Monthly Archives: March 2020

“I prefer dangerous liberty over peaceful slavery” Thomas Jefferson “They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety.” Ben Franklin I’m living in Central Nebraska this month, staying at the home … Continue reading →

I took my Costa Rica trip just in time. They banned going to the beach, because the Pacific Ocean isn’t big enough for social distancing. Stab Magazine | Shots Fired: Costa Rican Pro Arrested For Surfing, Kelly Slater Inadvertently Comes … Continue reading →

Is Thwaites Glacier doomed? Scientists race against time to find out.

By the end of June, there will be 15 times as many COVID-19 patients as beds. By the end of the summer, the pandemic will have directly killed 2.2 million Americans How the Pandemic Will End – The Atlantic – … Continue reading →

On this date in 1890, as massive tornado outbreak in the Ohio Valley killed hundreds of people and wiped out dozens of towns. At the same time, a building flood on the Mississippi River was forecast to wipe out New … Continue reading →

Interesting map from NASA, which shows how polluted the air in Northern Italy normally is. Satellite data shows air pollution drop in Europe amid COVID-19 lockdowns | CBC News My sister used to live in Wuhan – the air there … Continue reading →