from blue and emerald to murky muddy!!

For Tuesday Postings I aim to scope out a news story of interest to me and post my thoughts, comments, etc on the story. In today's first edition of "Tantalizing Tuesday" I have a story regarding Lake Tahoe - to read the actual article click here.

In summary research was released that reveals that it is a likely possibility that in the next decade the striking blue and emerald water of Lake Tahoe will in fact be reduced to a murky muddy color, due in a large part to 'global warming.' The article goes on to detail how the Lake generates such breathtaking beauty of color, and that is related to the flow of oxygen at the bottom of the Lake and mixing that occurs every four years, which stirs the algae growth upward. Like I said click above for the article.

The story covering Lake Tahoe caught my attention because a couple of weeks I had the pleasure of visiting Squaw Valley with Dad, and from the high point you can look back at Lake Tahoe, and at the time it was surrounded by snow capped mountains, and looked breathtaking. In scanning the horizon my dad and I were discussing the Urban Legend that surrounds Lake Tahoe, and one consists of the possibility of a grave site existing underwater, and due to the icy cold temperatures and deep waters, the bodies have been preserved in death. If in fact there is any remote truth to this, then could it be possible that as time elapses and the temperature of the Lake rises, that the things from below could rise higher or decompose???

COMMERCIAL BREAK: I was interrupted from my thought flow by a visit from a most ardent admirer, but I'm back to finish so I can have blogged at least two days in a row, AND get to bed before 11, a minor miracle!!

Digressing from Urban Legend and all that lark, I would also like to take the issue of global warming and eco friendly, and going green, etc and pause momentarily. Of all the commands God gave his children, perhaps the one most neglected has been the one for us to take care of all that he made. The beauty of the earth is a gift from God, yet do we value it, give God the glory for it? I am not in the camp that places more importance on the quality of the environment other the life of a human; but I do feel we who profess a faith in Jesus Christ neglect our role. We too often abdicate our responsibility, be it our responsibility to care for the environment, to love all unabashedly, to fight for the right of life, to procure freedom, to tell others of Jesus…


Did you notice the windy path I made all over an article related to warming trend of Lake Tahoe?!

Stay tuned for tomorrow’s blog, but don’t be looking for any words!!