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Left USNRC nuclear waste safety research planning & management ( geologic stability, nuclear waste leaching & transport in ground water & paleoclimate research) to body surf Kauai. UCLA PhD in geochemistry with Bill Libby. Now living in North Carolina.
Real Name: George Birchard
Gender: Male
Location: North Carolina
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Diaries published: 714 (1 day since last diary on Sun Jan 22, 2017 at 06:35 AM PST)
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Most Recommended Diary: They Hate You, Mr. President, 925 comments, 1042 recommends
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A major outbreak of tornadoes and severe thunderstorms is predicted today for the southeastern U.S. by the NOAA's Storm Prediction Center. North Florida and south Georgia have a high probability of deadly tornadoes, including dangerous fast moving long...
by FishOutofWater
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on Sun Jan 22, 2017 at 06:35 AM PST
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Nevermind the MSM stories that 2016 was the warmest year on record (since 1880). Ignore the proxy data that show it hasn’t been this warm for 115,000 years when much of south Florida was under ...
by FishOutofWater
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on Wed Jan 18, 2017 at 05:17 PM PST
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The UK’s Sunday Times reports that Donald Trump is planning his first overseas trip, probably in Iceland, within weeks of the inauguration to hold a summit with Vladimir Putin. Ostensibly, the meeting would be to make a deal on nuclear weapons and...
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on Sun Jan 15, 2017 at 09:31 AM PST
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Huge volumes of fresh water have been building up over the past 20 years in the Arctic waters north of Alaska. A volume the size of Lake Michigan built up from 2003 through the end of 2015. Before the 1990’s there were regular cycles of fresh water...
by FishOutofWater
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on Tue Dec 13, 2016 at 08:22 AM PST
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Something is wrong in the Arctic. Winter just can’t establish itself over the Arctic ocean. In late November cold air finally started to build up over the American side of the Arctic ocean but now crazy jet stream winds are blowing all the way from...
by FishOutofWater
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on Fri Dec 02, 2016 at 11:06 AM PST
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Arctic sea ice extent, area and volume has collapsed to record low levels for November as warm Atlantic ocean water has pushed into Arctic seas that used to be ice covered. Sea ice cover is also low on the Pacific side.
The warm Arctic sea water...
by FishOutofWater
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on Wed Nov 16, 2016 at 06:46 AM PST
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- In his disastrous very-first press briefing, newly hatched Press-Secretary-to-the-Prez Sean Spicer uttered no less than four blantant (and easily verified) lies in less than two minutes, related to the crowd size at Trump’s inauguration. And while...429 comments 539 Recs
- When Donald Trump’s aides claimed he was writing his inauguration speech, many people scoffed. Then we heard the speech and the response shifted back toward the possibility that Trump had indeed written it, given how self-centered, bitter, and divisive...129 comments 155 Recs
- In an interview in El pais the Pope was asked about “ xenophobia and hatred towards the foreigner”. The question is broadly asked and specifically names Trump as one of several examples. The Pope, in a lengthy answer then brings up comparisons to...152 comments 223 Recs
- There have been large protest events in the past, such as a 1982 anti nuclear protest in Central Park that drew a crowd of a million. There have also been protests spread across multiple cities, for example, protests over the War in Iraq that put 10...562 comments 446 Recs
- The Guardian is reporting that numerous Canadian, French and British citizens have been denied entry to the United States because they intended to join today’s anti-Trump protests. www.theguardian.com/… At at least one border crossing, the first...444 comments 364 Recs
- Hours after being sworn in by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, the new president took a strange tone at his inaugural ball, calling those who disapprove of his use of Twitter his “enemies.” After a good night’s rest in his new residence, he...308 comments 543 Recs
- As a former Washington-based journalist, I have always had it in...just a bit...for the New York Times. They are lordly and pompous with the anachronistic adherence to style and titles (Mr. and Mrs,), their longtime and ridiculous refusal to go to...183 comments 214 Recs
- This from Slate at 11:40 this morning: www.slate.com/… “One of these is a presidential inauguration in 2017 for a man named Donald Trump and the other is from 2009 for a man named Barack Obama. Can you tell which?”635 comments 433 Recs
- The day that few thought would ever come is upon us. Donald Trump takes the oath of office today and becomes President of the United States. The day is historic for many reasons. Among them the unprecedented level of division and rancor. Trump will...319 comments 310 Recs
- So the last few days, I have been thinking very seriously about how to spend today. I knew I would die by a thousand paper-cuts to watch any news or read any blogs as the abomination of a tragedy unfolded in Washington DC — so I knew I had to DO...191 comments 243 Recs
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