最近の日常【令和２年７月上旬】

〔除湿器を購入した話〕
洗濯物を室内乾燥するための除湿器がいろいろ売っている。
フィルター式とかコンプレッサー式とかいろいろあるのだが、いまいちフィルター式の原理が分からない。
性能うんぬんの前に、やっぱり納得できる商品を買いたい。やっぱり動作原理が分からない商品はちょっと嫌なのです。
なので、値段も高いし大きくて重いのだが、コンプレッサー式を選ぶことにした。
妻が試運転してみると、すごい勢いで湿気を吸い取る。タンクにどんどん水が溜まる。
うーん、これはなかなか優れものか。
梅雨の季節には大活躍してくれそうです。

〔河川氾濫の責任について〕
少し前のニュースですが、実に難しい問題だと思う。
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道路は人工的に作るものなので、作った側に製造物責任というか管理責任が生じるのは当然だと思うが、河川はそもそも天然物なので、どこまで行政の責任が問われるのかが分かりません。
都市計画で市街化区域に指定されていれば、そこは人が住むことが想定されている地区なので行政側の責任が問えるとは思うが、そういうことが想定されていない場合（無指定、市街化調整区域、都市計画区域外などいろいろありますが）、どこまで行政の責任を問えるのが判然としないような気がします。

個人的な感想としては、ある程度は自己責任として割りきならないと、キリがないような気がします。
河川の近くというのは氾濫のリスクがあり、その分だけ土地価格も安いのが通例です。
こうした危険性は河川の氾濫だけでなく、さまざまなファクターがあります。それをすべて行政の責任すると、規制が際限なく増えてしまいます。
それが進歩と言われれば、そうなのかもしれませんが。

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Coroner praises emergency response to sarah paino crash death

By Nick Proulx, The Oregonian, Portland

The Oregonian investigative reporter who uncovered the tragic death of a cyclist who was hit in the head while riding in an accident on Interstate 84 near the Multnomah County line with Interstate 205 on Jan. 4 found Oregon State Police responding quickly to the scene and offering advice from the emergency department.

On Saturday, a memorial service was held for 28-year-old Sarayah Paino outside a local school in southeast Portland. The Oregonian reports that Oregon State Police officers from Multnomah County's Major Crimes Division went to the scene to give CPR to the cyclist. Paino died as a result. She was wearing her helmet at the time of the crash.

The newspaper reports the motorcycle driver, 47-year-old Brian D. Johnson, had been drinking. Police say he said he did not see Paino and he did not want to go out at night.

The accident on I-84 killed Paino in her car, the newspaper reports.

The officer handling the crash with Oregon State Police arrived after she passed by the accident scene to help.

An officer from the Major Crimes Division, Captain Craig D. Nesbitt, assisted DPS in taking the crash victim to the hospital, and an officer from the Multnomah County Attorney's Office also assisted in the investigation.

The accident left many questions unanswered, including why no lights and sirens were activated by the emergency services. The Oregonian reports the bike driver had not slowed down to turn onto I-84 or go around a red traffic island.

"The guy (Johnson) just left me there with no lights," Paino's mother, Kristine, told the newspaper.

According to the coroner's report, the cyclist was riding eastbound on I-84 when an approaching light flashed red. The officer who responded to the crash in a patrol car that was responding to the scene was unable to determine whether the light on I-84 to Exit 27 was red or blue.

Johnson was eventually taken to the hospital by ambulance, according to the investigation.

DPS Sgt. Chris Knoll told the newspaper that DPS officers responded to an injured rider "without incident, no matter how close he came, no matter what his age was."

In addition to the traffic incident with Paino, which also led to the fatal crash on I-84, troopers from the Major Crimes Division were in response to a single call for service that involved a woman on South Klamath Street.

The crash with Paino also caused an explosion on Interstate 205 near the Multnomah County line. One of the passengers in the motorcycle car that collided with the motorcycl
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Endangered giraffe born mogo zoo

MOGA GIGA CITY, Kenya — There's no doubt that Africa's largest land mammal, the giraffe, is in a lot of pain. Many of the species of giraffes are in decline.

And it can be really difficult to bring them back to what they once were — a healthy population.

In 2007, I wrote an article called "Mogo Zoo's Zuma: Get Rid of the Gorillas." This is the sort of article you get when you ask a giraffe to explain to you why they love you.

When the zoo has a chance, its staff will say goodbye to all of the giraffes, and to the rare white-footed mouse, as well as any wild gorillas. And then, the visitors, all of whom had never before seen one before, will watch a movie. They will hug the gorillas. They will smile.

At Mogo Giga, visitors won't just feel good about themselves, they will be touched by the kindness of many more, and then with the help of my colleague, Dr. Eric D. Jones, we can bring this animal back from the brink of extinction.

This is why we need to get giraffes to live for the wild. It's why we need to take them back to where they started before.

I'm hoping I'm not alone with the view that the "treatments" that the zoo has promised people are the biggest deception the industry has ever concocted.


"It's not a 'treat' to have the zoos try to cure the problems," said Mark McAllister, who runs a research program in the United States called the Wildlife Restoration Foundation. "This isn't to say that the animals have no chance to thrive. If anything, the zookeepers know that they have a very good chance to succeed by simply giving up on this whole captive breeding program."


As I write this and others — all from the perspective of the world's top giraffe sanctuaries, including Zoo Atlanta and Giraffe Sanctuary, the world's oldest and largest—the debate that these sanctuaries are in need of a revival is increasingly being dismissed as an exercise in politics and propaganda.

They are in serious trouble. No wonder so few people are even willing to risk coming to Africa, even though it means they get to keep a glimpse of our savannah home, including some of Africa's rarest and most endangered species.

But I don't agree. The zoos we know and love — The Zoo in London, the Great Ormond Street Zoo in London, the London Zoo — are the best in the world and, more important, we should be talkin
by Davidscert (2020-07-08 04:02)