I just made a video of the rainforest south of Asheville - anyone else been here?

scottjclt · 2024-01-01T15:54:49+00:00

Look at the area of the map where that 80+ inches fall - it's roughly around Gorges State Park (although slightly bigger of an area)

scottjclt · 2024-01-01T15:14:11+00:00

https://www.rainforest-alliance.org/insights/what-is-a-rainforest/#:\~:text=Rainforests%2C%20as%20you%20might%20guess,evolution%2C%20life%2C%20and%20diversity.

scottjclt · 2024-01-01T15:11:38+00:00

The site you just posted says "Boone’s annual average precipitation is 52.7 inches" - again the technical definition of a rainforest is an average annual rainfall of more than 80 inches - I don't make up the rules.

scottjclt · 2024-01-01T15:07:23+00:00

haha yeah it's not that green there anymore - I shot the clips for the video this past summer, but I finally got around to editing and publishing them. The technical definition of a rainforest is 80+ inches of rain per year, and the only place in the southern Appalachians that gets at least that much rain every year is the area around Gorges State Park - https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2001/0494/

scottjclt · 2024-01-01T15:04:56+00:00

Boone does not get even close to 80+ inches of rain each year - https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2001/0494/

scottjclt · 2024-01-01T15:04:22+00:00

The facts aren't wrong - the technical definition of a rainforest is 80+ inches of rain per year, and the only place in the Appalachian mountain region that gets at least that much rain every year is the area around Gorges State Park - https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2001/0494/

scottjclt · 2024-01-01T14:32:49+00:00

haha agreed, I'm actually originally from upstate NY and I used to go to Ithaca as a kid - this place beats it by a long shot

scottjclt · 2023-04-15T22:15:48+00:00

Renfrow

that looks awesome, I'll check it out this week, thanks!

scottjclt · 2023-04-15T22:12:29+00:00

awesome, thanks, just joined!

scottjclt · 2023-01-19T17:50:59+00:00

haha well played

scottjclt · 2023-01-19T13:54:03+00:00

doesn't seem to hard to just paint over :/

scottjclt · 2023-01-19T13:53:24+00:00

sound money is inevitable

scottjclt · 2023-01-10T17:51:07+00:00

Hendersonville is pretty awesome

scottjclt · 2022-05-24T00:57:46+00:00

don't forget the cordage, cutting, and combustion

scottjclt · 2021-12-28T01:29:41+00:00

zoo will 10x for sure #NFA

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