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A Random Walk in the Snow
Feb. 10th, 2010 09:55 amNot only did we get a metric ass-load of snow last night (easily a foot at my place), Chicago was hit by an earthquake last night. It hit just before 4 am. I'm a notoriously sound sleeper, so my first indication of a quake was the morning news, not that a 3.8 quake is big on anybody's scale.
Speaking of snow, I hear that Vancouver, site of next week's Winter Olympics, is snow-deprived. I also note that Washington, DC, not noted as a snowy place, has the white stuff coming out their ears. The money quote from Yglesias:
Of course by the “heads I win, tales you lose” accounting that prevails in the climate change debate, unseasonably snowy weather in the mid-Atlantic counts as evidence that we should allow uncontrolled pollution, whereas unseasonably warm and snow-free weather in British Columbia is just ignored. If you turn your moron filter off, though, you’ll see that unusual weather events all around the world are exactly what you would expect from systemic shifts in the global climate.
Presented without comment: We need no lectures: Administration disrupts terrorists’ plots, takes fight to them abroad.
In other news, I am growing weary of living in a construction zone, so I am going to Capricon a day earlier than planned. I have a social engagement Thursday evening, so I doubt I'll be there for opening ceremonies, but I'll be rattling around all day Friday. The hotel has an indoor pool and wireless Internet and I have books to read and write, so I'm sure I'll find something to do.
Speaking of snow, I hear that Vancouver, site of next week's Winter Olympics, is snow-deprived. I also note that Washington, DC, not noted as a snowy place, has the white stuff coming out their ears. The money quote from Yglesias:
Of course by the “heads I win, tales you lose” accounting that prevails in the climate change debate, unseasonably snowy weather in the mid-Atlantic counts as evidence that we should allow uncontrolled pollution, whereas unseasonably warm and snow-free weather in British Columbia is just ignored. If you turn your moron filter off, though, you’ll see that unusual weather events all around the world are exactly what you would expect from systemic shifts in the global climate.
Presented without comment: We need no lectures: Administration disrupts terrorists’ plots, takes fight to them abroad.
In other news, I am growing weary of living in a construction zone, so I am going to Capricon a day earlier than planned. I have a social engagement Thursday evening, so I doubt I'll be there for opening ceremonies, but I'll be rattling around all day Friday. The hotel has an indoor pool and wireless Internet and I have books to read and write, so I'm sure I'll find something to do.
