Daryl's Journal

What Happened Today? Feather Sound walk. Drove to the Tampa office. Many good things happening with Gulf Coast Chemical. New products and new Opportunities. Talked with Chris. He’s in Orlando. He may possibly go to Okeechobee Correctional Facility. 3 hours from the house.

GAIA- Planetary Management:

386. Hence the forest loses its leaves for extended periods.

387. Open dry woodland or wooded savannah receives less than 1,000 mm of rainfall, and often experiences prolonged drought. 

388. How we benefit from tropical forests: We derive many benefits from the mere existence of tropical forests. Through their watershed effects, they act like a sponge, soaking up rainfall before releasing it slowly and steadily into rivers.

389. They protect precious topsoil.

390. Above all, they regulate climate, whether at regional or global levels.

What Happened Today? Feather Sound walk. Drove to the Tampa office. Sales calls at Color Wheel and Tool World. Melvin, Chris’ friend, called and said Chris had been moved. We don’t know where.

GAIA- Planetary Management:

381. Occasionally standing 60 meters high, the several distinct strata give an impression of “forest piled upon forest”.

382. In wetter areas, it is known as rainforest.

383. Moist forest receives at least 2,000 mm of rainfall a year (no more than 3 months with less than 100 mm).

384. It is very similar to evergreen forest, except that it lacks the ecological complexity.

385. Deciduous forest receives 1,500 mm of rainfall a year, with 4-6 months virtually dry.