JaymesHi my name is Jaymes Dec. You may have heard about me on jaymesdec.com That's called a blog. I never really update it. I plan on starting a new site to keep track of my progress in this class. Coming soon... I own a business, City Hunt. We build big urban games for big companies. I may try to figure out my company's ecological imprint and see if it makes sense to try to green my company. Not sure if it will really make a big difference though. Maybe it would be better to try to find a use for all the waste we produce. Not really sure what my score is on the Big Here Quiz, I think I did all right. Maybe around 20? See my answers below. 1) Point north. I CAN SEE THE EMPIRE STATE BUILDING 2) What time is sunset today? 7:30 ? ACTUAL = 7:22 3) Trace the water you drink from rainfall to your tap. THERE ARE SOME RESEVOIRS IN UP STATE NEW YORK THAT COLLECTS WATER AND THEN SEND IT THROUGH MASSIVE PIPES (REMEMBER DIE HARD 2?) THAT LEAD TO NYC. THEN IT GETS FILTERED SOMEWHERE (I HOPE). FROM THERE IT COMES TO MY BUILDING AND UP THE PIPES. 4) When you flush, where do the solids go? What happens to the waste water? USUALLY MY TOILET. EMBARRASINGLY, I HAVE NO CLUE. 5) How many feet above sea level are you? MY APT IS ON THE 16th FLOOR ON SOUTH STREET SO PROBABLY 9 FEET TIMES 16 FLOORS = 144 6) What spring wildflower is consistently among the first to bloom here? CHERRY BLOSSOMS? 7) How far do you have to travel before you reach a different watershed? Can you draw the boundaries of yours? MY GUESS IS NJ. HUDSON WOULD BE BOUNDRY 8) Is the soil under your feet, more clay, sand, rock or silt? ROCK 9) Before your tribe lived here, what did the previous inhabitants eat and how did they sustain themselves? NOT MCDONALDS! GRUBS AND MIDGES? DEER, RABBITS, CORN, TOMATOES, FISH ETC… 10) Name five native edible plants in your neighborhood and the season(s) they are available. YEAH, RIGHT! ACORNS? 11) From what direction do storms generally come? FROM THE ATLANTIC? 12) Where does your garbage go? STATEN ISLAND? 13) How many people live in your watershed? AT LEAST 9 MILLION 14) Who uses the paper/plastic you recycle from your neighborhood? PAPER AND PLASTIC MANUFACTUERERS 15) Point to where the sun sets on the equinox. How about sunrise on the summer solstice? CAN DO 16) Where is the nearest earthquake fault? When did it last move? QUEENS, A FEW YEARS AGO 17) Right here, how deep do you have to drill before you reach water? A FEW FEET. I LIVE ON THE WATER 18) Which (if any) geological features in your watershed are, or were, especially respected by your community, or considered sacred, now or in the past? THE RIVERS 19) How many days is the growing season here (from frost to frost)? 200 DAYS? 20) Name five birds that live here. Which are migratory and which stay put? PIGEONS! (STAY PUT), VARIOUS FINCHES (STAY PUT), PEREGRINE FALCONS (STAY PUT), CANADIAN GEESE (MIGRATORY) 21) What was the total rainfall here last year? 150 INCHES? 22) Where does the pollution in your air come from? CARS 23) If you live near the ocean, when is high tide today? NO IDEA 24) What primary geological processes or events shaped the land here? GLACIERS? 25) Name three wild species that were not found here 500 years ago. Name one exotic species that has appeared in the last 5 years. JAPANESE BEATLES, SMALL POX, WALKING FISH 26) What minerals are found in the ground here that are (or were) economically valuable? IRON 27) Where does your electric power come from and how is it generated? CON ED, RATS ON TREADMILLS? 28) After the rain runs off your roof, where does it go? THE SIDEWALK, THEN EVAPORATES INTO HUMIDITY 29) Where is the nearest wilderness? When was the last time a fire burned through it? NJ, NOT SURE WHEN LAST MAJOR FIRE WAS. PROB NOT IN MY LIFE TIME. 30) How many days till the moon is full? 19 DAYS GIVE OR TAKE A DAY The Bigger Here Bonus Questions: 31) What species once found here are known to have gone extinct? NEANDERTHAL 32) What other cities or landscape features on the planet share your latitude? LONDON? TOKYO? 33) What was the dominant land cover plant here 10,000 years ago? I DUNNO 34) Name two places on different continents that have similar sunshine/rainfall/wind and temperature patterns to here. PARIS, TOKYO? |