Gardens of the Cross Timbers: The sands of time
Becky Emerson Carlberg
Contributing writer
The rat at my house must be a sentient animal. The rodent decided weeks ago the engine block of my 1997 Ford Aerostar is the perfect place for its winter home. Notice I said is. The rat has so far constructed three cozy homes in exactly the same place. Each nest was disassembled and placed far away from the van. The next day the entire nest had vanished. Seven days later, the nest was back under the hood. Chicken wire did not deter the animal. The rat circumvented bars of Irish Spring soap and hanging moth ball cakes. The natural rodent deterrent “Mouse Magic’, sachets of corn cob shavings saturated with peppermint and spearmint oil, offered a charming foundation for the last nest. The morning after the peppermint was installed, I walked to the van and saw the rat hop out and go west. It had been busy decorating. Keeping in the Yule spirit, the rat had taken one of
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government. federal government will work with the state and we ll help them with funding. it s going to take a lot of funding, i ll tell you that. should they have done things differently before this? a lot of things have been learned. also today for second straight day the president repeated his theory as to what caused the fire disaster, the loss of homes, the heartbreaking loss of life. his explanation, a lack of raking. i was watching the firemen the other day, and they were raking areas, they were raking areas where the fire was, and they are raking trees, little trees like that, not little trees, but bushes that you can see that are totally dry. weeds. and raking them. they are on fire. that should have been all raked out. what about the government? you wouldn t have the fires. we will be talking about forest management. i ve been saying that for a long time.
as you saw from the other video, it s not just that there are trees on fire. of course, structures have burned. and that is adds go to the toxic problem for the air. carbon monoxide is being released and poisons the blood cells. secondly, nitrogen dioxide which is in the lungs which is like acid. where is it going to spread? it s going to head on into sections not only california but the pacific northwest, there is an air quality alert in effect for the san joaquin valley as we head into through actually until tuesday, then there is also an air stagnation alert for the pacific northwest. good news, ana, is we are expecting a series of storms to move in between now and just after thanksgiving that will help bring this area some much needed relief. fingers crossed. jean mormon, thank you for the information. you can find out how to help people affected by the fires by going to cnn.com/impact.
shop around and but you can t consummate the transaction, who would accept that on cyber monday? bill: you shop but bring nothing home. exactly. bill: or pay for it either. gentlemen, thank you to both of you because we re now in december trying to figure out what s working and what s not. but it is clear this will be something that will go deep into 2014. dr. sreedhar potarazu, thank you. james capretta, thank you. we ll call on you both very soon. martha. martha: it s a war on christmas but it s a whole different kind. a new threat that is killing off christmas trees. we ll tell you what is going on with the poor little trees out there. bill: also federal investigators are on the scene of that deadly train derailment. laura engel is there live with the latest today. good morning, bill. heavy equipment is being used this morning to right the railcars here in the bronx as investigators continue to interview passengers and crewmembers to find answers. we ll have more coming up after