I put Ashley in her new coat, put on my Alaska Pipeline coat, and went out into the bitter, bitter cold. Ashley would have liked to come right back in, but I made her stay outside until she had accomplished a couple of very important tasks. #dogsofmastodon
At the airport it’s currently -9°F, with a wind chill of -34°F (-37°C).
National Weather Service: “Destructive 80 mph winds.”
Jackie, wanting to be clear: “Not the constructive kind.”
After several days when the weather was too crappy for either me or Ashley to want to take a long walk, it was slightly better today, and I managed to get the pupster out for a pretty long walk.
Sunny Groundhog’s Day morning. However: Near South Arboretum Woods, Ashley suddenly became so animated I brought the car to a stop. I looked where she was looking, and spotted a juvenile groundhog, bravely standing over his shadow.
I submit we can look forward to an early spring.
“The safety and well-being of our employees and partners is our top priority right now,” Richard Rocha, an Amazon spokesman…
I’m curious to know: Was their safety and well-being was the top priority a few hours earlier, when the National Weather Service issued a tornado watch?
Here are a few related questions:
Source: Deaths Confirmed After Tornado Hits Amazon Warehouse in Illinois – The New York Times
If there’s anything better after too much walking back and forth in the cold than a mug of hot cocoa, it’s probably dangerous or illegal.
When climate-change deniers want to spend more and more on border security, it’s a clear sign that they know perfectly well that climate change is happening.
“The debt pearl-clutchers are right: We are saddling our children and grandchildren with a bill they won’t be able to pay. But that bill doesn’t come from minting the money we need to save our species and civilization from the emergency on its doorstep – it comes from the false economy of skimping on climate and buying guard labor instead.”
Source: Pluralistic: 26 Oct 2021 – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
That old familiar spring weather pattern—sun all week, rain over the weekend—doesn’t pinch the same now that I don’t have to work a regular job. #gratitude
Bummer. I’ve been hoping to find a old wool coat cheap at Goodwill or a vintage clothing shop, but they’re getting all trendy. What to wear to Davos…
Why couldn’t he find a coat that had the warmth and performance features of his ski jacket with the tailoring and design of his wool coat?
Source: The Norwegian Wool Coat
Imminent sudden stratospheric warming to occur, bringing increased risk of snow over coming weeks
today’s SSW is potentially the most dangerous kind, where the polar vortex splits into two smaller ‘child’ vortices.”
I’ll omit the otherwise irresistibly tempting joke about “child vortices.”
