[Mick]

Many ecosystems DEPEND on winer cold and weather. with out the cold and permerfrost many insects and vermin would become over populated and then they would destroy their ecosystem. Cold winter weather is a balancing act. Most people curse the cold weather but they should, they just dont relize how our agruculeral system is dependent on it. like i said a few senteces ago buts and vermin would became to populated and would destoye or crops and feilds.
Not all ecosystems are depednt on this check and balnce system but alot are and with out it society and nature in thso areas would be doomened

[Reverend Blair]

The pine beetle infestation in British Colombia is a good example of the importance of cold weather, Mick. There have always been pine beetles, but extended cold snaps kept their numbers down. Now it doesn't get as cold and doesn't stay cold for as long, and the beetles are wiping out massive tracts of forests. The dead trees then create a fire hazard.

[Canadian]

As well the winter melt helps the Ducks, geese and other animals by flooding wet lands.

Look at how the Peace/Athabasca Delta has been negatively effected since the 2 and now maybe a third dam were put on the Peace river. Egg Lake has all been vanished due to this and only filled up twice since and now is a marsh.

[workinman]

Many ecosystems DEPEND on winer cold and weather. with out the cold and permerfrost many insects and vermin would become over populated and then they would destroy their ecosystem

i agree mick!
nature is the most awesome example of 'balance'. it is amazing how species adapt to fill niches and surpluses.. nature left alone is a beautiful harmony of an ever changing, ever evolving dance. but unfortunately, man can never seem to leave nature alone... we are always interupting the 'flow' or 'balance'
even winter, as much as some of us despise it, is part of the dance... and VERY necessary!

[Mick]

Originally Posted by workinman

i agree mick!
nature is the most awesome example of 'balance'. nature left alone is a beautiful harmony of an ever changing, ever evolving dance. but unfortunately, even winter, as much as some of us despise it, is part of the dance... and VERY necessary!

Loved the dance analogy, I think it works Very well, when i was oringaly writing it was thinking of the 3 branches of the goverment! But a dance is less corupt and its a flow were evry step and move you do is parryed by your dance partner! and the song can be compared to the ecosystem as a whole... but yeah analogys for the win

[horselover]

Winter's great, but too much can be a bad thing.

We have so much snow outside from only 2 major snowfalls, it's more than last year combined already. This will cause a major problem when the snow starts to melt, the storm sewers are going to be flooded.

I just shovelled a foot and a half of snow from a driveway, snow combined from the last snow I would think, but I doubt it as it's a new house, and the car had been in an out prior to the storm.

I'll post some pictures of the snow tomorrow, you'll see how much we got since last night.

[Mick]

Iv goten mad snow down her in jersey to (its still snowing) But i did not think of the socoligcal aspects of winter more along the lines od how it effects the env and how that effect society

[horselover]

It's bad for the environment right now.

Case in point, the crash that involved 25 vehicles just after noon today that forced a major highway to close down.

article here

[3plus3]

I have not gotten any snow. I remember when I was a child we would always get snow at least once or twice ( I mean a really good snow) every winter. Haven't had a really good snow here since about 93-94.

[Tag]

I like snow, but wouldnt like a long winter. It's nice to know that it's a check on pesky insects.