OK . . . That was only partly sarcastic . . . It is interesting, though, how we view current events against the backdrop of a decade or two of record keeping. Is the planet warming? Quite possibly it is . . . Still, quite possibly, it was, but is now correcting itself.

I remember the year after Katrina when National Geographic magazine wrote a cover story on the coming blitz of hurricanes and how we had entered a time of unstoppable hurricane inundation . . . The next year no hurricane made land fall and last year was about the same . . .

• A few months ago, Georgia was in a severe drought . . . Can you say, dams and reservoirs . . . last week they were reeling from drenching rains and floods . . . Again, can you say, dams and reservoirs . . .

I think it is easier being in the landscape business than the weather business . . . And speaking of business . . .

There are a few new things happening in and around LSMP these days and I thought now would be a good time to fill you in . . .

1. For instance . . . Check out the Classified Ads section of landscapearchitect.com. We have begun a promotion offering discounted rates to those who wish to sell something or hire someone. We now have three ways for you to communicate with the industry.
2. You can run a classified on the section at landscapearchitect.com, which is now directly linked to landscapearchitectWeekly and its 33,000 weekly recipients. 2. You can also send an E-Classified through landscapearchitect.com and reach up to 20,000 industry professionals in a matter of minutes. 3. Or you can run the classified in the pages of LSMP or its sister publications?EUR??,,????'?????<
3. Also on the home front, we are gearing up again for the Annual LSMP Super Guide, which is about 180-pages of landscape products and services featuring everything from lawn mowers to pesticides to consultants to every imaginable industry association. This annual directory is the largest and most comprehensive resource directory in the market.

Not only that, but with the sister publications already mentioned and with landscapearchitect.com being the largest landscape-oriented database on the web, if you are looking for any kind of landscape product or service you can pretty well find it through LSMP . . .

• Attention advertisers, suppliers and consultants . . . There is still time to be listed and participate in the 2008 LSMP Super Guide, but don?EUR??,,????'?????<
• Are you getting landscapearchitect Weekly? To date, of Landscape Communications?EUR??,,????'?????<
• Be sure to mark your calendar for the 2008 Western Turfgrass and Landscape Expo held Nov. 5-6 in Pomona, Calif., just outside of L.A. Last year more than 3,500 people showed up for 525 exhibit booths and some 40 seminars . . .

This year the WTLE will be even better than last year?EUR??,,????'?????<

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