After I highlighted the leaving of garbage on public places and identified the Mud Volcano at Bunsee Trace to be one such place.
A new development have been discovered.
The garbage have been collected placed in a heap adjoining dry leaves and other dry debris from the adjoining forest and put on fire.
The persons involved when they perceive the garbage have been burnt, they put out the remaining fire with a pail of water and left.
The fire then because of the heat content reignited and was about to enter the adjoining forest, when our team arrived and contained the would be explosive bush fire.
Our further investigation revealed, that persons are paid to provide this service.
Can we be a bit more responsible?
Why are we burning dry waste material adjoining dry impacted forest?
Is this our method of setting fires when we are not on the site?
Local Actress-Director ~ Dru Castiglione (Dru Soo)
New Fire Festival is a pioneering and transformational monthly Concert Series which features the best of T&T's diverse new Music and Progressive Cultural Scene.
A Tree With Roots travels to Trinidad & Tobago to find and capture its beautiful musical traditions.
Featuring
Clarita Rivas, Robert Munro, The Lara Brothers, Raul Landaeta, Dominic Thompson, Vanessa Emperatriz, Mr. Marvelous, HYPE STAR, Adrian Greaves, Maria Nunes, The Guerrero Sisters, Martin Gomez, Godfrey Pacheco, Damien Joseph, El Cantaro, NGC Steel Xplosion, La Fiesta de Lopinot and more.
Song List
Pasen, Pasen – The Lara Brothers, Lopinot Sereno (original song) – Clarita Rivas & Dominic Thompson. St. Joseph Naciamento, La Gallina, El Gavilan – Martin Gomez, Lopinot Bienvenido – The Guerrero Sisters, Lopinot Parang, Parang – Dulce Musica de Lopinot, Lopinot Alegria, Alegria – Lopinot Canarios, Lopinot Warap – House to House parranderos, Lopinot Tito Lara Tribute – Godfrey Pacheco, Lopinot Que Venga – The Lara Brothers, Lopinot Cuatro demonstration – Adrian Greaves, Barataria La Emperatriz – Raul Landaeta, Port of Spain El Diablo Suelto – Raul Landaeta & Vanessa Emperatriz, Port of Spain Unknown title – Robert Munro & Dominic Thompson, Port of Spain Cantiques de Noel (Creche) – Janet Fournillier & neighbor Theadora, Paramin Du Du Yemi (Natasha) – NGC Steel Xplosion, Carnbee, Tobago Look at the Times Today – Mr. Marvelous, Crown Point, Tobago Reach to the Stars – Hype Star, Crown Point, Tobago She Want to Come – Damien Joseph, Kevin Pierre, Ronomon, Paramin Unknown title – El Cantaro, Santa Cruz
When in flight its wings makes an amazing whirring sound that grabs your attention.
Pawi - The Trinidad Piping Guan (Pipile pipile) is endemic to the island of Trinidad.
This species is found only in Trinidad where it was once abundant throughout the Northern Range and the southern Trinity Hills, and also occurred in lowland areas such as the Nariva Swamp and Aripo Savannas.
It is threatened by illegal hunting and to a lesser extent by habitat destruction.
This is a medium-sized cracid, 60 cm in length, and similar in general appearance to a turkey, with a thin neck and small head.
It is mainly black with a purple gloss. The large crest is blackish, edged with white, and there are large white wing patches. The bare face and wattle are blue, and the legs are red.
Legless Lizard or Black and White Worm Lizard ( Amphisbaena fuliginosa ) sometimes mistakenly called a two headed snake or black and white Coral are non-venomous reptiles with black and white mosaic patterned cylindrical body.
They have very small eyes with a translucent scale over them and body scales in rings. They have a rounded snout above their mouth and strong jaws with sharp teeth for feeding on invertebrates. They can reach lengths of 30-70cm (head to tail) and can weigh approximately 100g at full size.
Their skin is loose and makes them move in a accordion like fashion .They spend most of their time burrowing through soil with its head similar to the movements in worms. It rarely surfaces during the day and only do this during heavy rainfall, flooding, or when it is unearthed by human activities such as ploughing.
They are mainly found on their own however in rare occasions they may be found paired with a female during mating. Not much is known about their reproductive lifestyle however they are understood to be oviparous (egg-laying) species.
They sometimes come up to the surface to forage for prey. During this time they are most vulnerable and when they encounter a predator such as the coral snake or birds they display a very unique antipredator behaviour. When threatened, an amphisbaenian goes into a defensive position where it raises both its head and tail in an upward position and moves it tail around to confuse and intimidate the predator .
This position creates the illusion that the species has two heads and because of this most predators snatch at the tails rather than the head.
The name Amphisbaena means moving in both directions, in this “two-headed” animal.
These species are sometimes encountered on site and are killed due to panic from their snake like appearance.
A rip current is one of the most dangerous natural phenomena you can encounter in the sea.
These currents kill both regular and professional swimmers.
This is often the result of a person simply not knowing what they should do when they encounter them.
You can try to resist the current, but it won’t work. And then when you realise that this is the case, panic sets in — and that’s not going to help you either.
Rip currents are especially dangerous if they occur in shallow waters where there is a gently sloping, low-lying coastline surrounded by tongues of sand, shoals or islets.
In such cases, the mass of water is unable to return to the open sea at low tide because of these natural barriers.
The pressure placed on the point where the flow of water joins with the sea grows significantly.
Rapids form, with the water rushing back towards the sea at around 2.5-3 metres per second and forming a kind of river in the middle of it.
A rip current will never drag you under Rip currents are not the same thing as whirlpools. They drag you along the surface of the water, and never down to the sea bed.
The width of a rip current is always limited Usually they are never more than 50 metres in width. More often than not, they don’t exceed 10-20 metres. Once you’ve swam just 20-30 metres along the shore, then you should be able to feel that you’re safely out of it.
The length of a rip current is always limited The flow of water always weakens relatively quickly, coming to an end at the point where the waves reach their peak and begin to crash down. Surfers call this area the ’line up’; usually it’s no further than 100 metres from the shoreline.
What to do if you get caught in a rip current? Don’t panic!
1. When we’re in a state of panic, our actions are determined by our instinct for self-preservation, and it becomes a lot harder to take rational decisions. If you actually know what you need to do when you get caught in a rip current, you have every chance of surviving.
2. Save your strength! Don’t struggle against the flow of water by trying to swim directly back to the shore. Unfortunately, this won’t achieve anything other than to use up all your energy. Instead of swimming towards the shore, swim parallel to it. If the rip current is narrow (up to 5 metres), you’ll be able to escape it very quickly.
3. If the rip current is wide (20 metres or more), what should I do? It won’t be easy to escape in this case, even if you follow the rules and swim parallel to the shore. But again, when you realise that you can’t get out, don’t panic! Just relax, because the reverse flow of water won’t last for very long; it will stop within about 5 minutes. Once it’s stopped, first swim about 50-100 metres parallel to the shore, and then towards it. If you try to go straight towards it, there’s always the chance that the flow will start again in the exact same place, and you’ll be stuck again.
