Save the Earth? Nah!
If you go to Google today, you'll see that they've "turned out the lights" - so to speak. They've changed out their standard white background for black to raise awareness for Earth Hour, "an international event that asks households and businesses to turn off their lights...for one hour on the evening of 29 March at 8 pm local time until 9 pm to promote electricity conservation and thus lower carbon emissions." While watching the video posted on their website, I started to wonder if Las Vegas was going to participate. But then I realized that they more than likely wouldn't considering MGM lost $1 million a minute when their power went out earlier this year... so take that, times 60, times 24 (not counting non-LV Blvd Casinos), and you wind up with $1,440,000,000 "lost" income. That's assuming that they're all at about 90% capacity, etc etc etc. But still... on a Saturday Night, in Las Vegas... I'm sure there's more than that being that there is 10 or so casinos on Fremont Street as well as Red Rock, and the Station Casinos. But who knows, maybe they'll surprise us and show they care about the Earth... nah.
Update: Just saw Las Vegas was not on the list of cities involved... shocking.
SoCal Fires
First and foremost - if you live in or around San Diego, or Malibu, or any of the other Southern California areas that are affected by the wildfires, my prayers and thoughts are with you. News coverage has been constant about these fires, which I believe they totaled to about 11 different fires. These fires are all around LA, thankfully not in near me - but my return to Las Vegas has been stalled. I was planning to leave Sunday night, but wanted to stay one more day to be able to spend more time with Justin and extend my break from Vegas... well, that probably wasn't the best idea, as now I-15 - the main road back to Nevada - is closed because of the fires. Although the news coverage is constant - traffic and road conditions are not as often and not as detailed. Online - one site says the road is open, another site says it's closed. So I'm just confused and I feel bad because I know Justin had plans last night but cancelled them because I couldn't go home. I'm hoping I can get home tonight. Please pray for the families whose homes have been destroyed and whose lives have been displaced by this disaster. Hundreds - if not thousands - of homes have been destroyed. Federal assistance was granted, but they've only shown one instance of the Air Force's help. I hope it's more than that and they're just not showing it on TV. Governor Schwarzenegger said the right thing yesterday at a news conference: Immediate Action is required, not discussion. Totally agree. Do now - talk later.
Belated Blog Action Day 2007
On October 15th, bloggers around the web will unite to put a single important issue on everyone’s mind - the environment. Every blogger will post about the environment in their own way and relating to their own topic. Our aim is to get everyone talking towards a better future. — Blog Action Day
Well shit... I forgot about that one... my bad... next year perhaps? I can't think of anything to write about other than to save electricity and turn off the lights that you don't need! Candle light is so much more attractive anyway.
Thanks Brian for the reminder... I'll put a note in my calendar for 2008.










