at all. Even better, you’ve just found a large group of interesting people with similar interests to yourself, scattered over the country, even the world.

All of these features can be found in quite a number of home weather stations, ranging in price from less than $150.00, if you are prepared to look around. However, like most things in life, you tend to get what you pay for, and the better models start around the $450.00 mark. Keep the name “Davis” in the back of your mind.

This doesn’t mean that the lower priced home weather stations should be disregarded, particularly if your budget is tight. It just means that your weather station will work better and last longer if you take some care in setting it up and maintaining it, including early preventative maintenance.

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Making Rain, Weather Control and Predicting Wind Patterns

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By Lance Winslow

 

Wind is a sophisticated pattern and in linear mathematics appears to be a complex system, however the patterns of wind within an atmosphere while taking into consideration ambient temperatures and land formations, may not be as complex as we believe. As a matter of fact we have knowledge of many patterns in nature, which start from very simplistic formulas. It appears that simplicity breeds complexity and that complexity can reverse the same process in many instances where those systems have tendencies and characteristics which promote change or chaos.

As we learned how to unlock the mathematics, which can solve the factoring of prime numbers within computational complexity of algorithms in systems of cryptonics, we may find that this is in fact relatively easy using multiple level equations in a slight modification of our current understanding and usage of mathematics. Soon, we will then discover how simple such patterns in nature actually are.

The patterns of wind are interesting and take on the appearance of being so complex that they many simply throw up their hands give up in trying to mathematically predict it. Yet, we can predict it since we have formulas for much of what we know as fluid dynamics physics, we have laws and rules which are taught in higher math and physics classes through linear sets of equations, yet when we add additional variables and stack the data sets, somehow our minds having been taught a certain methodology of problem solving, rendering us to a conclusion that it is impossible to predict. Not so, since currently with the use of computers, XML data bases, ESRI software and a better understanding of other complex systems and patterns which we have broken through, we now know it is not only possible, but known that we can predict wind patterns and depending on the number of variables taken into consideration we can be so accurate that we would know wind.

If you are to break down the wind within each three-dimensional grid in virtual space (in an atmosphere) signifying a cubic dimensions (or any 3-D shape) and you know the characteristics that are pre-existing within the next volume set of cubic observation, before which time the wind passes through it (such as barometric pressure, temperature, etc. and you know the speed of the wind, its velocity and the air mass behind it), predicting the wind passing through the next grid or volume of space is rather simple. Although the problem seems quite complex adding up all the different volumes of virtual cubic boxes within next space and knowing the flow and direction the way and is completely predictable.

We now have supercomputers, smart dust with mems, ESRI software, as well as a pretty good understanding of wind aloft and a database from the National Weather Service. Predicting patterns of wind, directions of fire, and understanding what occurs win any one condition is changed you seen the sophisticated software of a virtual wind tunnel we know what the weather will do, where it will go, what effect will have on our overall environment and which conditions we will need to change to slow down a storm, stop a storm or have a deliver water onto a fire or into a lake for water supply. Such modeling can help us understand the effects of an asteroid or god, forbid a comet hitting the earth and what will be the most likely outcome of such.

We can use such modeling to predict pollution coming from Fires in CA or China and how they effect the entire Earth Atmosphere Grid and what they will most likely do to the current and near future weather patterns and what such a chain reaction will do to our surface plants and animals long term. We can also understand the global warming effect of burps of Earth through volcanic activity and the extent that space weather, solar flares and our own pollution contribute or take away from the whole of the atmospheric earth system.

Controlling the weather patterns will require some skill, some talent, large collected databases, supercomputer number crunching and lots of trial and error. We will also need to let lose of some of the current mathematics we use to track weather in trade for multi-stacked equational computational analysis or a different type of math based on a new type of science. Which may lead us to the grand unification we seek.

As scientists and researchers will learn there will be places where weather is easily studied and relatively easily controllable using very little energy and using the actual wind currents with minor changes in certain situations which are made possible by the terrain itself. This brings us to another topic at topic is the patterns of erosion. Anyone was the pilot who has flown over the desert, over a mountain range or even in a glider using the addressing downdrafts understands that the fluid dynamics used by water, pressure or heat, which slowly over time brings mountain into river, into silt.

Some of the best farmland in the world will appear at the bottom of a mountain range where the water has washed the sediment into a valley. Or where a glacier has grinded away rock into fine sand, where a volcano has spread itself out over large area and overtime makes with the dust, dirt and other factors mentioned into a flat plain.

Ocean currents with any crevasse of the ocean may be very simple to study as the earth spins in the water flows it is relatively constant in certain places. Near the surface of the ocean where the water is less dense and more obvious and numerous factors play a part in the direction and flow it will be more difficult to predict, as more factors exist.

However once all those factors are known it will not be as difficult as it once appeared. Now let’s take the atmosphere which can change rapidly and has to take into consideration the ocean flow, temperature, height of the waves along with the heat of the land mass which could include; Urban heat, clouds, barometric pressure, precipitation, static electricity, wind, land formations, man-made pollution, man-made structures and many other non suspecting conditions and in many variations. This however should not scare away the scientists, the dreamer or the funds of those with the imagination to take this species to the next step. Controlling our weather is possible once we fully understand how it works. And we are well on our way. Unlike the Federal Reserve Bank’s options for controlling the flow of money, in the Earth System there are countless levers which can be used in the control of the weather.

Any one of those levers will set off a chain reaction since everything effects everything else. All patterns in the earth system running together, similarly all waves from all sources running together. Waves of light, waves containing energy and/or heat, waves of sound, waves of radiation no matter what the origin all run together. By controlling a single factor such as in ELF or VLF of the earth at 8.5 Hz you can control weather. By changing the heat with any of virtual three-dimensional grid in any place within the atmosphere you can control the wind, thus control the weather. By changing the temperature of the surface water of the Pacific Ocean by one degree, you can change the level an altitude and speed of the jetstream, and thus changing the entire flow of weather.

Since everything is a wave you can change to a wave of UV, gamma or very low frequency, which in fact can change the surface of the water in the ocean, or at any altitude up to and beyond the Ionosphere. If you take a spherical fruit out of your refrigerator and placed it in a box and stuck a straw into the middle, the coolness from within the fruit will escape and will change the temperature within that box, a few degrees. But as we have learned and are learning from the global warming effect we are witnessing today which threatens to change the earth system, and somewhat disrupt human life upon the land we can see that we do have options. Different percentages of gas in the atmosphere will act differently under different temperatures. They will interact differently and you’ll change weather patterns, a volcanic vent on the floor of the Pacific Ocean will impact the surface temperature of the water and therefore the weather patterns. This could lead to more severe weather, which will appear to us to be unpredictable, but actually it will be more predictable, we may not like the prediction but we can know the outcome.

By modifying our weather and categorizing its anomalies, we may find that we can use certain areas with highly predictable conditions as places to slightly modify those conditions to create desired weather patterns which can deliver water to crops, to help keep the world, to fill up lakes, and to provide clean and safe drinking water to the populations of the world. Let me give you an example of how this can be done. Next paragraph. Let’s take Bernoulli’s principal and apply it to a mountainous canyon at a higher altitude. In certain times of the year the air will be cold, moist, and the wind will blow through the canyon. If you pick such a location you can provide a chemical laser-beam from the ground and from the canyon, which will superheat the air coming through and make huge thunderclouds, similar out comes can be witnessed by kids blowing bubbles on a micro scale.

Now then, if there is a basin created by an old Lake that was filled up by an ancient glacier or water running down through the canyon where the air now flows, and if you pick a location that is boxed in by other mountains which also fed into and surround the lower ground of the old lake, then you will have clouds unable due to their denseness to make it over the second mountain range thus they will accumulate and eventually downpour rain in the location or on the foot hills or against the leeward side of the mountain range, thus filling up the old lake. There are many such locations and since we already now based on our ESRI-GIS mapping where these locations exist completing this scenario is relatively easy. As a matter of fact it is so easy, it is hard to believe with all the brainpower, meteorologists, scientists, innovators and imagination of the diehard individuals, which make up this great nation that no one had ever thought of this before.

We must be proactive with weather research, control and slight manipulations with our weather is the answer to the problem, which face us now and in the future. One could say that instead of manipulating and controlling our environment it is best to conserve and not touch those things that we do not understand yet. I hear this argument and I understand basis. That basis comes from a basic flaw in thinking starting with our belief in the belief that has been adopted by most human beings on the planet towards a certain religion of their choosing which indicates that a god or gods created everything we see perfectly and that should remain to so. I do not wish to enter such a fundamental debate as no one would change their views and “A person convinced against their will, is of the same opinion still.”

I say to this argument that if in fact it is true that a God or Gods did give us such a wonderful gift, then that same god or gods also created a species and within that species a genetic DNA code which allowed us to form in such a way that we had the brainpower to understand these patterns of nature and adapt and create a mathematical system which was similar enough to parallel the original sets of the units used to describe and then build the earth system. So then, in taking this argument to the next level and without debating whether there is one or many gods, which created this system, I say to them, that it was intended for us to have such cranial capacity to move our species to the next step of human evolution and eventually to control such things.

Today we have a problem, although the problem in the ongoing trials and tribulations of humankind’s need for chaos in controversy is not completely at crisis yet, it will be soon, if we fail to use that which is in our power to fix the problem. Weather control is possible, just like the airplane was possible, just like man’s first trip to the moon was possible, just like ridding the world of smallpox and polio was possible. One could say that those diseases were created by the same god or gods which created the weather, the patterns and nature which include the patterns of the erosion, rain, weather, water, fluidic dynamics, wind, earthquakes, volcanic activity, plate tectonics, etc. why is it that mankind can not see through this logical rationale. It only makes sense that as mankind evolves into a species of higher cognition, that eventually we will become our own god or gods.

Small and relevant modifications of the earth’s system in the United States and abroad will save lives, it will allow our farmers to help feed the world, it will allow our citizens to have a higher standard of living and better quality of life and as we take what we’ve learned and freely give that knowledge to the Third World peoples. We will find that the Third World will look up to us, respect to us and listen to what we have to say above their mythological religious based spiritual witch doctors and voodoo’isms which currently dominate their daily lives, thought process and doom their civilizations from ever getting past the Machiavellian, warlord like world which provides little if modern day human rights. Helping the world and the species using our knowledge to live in global harmony through weather control cannot be debated the debate has been won, I hereby declare victory, there can be no rationale against moving mankind forward.

The current situation throughout the world has put mankind at a standstill to get to the next evolutionary step, to the destiny that awaits us and to the future we deserve. We can not in good faith standby and watch the children of the world die from dysentery, malaria, yellow fever, tuberculosis, AIDS or any other dreadful disease or virus, due to droughts, fresh water supplies or our failure to modify the environment to support human life properly. We must not fail to act, if we fail to fix the problem when we have the capacity, the wherewithal, the technology to get the job done, then I submit to you that we as stakeholders on this planet, as human beings, as a common species are doing so at the future risk to the ongoing forward progression of mankind and to the detriment of the whole including all those children of the world and the future of the species. There can be no debate; we know what we must do, we should start today and we should finish the program.

The NGOs, the World Bank, and a leadership of the free world understands that something must be done, inaction, lack of a cohesive plan, fighting over methods and means within the context of bureaucracy cannot achieve our common goals. We must do something and that something is now long overdue. Next paragraph the leading thinkers throughout the history of recorded written time, whose words we’ve read and are grateful for their writings, have discussed what is needed to maintain civilization and now as mankind has procreated to the point where he has spread out across the globe in every quarter of the earth there is no doubt that it is time to connect the civilizations as one global community looking forward to the future in completing the circle. It can be done.

By better understanding the wind currents and our weather we can put ourselves into a position where weather control is completely possible. Let us not pass up this opportunity to make it so. By cataloguing the weather using one’s and zeros or a new type of spatial quantum computing bitonic sort and using the supercomputer technology along with our storage capabilities brought to us and at our disposal thanks to the continuation of Moore’s Law, we can find anomalies which create severe weather such as tornadoes, hurricanes, typhoons, hail storms, etc. then we can make sure that when these anomalies exist, we can put in minor changes setting off the chain reaction which will steer such weather situations away from populated areas which might or could experience loss of life, damage to infrastructure, unworthy risks to personal property or hardship to our societies.

The weather and the wind are two things we must get a grip on. If we can set the weather patterns in such away that spread the pollution created by mankind evenly around the earth as we work to lessen the pollution simultaneously, we may find that our percentage of cause to the overall global warming effect will render it insignificant, and perhaps change the trend that is currently occurring. The possibilities for weather control to assist the human race with fresh water supplies, pollution distribution, farming are so significant that they will change human life forever. By controlling the weather and learning from the process mankind will live happier, healthier, longer lives, with a greater abundance then was ever thought possible. We owe to ourselves to push forward, to press on, to persevere and to make those gods or god that humans worship proud of us for taking their creation and making it better.

After all, if your son discovered a vaccine for polio wouldn’t you be the proudest parent that has ever walked the earth. I must say, if mankind was able to control the weather during my lifetime in this period and do so in a positive way and for the betterment of the whole and the children of the world, I myself would have a greater appreciation for being a member of the species. I would be proud of the accomplishment of my fellow man and feel a renewed vigor towards my own contributions to humankind and therefore feel positive about our future as inhabitants and viable species of the Planet. Wouldn’t you? Of all the negative and all the questionable characteristics of mankind which are currently in play, one would have to ask; Are human beings actually a viable species of this ecosystem in their current form and present period method of organizing?

Weather control is a noble and attainable goal. First we need to learn to predict the wind, map the data and learn from action in modifying various factors, then we will be well on our way. Weather control is possible and it will solve many of the problems mankind now faces.

Seven Common Questions About Home Weather Stations (And Their Answers)

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By Graham McClung

 

Have you ever started a conversation with a comment about the weather?

Has an unexpected weather change created havoc in your garden, pond or aviary, or even damaged your home?

Have you ever noticed that the weather you experienced during your day was different to that reported by your nearest official weather station?

Have you ever left home wearing clothing that was too warm or cool for the day’s weather?

Or would you just like to know a little more about your local weather than you can find out from TV or the internet?

A “yes” answer to any of those questions suggests that you could benefit from owning your own home weather station.

Now is a great time to get a weather station of your own. Recent improvements mean they have never before been so powerful, so easy to use and install, or so well priced.

I’m sure you’d like to know more, so here are some answers to the seven most commonly asked questions about home weather stations:

1. What is a Home Weather Station?

A modern home weather station consists of one or more sensors which collect data on temperature, humidity, air pressure, rainfall, and wind direction and speed from around your home. This information is transferred to a receiver/display console located in the comfort of your home, and updated frequently. The cost and usefulness rises with the number of sensors used.

2. A friend had a weather station and there were cables everywhere. Why would I want that?

No problems there. Older home weather stations sent data along thin cables, but you will have no difficulty in finding suitable units which use radio to transmit the weather information, over effective ranges of 330 feet or more. No wires, no holes in the roof or wall.

3. How difficult are they to set up?

With a little preplanning, it takes little time or effort to get a home weather station up and running. Once you have chosen the positions for the sensors and receiver, and checked that they are in contact with each other, all you need is some very basic ability with a drill and screwdriver.

4. How reliable are home weather stations, and what do they cost?

Home weather stations vary from a simple temperature recorder to multi sensor arrays. Costs start from less than US$30 for the simplest models with a single sensor, up to around $5-600 for a quality home weather center. More specialized units, designed more for commercial and agricultural uses, run up to $3,000. As in most things, you get what you pay for, and you can expect a $500 model to be stronger and more reliable than something from the lower end of the price range.

Nevertheless, with a little bit of preparation and maintenance, you can expect the cheaper models to give good consistent service.

5. Will I just see raw weather data, or can I expect more?

You can expect a lot more. Most weather stations offer a range of calculated functions such as relative humidity, dewpoint, heat index and wind chill factor, depending on which sensors are used. Many have a basic forecasting ability, correct about three times out of four. Many include alarm functions which can be preset at critical high or low temperatures, high wind speeds etc. Almost all show the time, and many of the simpler ones can double as an alarm clock – imagine being woken in the morning with the console showing both the time and the outside temperature.

6. Can I connect my weather station to my computer?

In most cases, yes. In fact many of the better weather stations include software allowing easy connection. A wide range of commercial weather software is compatible with most weather station models.

Take it a step further and you can even link your weather station with automatic heating and watering systems (and much more). Imagine the savings in water use if your irrigation system was controlled by something a little smarter than a timer.

7. What other uses could a home weather station have?

I’ve mentioned a number of uses in the answers above, but a home weather station can help out anywhere that wind, rainfall or temperature data is useful. Most stations will handle several temperature sensors – you could check soil temperature to help guide you with spring or fall plantings, pool temperatures, or even temperatures in a baby’s nursery inside your home.

Or you could run a very simple system monitoring temperatures in an outdoor aviary or greenhouse.

On a different track, you can upload your data to a web page – many people do – or contribute to the overall USA weather picture by sending your information to CWOP (Citizen Weather Observer Program)

There are so many ways to benefit from a home weather station. But to my mind, I’ve left the best to last.

By observing the weather around your home, you are opening up a much wider field – the enjoyment of the natural world.

As you see patterns develop in the information you have collected, you’ll start to appreciate the weather maps, weather warnings, satellite images, radar and forecasts more. You’ll find yourself watching the clouds, and how they change with variations in air pressure or wind direction, and you may even improve on the official forecasts.

And overall you’ll find yourself paying more attention to the world outside – not just the sky, wind and clouds but all other aspects of the natural world.

So if you can see a need for a home weather station, go ahead and get one that suits you – you’ll find a link to a helpful website just below the end of this article. But don’t be surprised if your horizons expand well beyond your own backyard.

Are Poly Tanks the Best Option to Saving Rainwater?

Saving water for drought seasons have been one of the major concerns in Australia. However, this has been common nowadays, even in places that do not at all experience water scarcity. They just do it in order to save money and cut off even a little bit from paying water bills. Since water is one of the most vital natural resources that man, animals and plants cannot live without, people have placed a great emphasis on conserving water to prepare for future water problems that may occur anytime due to global warming.

Water conservation has continued to be the main solution for water scarcity that gave people the idea of using water tanks and other water storage containers to store water for future needs. Obviously, these tanks are used mainly to store free water, which is rainwater, to be used for extra activities like gardening, watering the lawns and yards, cleaning cars, filling up home pools or even kid’s paddling pools, flushing the toilet, and even sometimes washing clothes. With them, people have found a way to never deprive themselves in using water for their extra needs and anytime, as much as they want. This has been an issue in countries like Australia where water restrictions are promulgated because of the excessive dry season that they experience over there.

Well, these tanks come in varieties and are even made with different materials. The most common type is those steel tanks which are placed outside the homes to directly fetch water and store it. However, these types of tanks have downsides with regards to hygienic issues; and that is the main reason that led manufacturers to make use of poly tanks instead in storing and keeping rainwater. The innovation was implemented to promote hygienic and anti-corrosive way of saving water which can save you more money compared to having steel tanks at home.

Poly water tanks are mainly composed of plastic and fiber. And with that, it is obviously one way of getting rid of rust accumulation as time goes by when the water storage system becomes older. Aside from steel tanks, there were also tanks made of concrete cements which are more questionable to storing clean water supply. Well, rainwater is not as clean as the provided city water supply; however, since it is free and comes directly from the sky, we would want it to be kept without the combination of grimes and other unwanted materials which are from the containers themselves. We would want it to be kept clean as much as we can because some people even resort to using rainwater for drinking especially if there are water interruptions and worst water inadequacy conditions. But of course, directly drinking rainwater is very much not advisable. Proper purification and distillation process should be observed.

The advantages of polymer coated tanks are their being light weight compared to steel tanks, next is their anti-corrosive and rust-free property, and third is their ability to store almost anything without having to worry about cleanliness issue. The only flaw of poly water tank is its disability to store harsh acids that may cause for it to melt. Well, steel tanks cannot store harsh chemicals as well, depending on the chemical’s acidity level; but concrete water tanks can.

Actually, water tanks come in different sizes. There are large, medium, and even small water tanks are available to save you space at home. It all depends on your needs, so you do not have to worry of having narrow spaces in your area. There are even water tanks that are installed underground to save you more space, but would require much more of a professional help in installation.

So to conclude, water tanks have shown great compliance in solving water inadequacy problems through time. Their usefulness has been widely experienced in places where water is not enough, and their worth has been recognized worldwide. It truly does not matter if you choose any type of water tank that you like; what is important is to have a cleaning schedule for the tank to avoid water contamination.