Living on the Real World, Perspectives
The butterfly effect … and this week’s AMS Washington Forum
Google the phrase “butterfly effect,” and you’ll learn this term describes sensitivity to initial conditions in chaotic systems. A little...
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
Guessing Games (remember Battleship?), Tornadoes, and Lambert-St. Louis International Airport
Today St. Louis suffers, but breathes a sigh of relief. Last night a storm moving through the area spawned high...
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
Getting real…about Earth Day
Today is Earth Day! Lots to think and talk about, but before we dive in, just out of curiosity…at what...
Clearing Up Aviation Ice Forecasting
NCAR has developed a new forecasting system for aircraft icing that delivers 12-hour forecasts updated hourly for air space over...
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
April 21, 2011, and all is well…
Living on the real world is getting tough. Resource extraction is more difficult. The rate of habitat loss, reduction in...
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
Living on the Real World…but longing for the Garden
“The Lord God made garments of skin for Adam and his wife and clothed them. And the Lord God said,...
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
Optimism, pessimism, and realism…and generational attitudes
What do you think about our (that is, humanity’s) future on the Earth? Why? How about those around you? What...
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
Tornado outbreaks…and those national budget priorities
This past weekend, millions of Americans have been preoccupied with Monday’s deadline for filing their 2010 federal income taxes. But...
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
Andy and Randy break out the Nerd-be-Gone
Years ago, the cartoonist nonpareil Gary Larson showed a couple of guys out in the middle of the desert, totally...
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
We’ve heard about global warming…but what about global trusting?
“In God we trust.” You’ve heard this before, right? It’s the motto of the United States. Coins have displayed this...
