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Coming Soon to a City Near You
If all went as expected last night, Stockton, California is now on its way to becoming the latest and largest American city to seek bankruptcy protection. This news comes a little more than a week...
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Catastrophe: Should’a, Would’a, Could’a
“I should prefer Mozart. Mostly I listen to 70s hits.” “I should eat a hot breakfast, but usually have a powerbar instead.” “I should work-out three or four times a week, maybe I walk around the block...
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Prosaic sight and poetic insight
Once Again by Amy Medina Tuesday an exhibition of photographs related to last year’s assault by the one-time Hurricane Sandy opened at the Museum of the City of New York. It will run through March 2,...
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The mitigation message
Cobb County elementary school children sleeping Tuesday night in the gym Last Tuesday my train pulled into Union Station, Washington DC, shortly before noon. The station and surrounding city were...
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Retrospectively, it is often so clear
The Ebola outbreak is, almost certainly, a precursor for a future pandemic that will be much worse. The current California drought is, almost certainly, a precursor of more to come. The recent series...
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“Breathes there the man, with soul so dead….”
What to be vigilant about? Sometimes something huge. Sometimes not. Monday night it’s oceans of snow spilling onto the northeast, painted green and yellow by the Weather Channel radar. Monday morning...
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Exploring a possible strategic analogy: Density = Mass/Volume
Over the last many days an extraordinary volume of water has encountered the structural and human density of the fourth largest city in the United States. The Greater Houston metropolitan region has a...
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Conflicting or complementary?
Each month the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration releases a review of weather data. What the accumulating data demonstrates are increasing departures from historic means, much more...
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“Devastating consequences if the current trend lines continue”
Thanks to the Alaska Dispatch News, here’s a transcript of the speech President Obama gave Monday evening (9PM Eastern) in Alaska. The phrase “homeland security” was never uttered. But I perceive a...
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Strategic whiplash: fire to flood
California is now in its fourth year of drought. In a state this big precipitation varies widely, but for example, in Bakersfield the average annual precipitation is 6.4 inches and through the end of...
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