>>Who cares about record lows anyway.
It is not pertinent to the situation....truly 'useless' information.
Record lows clearly indicate the potential severity of freezing temperatures at a location. Who cares? folk who have plants, critters that have to cope with severe conditions. What a sloppy statement, 'who cares'
Record lows and record highs are very, very useful. It sure tells me what is going to be at risk and what level of protection is required to ensure safety
I sure notice that a simple structure over a shallow or small pond can keep it ice free, and plants and critters survival rates are vastly improved when temperatures are going to be 15°f every night for a week, when ice has gone 4" thick on unprotected positions, to consider what else might work when temps can possibly go to -10°f
>>I surmise you have little training in the life sciences...as exemplified by your capitalization of species names, that will set any biologist's teeth on edge<g>...so I don't reasonable expect you to know the biggest flaw in your 'defense'.
In English it is the norm to capitolise names, and a personal quirk to like finding an excuse to use the shift key to capitolise names and titles.
Feel free to prefer to write on clay tablets, practise archane languages, irrelevant academic quirks, make crop circles and any other primitive custom relevant to your peculiar culture. Staying vaguely relevant to the topic might be one for Craig to master...
>>For starters, the Green frog is correctly Rana clamitans ( species names are always properly written in lower case). The name you used is for a distinct subspecies, so while all Green frogs are R. clamitans, not all are in the subspecies melanota.
>>And the range of said subspecies is not "through Canada" or the "north of Canada". It ranges into southeast Canada...a milder clime even by Canadian standards.
The name is specified 'Green Frog, Rana Clamitans Melanota' in the Paterson Field guide series, sponsored by the National Audobahn Society and the National Wildlife Federation. By all means go dispute the identity and hardiness of that frog with folk that know better than you (in Zolfo Springs, Florida, might as well be Mars). Craig
The distribution map clearly indicates the Green frogs range goes substantially further North and West than the Great Lakes latitude and logitude (certainly a tad colder than NY and NC), so go argue with the Canadians over there that they are obliged to be considered now in the balmy 'South East' of Canada by Craig's personal decree, and that the 'Green Frog' has suddenly been decreed 'weak'
>>I think when we have people posting things that are inaccurate, incorrect and dangerous to the life we choose to attract by building these ponds we have a RESPONSIBILITY to correct the misinformation and lies
Joyce, within this thread you have chosen to state deliberate lies... (calling me a pathological liar, with zero evidence to prove it) made false statements... (eg 'Who cares about record lows anyway')
You also have ZERO evidence for claims such as being a 'professional artist' E.g. no significant employment in any professional capacity within that industry, how can you possibly be considered responsible to do anything 'correct'
Oh, and if anyone was to consider taking anything Joyce states seriously, make sure you ask for some relevant verification, track record, portfolio, credentials, check references, sources, the usual professional caution... The last time I did, all I got was an abusive offensive e-mail (on file), threatening to slander me to anyone that would listen
Regards, andy
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