Trump started a gender war with his hostile toward women attitude and look how it translated.

This is a group prom picture. How many of the young ladies were safe?

I suppose this could be a Nazi Club and I hope the investigation turns up the organizer and the members sympathetic to genocide. I also believe young men are banning together to be innocent of any accusation of sexual assault. That leads to the understanding of entitlement, creates victims of young men that lead to coercion. That is how Kavanaugh found his entitlement among his peers, "group think."

But, the idea a young man can be protected by other participants in what might be more than sexual assault, but, racial and or religious bigotry could lead to violence is extremely disconcerting.

I don't consider them innocent. Making the Nazi salute is a threat. While some are followers just to be followers, the leaders need a reason for the allegiance.

November 12, 2018

Male students' mass Nazi salute prompts investigation

Dozens of male students (click here) are being investigated by a Wisconsin school district after a photo of them doing a mass Nazi salute on the steps of a county court house circulated on social media.

The students have yet to be identified, but the school district is threatening legal action pending an investigation.

NBC 15 News, the local television affiliate, reported on Monday they called Baraboo School District for a response and to confirm that young men in the photo are infact students at Baraboo High School, but the school only responded saying it was preparing a press release on the incident....

The nineteen women Donald Trump sexually assaulted are still waiting to be heard!

December 12, 2017
By Margaret Hartmann

Summer Zervos, (click here) right, with the lawyer Gloria Allred in January. Ms. Zervos, who claimed President Trump groped her in 2007, brought a defamation suit against him after he called her and other accusers liars.

This post was originally published in November 2017. It has been updated with additional harassment claims and public statements from Trump’s accusers.

A defamation suit filed by Summer Zervos, (click here) one of the accusers, has opened up the possibility that the women will get their day in court. Some have continued speaking out, hoping that away from the chaos of the election, people might be more willing to listen to their accounts. In December 2017 several women publicly aired their claims again, and called for a congressional investigation. “Let’s try round two,” said Samantha Holvey. “The environment’s different, let’s try again.”

For now, Trump seems entirely unfazed by the allegations hanging over him. Press Secretary Sarah Sanders confirmed recently that it is the White House’s official position that every single one of the women is lying, and Trump has not shied away from condemning other men accused of sexual misconduct (if they’re Democrats)....

The IDF certainly knows how to secure it's need. So much for progress, we are back to exploding buses.

One of the reports states a Hamas commander and an Israeli commander were killed. Does anyone think this hostility is something that should be a part of the landscape in Israel?

Why the raid? There was a ceasefire, that doesn't mean the IDF has the right to carry on as if there was no ceasefire.

November 12, 2018
By Judah Ari Gross and Aaron Rasgon


The Hamas terror group’s (click here) military wing claimed responsibility on Monday for a massive barrage of rocket fire on the south and threatened to strike deeper into Israeli territory, after a bombardment of some 100 rockets injured several Israelis and prompted retaliatory airstrikes in the Gaza Strip.

“The joint command of Palestinian factions announces the beginning of bombardments of the enemy’s settlements with scores of rockets,” the Hamas military wing, the Izz ad-Din al Qassam Brigades, said in a statement....

And, of course, the F-35 is immune to solar activity, right?

November 12, 2018
By Brett Carter

...As detailed in a now declassified U.S. Navy report, (click here) the event sparked an immediate investigation about the potential cause(s) of the random detonations of so many sea mines.

The sea mines deployed had a self-destruct feature. But the minimum self-destructs time on these mines was not for another 30 days, so something else was to blame.

On August 15, 1972, the Commander in Chief of the U.S. Pacific Fleet, Admiral Bernard Clarey, asked about a hypothesis that solar activity could have caused the mine detonations.

Many of the mines deployed were magnetic influence sea mines that were designed to detonate when they detected changes in the magnetic field.

Solar activity was then well known to cause magnetic field changes, but it wasn't clear whether or not the Sun could cause these unintentional detonations....

No, the F-35 is not immune to solar activity. Trillions of dollars of USA taxpayer money and the lousy jet can fall out of the sky with unknown missile capacity. Amazing. Whoever sold us this piece of junk should be sued for every last dime. Being imprisoned for fraud and an assault on our national defense is too good for them.

October 5, 2015
By Senior Airman Aaron Montoya

Holloman Air Force Base -- Ninety-three million miles (click here) away from the Earth sits a fiery sphere of hot gas.

It’s 332,946 times the mass of Earth and has surface temperatures reaching 9,932 degrees, which is capable of disrupting satellites, power grids and even pilots flying at high altitudes. The sun launches these attacks arising from its surface with a massive burst of gas and magnetic fields called a coronal mass ejection.

The Airmen at the Holloman Solar Observatory are the hub of monitoring volatile solar activity and training others to do so as well.

"The Air Force has three solar observatories," said Master Sgt. Ronald Sherard, the chief of the Detachment 4, 2nd Weather Squadron. "We have one at Holloman, one in Learmonth, Australia and one in San Vito, Italy. Holloman is the focal point for the entire (Air Force) Solar Optical Observing Network around the world. Becoming an analyst with the 2nd Weather Squadron on the solar optical side means you will come to Holloman to receive training."

Although few in number, the Air Force solar observatories play a critical role in keeping the Air Force way of life running. A single solar storm could disrupt the Air Force way of life.

"We monitor the sun for solar activity, and we report any activity that occurs," said Staff Sgt. Erin O'Connell, a solar analyst with Det. 4, 2nd WS. "The information goes up to key decision makers who decide to deploy safeguard measures on satellites, power grids or to alert pilots in high-altitude aircraft."...

Why does anyone even flirt yet alone embrace this? Tax breaks? Good luck to the highest bidder, anonymous as it probably will be.

Adolph Hitler: Man and monster (click here)

7 November 2018

He was responsible (click here) for sending six million Jews to their deaths. But where little Rosa Bernile Nienau was concerned, Adolf Hitler seemed blind to his own warped ideology.

This astonishing photograph shows the smiling Nazi leader embracing the young Jewish girl - who referred to him as 'Uncle Hitler' and became known as his 'sweetheart' - at his Alpine retreat.

Personally inscribed by Hitler, the photograph was taken in the summer of 1933 at the Berghof - just six years before the outbreak of the Second World War....

1933: Rise of Adolf Hitler (click here)
With the appointment of Adolf Hitler as Chancellor on January 30, 1933, the Nazi Party took control of Germany. In October, German delegates walked out of disarmament talks in Geneva and Nazi Germany withdrew from the League of Nations. In October, at an international legal conference in Madrid, Raphael Lemkin (who later coined the word “genocide” ) proposed legal measures to protect groups. His proposal did not receive support....

The flower in the picture is Edelweiss. The flower was made famous decades later in a song from the Sound of Music.

Leontopodium alpinum (click here)

Hitler's official photographer embellished all that was precious about life to create a welcoming image to "der Fuhrer."

Edelweiss is strictly protected (click here) and may not be picked. It usually grows in limestone soil in mountain landscapes, on steep blue grass slopes and hills. Since Edelweiss often lives together with the alpine aster, it is easy to find when one focuses on finding the beautiful violet flowers with the yellow centres. Edelweiss is able to live on alpine meadows and can be recognised from a distance, because the flower often takes on a silver sheen in the light.

Edelweiss as a survivor artist

Edelweiss covered by dense hair. Thousands of tiny air bubbles collect in the fine hairs. They protect the flower from drying out and moreover from freezing. These air bubbles are the reason sunlight makes the Edelweiss appear illuminated. This sheen is also a signal for honey-seeking insects. The tiny hairs also protect the plants from harmful UV rays thanks to their unusual qualities....

This is a performance by Captain Georg von Trapp,
 a retired Austrian naval captain, and widower in a scene from "The Sound of Music." He was to be absorbed into the ranks of the Nazis. Shortly, after this performance, he, his family of children and their governess escaped preventing their involvement with the rising tide of hatred. Of course, in this scene, he would sing an endearing song to make him appear sympathetic to all that was Nazi. These performances by the von Trapp family enabled their escape. 

The "Sound of Music" was first a play before it became a film. It was based in a real story, although romanticized a bit.

Between 1929 and 1939, (click here) Georg and Maria had three children together, as well as Georg's own seven children.

But it was the collapse of the bank holding the family's finances that was the spur behind their success as touring singing act, to Georg's embarrassment.

Anti-Nazi, the family did indeed flee Austria when the Nazi party sought to recruit Georg to the German navy. But they did not walk across the mountains to Switzerland — a journey of some 200 miles. Rather, they caught a train to Italy and then on to the United States. Their Austrian home became Heinrich Himmler's headquarters....

Trump was tweeting about Florida instead of honoring the dead from WW I.

Once again Trump is at the center of media attention because he is a bizarre leader. I suppose it is necessary when considering he was tweeting about Florida’s recount instead of attending a ceremony for WWI dead and making inflammatory statements in an attempt to INSPIRE more violence. I think this level of fear and hate mongering will continue for the next two years during the primary and general election seasons. The media needs to seriously decide if Trump is newsworthy or a vicious leader of hate.

I don’t believe he cares about police because his hate filled speech puts them in the direct path of danger rather than a country of domestic peace and tranquillity. Trump does not care about INSPIRED violence or the number dead or injured including police. He wants a police state and is determined to get it; Florida’s recount is a prime example. The other Republicans in Florida go right along with him to INSPIRE violence.

The Democrats have a lot of work to do and need to get on with it without getting tangled up in these hideous temper tantrums by Trump lead Republicans.

"Morning Papers"

The Rooster

"Okeydoke"

11 November 2018
By Judah Ari Gross

Palestinian media (click here) reports at least 7 killed, more injured, during Israeli operation in Khan Younis; IDF confirms ‘exchange of fire broke out’, rockets fired at south

Israeli special forces conducted a raid in the Gaza city of Khan Younis on Sunday night, apparently killing several suspected Hamas terrorists, including a senior commander in its military wing, and bringing the region back to the brink of war.

The IDF later confirmed that a special forces officer was killed and another injured in the raid. The military censor prevented news of the IDF officer’s death and the second officer’s injuries from being published until their families could be notified. The names of the soldiers were not immediately released.

The fighting set off a massive round of Israeli airstrikes in Gaza, and at least a dozen rockets or mortar shells were fired at southern Israel. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced late Sunday he would return to Israel immediately and cut a trip to Paris short....

Good Night, Moon

The waxing crescent

4.3 days old moon

19.7 percent lit







November 5, 2018
By Michelle Starr

I am assuming it was visualized with the James Webb Space Telescope which is to the right. (click here)

Whenever we hear of stars (click here) discovered that formed just after the Big Bang, they're very far away, in the far reaches of the visible Universe. But now astronomers have spotted something new: a star that's around 13.5 billion years old, right here in our own Milky Way galaxy....

...It's called 2MASS J18082002–5104378 B, and it could be one of the oldest stars in the Universe....And it's tiny - only about 10 percent of the mass of the Sun, right on the edge of the lower limit for hydrogen burning....

..."We've never discovered a star so low mass and made of so few grams of metals," astrophysicist Andrew Casey of Monash University in Australia told ScienceAlert....

The Global Community needs to consider sanctions of Brazil to stop a tyrant President full of political hubrix and not facts.

Most of the states (click here) that contain parts of the Amazon are located in the Northern region of Brazil.

The assesssment at the link above was conducted in 2002. It is here not because of it's most recent assessment, but, to simply list the Brazilian states where the Amazon Rainforest lives.

In 2002, this region contributed 5.36 percent to Brazil's GDP. 

Today, this regino still produces only a small among of the GDP. Its demographic density is the lowest in Brazil considering all the regions of the country, with only 3.8 inhabitants per km². Most of the population is centered in urban areas. The overall population of Brazil 209.3 million and the Northern Region has a population of 17.7 million. The reason for such a small population is the climate, it is a rainforest and for most of the region there is either monsoon or nothing but a wet season. The Northern Region of Brazil is not conducive to human exploitation for profit except for whatever the trees have to offer.


The Amazon has the highest number of plant species in the world. Higher than Africa and Asia. There are 75,000 species of trees alone. The diversity of plants and animals is the most dense and diverse in the world. One in five species of birds live in the Amazon rainforest. Currently, with industries looking for more and better ways to solve medical problems there is an estimated 438,000 species of plants of economic and social (tourism) interest. And that does include those not yet studied or classified.

Amapa had the lowest deforestation rate of all the northern states and produces manganese, gold, chrome and kaolin. The other states of the Northern Region produce latex from rubber trees, açaí, woods, nuts, precious stones, cassiterite, tin (metal) and iron.


The idea of completely altering the climate of the Amazon Rainforest is a global issue. That cannot be ignored. If the people of this region want better quality of life, it is possible without damaging the rainforest anymore than it is. If I am not mistaken, some of the native tribes have never been contacted by other human beings. (click here) There is a danger in altering their climate and the habitat that supports their food chain. I hope President Bolsonaro isn't thinking of destroying these tribes. Contact from soldiers or otherwise could cause disease that would kill them. Is that what the new Brazilian President wants? Such change, if it occurs at all, comes over time, not with an invasion of machines.


18 May 2018
By Giovanni Ortolani

Brazil has no reason (click here) to further deforest the Amazon, as there is plenty of degraded land available for agribusiness growth and profit. This is the positive pragmatic message put forth in “A Pathway to Zero Deforestation in the Amazon,” a report first launched at COP23 in Bonn, Germany, last November, by the Zero Deforestation Working Group (ZDWG), a coalition of NGO analysts from Greenpeace, Instituto Centro de Vida, Imaflora, Imazon, Instituto Socioambiental, Amazon Environmental Research Institute (IPAM), The Nature Conservancy (TNC), and the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF).

The document’s aim is to illustrate workable strategies for eliminating Amazon deforestation in the short term, with environmental, economic and social benefits for all....

...The pathways document stresses an important, often ignored, reality: deforestation’s contribution to the Brazilian economy is negligible. The average area cleared per year between 2007 and 2016 (7,502 square kilometers, or 2,897 square miles) added only about R $453 million (US $141 million) annually in gross value of agricultural production (that’s production volume multiplied by the cost of products). That amount represents only 0.013 percent of the average Brazilian GDP over the 2007-16 period.

So, while Brazilian agribusiness is truly an economic juggernaut, just as the ruralists claim, the actual amount that annual deforestation in the name of agribusiness expansion adds to the economy is miniscule.

Paulo Moutinho, a senior scientist working at the science-based NGO Amazon Environmental Research Institute (IPAM), believes deforestation is no longer necessary for Brazil’s growth. He notes the country has a surplus of 15-20 million hectares (38,610-77,220 square miles) of already deforested and degraded land that is underused or abandoned by agribusiness. “Recovering this area for agriculture, we could expand agricultural production without cutting down a single tree,” Moutinho told Mongabay....

It is the species of tree that is dangerous as well as the way they are planted.

June 19, 2018
By Paul Ames

Lisbon — Before it gained global infamy (click here) as the “road of death,” Estrada National 236-1 was a bucolic drive, winding in a succession of lazy curves through the thickly wooded hills of central Portugal.

The surrounding greenery, however, brought no joy to environmentalists who have long warned that Portugal was courting disaster through decades of planting the eucalyptus trees which line that roadside and cover much of the country....

...“The eucalyptus is more dangerous than other trees,” said João Branco, president of Quercus, an environmental campaign group.

“The leaves and the bark are very flammable, strips of bark hang off the trunks and are carried by the wind, spreading the flames,” Branco, a forestry engineer, added. “Large parts of the center and north of the country are almost completely covered by eucalyptus and it contributes to this type of fire.”...

A few weeks ago I mentioned the reports about wet fields and the inability to harvest crops that were maturing early.

October 10, 2018
By Bill Novak

Rain almost every day kept farmers out of fields (click here) in Wisconsin last week, preventing fall harvest work to move along.

The crop report from the USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service for the week ending Oct. 7 said only 2.0 days out of 7.0 total were suitable for field work across the state, with wet soil conditions preventing farmers from getting into fields.

"Too much rain has halted all field activities," a Barron County report said. "Grain harvest has switched to corn because the soybeans are not drying down."...

Things changed a bit this week. There isn't a description of the condition of the harvest though, just percentages. I always expect that as crops remained in the field after maturity, the quality of the grains diminished. So, the percentages are increasing, but, there is no report on the quality.

November 5, 2018
By Ben Potter

...“Wet weather (click here) in the central and eastern Midwest last week slowed harvest a little, with today’s progress in line with my expectations,” says Farm Futures senior grain market analyst Bryce Knorr. “Drier weather should get combines moving again after one more storm this week.”

A state-by-state look reveals that six of the top 18 production states are at least 90% complete with the 2018 corn harvest, including Illinois (93%), Kentucky (92%), Missouri (92%), North Carolina (98%), Tennessee (96%) and Texas (90%). By now, every state has passed the halfway mark but North Dakota (49%).

This year’s soybean harvest has reached 83% complete, meantime, up from 72% a week ago. Progress is still a bit behind 2017’s pace and the five-year average, both at 89%. As with corn, six of the top 18 production states are at least 90% complete, including Illinois (92%), Louisiana (95%), Minnesota (92%), Mississippi (92%), Nebraska (90%) and South Dakota (92%). North Carolina, with current progress of 45%, is the only top production state that hasn’t yet reached the halfway point....

In 2016, (click here) co2 emissions per capita for Portugal was 4.82 metric tons. Though Portugal CO2 emissions per capita fluctuated substantially in recent years, it tended to decrease through 1997 - 2016 period ending at 4.82 metric tons in 2016.

The highest per capita for Portugal occurred in 2002 at a rate of 6.44 Tons of CO2 per capita.

Portugal 2013 as reported in 2014 (click here)

Global in 2015 (click here)

The graph to the left shows number of avalanche deaths in the USA. If one were to look at the statistics in other countries they would look similar. The reason is the snow is changing. The snows are wetter and less stable. When snow is wet rather than fluffy, it is heavier causing greater incidence of avalaches.

The CAIC (click here) staff investigate fatal avalanches in Colorado. CAIC forecasters post preliminary information within 24 hours. Once they visit the site and speak to the people involved, they publish a final Accident Report. Final Reports may take a week or more to compile, check, and publish.

November 1, 2018

Climate change (click here) has become a factor in climbers' decisions about when to venture into the Southern Alps.

While climbing in spring risks avalanches, climate change is - more frequently than in the past - presenting another obstacle for climbers who wait for summer.

Owner of Wanaka guiding company Adventure Consultants, Guy Cotter, said yesterday this is the time of the year when climbing begins to "ramp up".

"This whole November, early December period is a very popular time for climbing the big mountains here."...

Portugal's population is 10,561,614

The picture to the left is of Lisbon (click here) and one of it's many, many streets. It was one of the Rockefeller Foundations 100 Resilient Cities in 2017.

One of the oldest independent countries on earth, (click here) Portugal is known as a popular destination for migrants from many countries across the world. With near perfect weather for much of the year, has this pattern of net migration served to swell the population of Portugal in any way?

The last official census took place in Portugal in 2011 and it was confirmed at the time that 10,561,614 people were living here. A subsequent estimate was released later that same year that suggested that the Portugal population had grown very slightly to 10,576,252 and this would make the country the 84th most populous on the planet.

Based on the current UN estimates, the 2018 population of Portugal is 10.29 million.

Population Density

Portugal is a relatively small country and its population density figures are consistent with its overall size. It has a surface area of 92,090 square kilometers which converts to 35,645 square miles and makes it the 111th largest country in terms of land mass alone.

For every square mile of Portuguese territory, there is an average of 111 people here. This makes Portugal rank 95th in the world as far as population density is concerned....

The Portuguese (click here) economy advanced 0.5 percent on quarter in the three months to June of 2018, slightly higher than 0.4 percent in the previous period and confirming the preliminary estimates. Household spending was flat while a rise in inventories contributed positively to growth. GDP Growth Rate in Portugal averaged 0.41 percent from 1988 until 2018, reaching an all time high of 3.30 percent in the fourth quarter of 1990 and a record low of -2.60 percent in the first quarter of 1991....

...Year-on-year, the economy grew 2.3 percent, above 2.1 percent in the previous quarter and in line with earlier estimates. The contribution from domestic demand went up, mainly due to higher household (2.6 percent compared to 2.1 percent in Q1) and public spending (0.4 percent compared to 0.3 percent in Q1). The tourism sector continues to boost the economy: spending in national territory (3.4 percent) went up faster than spending by residents (2.6 percent). On the other hand, investment rose at a slower rate (6.4 percent compared to 7.1 percent) due to 6.6 percent drop in investment in material transportation. Net trade weighed down on growth more amid higher imports (7.9 percent compared to 5.6 percent in Q1) while exports rose at a faster pace (6.8 percent compared to 4.7 percent). 

For 2018, the Portuguese government targets growth at 2.3 percent.

Portugal's primary trading partner is the EU which is as close as the Spanish border.

Portugal’s top 10 exports accounted for 56.3% of the overall value of its global shipments.

1. Vehicles: US$6.9 billion (11.1% of total exports)
2. Electrical machinery, equipment: $5.6 billion (9%)
3. Mineral fuels including oil: $4.5 billion (7.3%)
4. Machinery including computers: $3.9 billion (6.3%)
5. Plastics, plastic articles: $3.3 billion (5.3%)
6. Knit or crochet clothing, accessories: $2.4 billion (3.9%)
7. Footwear: $2.3 billion (3.7%)
8. Furniture, bedding, lighting, signs, prefab buildings: $2.2 billion (3.5%)
9. Paper, paper items: $2.1 billion (3.4%)
10. Articles of iron or steel: $1.7 billion (2.8%)

 In 2016, Portugal had 21.2 million visitors, 12.6 million of which were foreign. (click here)

In addition to tourism, Portugal has a tenacious appetite for fish.

Updated 10-2017

Located in the westernmost (click here) part of Europe on the west coast, over the three main biogeographical regions of the Atlantic Ocean including Azores and Madeira Islands, Portugal has a coastline of 1 214 km (accounting for 1.8 % of the EU's 66 000 km coastline).

The Portuguese fisheries industry has a low contribution to the economy as a whole (0.24 percent of the GDP), but it has a large cultural and social importance, especially in some traditional fishing towns of Portugal. It is estimated that the blue economy represents 3 % of the Portuguese GDP. Portugal reported 17 536 people directly employed in the primary sector of the marine fishery industry in 2015.

Portugal has the third highest per capita fish consumption in Europe (about 53.8 kg in 2013) after Iceland and Faeroe Islands. The main fish consumed in Portugal are small pelagic fish, especially sardine and horse mackerel, but in coastal regions many other species are consumed. Portugal imports large quantities of cod (salted and dried), to satisfy its traditional dietary requirements. In 2015, imports of fish and fishery products were valued at USD 1.9 billion, with exports valued at USD 1.1 billion....

As if it wasn't already hard enough to be a bee.

October 18, 2018
By Samantha Grenrock

Gainesville - Hurricane Michael (click here) significantly impacted the beekeeping industry in the Florida Panhandle. This area is home to about 500 registered beekeepers and nearly 50,000 colonies, which amounts to more than 1.2 billion bees. These colonies are vital to Florida agriculture because the bees provide pollination services to many of the state’s crops.

Beekeepers in the Florida Panhandle are racing to save their colonies as many forage resources — blooming trees and flowers — were destroyed in the hurricane. Furthermore, many of the colonies have been destroyed, damaged or otherwise cannot be accessed due to the hurricane. 

How can you help?...

"Greater Good" Save the Honey Bees (click here)

October 23, 2018

GreaterGood.org partnered with the Florida State Beekeepers Association (click here) and the Florida State Department of Agriculture to help more than 1 billion starving bees and avoid an ecological disaster left in the wake of Hurricane Michael by donating over a quarter million pounds of sugar syrup.

A tanker containing 4,500 gallons of sugar syrup was delivered to Wewahitcha on Monday. The delivery is one of seven taking place by the Rescue Bank across the Panhandle.

This temporary alternative food source will serve up to 50,000 bee colonies to avoid them from collapsing and permanently wreaking havoc on the country’s citrus supply.

“Hurricane Michael is the strongest storm to ever hit the Florida Panhandle, and there is a true emergency for the state’s bee population that has a potentially devastating long-term impact,” said Liz Baker, executive director of GreaterGood.org. “Losing this bee population would create a major ripple effect on U.S. agriculture, and we knew we needed to act quickly to make this emergency donation happen.”

Emergency supplies of sugar syrup will keep bee colonies sustained while bee forage material regrows, which is estimated to take at least a month....

This is written in English, but, the official language of Portugal is naturally Portuguese.

Portugal is a somewhat small country, but, has very big plans. I thought their approach was most pragmatic. What also impressed me is the financial planning to fund these improvements. The funding sources and strategies are written right into the plans.

...Considerations of EIA and SEA, in the context of Climate Change: (click here)

State of play: Strategic Enviornmental Assessment (SEA)

The sentence is bold letters absolutely captures the essence of the climate crisis and it's dynamics on a country. Climate change is always occurring in this early first quarter of the 21st Century. Therefore, it is necessary to have a government that monitors, communicates with regional countries and adjusts to the needs of the people as it mitigates the GHG (GreenHouse Gas) emissions.

So few plans I have read speaks to land use, yet, it is vital to the best mitigation outcomes.

Climate Change is always considered at the screening stage and is frequently identified as a Critical Factor for Decision-Making (CFD) in the scoping phase. When considered a CFD, both mitigation and adaptation are addressed (e.g. potential GHG emissions; flood risk plans/maps in the context of different land uses) and generally recognized as a relevant tool for considering climate change at an early stage of the decision-making process. Consideration of climate change at the SEA level also reflects on projects that may result from the implementation of the plan or programme, as well as the associated EIA.

State of Play:Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA)  - Ongoing transposition process of Directive 2014/52/EU

Scoping: establishing a list of project categories  (criteria definition); Both on Adaptation and Mitigation

Assessment: Definition of information to be included and scenarios to be considered in the environmental impact report and establishment of criteria for assessing climate change and for establishing adequate measures

Post-assessment: Monitoring the impacts along the lifecycle of the project (construction, operation and deactivation phases)...

Californians are not used to infernos. They are used to reasonable time to move from an area. That leisurely pace no longer exists.

November 11, 2018
1800.18z 
Unisys GOES West Satellite (click here for 12 hour loop - thank you)

There is a stationary high pressure system off California. This was once displaced by more moist air and there were even high amounts of rain and snow that created a high capacity problem at one of the dams. Well, the high pressure system is back.

It's stationary status is viewed slightly easier in the hemisphere view (click here).  In either views (again easier seen in the hemisphere view) there is an air mass immediately west of the high pressure system. It moves north, but, once it reaches Canada it suddenly swings south and delivers horrendous winds to California west of the Rocky Mountains.

With a stationary high pressure offshore, there is no immediate relief in the form of rain in the near future. (click here)

Californians have to leave their homes with whatever belongings and pets and/or livestock when they first see smoke. If there are warnings given before there is any evidence of smoke, leave then. DO NOT STAY TO TRY TO PROTECT THE HOUSE OR OUTBUILDINGS. I saw pictures of a person with a garden hose and the flames were about fifty feet away. That is not a rational thing to do.

November 11, 2018
By Matthew Bloch and Jugal K. Patel

There is an updraft of air in the right of the picture that looks like it has tornado like winds. There is a second just to the left of the first. The fires are so intense they are creating their own air movements and there is no controlling the fire. When air is this turbulent all the rules are broken and the air has it's own laws.

 LA County Sheriff's (click here) @LASDHQ 

#WoolseyFire Industry Hills Expo Center is opening stables for any horses being evacuated from the wildfires. There’s about 250 stalls available. -Office Phone: (626) 330-0324 -Address: 16200 Temple Ave, City of Industry, CA 91744 -After Hours Assistance: (626) 216-6428

Several rapidly (click here) advancing wildfires are raging through California near the Sierra Nevada foothills and the Los Angeles shoreline. The fires have killed at least 25 people since they began on Thursday and have burned nearly 200,000 acres in the state. The largest of the wildfires, called the Camp Fire, is the most destructive in California history....

The Camp Fire was started by a damaged electric power line. I wish all electric lines were underground. There are many reasons to do that. If one recalls years ago there was a major failure in New York involving New York City. It was determined a power line had sagged because of the excessive heat that day. I sincerely wish governments would recognize the Climate Crisis and do what is prudent.

November 11, 2018
By Tom Porter

PG&E has informed state regulators (click here) that it experienced an incident early Thursday on a major electrical transmission line at a remote site in Butte County just minutes before the reported start of the devastating Camp Fire.

In a brief report filed with the California Public Utilities Commission, the company said a power outage was recorded on its 115-kilovolt Caribou-Palermo line at 6:15 a.m. Thursday. Cal Fire says the blaze started at 6:29 a.m.

Driven by high winds in the Feather River Canyon, the Camp Fire raced west, destroying parts of the the communities of Paradise and Magalia. So far, 23 people are confirmed dead in the fire, which had burned a staggering 6,453 homes and 120,000 acres as of Sunday morning...

Report (click here):

Summary: On November 8, 2018, at approximately 0615 hours, PG&E experienced an outage on the Caribou-Palermo 115 kV Transmission line in Butte County. In the afternoon of November 8, PG&E observed by aerial patrol damage to a transmission tower on the Caribou-Palermo 115 kV Transmission line, approximately one mile north-east of the town of Pulga, in the area of the Camp Fire. This information is preliminary.