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Hurricane Beryl: Sort-of-Good News, and Taking the Long View

Folks living in the Caribbean, Yucatan Peninsula, and south Texas are cleaning up after Hurricane Beryl. Some are also mourning those who didn’t survive the storm. I haven’t been personally affected by Beryl, although my in-laws are in Louisiana, next … Continue reading →

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Boeing Starliner in Context: Apollo, Shuttles, and American History

For some reason, I expected Monday’s Starliner launch to go ahead on schedule. It didn’t, which is probably a good thing. But the delay, and staying up far later than I usually do, waiting for a news conference that I … Continue reading →

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Yellowstone: Geysers, Quakes and, Eventually, a Supereruption

I started writing about Yellowstone, hazards, and science a few weeks ago. Then life happened — there’s a link near the end of this post — something more timely came up, and now I’m back with a look at the … Continue reading →

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A House in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada

Folks living in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada, are not having a good time. The last I checked, the Northwest Territories capital was being evacuated. Understandably, since there’s less than a mile of open water between Yellowknife and one of Canada’s … Continue reading →

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Remembering 9/11: Death, Daft Ideas and a Tree

These days, September 11th is mostly remembered as the date of the 9/11 attacks. But that’s not the only ‘on this day in history’ incident from my country’s history. The Halve Maen, for example, a Dutch East India Company vlieboot, … Continue reading →

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