Living on the Real World
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
Remembering Katrina and New Orleans
“…we can not dedicate, we can not consecrate – we can not hallow – this ground. The brave men, living...
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
Knowing what the Earth will do next? Necessary, but not sufficient.
Several sites, including the AMS blog, The Front Page, picked up the last post, “Knowing what the Earth will do...
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
Knowing what the Earth will do next? Priceless.
When it comes to valuation…what is a product or service worth?…maybe the MasterCard folks say it best. Let’s paraphrase them....
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
Living on the real world: We’re Earthlings, till death do us part.
“Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, refuses to go away.” sometimes attributed to Philip K. Dick,...
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
Getting real.
“Civilization exists by geologic consent, subject to change without notice.” generally attributed to Will Durant “And I saw that all...
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
The AMS Summer Community Meeting: ending in a good place!
The last of the out-of-town participants have pulled out of town by now. Our State College hosts, including AccuWeather, Penn...
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
A new role for a venerable institution.
Robert White, former head of the Weather Bureau (back in the 1960’s), and the first NOAA Administrator, tells the following...
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
(Still more on) private- public-sector collaboration
Back in the 1990’s, while still working at NOAA, I was once part of a two-day U.S.-Japan bilateral discussion in...
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
From parallel play to true collaboration
A few years ago, my daughter, who is a social worker, introduced me to a new term (at least new...
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
At the 2010 AMS Summer Community Meeting
Here’s a question. Why should a blog claiming to look for answers to big issues (what kind of world is...
