Telephone Rates on Fire Island
Telephone Rates on Fire Island can be rater high if you
do not watch it carefully. This is even more important if you have many
visitors to your home in Fair Harbor or elsewhere on Fire Island. I
suggest visiting
http://www.TelcoBusters.com or http://www.PhoneRateDigest.com for
some of the lowest telephone rates in the USA.
Ever Wondered What
Happened to the Pine Trees on Fire Island?
The answer is the Turpentine Beetle. It's only 3/8 inch
long and it surely has been transforming the seashore. The beetle
arrived about 20 years ago and has been munching through it's favorite
food, the Japanese Black Pine ever since then. Currently pretty much all
the Black Pines will disappear. The tell-tale sign is a hole about 18
inches above ground with white ooze coming out. The white ooze is the
trees resin from which turpentine was made, hence the name turpentine
beetle. Once you see this it is too late for the tree. Very little can
be done to protect the tree. (more info) |
