After the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced it is moving its agricultural research division from D.C. to Kansas City , the Bureau of Land Management announced today that is is moving its headquarters from Washington, D.C. to Grand Junction, Colorado . Western Colorado near Grand Junction For many years, I have advocated dispersement of the federal government (the most recent essay is here ). While these are small steps, I'm pleasantly surprised the Trump Administration is actually doing it. Think about it: Why in the world should the people who research agriculture and interface with land-grand colleges be in DC? BLM manages land in the West; that is where it should be. Now, if we can move Transportation to Chicago, Health and Human Services to Atlanta, the rest of Agriculture to Wichita, etc., we'll really be on our way.

Here are the storm total rainfalls from Hurricane Barry as of 7am. The rains loosened soils when, combined with the winds, caused trees to topple into power lines. There are still about 150,000 people (44,380 customers where one customer equals one electric meter) without power.

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I recommend reading the entire piece . I agree the Times-Picayune  did an outstanding job. Some comments: When the New Orleans  office of the National Weather Service and the New Orleans  office of the Army Corps of Engineers tells us the river is going to crest at 20 ft. and risks overtopping the levees, I believe it would be irresponsible for me to fail to pass that information along. So, I did. As to the weather brought by Barry, my original forecast, made Tuesday morning both before and independently of the National Hurricane Center's first forecast, was accurate (Barry's eventual landfall at the star, below). However, you'll notice you did  not  see the usual evacuation and preparation suggestions for a hurricane in this blog. Why? It was clear to me they was not necessary and I did not wish to encourage evacuation from New Orleans or surrounding areas. And, while I passed along the NWS's too high rainfall forecasts, they were not accompanied by ex...

I hate traffic circles as much as the next guy. I was in north Raleigh and nearly had a catastrophic wreck when a speeding, out-of-control driver went over the top of one and nearly collided with my car. Only a panic stop prevented it. But, my dislike of traffic circles does not extend to blaming them for tornadoes .

Torrential rains forecast along the Mississippi River which will reignite the seemingly perpetual Mississippi flooding this year.