Traveling. If I decide to stop I will blog tonight, otherwise, tomorrow. I know Trump is asking for a return of global warming. This is global warming. I have explained it over and over.
Here is an experiment: put an ice cube in your hand. Is it cold? Of course. Leave it there. Is it still cold? As the ice cube is melting, is it still cold?
Now, with the Arctic Vortex being back over North America, you now understand that the Arctic Circle is melting and dispersing all that coldness to the USA. Got that now?
Then ice melts it releases its coldness while it turns to water or sublimes into water vapor. What is the freezing temperature of water? What is the temperature of the liquid state of water? It doesn't take a genius to understand the change in temperature of water has to go somewhere.
If Trump is stating we need global warming right now, then his IQ is the same as Inhofe and that is not saying much.
Saturday, January 06, 2018
The Trump White House really should have more inventive rhetoric. I mean for a genius, throwing anything at the wall to stick seems desperate.
See, everyone should breathe a sigh of relief with Trump in the White House, because, Hillary and Bill Clinton would have used the White House for their own purposes.
I don't think they have resort hotels though that allow such exploitation of American power. The best forum the Clinton's could provide would be Camp David or the occasional retreat to Hyannis Port.
There is nothing to this mess, but, the article is a good review of nothing.
6 January 2018
By Matt Zapotosky and Devlin Barrett
The FBI has been investigating (click here) the Clinton Foundation for months, reviving a probe that was dialed back during the 2016 campaign amid tensions between Justice Department prosecutors and FBI agents about the politically charged case, according to people familiar with the matter.
The inquiry resumed about a year ago. Agents are now trying to determine if any donations made to the foundation were linked to official acts when Hillary Clinton was secretary of state from 2009 to 2013, these people said. The people did not identify what specific donations or interactions agents are scrutinizing....
...On Friday, Senate Judiciary Chairman Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, asked the Justice Department to investigate whether a key figure in the special counsel probe, a former British spy who authored a dossier of allegations, may have lied to the FBI....
...Members of both parties have accused the FBI and the Justice Department of partisan bias in their probes of Clinton and Trump. Trump has been particularly vocal - both on the campaign trail and as president - about wanting the Justice Department to investigate Hillary Clinton, her allies and her family's foundation....
...Ron Hosko, a former assistant FBI director, said the bureau has been thrust into a "political minefield," with pundits criticizing its every move.
"This is where big boys (and girls) earn their pay, and this is where I think you put your nose to the grind stone," Hosko said.
The Justice Department declined to comment. The Clinton Foundation inquiry was first reported by The Hill.
In a statement, Clinton Foundation spokesman Craig Minassian said: "Time after time, the Clinton Foundation has been subjected to politically motivated allegations, and time after time these allegations have been proven false. None of this has made us waver in our mission to help people. The Clinton Foundation has demonstrably improved the lives of millions of people across America and around the world while earning top ratings from charity watchdog groups in the process. There are real issues in our society needing attention that the Clinton Foundation works hard to solve every day. So we're going to stay focused on what really matters."
The investigation resumed some time after the election, with the FBI's Little Rock office taking the lead, said one person familiar with the matter. Still, there was some skepticism inside the Justice Department that it would ever produce charges.
"It was never a great case, but it's still being worked," one person familiar with the probe said....
Russia has compromising personal and financial information on Trump? It sure as heck seems like it. Trump panders to Russia and never takes a hard line. It must be about the Trump Tower in Moscow. The Russians would deliberately design a plan of attack to their advantage.
It makes a lot of sense Russia would have a plan. Vladimir Zhirinovsky, ..."Americans voting (click here) for a president on Nov. 8 must realize that they are voting for peace on Planet Earth if they vote for Trump. But if they vote for Hillary it's war. It will be a short movie. There will be Hiroshimas and Nagasakis everywhere."...
I don't think Zhirinovsky is a clownish figure at all. I think the identity allows him to verbalize outlandish ideas while still acceptable to Russian society. He knows what he is doing and it does not come from a three-ring circus.
January 10, 2017
By David A. Graham
...When top intelligence officials (click here) briefed Trump last week on their conclusion that Russia interfered with the election to hurt Hillary Clinton and aid Trump’s presidential hopes, they presented him a two-page classified memo that included allegations that Russian agents say they have “compromising personal and financial information” about him. It is not, clear, however, whether U.S. intelligence officials believe those allegations to be true....
I don't think they have resort hotels though that allow such exploitation of American power. The best forum the Clinton's could provide would be Camp David or the occasional retreat to Hyannis Port.
There is nothing to this mess, but, the article is a good review of nothing.
6 January 2018
By Matt Zapotosky and Devlin Barrett
The FBI has been investigating (click here) the Clinton Foundation for months, reviving a probe that was dialed back during the 2016 campaign amid tensions between Justice Department prosecutors and FBI agents about the politically charged case, according to people familiar with the matter.
The inquiry resumed about a year ago. Agents are now trying to determine if any donations made to the foundation were linked to official acts when Hillary Clinton was secretary of state from 2009 to 2013, these people said. The people did not identify what specific donations or interactions agents are scrutinizing....
...On Friday, Senate Judiciary Chairman Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, asked the Justice Department to investigate whether a key figure in the special counsel probe, a former British spy who authored a dossier of allegations, may have lied to the FBI....
...Members of both parties have accused the FBI and the Justice Department of partisan bias in their probes of Clinton and Trump. Trump has been particularly vocal - both on the campaign trail and as president - about wanting the Justice Department to investigate Hillary Clinton, her allies and her family's foundation....
...Ron Hosko, a former assistant FBI director, said the bureau has been thrust into a "political minefield," with pundits criticizing its every move.
"This is where big boys (and girls) earn their pay, and this is where I think you put your nose to the grind stone," Hosko said.
The Justice Department declined to comment. The Clinton Foundation inquiry was first reported by The Hill.
In a statement, Clinton Foundation spokesman Craig Minassian said: "Time after time, the Clinton Foundation has been subjected to politically motivated allegations, and time after time these allegations have been proven false. None of this has made us waver in our mission to help people. The Clinton Foundation has demonstrably improved the lives of millions of people across America and around the world while earning top ratings from charity watchdog groups in the process. There are real issues in our society needing attention that the Clinton Foundation works hard to solve every day. So we're going to stay focused on what really matters."
The investigation resumed some time after the election, with the FBI's Little Rock office taking the lead, said one person familiar with the matter. Still, there was some skepticism inside the Justice Department that it would ever produce charges.
"It was never a great case, but it's still being worked," one person familiar with the probe said....
Russia has compromising personal and financial information on Trump? It sure as heck seems like it. Trump panders to Russia and never takes a hard line. It must be about the Trump Tower in Moscow. The Russians would deliberately design a plan of attack to their advantage.
It makes a lot of sense Russia would have a plan. Vladimir Zhirinovsky, ..."Americans voting (click here) for a president on Nov. 8 must realize that they are voting for peace on Planet Earth if they vote for Trump. But if they vote for Hillary it's war. It will be a short movie. There will be Hiroshimas and Nagasakis everywhere."...
I don't think Zhirinovsky is a clownish figure at all. I think the identity allows him to verbalize outlandish ideas while still acceptable to Russian society. He knows what he is doing and it does not come from a three-ring circus.
January 10, 2017
By David A. Graham
...When top intelligence officials (click here) briefed Trump last week on their conclusion that Russia interfered with the election to hurt Hillary Clinton and aid Trump’s presidential hopes, they presented him a two-page classified memo that included allegations that Russian agents say they have “compromising personal and financial information” about him. It is not, clear, however, whether U.S. intelligence officials believe those allegations to be true....
Friday, January 05, 2018
It's Creepy But Try Not To Laugh At These Mitch McConnell Parodies (click here)
Former Director Mueller has found Former Director Comey's statements about obstruction of justice by President Trump verified.
Does anyone actually think the US House will impeach and the US Senate certify it? McConnell is having tons of fun. No one is going to impeach Trump and it is FACT he obstructed justice. This has nothing to do with a dossier.
Donald Trump broke the law. Hello? McConnell!
Donald Trump broke the law. Hello? McConnell!
The ocean waves froze due to Superstorm Grayson.
Ocean water never freezes. It is salt water mixed with many different elements and compounds.
Salt water never freezes at 32 degrees Fahrenheit. It forms a slushy like water. That occurred in the Atlantic and then it froze which means the surface ocean waters were far below freezing.
Superstorm Grayson (click here). The line in the video at this link shows a line moving across the picture. That is sunrise.The only reason Grayson existed is because of the climate crisis. These storms no different than the tornado outbreaks are becoming commonplace. Twenty years ago the frequency of these storms did not exist.
January 4, 2018
By Jaclyn Reiss
As Massachusetts (click here) was walloped by a nor’easter Thursday, it was the devastating flooding that captivated social media. Those hardy enough to brave the elements took to the streets to capture the once-in-a-generation storm surge. Ice chunks floated down Atlantic Avenue in downtown Boston, a dumpster bobbed along in the surf on a street in the city’s Seaport, and tides erupted into South Shore neighborhoods....
There is no effect of a jet stream on Superstorm Grayson. The ORIGIN of the water vapor is directly off the ITCZ. The heat from the ITCZ is carried to the Arctic Circle, mixed with Arctic air resulting in the consequences realized in Boston.
There is another heat transfer storm in the southern hemisphere over South America. That storm is sending heat into Antarctica's hydrology. Plainly said, ice is melting and compromising the climate of Earth.
January 4, 2018
By
The cold (click here) that's gripping the U.S. East Coast has created a magical phenomenon in Nantucket, Massachusetts: Slurpee waves.
The waves, seemingly freezing midbreak, are not just gorgeous — some of them are also surfable, according to photographer and surfer Jonathan Nimerfroh. "You can surf the slush, as they are moving waves," Nimerfroh told Live Science in an email.
Nimerfroh was lucky enough to witness the frozen enchantment....
...3:36 a.m.: Deadly toll grows (click here)
CBS News has confirmed 19 deaths from the huge storm and bone-chilling cold. Among them: several from traffic accidents, a body found on the shore of Lake Winnebago in Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin -- a death attributed to exposure -- and a man Greenup County, Kentucky who had no heat or electricity in the camper he was found in....
How often does this happen in medical offices and facilities? ".(click here) ...it as though it is legal as a cover up..."
So, medical organizations conduct themselves legally to create legalized rape, rather than protecting patients. There needs to be serious penalties for covering up rapes, assaults and harassment. Doctors should never be allowed to continue their practice that opens patients to more exploitation. The state medical boards should be notified and involved in resolving the doctor's continued practice.
January 5, 2018
By Jayne O'Donnell
The Cleveland Clinic, (click here) one of the nation's largest and most renowned hospitals, knew of at least two cases in which one of its surgeons was accused of raping patients but kept him on the staff while reaching a confidential settlement, a USA TODAY investigation has found....
January 5, 2018
By Jayne O'Donnell
The Cleveland Clinic, (click here) one of the nation's largest and most renowned hospitals, knew of at least two cases in which one of its surgeons was accused of raping patients but kept him on the staff while reaching a confidential settlement, a USA TODAY investigation has found....
Thursday, January 04, 2018
The Plutocrats are creating a permanent underclass. It has been occurring since 2006.
Number of new houses (click here) sold in the United States from 1995 to 2016 (in thousands)
Below is the history of the DOW. The wealth class has been taking the wealth of the middle class. The new tax law makes it permanent.
So while the populous of the USA is transfixed by the media on an "Alpha Dog Fight" the country is heading into poverty.
The New Tax Plan attacks the Consumer Price Index used for increases in SSI payments.
For tax years beginning after Dec. 31, 2017 (click here) (Dec. 31, 2018 for figures that are newly provided under the Act for 2018 and thus won't be reset until after that year, e.g., the tax brackets set out above), dollar amounts that were previously indexed using CPI-U will instead be indexed using chained CPI-U (C-CPI-U). (Code Sec. 1(f), as amended by Act Sec. 11002(a)) This change, unlike many provisions in the Act, is permanent
It is plutocratic through and through.
December 18, 2017
It is plutocratic through and through.
December 18, 2017
Over 12 months (click here) ended November 2017, the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) rose 2.2 percent. The indexes for food and energy both increased...
The new tax law attacks specifically the urban rate. It is racist. The CPI has a history. The reason the tax rates don't change for the wealthy and they change over 10 years to return to old levels for the poor and middle class is to take back any wealth the underclasses have gained.
CPI-U vs CPI-W
With the fast increase in prices during World War I, (click here) the Consumer Price Index (CPI) was created in order to efficiently calculate adjustments in the cost-of-living of workers. It measures the price level changes of goods and services that are bought by a household.
The prices of the samples of each item are collected regularly in order to come up with the CPI. It consists of the prices of the different categories of goods and services that show how consumers spend their income. The Consumer Price Index has experienced several changes as the world entered World War II and as there were huge changes in buying patterns after it ended. In the late 1970s, the CPI-U and the CPI-W were introduced.
The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) was introduced in 1978. It includes all urban households within an area that have inhabitants of 2,500 or more. It does not include rural consumers and those that are in military and other institutions. It represents the buying habits of more than 80 percent of the population of the United States including those that are self employed, retired workers, professional workers, clerical, and part-time workers, and even those who are unemployed. It is more of a general index and traces how retail prices affect urban consumers of goods....
CPI-U vs CPI-W
With the fast increase in prices during World War I, (click here) the Consumer Price Index (CPI) was created in order to efficiently calculate adjustments in the cost-of-living of workers. It measures the price level changes of goods and services that are bought by a household.
The prices of the samples of each item are collected regularly in order to come up with the CPI. It consists of the prices of the different categories of goods and services that show how consumers spend their income. The Consumer Price Index has experienced several changes as the world entered World War II and as there were huge changes in buying patterns after it ended. In the late 1970s, the CPI-U and the CPI-W were introduced.
The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) was introduced in 1978. It includes all urban households within an area that have inhabitants of 2,500 or more. It does not include rural consumers and those that are in military and other institutions. It represents the buying habits of more than 80 percent of the population of the United States including those that are self employed, retired workers, professional workers, clerical, and part-time workers, and even those who are unemployed. It is more of a general index and traces how retail prices affect urban consumers of goods....
Steve Mnuchen absolutely hates the USA's social programs. Seething hate. Seething hate for the Democratic demographic.
6.Both the CPI-U and the CPI-W do not include rural consumers and those in the military and other institutions.
6.Both the CPI-U and the CPI-W do not include rural consumers and those in the military and other institutions.
Fracking becomes more dangerous. Look for increased seismic activity in states that engage in this practice.
Human health is meaningless to these people, including Tillerson. Imagine the dangers opening up around the world now.
By Mead Gruver
Cheyenne, Wyo. (AP) — President Donald Trump's administration (click here) is rescinding proposed rules for hydraulic fracturing and other oil- and gas-drilling practices on government lands, government officials announced Thursday.
The rules developed under President Barack Obama would have applied mainly in the West, where most federal lands are located. Companies would have had to disclose the chemicals used in fracking, which pumps pressurized water underground to break open hydrocarbon deposits.
The rules to be rescinded Friday were supposed to take effect in 2015 but a federal judge in Wyoming blocked them at the last minute. In September, the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Denver declined to rule in that case because the Trump administration intended to rescind the rules....
Can 2008 happen again? It is a matter of when, not if. This is Trump's Wall Street. HIstorically wagering more.
December 29, 2017
By Kevin Crowley
At least 60% of 2018 Output hedged against falling price fears (click here)
Anadarko, EOG, Continental are potential winners: Cowen Says
By Kevin Crowley
At least 60% of 2018 Output hedged against falling price fears (click here)
Anadarko, EOG, Continental are potential winners: Cowen Says
As the price of oil rises, heavily-hedged shale drillers may find it harder to meet investor demands for payback, boosting the value of producers that haven’t locked in returns for future production.
When West Texas Intermediate breached $60 a barrel, it was good news generally for U.S. shale producers. But the higher the price, the less gain will come to companies that hedged their production as crude held below $55 for 10 months of the year.
At least 60 percent of next year’s crude output has been hedged, more than in previous years, according to RBC Capital Markets LLC. The result: Rising crude prices will boost the profile of companies with fewer hedges, according to a report by Cowen & Co. Among the winners: EOG Resources Inc., Anadarko Petroleum Corp., and Continental Resources Inc., the note said....
US Market export has nothing to do with the hurricanes. The hurricanes curbed production as they swept through offshore oil fields. The market surge is due to the underhanded amendment the Republican Congress passed allowing for the first time the open market export of American produced oil.
The USA has always exported oil, to allies and those that needed it. American oil is not in abundance. It is not as in the day of Spindletop. The oil the USA exported were to country that were part of our strategic national security as they requested it.
Now, the USA is exporting oil with complete abandon and OPEC is contemplating it's next policy change. The USA is creating a glut again.
Think Tillerson.
December 29, 2017
New York - U.S. crude oil production in October (click here) rose to the highest in more than 46 years, while natural gas production leaped to a new record, U.S. Energy Information Administration data showed on Friday.
The production increases in October compared to a year ago come on the heels of higher energy prices, with U.S. crude futures recently touching $60 a barrel for the first time since mid 2015.
Natural gas futures hit near four-week highs on Friday and were poised for their best weekly gain since July last year on higher demand expectations.
Production was expected to continue rising through 2017 and into 2018, analysts and traders said, driven by rising exports and growing oil demand....
October crude production rose 167,000 barrels per day to 9.64 million bpd,...
OPEC production fell by 60,000 barrels. Saudi Arabia has been cutting exports while Libya increased theirs. OPEC and Russia have planned a big meeting.
January 4, 2017
By Irina Slay
OPEC’s crude oil production (click here) remained largely unchanged from November in December, but that was mostly thanks to a 50,000-bpd decline in Venezuela’s production, as well as further cuts in Saudi Arabia, a Bloomberg survey of ship-tracking data, analyst opinions, and data, analyst opinions, and company information has suggested....
The day traders are reeling in cash by the fist fulls. Oil is a liquid commodity. It is as good as cash. One can dump it any day of the week for the pure reason of needing ready cash.
Oil is not an investment, it is liquidity. Falling oil prices are meaningless to many. Loss isn't really a thing. One can always replace oil futures with cheap oil that will rise as the productions fluctuate. It is a mess.
US Market export has nothing to do with the hurricanes. The hurricanes curbed production as they swept through offshore oil fields. The market surge is due to the underhanded amendment the Republican Congress passed allowing for the first time the open market export of American produced oil.
The USA has always exported oil, to allies and those that needed it. American oil is not in abundance. It is not as in the day of Spindletop. The oil the USA exported were to country that were part of our strategic national security as they requested it.
Now, the USA is exporting oil with complete abandon and OPEC is contemplating it's next policy change. The USA is creating a glut again.
Think Tillerson.
December 29, 2017
New York - U.S. crude oil production in October (click here) rose to the highest in more than 46 years, while natural gas production leaped to a new record, U.S. Energy Information Administration data showed on Friday.
The production increases in October compared to a year ago come on the heels of higher energy prices, with U.S. crude futures recently touching $60 a barrel for the first time since mid 2015.
Natural gas futures hit near four-week highs on Friday and were poised for their best weekly gain since July last year on higher demand expectations.
Production was expected to continue rising through 2017 and into 2018, analysts and traders said, driven by rising exports and growing oil demand....
October crude production rose 167,000 barrels per day to 9.64 million bpd,...
OPEC production fell by 60,000 barrels. Saudi Arabia has been cutting exports while Libya increased theirs. OPEC and Russia have planned a big meeting.
January 4, 2017
By Irina Slay
OPEC’s crude oil production (click here) remained largely unchanged from November in December, but that was mostly thanks to a 50,000-bpd decline in Venezuela’s production, as well as further cuts in Saudi Arabia, a Bloomberg survey of ship-tracking data, analyst opinions, and data, analyst opinions, and company information has suggested....
The day traders are reeling in cash by the fist fulls. Oil is a liquid commodity. It is as good as cash. One can dump it any day of the week for the pure reason of needing ready cash.
Oil is not an investment, it is liquidity. Falling oil prices are meaningless to many. Loss isn't really a thing. One can always replace oil futures with cheap oil that will rise as the productions fluctuate. It is a mess.
The nation's farmers are in trouble. No one listens and now the emergency funds are sucked up by the $1.5 trillion new addition to the national debt.
January 3, 2018
By Dan Mika
The ongoing cold snap (click here) is causing problems for the county’s farmers as they try to bring animals to market and could leave farm soil compacted before planting season.
By Dan Mika
The ongoing cold snap (click here) is causing problems for the county’s farmers as they try to bring animals to market and could leave farm soil compacted before planting season.
The frost depth, or the depth of the soil below freezing, reached a full foot at the National Weather Service’s frost depth measuring station in Marshalltown Wednesday morning. Frost depth was measured at 10 inches just north of Des Moines.
Dennis Todey, director of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Midwest Climate Hub, said the lack of snow cover and drought conditions in the second half of 2017 allowed the soil to freeze over faster.
Todey said the frost isn’t a major concern for crop producers since the ground will thaw out by the time planting season begins, but it could freeze shallow water pipes (Irrigation systems could be lost). If the cold temperatures persist, he said it could get deeper into the ground and reach deeper pipes and cause damage,
“I don’t think there was too much of a problem in Iowa, but the further north you went into Minnesota and the Dakotas, we had some cities that were starting to have some water lines freezing because the cold was getting deep enough to freeze water lines,” he said....
Some farmers manage to grow enough corn for their herds. Corn is not the only food beef cows eat, but, it contains energy and would be added to the feed in the bitter cold.
Corn Price Commodity today is $3.53 per bushel. (click here) Farmers have a difficult time with their products and the costs to maintain them when the temperatures are this low.
...ISU Extension beef specialist Joe Sellers said many of the state’s cattlemen are giving their cattle more feed with higher energy densities to help them generate the heat they lose to the cold. He said most producers are set up to protect their cattle from the elements, but they might need to restock on feed if the cold weather stays....
West Virginia Mountains
I recently traveled Route 77, a somewhat dangerous road for the mountains and tractor trailers that require it. I passed through two tunnels there and saw the same phenomena in each.
At the ends of the tunnels, the entrance and exit, there was water drainage pipes frozen solid. Those drainage pipes carry water runoff from the mountain itself to drainage below the road, so the road doesn't flood.
In the center of the mountain tunnel there were no frozen pipes. I assumed they were working well because the cold didn't reach into the ground that deep. It is prudent for every state to be aw...
Sorry, had to take a call.
prudent for every state to be assessing the condition of their roads, bridges and tunnels in relation to water and freezing.
Water is necessary for life, but, right now the condition of water in relation to Earth has changed. There are droughts in one place while at the same time there are floods in another. The place where water is and isn't is very important. But, it is the PROPERTIES of water that is most important when it comes to infrastructure and freezing.
Water runs according to gravity. So, it will SEEP into places, especially in mountains, that defies the imagination. When water seeps into areas either in tiny amounts or large amounts and is then exposed to cold and extremely cold temperatures it will freeze. Water expands when it freezes.
So when water is running off a mountain and an engineer at some point in the past (before the polar vortex displaced) arranged for safe drainage of that mountain water, all was well. Even in the winter there were not issues that we face today. Today, prolonged frigid temperatures and deep temperatures in the the range of NEGATIVE Fahrenheit (realizing freezing for Fahrenheit is 32 degrees) there will be structural problems NO MATTER WHERE there is water seepage.
Water will break rock. Just that simple. In the natural world where cars and trucks travel engineers do an excellent job of building good sturdy infrastructure, but, with the level of climate change we are experiencing now, where temperatures from the north pole visit the lower 48, there is just no way of knowing exactly how this shakes out.
The farmers have a handle on their property and how best to protect their livelihood, but, engineers were not prepared for such drastic and rapid changes in climate. So, it is my suggestion, cities and states take a good look at their infrastructure and put their engineers to work to ESTIMATE where trouble could start. At this point tunnels have to be inspected at the very least where water that should be running is not and appears as frozen. There could be insidious damage done that will perpetuate more and larger infrastructure failure.
If possible (and with taxes and funding going to hell, who knows?) hire more geologists and/or engineers AND have Senators and House Reps. write into the budget for project funding by the US Army Corp. to assist the states with this (I consider it an emergency) priority.
It is unfortunate the Blue States were targeted by the Republican Tax Strategy. They have a lot of people to provide infrastructure for and they need every break they can get. So, with complete empathy for every citizen in the country, EVERYONE WAS TOLD and now we have to face the music of calling the climate crisis a hoax.
One other thing. Many US Army Corp are assisting Puerto Rico. I think the Governors and Mayors need to look to hiring their own geologists and engineers OR several cities in the same region can form a group to share the skills of new hires WITH EXPERIENCE in knowledge about water and the damage it can do. Don't leave out the possibility of spring floods that become ICE DAMS and increase the flood level all that much more. THEY HAVE TO HAVE KNOWLEDGE OF HYDROLOGY.
WATER IS FLUID.
FLUID MECHANICS and volume and the power of water.
Some farmers manage to grow enough corn for their herds. Corn is not the only food beef cows eat, but, it contains energy and would be added to the feed in the bitter cold.
Corn Price Commodity today is $3.53 per bushel. (click here) Farmers have a difficult time with their products and the costs to maintain them when the temperatures are this low.
...ISU Extension beef specialist Joe Sellers said many of the state’s cattlemen are giving their cattle more feed with higher energy densities to help them generate the heat they lose to the cold. He said most producers are set up to protect their cattle from the elements, but they might need to restock on feed if the cold weather stays....
West Virginia Mountains
I recently traveled Route 77, a somewhat dangerous road for the mountains and tractor trailers that require it. I passed through two tunnels there and saw the same phenomena in each.
At the ends of the tunnels, the entrance and exit, there was water drainage pipes frozen solid. Those drainage pipes carry water runoff from the mountain itself to drainage below the road, so the road doesn't flood.
In the center of the mountain tunnel there were no frozen pipes. I assumed they were working well because the cold didn't reach into the ground that deep. It is prudent for every state to be aw...
Sorry, had to take a call.
prudent for every state to be assessing the condition of their roads, bridges and tunnels in relation to water and freezing.
Water is necessary for life, but, right now the condition of water in relation to Earth has changed. There are droughts in one place while at the same time there are floods in another. The place where water is and isn't is very important. But, it is the PROPERTIES of water that is most important when it comes to infrastructure and freezing.
Water runs according to gravity. So, it will SEEP into places, especially in mountains, that defies the imagination. When water seeps into areas either in tiny amounts or large amounts and is then exposed to cold and extremely cold temperatures it will freeze. Water expands when it freezes.
So when water is running off a mountain and an engineer at some point in the past (before the polar vortex displaced) arranged for safe drainage of that mountain water, all was well. Even in the winter there were not issues that we face today. Today, prolonged frigid temperatures and deep temperatures in the the range of NEGATIVE Fahrenheit (realizing freezing for Fahrenheit is 32 degrees) there will be structural problems NO MATTER WHERE there is water seepage.
Water will break rock. Just that simple. In the natural world where cars and trucks travel engineers do an excellent job of building good sturdy infrastructure, but, with the level of climate change we are experiencing now, where temperatures from the north pole visit the lower 48, there is just no way of knowing exactly how this shakes out.
The farmers have a handle on their property and how best to protect their livelihood, but, engineers were not prepared for such drastic and rapid changes in climate. So, it is my suggestion, cities and states take a good look at their infrastructure and put their engineers to work to ESTIMATE where trouble could start. At this point tunnels have to be inspected at the very least where water that should be running is not and appears as frozen. There could be insidious damage done that will perpetuate more and larger infrastructure failure.
If possible (and with taxes and funding going to hell, who knows?) hire more geologists and/or engineers AND have Senators and House Reps. write into the budget for project funding by the US Army Corp. to assist the states with this (I consider it an emergency) priority.
It is unfortunate the Blue States were targeted by the Republican Tax Strategy. They have a lot of people to provide infrastructure for and they need every break they can get. So, with complete empathy for every citizen in the country, EVERYONE WAS TOLD and now we have to face the music of calling the climate crisis a hoax.
One other thing. Many US Army Corp are assisting Puerto Rico. I think the Governors and Mayors need to look to hiring their own geologists and engineers OR several cities in the same region can form a group to share the skills of new hires WITH EXPERIENCE in knowledge about water and the damage it can do. Don't leave out the possibility of spring floods that become ICE DAMS and increase the flood level all that much more. THEY HAVE TO HAVE KNOWLEDGE OF HYDROLOGY.
WATER IS FLUID.
FLUID MECHANICS and volume and the power of water.
Tuesday, January 02, 2018
The hiatus is a myth. The ice never stopped melting and the climate continued to heat.
Haitus? These years some of the hottest years on record. They gave birth to enormous icebergs from collapsing ice shelves and the Great Barrier Reef whitened along with other reefs globally in the same exact time period.
Enough!
November 22, 2018
By Laura Geggel
A seasonal ice beacon collects temperature data in the Arctic.
Credit: Ignatius Rigor/Polar Science Center, Applied Physics Laboratory, University of Washington
Evidence is mounting (click here) against the so-called climate change hiatus — a period lasting from 1998 to 2012 — when global temperatures allegedly stopped rising as sharply as they had before. This misconception can be explained, in part, by missing temperature data from the Arctic, a new study finds.
Enough!
November 22, 2018By Laura Geggel
A seasonal ice beacon collects temperature data in the Arctic.
Credit: Ignatius Rigor/Polar Science Center, Applied Physics Laboratory, University of Washington
Evidence is mounting (click here) against the so-called climate change hiatus — a period lasting from 1998 to 2012 — when global temperatures allegedly stopped rising as sharply as they had before. This misconception can be explained, in part, by missing temperature data from the Arctic, a new study finds.
That seeming pause in rising global temperatures had been used as evidence by climate skeptics to suggest that the Earth wasn't really warming at an unnatural pace.
To get around the data gap, researchers from the University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF) and China created the first global data set of surface temperatures. They filled in the missing puzzle piece with data taken from buoys drifting in the Arctic Ocean during the so-called global warming hiatus, the researchers said. [6 Unexpected Effects of Climate Change....
I think Trump is trying to disrupt the talks between North and South Korea.
"North Korean Leader Kim Jong Un just stated that the 'Nuclear Button is on his desk at all times,'" the president tweeted. "Will someone from his depleted and food starved regime please inform him that I too have a Nuclear Button, but it is a much bigger & more powerful one than his, and my Button works!"
Trump has no place on the Korean Peninsula anymore.
Trump has no place on the Korean Peninsula anymore.
I like Senator Doug Jones already. He chose an experienced staffer as his chief of staff.
By Zola Ray
Doug Jones, (click here) the Democratic Alabama senator-elect, said Tuesday that he’s chosen Dana Gresham (click here) to be his chief of staff. Jones will be the only Democratic senator with a black person in the chief of staff position, The Hill reported Tuesday.
Gresham has held positions on Capitol Hill for 14 years and was a leader of the Department of Transportation’s Legislative Affairs Office during former president Barack Obama’s eight years in office, The Hill reported. Democratic Representative Terri A. Sewell of Alabama said in a tweet that Gresham, who is originally from Birmingham, Alabama, is “Birmingham’s own stand out."...
Charlie Dent is not a center-right Congressman, he is a right wing extremist.
Today, he is complaining about a New York Times article that cites approximately seven FBI agents. He states the FBI agents have no right to speak to the press as an anonymous source. That is exactly why long lived newspapers like The Washington Post, Miami Herald, Chicago Tribune, New York Times, LA Times and Boston Globe as examples, exist. They exist to buffer abuses by government and that frequently comes from FBI agents involved in operations that run into corruption and/or crime.
September 7, 2017
By Laura Olson
Republican U. S. Rep. Charlie Dent (click here) stunned his colleagues and constituents Thursday evening when the seven-term Lehigh Valley lawmaker announced that he will not seek re-election next year.
An outspoken figure within the dwindling center-right of the Republican Party, Dent has gained national prominence for this role within what he describes as the “governing” wing of the party. He is a co-chairman of the Tuesday Group, a caucus of moderates within the GOP, and from that post, he has called out colleagues who he views as blocking action in Congress...
When politicians complain about agents of any kind it is a red flag to ask the question, what is that politician doing wrong OR unable to do wrong for a crony? The politicians promise the sky and then find out they can't deliver the goods to their political cronies.
So, ah, what is Charlie Dent doing wrong or wants to do wrong? He has no problem providing funding to US intelligence agencies on the Appropriation Committee.
Dent's voting record does not match his rhetoric;
Voted Yes on: (click here) Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018 (HR 3180, second vote)
September 7, 2017
By Laura Olson
Republican U. S. Rep. Charlie Dent (click here) stunned his colleagues and constituents Thursday evening when the seven-term Lehigh Valley lawmaker announced that he will not seek re-election next year.
An outspoken figure within the dwindling center-right of the Republican Party, Dent has gained national prominence for this role within what he describes as the “governing” wing of the party. He is a co-chairman of the Tuesday Group, a caucus of moderates within the GOP, and from that post, he has called out colleagues who he views as blocking action in Congress...
When politicians complain about agents of any kind it is a red flag to ask the question, what is that politician doing wrong OR unable to do wrong for a crony? The politicians promise the sky and then find out they can't deliver the goods to their political cronies.
So, ah, what is Charlie Dent doing wrong or wants to do wrong? He has no problem providing funding to US intelligence agencies on the Appropriation Committee.
Dent's voting record does not match his rhetoric;
Voted Yes on: (click here) Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018 (HR 3180, second vote)
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Bill Passed (380-35) on July 28, 2017- This bill proposed authorizing appropriations for fiscal year 2018 for intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the United States Government, the Community Management Account, and the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System, and for other purposes.
This is a bit chilling.
We have seen the injustice of our legal system. More often than not the woman victim is made the perpetrator and seductress of her rape. There need to be stronger ethics standards involved within the Justice Department. I don't care the issue, there should be no judge in our legal system that even comes close to the lines that define ethics.
January 1, 2018
By Doreen McCallister
Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts (click here) released his annual report on the federal judiciary on Sunday.
In one section of the 16-page report, he promised a careful evaluation of the judiciary's sexual misconduct policies.
He said recent events have "illuminated the depth of the problem of sexual harassment in the workplace."
Roberts added, "Events in the past few weeks have made clear that the judicial branch is not immune."...
January 1, 2018
By Doreen McCallister
Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts (click here) released his annual report on the federal judiciary on Sunday.
In one section of the 16-page report, he promised a careful evaluation of the judiciary's sexual misconduct policies.
He said recent events have "illuminated the depth of the problem of sexual harassment in the workplace."
Roberts added, "Events in the past few weeks have made clear that the judicial branch is not immune."...
I congratulate North and South Korea in finding a bridge across the void of diplomacy by the USA.
It is amazing to realize the North Koreans are ready to participate in the Winter Olympics. That is a surprise. I congratulate Supreme leader Un on the fitness of his people to participate. This is a pleasant surprise.
I hope this bridge will hold up and the Korean Peninsula will find more and more reasons to cooperate with each other. To be honest, I am worried about the North Korean people, a severe winter and potential food shortages. The North Korean people are incredible when it comes to living under harsh conditions, but, humanitarian efforts should be considered if Kim Jong Un would consent to safe passage for those that can help.
2 January 2017
I hope this bridge will hold up and the Korean Peninsula will find more and more reasons to cooperate with each other. To be honest, I am worried about the North Korean people, a severe winter and potential food shortages. The North Korean people are incredible when it comes to living under harsh conditions, but, humanitarian efforts should be considered if Kim Jong Un would consent to safe passage for those that can help.
2 January 2017
By Harriet
Kim Jong-un's suggestion that North KoreaKim Jong-un's suggestion that North Korea (click here) could send athletes to next month's Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, has prompted host nation South Korea to propose high-level talks before the games begin.
It comes as tension in the region has ratcheted up after Pyongyang conducted a series of ballistic missile tests and a pair of nuclear tests over the last year.
“We hope the two sides sit down for frank talks," the South's unification minister, Cho Myoung-gyon, told a news conference....
Monday, January 01, 2018
The USA Congress broke their promise on certification of Iran's nuclear agreement.
In realizing the Congressional deadline was December 15, 2017, there is another recertification coming up in January. Perhaps if the US Congress FINALLY admits Iran is upholding the agreement they could recertify the agreement.
December 28, 2017
By Michael Crowley
President Donald Trump (click here) allowed the Iran nuclear deal to survive through 2017, but the new year will offer him another chance to blow up the agreement — and critics and supporters alike believe he may take it.
By mid-January, the president will face new legal deadlines to choose whether to slap U.S. sanctions back on Tehran. Senior lawmakers and some of Trump's top national security officials are trying to preserve the agreement. But the deal's backers fear Trump has grown more willing to reject the counsel of his foreign policy team, as he did with his recent decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital....
P5 + 1 may turn into P4 + 1. The USA is completely foolish to attempt to derail the Iran nuclear agreement. If the agreement was completely dissolved Iran could immediately return to nuclear proliferation and guaranteed there will never be an agreement in the future. To dissolve the agreement will be to put Israel in immediate danger should the Iranian nuclear program restart.
The US Congress promised to uphold the certification when the US State Department announces Iran is in compliance. If the Republican Congress again refuses their responsibility in the face of a populous President, they need to go. 2018 should clean out the Republican swamp once and for all.
This majority Republican Congress has a real disdain for the poor, the middle class, children and the elderly. No one needs the added stress this Congress is bringing to the most vulnerable Americans. If Congress can't do it's job in certifying AGREEMENTS when conditions are met, then perhaps the Ameican people should take back their country in 2018 and hopefully, the international community will be patient until then.
December 30, 2017
By Daniel Chaitin
This week, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (click here) sought to correct the record with Kentucky news outlets after an editorial and political cartoon cast the blame on him for a new tax on a local college that prides itself on its Christian values and helping low-income students.
McConnell wrote opinion pieces for both the Courier-Journal and the Lexington Herald-Leader to explain that the new tax impacting Berea College as a result of the tax overhaul spearheaded by GOP leadership should be pinned on the "hypocrisy coming from Senate Democrats" and not himself....
December 28, 2017
By Michael Crowley
President Donald Trump (click here) allowed the Iran nuclear deal to survive through 2017, but the new year will offer him another chance to blow up the agreement — and critics and supporters alike believe he may take it.
By mid-January, the president will face new legal deadlines to choose whether to slap U.S. sanctions back on Tehran. Senior lawmakers and some of Trump's top national security officials are trying to preserve the agreement. But the deal's backers fear Trump has grown more willing to reject the counsel of his foreign policy team, as he did with his recent decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital....
P5 + 1 may turn into P4 + 1. The USA is completely foolish to attempt to derail the Iran nuclear agreement. If the agreement was completely dissolved Iran could immediately return to nuclear proliferation and guaranteed there will never be an agreement in the future. To dissolve the agreement will be to put Israel in immediate danger should the Iranian nuclear program restart.
The US Congress promised to uphold the certification when the US State Department announces Iran is in compliance. If the Republican Congress again refuses their responsibility in the face of a populous President, they need to go. 2018 should clean out the Republican swamp once and for all.
This majority Republican Congress has a real disdain for the poor, the middle class, children and the elderly. No one needs the added stress this Congress is bringing to the most vulnerable Americans. If Congress can't do it's job in certifying AGREEMENTS when conditions are met, then perhaps the Ameican people should take back their country in 2018 and hopefully, the international community will be patient until then.
December 30, 2017
By Daniel Chaitin
This week, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (click here) sought to correct the record with Kentucky news outlets after an editorial and political cartoon cast the blame on him for a new tax on a local college that prides itself on its Christian values and helping low-income students.
McConnell wrote opinion pieces for both the Courier-Journal and the Lexington Herald-Leader to explain that the new tax impacting Berea College as a result of the tax overhaul spearheaded by GOP leadership should be pinned on the "hypocrisy coming from Senate Democrats" and not himself....
A Supermoon occurs when the full moon coincides with the moon's closest approach to the Earth.
January 1, 2017
The fireworks (click here) may be long gone but the first supermoon of 2018 is illuminating the skies across the world.
NASA is calling this the “biggest and brightest” one for the entire year and so far it isn’t disappointing.
The phenomenon “supermoon” occurs when the moon becomes full on the same day it reaches its perigee, the point in the moon’s elliptical orbit when it is closest to Earth....
...“The moon looked magnificent,” said David Blanchflower, who snapped a photo of it in the United Kingdom. “Dominating the night sky with its incredible brightness. Awe-inspiring.”
If you miss January’s first full moon — nicknamed a wolf moon — don’t worry, there’s another one this month, on the 31st.
The supermoon lit up the sky in our area Monday. Take a look! (click here)
The fireworks (click here) may be long gone but the first supermoon of 2018 is illuminating the skies across the world.
NASA is calling this the “biggest and brightest” one for the entire year and so far it isn’t disappointing.
The phenomenon “supermoon” occurs when the moon becomes full on the same day it reaches its perigee, the point in the moon’s elliptical orbit when it is closest to Earth....
...“The moon looked magnificent,” said David Blanchflower, who snapped a photo of it in the United Kingdom. “Dominating the night sky with its incredible brightness. Awe-inspiring.”
If you miss January’s first full moon — nicknamed a wolf moon — don’t worry, there’s another one this month, on the 31st.
The supermoon lit up the sky in our area Monday. Take a look! (click here)
January 1, 2017
By Eric Bailey
Los Angeles — For all of the storylines (click here) surrounding Monday’s game between Oklahoma and Georgia, the Rose Bowl likely will be decided by one key matchup.
Quarterback play.
Oklahoma has Baker Mayfield, a Heisman Trophy winner with 39 games of experience. Georgia has Jake Fromm, a true freshman who has commanded the Bulldogs to Monday’s College Football Playoff semifinal contest.
Granted, it takes a team to win a big football game, but a quarterback is a leader. Everything good or bad begins with that player.
ESPN’s Kirk Herbstreit has provided analysis for some of Mayfield’s games over the past three seasons. He understands — like most in Oklahoma’s fan base — the importance of the senior quarterback to his team.
“I’m a big believer in energy. His team feeds off of his energy, maybe unlike any other quarterback that I’ve seen before,” Herbstreit said on Sunday morning. “If he gets going, if he gets that look in his eye, it’s really challenging to defend him.”...
By Eric Bailey
Los Angeles — For all of the storylines (click here) surrounding Monday’s game between Oklahoma and Georgia, the Rose Bowl likely will be decided by one key matchup.
Quarterback play.
Oklahoma has Baker Mayfield, a Heisman Trophy winner with 39 games of experience. Georgia has Jake Fromm, a true freshman who has commanded the Bulldogs to Monday’s College Football Playoff semifinal contest.
Granted, it takes a team to win a big football game, but a quarterback is a leader. Everything good or bad begins with that player.
ESPN’s Kirk Herbstreit has provided analysis for some of Mayfield’s games over the past three seasons. He understands — like most in Oklahoma’s fan base — the importance of the senior quarterback to his team.
“I’m a big believer in energy. His team feeds off of his energy, maybe unlike any other quarterback that I’ve seen before,” Herbstreit said on Sunday morning. “If he gets going, if he gets that look in his eye, it’s really challenging to defend him.”...
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