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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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A Substation Gone and a Dam in Trouble: This Year it’s Flooding

Noted: From that NBC piece: “…An Xcel Energy substation at the dam, which supplies power to about 600 customers, was washed away early Monday. The utility company said its crews were working to replace the destroyed substation and restore power….”(“Rapidan … Continue reading

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Well, That’s Nice: Class of 1974’s Graduation Ceremony

Here’s something I noticed, from Sunday’s news: “Graduation ceremony finally happens, 50 years later“Max Matza, BBC News (June 9, 2024) “Fifty years after a tornado warning led to the abrupt cancellation of a high school graduation for students in Moore, … Continue reading

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Frost, Smoke: Another Spring Day in Minnesota

That’s what the weather map showed last night: frost advisories for Minnesota’s northern counties, air quality alerts over the rest of the state. The air quality alert is still in effect for my part of the state and points south. … Continue reading

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Cancer Update, Household Events, and Holy Week

There’s a winter weather advisory in effect until 2:00 p.m. — but most of the snow has already fallen and/or gotten blown around. I gather that three to five inches came down here. That’s three to five inches more than … Continue reading

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