Tuesday, January 19, 2021
Did You Know Two Presidents Were Meteorologists?
Monday, January 18, 2021
Should the NFL Call Games Due to Weather?
- The 2018 Miami-Tennessee game was delayed by lightning, not just by rain.
- NFL games are rescheduled in event of a hurricane. They did just that in 2005 when Hurricane Wilma threatened a Chiefs v Miami game.
- Lightning delays often last too long in both college football and the NFL. This is due to the both using outdated science.
- As the article points out, there is far too much risk and disorganization when combining tornado risks and football stadiums full of fans.
Based on the approaching storm, at 4:45pm LST officials ordered an evacuation of the stadium based on a "scenario1" event," urging people to seek shelter in their cars to avoid lightning and hail. At this same time, a tornado was reported 8 miles southwest of the stadium. That information resulted in a "scenario 2" evacuation being ordered by 4:50 pm LST, and fans instead were told to seek shelter in large buildngs, most a 5–10-minute brisk walk away, stadium concourses, restrooms, and ditches. [The photo] shows the IEM webcam at 5:01pm LST from the ISU campus, one mile from the stadium, as a tornado caused F2 damage 3 miles NW of the stadium. More than10,000 people took shelter in the university’s Hilton Coliseum, with several thousand more walking to other buildings. Even larger numbers, however, remained outside and unsheltered.
Sunday, January 17, 2021
My, How Liberals Have Changed
Today
Sunday Fun: Visiting Wichita
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As vaccinations progress and the first glimmers of herd immunity take hold in the spring, I'd like to invite you to visit Wichita and the Kansas Flint Hills.
Here is a long list of reasons why Wichita is an undiscovered gem. I lay out a vacation agenda, here.
The Flint Hills in May and June are spectacular.
The Flint Hills is the last stand of tallgrass prairie in the world. The vast area of stunning deep green is nothing like you will see anywhere else.So, consider visiting. You will be glad you did.
Friday, January 15, 2021
Bill and Melinda Gates: #1 Farmers in the USA
Green Acres had a very catchy theme song. You can click on the music here and I've updated the lyrics below. The lyrics begin to be sung 15 seconds in.
[Bill] Nebraska is the place to be.
Farm livin’ is the life for me.
Sand Hills spreading out so far and wide.
Keep Seattle, just give me that countryside.
[Melinda] Seattle's where I’d rather stay.
My shoes don’t like that ‘husker clay.
I just adore the Space Needle’s sights.
Shopping at Borsheims just doesn’t seem so right.
[Bill] Casey’s...
[Melinda] Starbucks...
[Bill] The breeze...
[Melinda] Tesla Trucks.
[Bill] You are my wife,
[Melinda] Good-bye Seattle life,
[Both] Nebraska we are here!
Dust Storm Warning!
My brother sent this photo of a wind turbine -- obscured by blowing dust.
As of 1:15pm CST, here are the primary warnings across the north central USA.
- Orange = blizzard warning
- Gold = high wind warning.
- Blue = winter weather advisory
- Maroon = high wildfire danger
- Gray = air quality warning due to blowing dust
Thursday, January 14, 2021
Wind Warning Expanded
Major Storm: North Central United States
- Orange is a blizzard warning.
- Gold = high wind warning.
- Maroon = wildfire conditions high
- Blue = winter weather advisory
Wednesday, January 13, 2021
Latest Goodreads Rating of "Warnings"
If you received a gift card for Christmas or if you have your COVID shot and want a great book to read on a late-winter vacation, may I suggest Warnings: The True Story of How Science Tamed the Weather.
Here is the very latest rating from Goodreads.com:
Thank you, Samantha!
Major Wind Event Forecast for Thursday
Greens are various flood statements and warnings. Purple is a winter weather advisory and the greenish blue in the Upper Midwest is a winter storm watch. Bright blue is an avalanche warning.
Another Essay That is Required Reading
“If we lose freedom here, there is no place to escape to. This is the last stand on earth.” -- President Ronald Reagan
We, sadly, live in extraordinary times. I've never proclaimed two "required readings" in a month, but this is January's second. The silence of President-Elect Biden and Vice President-Elect Harris is deafening.
Tuesday, January 12, 2021
This Also Goes For Offending Governors
Hospitals: Stop worrying about offending your state dept of health and do the right thing! Get vaccines in the arms vulnerable community members quickly!
Monday, January 11, 2021
Sunday, January 10, 2021
Saturday, January 9, 2021
"Free Speech Dies in Timidity"
“If we lose freedom here, there is no place to escape to. This is the last stand on earth.” -- President Ronald Reagan
I appreciate the 1000+ people who read my piece below. Thank you. If you haven't yet read it or Jason Whitlock's piece (purple link), I urge you to do so.
It was written before the stunning anti-free speech events of yesterday evening during which dozens of conservative voices were kicked off Twitter and Facebook. Chad Felix Greene, who identifies himself publicly as a gay, Jewish man has written a cogent summary here. I urge you to read it, also.
The silence of President-Elect Joe Biden is deafening. In an earlier, better era, Presidents Truman and Kennedy would have denounced, in a heartbeat, these attempts to silence free speech.
Where do we go from here?
Do not be intimidated. While we should always be polite, we should not shrink to caving in to political correctness. Regardless of whether it is comments about Donald Trump, Ann Coulter, the election, drag queen story time, or anything else, it is your right to speak. Muscles not exercised atrophy.
Do not allow the subject to be changed. The violence at the Capitol or the sometimes ridiculous statements of President Trump do not change the fact that freedom of speech is being squelched or that fraud (extent not fully known) occurred in the recent election.
Acknowledge the root problem. No one much cared whether Gerald Ford (a liberal Republican) or Jimmy Carter (a centrist to conservative Democrat) won the 1976 election. Why? The federal government was tiny compared to today: spending in 2020 was twenty-three times that of 1976!! The very best thing we can do is to run and elect candidates who are rock-solid small government conservatives.
This blog will always stand for liberty, free enterprise, religious freedom and the rule of law. Hope you will visit from time-to-time.
Friday, January 8, 2021
Required Reading: Reaction to the Storming of the Capitol
“If we lose freedom here, there is no place to escape to. This is the last stand on earth.” --- President Ronald Reagan
Before discussing the storming itself, I wish to comment on CBS News' coverage as the event unfolded: I've never seen a news organization pour gasoline on a fire to the extent Norah O'Donnell and others did Wednesday afternoon. They should be ashamed of themselves. O'Donnell should be fired.
Since the campaign of Barack Obama commenced in 2008, the MSM has abandoned all pretense of objectivity or even fairness. With the growth of social media, it has only grown worse as President Trump's ban on Twitter this afternoon demonstrates.
With my comments about the MSM in mind, I urge you in the strongest way to read every word of Jason Whitlock's comments about the events of Wednesday.One can believe the violence terrible and that storming the Capitol was completely wrong while also believing:
- There were serious issues with fraud in the 2020 presidential election (especially in Pennsylvania and Georgia). Whether a full investigation would have overturned the result is unknown, at least to me. However, the fact there were so many working to cover things up, it is extremely suspicious. If everything was on the up-and-up, the election authorities would have been anxious to demonstrate it.
- Those who excused the violence of summer 2020 have no moral standing to condemn the events of Wednesday. After the small group went into the Capitol, the vast majority of MAGA demonstrators did not follow them in.
- President Trump was correct to urge Congress to repeal Section 230.
- The MSM covered up the important Hunter Biden computer scandal. That malpractice may have seriously factored into the outcome of the election.
- I hope President-Elect Biden will be an outstanding president.
- Given the amount of corruption in Congress, the members' sanctimonious statements about the "sanctity"of the House and Senate chambers are more than a bit rich.
Tonight's Wichita Sunset
Wow, it has been one after another lately.
Taken at 5:33pm from my backyard. It doesn't quite rank with Tuesday's but it is still great.With the NFL Playoffs Starting...
...here is a good tutorial as to the NFL replay review process.
My Chiefs have a bye and don't start play Saturday.