Perspectives
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
The Hindenburg remembered
As I start to write this, in the evening of May 6, it is 75 years to the day that the...
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
Dawn.
It is early morning as I write this. And we all know – or realize with a moment’s reflection –...
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
The Titanic…and the Sultana
Chances are, you’ve heard of the first, but not the second. Both were vessels. Both sank, disastrously. Both tragedies occurred...
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
Move NOAA satellite acquisition to NASA? …and other compartmentalized decisions
How serious are those rising weather satellite costs? Here’s a comparison. If you’re reading this, chances are good you have...
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
Notional move of NOAA satellite acquisition to NASA revisited
So all of us have slept on the idea…sort of…for six days. Even with the added reflection, it still looks...
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
Move NOAA satellite acquisition to NASA?
Maybe not CJS’ best idea. Looking for bi-partisanship in the Congress? Of course we are. America faces big problems. We’ve...
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
The Titanic…a poster child for Learning from Experience…and for Repetitive Loss
100 years ago last night, the passenger liner Titanic struck an iceberg on her maiden voyage and sank two hours...
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
Tornadoes in Norman: near Ground Zero.
Yesterday afternoon a tornado ripped through Norman, Oklahoma, doing what tornadoes do best; hopscotching along and ripping up the place...
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
(one more in a series of) Lessons from my daughter
“Listen earnestly to anything your children want to tell you, no matter what. If you don’t listen eagerly to the...
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
Resurrection
For the past week, the WAS*IS community has been mourning the termination of NOAA support for that program as such....
