In Dallas, Mexico's ambassador to the United States, Jesus Reyes
Heroles, appeared at a news conference with U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey
Hutchison to announce that U.S. firefighters could be deployed in
Mexico as early as Monday.
Mexican officials, traditionally sensitive to outside interference
their domestic affairs, said they did not initiate a request for help.
But Reyes acknowledged the unusual nature of the fire disaster.
"Obviously, we are facing a phenomenon that's absolutely
unprecedented in its scope and nature," he said. (NB! Min anm.)
"We need anything additional we can use."
In southern Texas, agriculture officials said the hazy smoke, which
has been blocking out sunshine, has begun to affect the cotton crop
in the Lower Rio Grade Valley.
"The problem with cotton is if you go through an extended period of
cloudy conditions, then the plant stops fruiting," said John Norman,
an agricultural extension agent in Weslaco. That means cotton plants
could stop growing, and shed their budding fruit before it matures.
skriver CNN. Globaliseringen griper stadig om seg. Men her dreier det seg om
omfattende økologiske krisefenomener som den store "positive"
verdenssamvittigheten ikke tillegger særlig betydning, for det kunne jo
koste penger å gjøre det. Man kunne risikere å måtte legge om kursen
radikalt. Da skyver man heller problemene foran seg. Da er det mere
interessant å snakke om mobiltelefonnettet, valutakurser eller tollsatser,
alt det den liberale økonomiske dogmatikken fra forrige århundre forteller
er viktig. Dumhet = ondskap.
Vh. Karsten Johansen