Maybe it’s just because I’m a student in ASU’s College of Design, but from my understanding the color white reflects the most sunlight. (Black is actually matter absorbing all wavelengths…white reflects all wavelengths) So, and maybe plastic behaves differently, but it appears these balls will actually absorb heat instead of reflecting it.

Anyway, if I found out anything more I’ll be sure to hit you up.

PS. I heard that Silverlake was also contaminated, but was drained and cleaned instead of filled with balls…

But thanks so much for answering me so Quickly! Now, that’s service!

I wouldn’t presume to send you my link, so thanks for saying that.

In your email, you make a good point: “I’m sorry you think Francisco would use your research without quoting or attributing to you.”

I don’t know him, nor was my comment directed towards any writer at the Times in particular. However, since I’ve done days of research on the issue of bromide/bromate, bird balls, and the shenanigans of the DWP in all this, I feel quite confident that any writer or researcher would have to come across and read my blog on these issues, and I don’t see the Times linking to many blogs at all.

And it happened with me just two weeks ago in an LA Times opinion online, where they used one of my personal photos and didn’t attribute to me (still haven’t!), so you can see why I have been a little skeptical up until now!

As I emailed you the moment you submitted your comment, there are some legal reasons why we can’t publish comments that have a url in them. I invited you to resubmit your comment without the url and said I would publish it right away.

I watched for it but you never did resubmit. I am, however, linking to your blog post, along with some others that pioneered the reservoir issue coverage, in my follow-up post tomorrow morning. And any time you have something you think would be good for linkage, please email me. We love to link out for the broadest view of what’s going on in LA, and who’s writing about it.

Veronique