Quote
“False facts are highly injurious to the progress of science, for they often endure long; but false views, if supported by some evidence, do little harm, for everyone takes a salutary pleasure in proving their falseness.” Charles Darwin The Origins of Man, Chapter 6-
Recent Posts
Recent Comments
- William Hooke on Remembering Colin Hines (1927-2020).
- David Nobes on Remembering Colin Hines (1927-2020).
- William Hooke on The Race Awakening of 2020: A 6-Step Guide for Moving Forward
- Ed Maibach on The Race Awakening of 2020: A 6-Step Guide for Moving Forward
- Martina on Remedial Reading: Mike Hulme’s 2009 book, Why We Disagree About Climate Change
Archives
- December 2020
- November 2020
- October 2020
- September 2020
- August 2020
- July 2020
- June 2020
- May 2020
- April 2020
- March 2020
- January 2020
- December 2019
- November 2019
- October 2019
- September 2019
- August 2019
- July 2019
- May 2019
- April 2019
- March 2019
- February 2019
- January 2019
- December 2018
- November 2018
- October 2018
- September 2018
- August 2018
- July 2018
- June 2018
- May 2018
- April 2018
- March 2018
- February 2018
- January 2018
- December 2017
- November 2017
- October 2017
- September 2017
- August 2017
- July 2017
- June 2017
- May 2017
- April 2017
- March 2017
- February 2017
- January 2017
- December 2016
- November 2016
- August 2016
- July 2016
- June 2016
- May 2016
- April 2016
- March 2016
- January 2016
- December 2015
- November 2015
- October 2015
- September 2015
- August 2015
- July 2015
- June 2015
- May 2015
- April 2015
- March 2015
- February 2015
- January 2015
- December 2014
- November 2014
- October 2014
- September 2014
- August 2014
- July 2014
- June 2014
- May 2014
- April 2014
- March 2014
- February 2014
- January 2014
- December 2013
- November 2013
- October 2013
- September 2013
- August 2013
- July 2013
- June 2013
- May 2013
- April 2013
- March 2013
- February 2013
- January 2013
- December 2012
- November 2012
- October 2012
- September 2012
- August 2012
- July 2012
- June 2012
- May 2012
- April 2012
- March 2012
- February 2012
- January 2012
- December 2011
- November 2011
- October 2011
- September 2011
- August 2011
- July 2011
- June 2011
- May 2011
- April 2011
- March 2011
- February 2011
- January 2011
- December 2010
- November 2010
- October 2010
- September 2010
- August 2010
- July 2010
Categories
American Meteorological Society
Blogroll
- AGU Blogosphere
- Bill Kerr
- Capital Weather Gang
- Climate Central
- Climate Etc.
- Climate Progress
- Climate Science: Roger Pielke Sr.
- Documentation
- donate online to the AMS
- Dot Earth
- Green
- Meteorological Musings
- Mountain Beltway
- Pew Center Climate Compass
- Plugins
- RealClimate
- River Seers
- Roger Pielke Jr.'s Blog
- Suggest Ideas
- Support Forum
- The Benshi
- The Breakthrough Institute
- The Character Building Project
- Themes
- WordPress Blog
- WordPress Planet
Meta
Subscribe2
Search Results for: learning from experience
The Titanic…a poster child for Learning from Experience…and for Repetitive Loss
100 years ago last night, the passenger liner Titanic struck an iceberg on her maiden voyage and sank two hours later. She carried over 2200 people – some of the world’s richest, and maybe 1000 of the poorest, the latter … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
1 Comment
More good news to start 2018: 2017 was the safest year on record for air travel.
Continuing the good-news theme of recent LOTRW posts, the flight safety story lit up yesterday’s internet. This report, from Fortune’s website, gives the flavor: Airlines recorded zero accident deaths in commercial passenger jets last year, according to a Dutch consulting … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Leave a comment
Remembering Katrina (and the human condition).
These past weeks, you’ve likely found yourself struggling to stay afloat in a storm surge of ten-year Hurricane Katrina remembrance. News/social media outlets have been awash with reflections on the 2005 storm itself, which killed 1000-2000 people (yes, the range … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
10 Comments
LOTRW in a nutshell: a Nigerian microcosm
The previous LOTRW post took a look at work of the District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority to modernize DC’s wastewater treatment infrastructure. Half a world away, a micro-business is addressing a waste-management/recycling challenge in Nigeria. Here’s an article … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Leave a comment
A Tale of two Cities: Atlanta and Gainesville weather the February 11-13 ice storms.
Every so often, even nature provides a do-over. Turns out that the ice storm that shut down Atlanta (and virtually no one else) was merely providing a tune-up for cities up and down the entire east coast. The real impact … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Leave a comment
Three (simultaneous) real-world challenges
… that we face locally, everywhere… and globally. In a nutshell, here’s the unending task of living on the real world. We must simultaneously, everywhere, at every moment, and for extended periods, master the threefold job of (1) sipping from … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
1 Comment
Healthcare resilience in the face of hazards. 3. Impressions from the AMS workshop.
It’s one year on from Sandy’s landfall and devastating impact. All along the New York and New Jersey coasts, residents and workers continue to deal with the aftermath. Some face years of struggle. Perhaps it’s fitting to mark the somber … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Leave a comment
GOP and Dems analyze the election…(compare with the NTSB)
“Any landing you walk away from is a good one.” – pilots’ adage. In the aftermath of the November 6th elections, Republicans are asking themselves what went wrong. Democrats don’t seem to be going through such an evaluation…at least not … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
1 Comment
Now for the hard part (2): Hurricane Sandy… and the post-election national agenda.
“Hard” is a four-letter word. We don’t like “hard,” whether it applies to recovery from Hurricane Sandy, or the political challenge now facing our polarized nation. Let’s dig a little deeper… Hazards researchers like to talk about four stages of … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Leave a comment
WWLFRD? An Richardsonian approach toward sustainable development
We close out our short series on Lewis Fry Richardson, on the 131st anniversary of his birth. _________________________________ WWJD? What would Jesus do? Most of us are familiar with this acronym. Many people wear it on one of those yellow … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
4 Comments