Monthly Archives: November 2013

I am surprised that CU’s diversity and tolerance policy tolerates people with diverse points of view.

About 2,500 people die every day in automobile accidents, including 100 in the US. You can think of cars as being Typhoon Yolanda on steroids.

College Students on Probation for Pulling Gun to Defend Against Intruder | RealClearPolitics The University says that they provide adequate security, and believes that criminals will follow gun laws.

The 1928 San Felipe-Okeechobee Hurricane killed four thousand people, including two thousand in the US. Residents of Palm Beach had plenty of warning, but didn’t leave. The Palm Beach Post – Google News Archive Search It was a bad day … Continue reading →

Venus is very hot, but has no weather – because it has a uniform surface temperature. Global warming causes the poles to warm much more than the tropics. This reduces the potential difference in energy between the poles and the … Continue reading →

07 Aug 1930 – The Mercury – p4 [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WhQySxqSANU] . 2013 was the quietest year on record for US tornadoes.

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JCUpJDzyRnY] . The New York Times says that he “misspoke.”

On August 4, 2011 – The European Space Agency’s Envisat satellite showed less than one mm/year sea level rise, comparable to tide gauges. MSL_Serie_EN_Global_IB_RWT_GIA_Adjust.png (1024×680) A few months later the same data set showed almost triple that rate. MSL_Serie_EN_Global_IB_RWT_GIA_Adjust.png (1024×680) … Continue reading →

Twitter / EricHolthaus: Sea levels in the Philippines … The sea level map shows 10 mm/year sea level rise east of the Philippines, which is exactly the amount of error in the map. A signal to noise ratio of zero … Continue reading →