#conanicut

[cyparissos]

America what is this. What are you doing. There are so many islands here. Why are none of them Rhode Island. What is an Aquidneck. Why do you have a Despair Island.

America, why?

we should set more tv shows in fake US states the way we make up fake european countries for disney channel originals and hallmark movies

[icecreamwithjackdaniels]

William Trost Richards (American, 1833–1905), "South-West Point, Conanicut" (details), 1878/79

[whetstonefires]

It's been a few years since I wrote much DCU fan content, but I have gone on refining things like geography headcanons sort of absently.

For my purposes Gotham is typically in Rhode Island, quite a bit further south than Providence, which in this universe is a much smaller city than in reality because Gotham was there between it and the sea.

Possibly on Conanicut Island; sometimes material writing Gotham as a double for New York leans upon Manhattan's island status in some way. Possibly on the mainland, if you don't have any use for that. Or both. Regardless the 17th century history of the Narragansett is implied to have sucked even harder than it did irl.

It seems to have gotten popular since the Teen Titans cartoon to put Gotham in Connecticut; I can work with this too. Maybe it replaces New London. Any further west and you're fully in Long Island Sound and too close to New York City.

The important features of Gotham are that it's coastal, it's around four hundred years old, and it was founded by English colonists. There have been a lot of variations ofc, including that period where Metropolis and Gotham were hilariously right across a bay from one another, but enough of the history-of-Gotham-and-the-Waynes segments over the years have leaned hard into distinctively New England elements that I cannot accept a Gotham that isn't north of New York.

Also for weather reasons even New Jersey seems like quite a stretch, and there's nowhere to jam a city in there without getting sucked into the orbit of existing stars in the metropolitan belt and ruining the vibe anyhow.

Metropolis meanwhile is, as far as I'm concerned, in Delaware, on the west coast of Delaware Bay, having been established in the 1920s as an ambitious planned futurist city and sucked up a lot of the development that would otherwise have gone to Philadelphia and Baltimore, and taken a bite out of the population of DC also.

Suicide Slum is where the people hired to build the city were living while doing so, a common side effect of such planned construction, and it ballooned in the 30s when the world economy crashed.

Metropolis was saved by WWII, when the feds sited a lot of war production and military transport out of its harbor because the place had been built on a grandiose scale that hadn’t ever hit peak utilization due to the Depression, so it was convenient. There’s still a large Army base near city limits; Lois spent her teens in base housing because her dad was stationed there.

[salantami]

Castle Hill Lighthouse is located on Narragansett Bay in Newport, Rhode Island at the end of the historic Ocean Drive.

 It is an active navigation aid for vessels entering the East Passage, between Conanicut Island and Aquidneck Island. The lighthouse has become a symbol of Newport, and a frequent site for wedding photos, proposals, and tourist photos.

 Although the property is owned by the nearby Castle Hill Inn, the lighthouse is owned by the United States Coast Guard

The lighthouse was completed in 1890 on property formerly belonging to the naturalist, oceanographer, and zoologist Alexander Agassiz of Harvard University. Agassiz sold the land to the United States Government for the lighthouse for $1. 

Credit for the photo https://www.flickr.com/photos/30437612@N06/3728217646/

[weather-usa]

Climate of Rhode Island

See Weather Forecast for Rhode Island today: https://weatherusa.app/rhode-island

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Rhode Island's diverse landscape offers opportunities for outdoor recreation, from hiking in the uplands to exploring coastal areas and islands. It's a compact state with a mix of urban centers, suburban areas, and rural landscapes, providing a variety of experiences for visitors and residents alike.

Yes, Rhode Island's territory indeed includes several islands, with Block Island located about 10 miles (16 km) south of the mainland, and several islands within Narragansett Bay, including Conanicut, Prudence, and Rhode Island itself.

The attempt to officially restore the name "Aquidneck" to the island of Rhode Island at the beginning of the 21st century aimed to alleviate confusion stemming from the shared name between the island and the state. However, this effort was ultimately unsuccessful. Nonetheless, "Aquidneck" continues to be widely used within the state, particularly in reference to the island itself. The island's original name holds historical significance and is still recognized and respected by many in Rhode Island.

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Rhode Island's soils are diverse, reflecting its varied geography and land use patterns. Here's an overview of the general soil types found in the state:

Coastal Soils:

In coastal areas and lowlands, soils tend to be sandy and well-drained. These soils are often formed from marine deposits and are suitable for agriculture, particularly for growing crops like vegetables and fruits.

Upland Soils:

In the upland areas, such as the New England Upland region, soils can vary but often consist of a mixture of sandy loams, silt loams, and clay loams. These soils may be more fertile and suitable for agriculture compared to coastal soils.

Wetland Soils:

Wetland areas, including marshes and swamps, have soils that are often characterized by high organic content and poor drainage. These soils are important for supporting wetland ecosystems and providing habitat for wildlife.

Urban Soils:

In urbanized areas, soils may be heavily modified due to human activities such as construction, paving, and landscaping. Urban soils can vary widely depending on the specific land use practices and soil management techniques in place.

Island Soils:

Islands like Block Island and Conanicut Island have their own unique soil characteristics, influenced by factors such as geological history, topography, and vegetation cover.

Overall, Rhode Island's soils play a crucial role in supporting various ecosystems, agricultural activities, and human settlements. Soil conservation and management practices are important for maintaining soil health and sustainability in the state.

Rhode Island's plant and animal life is influenced by its diverse ecosystems, including coastal areas, uplands, wetlands, and islands. Here's an overview of the plant and animal species found in the state:

Plant Life:

Coastal Vegetation:

Coastal areas support a variety of salt-tolerant plants, including beach grasses, seaside goldenrod, beach plum, and beach rose. These plants help stabilize dunes and provide habitat for coastal wildlife.

Upland Forests:

Upland areas feature forests dominated by species such as oak, hickory, maple, beech, and pine. These forests support diverse plant communities, including understory shrubs, ferns, and wildflowers.

Wetland Vegetation:

Wetlands are home to a variety of aquatic and semi-aquatic plants, including cattails, bulrushes, sedges, and various species of wetland wildflowers. These plants provide important habitat for wetland birds, amphibians, and other wildlife.

Island Flora:

Islands like Block Island and Conanicut Island have their own unique plant communities, which may include species adapted to coastal conditions, as well as inland forests and grasslands.

Animal Life:

Birds:

Rhode Island is a haven for birdwatchers, with a diverse avian population that includes shorebirds, waterfowl, raptors, songbirds, and migratory species. Important bird habitats include coastal marshes, estuaries, woodlands, and offshore islands.

Marine Life:

Narragansett Bay and Rhode Island's coastal waters support a rich diversity of marine life, including fish, shellfish, marine mammals, and seabirds. Common species include striped bass, bluefish, flounder, lobster, seals, and various seabird species.

Mammals:

Mammalian species found in Rhode Island include white-tailed deer, eastern cottontail rabbits, gray and red foxes, raccoons, skunks, and various small mammals like squirrels, chipmunks, and mice. Some larger mammals like black bears and bobcats may occasionally be spotted in remote areas.

Reptiles and Amphibians:

Rhode Island is home to a variety of reptiles and amphibians, including turtles, snakes, frogs, and salamanders. Important habitats for these species include wetlands, ponds, streams, and forested areas.

Invertebrates:

Invertebrates such as insects, spiders, crustaceans, and mollusks play important roles in Rhode Island's ecosystems as pollinators, decomposers, and prey for other animals.

Rhode Island's plant and animal life contribute to its ecological diversity and provide recreational and educational opportunities for residents and visitors alike. Conservation efforts are important for protecting and preserving the state's natural heritage for future generations.

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[mmltd-blog]

made it just in time for a fish naan! #closeat3 #civilized #bostoncreampie #alwaysroomfordessert #jamestownri #naan #fishsandwich #rhodeisland #islandlife #conanicut #fridaylunch #eatingout #sliceofheavenri (at Slice of Heaven) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bys3U-SnoCU/?igshid=bfk6rvb7gxdm

[lighthouses-click]

Conanicut Island Lighthouse, Conanicut Island, Rhode Island, Novenber 2019⠀ This one is missing its lantern room but you can see the tower. It's also a private residence.⠀

[bm-american-art]

Rhode Island Coast: Conanicut Island, William Trost Richards, ca. 1880, Brooklyn Museum: American Art

Size: 10 x 14 7/16 in. (25.4 x 36.7 cm) Frame: 16 3/8 x 21 1/4 x 1 5/8 in. (41.6 x 54 x 4.1 cm) Medium: Transparent watercolor with touches of opaque watercolor on cream, moderately thick, slightly textured wove paper

https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/1099

[enviroblog-spring21]

Blog XIV: Ditch the Desert, Come to the Ocean State

Benjamin Franklin is famous for saying there are only two things that are certain in life: death and taxes, I would also add water as another thing in life that is certain and without water, life as we know it is impossible.

Here in Rhode Island (the Ocean State) the majority of our identity is based around water, yet even we squander the water resources we are blessed to have.[] Water has increasingly been the subject of national headlines in the past decade.

As Chapter 20 of Living in the Environment points out, we kicked off the 2010s with the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill. Petroleum leaked from the off-shore oil rig for three months and polluted 1,300 miles of coastline, enough to cover Rhode Island’s entire coastline three times.

Chapter 20 also notes that 2014 saw the start of the half-decade long Flint Water Crisis. Michigan’s state government poisoned the city of Flint’s water supply with lead in the name of austerity.[] The water was so corrosive that autoparts manufacturers in the city complained that they could not use the water as it tore through their parts, and people who drank the water suffer life-altering effects from the government’s cruel policies.[]

While Flint, MI held its grip on national headlines for months, if not a year or two, there is one place in particular that has held the nation’s attention since the 2010s and into the current decade: California.

Between 2011 and 2017, Californians endured the most prolonged, severe drought in recent memory, and among the longest and most intense in the state’s history.

Speaking for my fellow urban studies majors at Fordham University, from the endless sprawl and crisscrossing freeways of Los Angeles, to the expansive gentrification and strict housing covenants of San Francisco, California is the embodiment of everything that makes our blood boil. As an urban studies major, I also tend to look at California’s water woes through the lens of urban planning.

The guiding case study for Chapter 13 in Living in the Environment centers around the Colorado River. The system of dams and reservoirs that make up the river’s anthropogenic patrimony provide cities from Los Angeles, California to Boulder, Colorado with electricity, farming irrigation, and drinking water just to name a few.

The ecosystem services the Colorado River provides are already stretched to its limits. The spectacular growth of cities like Los Angeles takes a chainsaw to the natural capital it relies on from the Colorado River.

The mammoth amounts of water consumed by metropolitan populations in desert climates obscures the fact that they are in fact in the desert. Why do we continue to be shocked when there is a drought in the desert?

There is a reason why so few desert cities rise to populations as high as Los Angeles, or grow as fast as Tucson. Deserts are notoriously harsh, its arid climate coupled with scarce sources of water is the reason why many people have died crossing them.

Industrial methods of irrigation, construction of dams and reservoirs, plus the advents of air conditioning and hydroelectricity give Los Angeles the ability to hold over ten million people, and former president Trump the ability to plan his next coup attempt from what was once swampland.

Industrial technology advanced to a point where we can thickly settle environments once too harsh for us. Now, the population of Americans living in desert climates has become too large to sustain the ecosystem services and natural capital that industrialism in part helps deliver to them.

To escape what anthropogenic change has wrought in the form of endless drought, frequent wildfires, unbearable heat, and smog, I am arguing that people currently residing in desert cities should consider moving to the Ocean State.

I know that the entire state of Rhode Island can fit into a lot of desert counties multiple times and that the entire population of the Ocean State is only one-tenth to that of Los Angeles County, believe me, I know.

Rhode Island is so small, however, that if desert climate migrants concentrate in Providence, growth will not only encocmpass the entire state, but also include other states like Massachusetts and Connecticut. As the center for new climate migrants from the southwest, Providence could possibly hold its own against Boston, perhaps even New York.

I can already hear people saying that moving from the desert to the ocean is just swapping one climate crisis for another.

What I would say to that, however, is that although Rhode Island is the Ocean State, most of it is not directly at sea level as, for example, Florida is. A defining characteristic often found just feet away from our shoreline is the state’s steep rolling hills. Providence, in fact, is so steep that for a time we had the cable car system in New England, as trolleys often could not climb College Hill. For the amount of coastline that we have, I do not anticipate that even our settlements that are at sea level will be permanently lost at the mercy of the ocean. Encouraging climate migrants to move to Rhode Island could help fund sustainable coastline resilience initiatives to stave off the sea.

Booming population growth, of course, requires a lot of urban planning. We could forgo the mistakes of last century and create vibrant, affordable, sustainable, and dense communities and revitalize those that are still feeling the pains of deindustrialization.

As for what climate migrants from desert cities get in Rhode Island that they do not get in the desert: plentiful water supplies (no, we don’t just have salt water.) Although we may have to source water from other places, we have plenty of options, unlike most desert settlements that are simply not equipped to sustain such mammoth human populations.

I know that this is a far off and lofty vision, marketing the Ocean State as a climate refuge sounds like an oxymoron. To at least have a vision, is to begin lending a hand to future and current victims of the climate crisis.

Rhode Island is my favorite place on Earth, I want nothing more than for other people to make it home.

Epilogue: Waterfootprint.org is a website where you can calculate your water footprint, i.e. the amount of water you consume in a given year

My water footprint is 645.4 meters cubed, however, the website only calculated this from my country of residence, gender (somehow,) my diet (vegetarian) and the amount of yearly income consumed by myself which I had to estimate. I do not believe that this is accurate, in fact it is likely significantly higher considering that I have a front and backyard with a swimming pool. If my parents and I lived in their childhood neighborhood of Federal Hill it would be significantly lower considering we would not have a yard, garden, or a swimming pool to tend to.

Population density within cities makes them more environmentally friendly. People in dense urban areas often use less water and less inputs of almost everything since dwellings are smaller and proximity to basic necessities is often within walking distance. Cities have to be part of the equation if we are to solve the climate crisis, just because I am closer to "nature" here on Conanicut Island does not mean living here is more environmentally friendly and less wasteful.

WC: 1,067

Question: Is anybody tracking potential migration patterns as water resources become more scarce?

[stradingerm]

Back in #Jamestown, #RI for our 36th #anniversary and our 8th stay at #bayvoyageinn. Amazing how we always #discover new things here. This time a #highlight was Will Tuttle's brand new #homebrew supply store, #Conanicut #Brewing. What an amazing place! All you homebrewers in #newengland, come visit this #wonderland for #homemade #beer supplies. #instagood #travels #autumntrip.

[aleyma]

William Trost Richards, The Daisy Field, Conanicut Island, 1884 (source).

[wingman420]

#forever #respect #selflove #kindness #selfmade #compassion #nevergiveup #fightforit #believeinyourself #lifepartners #businesspartners #nevergiveup #courage #integrityiseverything (at Conanicut Island) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cgy9gS9OgY-A0-bKdV6j2SXjfE5n7iVSDfVDPg0/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[welcometowinstanleyslighthouse]

Conanicut Island Lighthouse

Conanicut Island Light is an inactive lighthouse in Jamestown, Rhode Island.

The light was built in 1886 after a petition was sent to Congress to have an official lighthouse built on Conanicut Island, which at the time only had a privately operated beacon funded by the Wickford Rail and Steamboat Company.

In 1933 the light was deactivated as the amount of ship traffic around the northern end of the island wasn't enough to warrant a manned light station. A skeletal tower with an electrically powered beacon was erected to replace it and was active until 1982.

The Conanicut Light was sold in 1934 to Ida and Mahlon Dunn who used it as a private residence. While the light is listed on the National Register of Historic Places it is still a private residence to this day.

Facts of Note

- The light's first keeper, Horace W. Arnold, was an eighth-generation descendant of Benedict Arnold. - LighthouseFriends.com

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Wikipedia

[dark-water-doctor-woman]

The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new lands but seeing with new eyes.” ~ Marcel Proust.

I was driving to work when it occurred to me. Despite multiple, multiple moves, more than anyone I've known save military folk, I have succeeded in going to college and getting a job in the same town I grew up in. Based on these facts alone, one would assume I never left. Au contraire.

Upon graduating college, I considered many out of state opportunities, and decided on one that was 300, rather than 3000 miles away . After returning home for a brief stint, the time had come to stretch the limits of my familiarity to 1000 miles away, one third the distance, to the friendly and welcoming midwest. Two years there, and I was missing the coastline. An opportunity sprang in New York City, and suddenly there I was, a Brooklyn resident intimately aware of the limitations of the bridges, tunnels and trains of the city's metro transit.

Back to Kentucky, then a quick visit to Ireland, a Summer in Northern Maine, and then another return to Kentucky. It was around this time I remembered the poetic line of a local Louisville musician who would call Louisville his "favorite city to leave, and his favorite city to come back to."

With every new lease signing, with every new set of keys and utility bills I figured out how much I couldn't wait to take a road trip away from it. Back home, the ocean waves rolled upon the shoreline of my hometown while beers poured, fish sizzled and guitars tuned getting ready for a Saturday night. I missed it. I would come to pass the time looking at maps. I would count the hours and miles between me and the beach which raised me. I came to marvel in the Atlantic Ocean proximity I so once took for granted.

"How could I have ever been in a bad mood with that water beauty 'round me," I asked myself, as my two fingers scrolled across my digital map of Narragansett Bay.

"How could I ever have thought I'd find anything better?"

Novelty, it turns out, would be named a powerful influencer in my life. Noticed and pointed out by a close friend who himself has an unbreakable bond with the salt water life, an old surfer boy now saged up, my buddy Steve. Never had I met someone I could talk for hours with about nothing and everything at the same time, while we both indulged our impulse to look out at the blue. This time, it was in Chilmark. But recently, I've been praying at Beavertail.

"It's how you and I know each other, you know," my psychic told me. "I was with Merlin, I know I was." Her assertions implied I had been there, too.

Huh. Was that why the cliffs so called to me? Why after day after day I still felt called to those Conanicut cliffs. There was something about that area that was just saturated. I would walk across the green, long-bladed grass blowing with the gusts of seawind coming off the Atlantic expanse. I would descend the cliffs, stepping down worn sand paths, down to tide pools, and back up to the boulders fishermen stood from upon which the waves crashed and sprayed.

Many have died here. Too comforted by the mass of the boulders, they felt secure in that the waves could not reach them. But alas, water would rise, spray, make slippery and treacherous, proving once and again that water conquers rock.

My town seems strange to me again. I have been gone long enough that I see everything differently. What once used to be a long road, is short. What was once a frustrating, congested area, is normal to me. I would like to thank the extraordinary traffic jams I have found myself in in Kentucky and Ohio for showing me that New England, while stubbornly obtuse at times, at least has some sense to it's traffic, rather than the reckless, dangerous often deadly negotiations that is midwestern driving.

How thrilling it is to be back here. With a new found appreciate of the treats of my homeland and a newfound patience for its tricks.

[pasonik]

Isle of Conanicut, Jamestown, RI

[iafayettes]

“I will confine myself to repeating to you, what I cannot well describe, the zeal and the infinite pains of Lieutenant Colonel Laurens. He is on the wing the four and twenty hours round, to procure us refreshments; and when this is done, remains on board during very long days with all the patience of an old sailor. We are indebted to him for a hospital established on shore and for disembarrasing us of our prisonners; which in our situation form two important articles.”

— To George Washington from Count d’Estaing, 3 August 1778

Count d’Estaing's fleet had arrived after being at sea for four months, and had developed scurvy, and needed fresh fruit, vegetables and water. The sick were removed from his fleet and John had helped establish a hospital for them in the houses on the western shore of Conanicut Island.