Perspectives
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
Reflections on Martin Luther King Day.
“I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word in reality. That is why right, temporarily...
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
Thriving on Our Changing Planet: A Decadal Strategy for Earth Observation from Space
“This beast is best felt. Shake, rattle, and roll. We are thrown left and right against our straps in spasmodic...
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
More good news to start 2018: 2017 was the safest year on record for air travel.
Continuing the good-news theme of recent LOTRW posts, the flight safety story lit up yesterday’s internet. This report, from Fortune’s...
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
Some “good news” from the AMS – on diversity and inclusion – to start off 2018.
If the world could stand a bit less in the way of scolding, per the topic of recent LOTRW posts,...
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
At the risk of being the scold…
As a rule, with each LOTRW entry, I try to post a notice on Facebook, and tweet as well. This...
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
What meteorologists might stand to learn from Taylor Swift.
This morning’s Washington Post ran an article on Taylor Swift and her 2017. Some excerpts. Two weeks ago, on her...
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
U.S. social fabric – torn, frayed, unraveled by 2017’s hurricanes. But how badly?
Social fabric? Quite a bit of texture in what people mean by the term: social fabric: The composite demographics of...
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
Remedial Reading: an August 2017 Pew Charitable Trust report on the flooding threat to U.S. Public Schools
In mid-November, the AMS and its Policy Program ran a two-day workshop on the 2017 hurricane season and its implications...
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
Meteorologists – forecast your own future!
“Like some inferior doctor who’s become ill/You’re in despair and are unable to discover/By what medicine you yourself can be...
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
Thanksgiving Reflections 2017. Part 4.
Make a joyful noise unto the Lord, all ye lands. Serve the Lord with gladness: come before his presence with...
