Perspectives
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
Irene, Katia… and a developing tropical depression in the Gulf
When it rains it pours. This bit of folk wisdom, like so many, reflects an underlying reality. The Earth we...
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
More on what we can learn from Hurricane Irene
“You don’t need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows.” To those of a certain age, this line...
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
Good night, Irene.
The past few days have been horrific. As of this writing, hurricane/tropical storm Irene has killed some 40 people, and...
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
Thoughts on the Grand Canyon, on water torture…and blogging.
At the age of 68, after years of documentaries, postcards from friends, photos from friends, digital images from friends,I’m finally...
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
Musings on safety in the face of dangerous weather
Just hours ago, in his blog Meteorological Musings, Mike Smith posted a comment on the hailstorm that hit Omaha’s Eppley...
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
August 19, 1955…and 2011
In 1955, Hurricane Diane swept up the Atlantic coast of the United States, making landfall at North Carolina on August...
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
(Quiet) joy in Joplin.
On the way home from work Wednesday evening I checked the New York Times website on my blackberry, looking to catch...
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
an additional note on the Indiana State Fair stage collapse
At noon today, Jason Samenow of the Capital Weather Gang published an insightful post on the nature and causes of...
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
Inconsequential? Is that the best we can aspire to?
In announcing his candidacy for the Republican nomination for the 2012 presidential campaign the other day, Texas Governor Rick Perry...
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
Indiana’s most recent weather tragedy
Chances are good that by now you know what happened last night in Indianapolis. According to news reports, a wind...
