Wichita, along with Dayton, have been named the hosts of the first two rounds of the 2027 and 2028 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament (a/k/a "March Madness). Details are here .  In 2025, Wichita hosted both March Madness and the U.S. National Figure Skating Championships. Congratulations, Wichita!

Disneyland 1958 This is something that really confuses me.  When I ask about "construction" I am not asking about planning or environmental work, I'm asking why it takes so long once the first dirt is moved.  For example, a small waterpark is going to be built in Olathe, Kansas, by the Hunt Family. Great! The  Kansas City Star  reports, “We’re shooting for 24 months to be up and running because we want it out of the ground,” said James Arkell, the chief operating officer of Loretto Companies. Essentially, two years.  So, I asked AI, "Once construction began, how long did it take to build Disneyland?" The answer: Presumably, today's construction tools are equal or better than those of 70 years ago. So, why does it take at least twice as long -- or, for public works projects, three or more times as long? Anyone? 

We've added four new photos -- every photo is curated -- to my collection at Adobe Stock Photography .  Everyone is welcome to browse the images regardless of whether you are looking to license photography or not.

New York Post Like most high-profile global warming zealots (Al Gore, Barack Obama, John Kerry, Leo DiCaprio, Price Harry, etc., etc.) George Soros is a hypocrite. I just purchased a home on the water on Long Island. No one who believes sea level is going to rise 21' would do that! Grok Yes, earth's rising temperatures are, in some ways, a serious threat. The way to handle it is with nuclear power, especially next generation nuclear.  As to an existential threat, I'll quote Prof. Glenn Reynolds: I'll believe global warming is a serious threat when the people telling me it is a serious threat start acting like it is a serious threat. 

Coincidently, CBS News published a story about NWS issues today. It is here .  --- original post below --- Since Hurricane Sandy in 2012, I have advocated and worked hard for a National Disaster Review Board that would improve disaster forecasting and response in much the same way as the National Transportation Safety Board has improved transportation safety.  However, Congress has shown little interest in the concept of a Disaster Review Board. Meanwhile, the National Weather Service (NWS) becomes stunningly worse by the month. Over recent weeks, I have wondered if the NWS, in its present form, is beyond repair. To take tornado warnings as just one example, their accuracy is down  by 40% since 2005-2010. Since the early 2010's these pages have documented the long list of forecasting and warning issues of the National Weather Service. Friday evening (July 3), in southern Nebraska, was one that was so bafflingly bad it makes me wonder whether the opportunity to repair the...

Ahh, global warming occurs in the atmosphere.  Earthquakes occur on the earth (on the ground or sea floor). One does not cause the other.  BTW, we can thank Homer Simpson for the title of this (ever-) ongoing series.