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stronger, wetter, slower

Hurricanes are changing with global warming.  Here's how Ian grew explosively.

People and companies really need to rethink where they build.

 

 

they like help when it's only for them

 

a tip of the hat to Sukie

 

on public libraries

What they're for.

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Libraries fill a role central to any functioning democracy: upholding the rights of citizens to read, to seek information, to speak freely. As champions of access, librarians are committed to curating collections that allow everyone who enters the library to see themselves in the books and resources the library provides. It is especially crucial to serve people who belong to traditionally marginalized groups — such as the LGBTQ community — which have historically been underrepresented in the publishing industry.

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ian and insurance

Serious issues ahead in Florida.

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In the counties whose residents were told to evacuate, just 18.5 percent of homes have coverage through the National Flood Insurance Program, according to Milliman, an actuarial firm that works with the program.

Within those counties, homes inside the government-designated floodplain, the area most exposed to flooding, 47.3 percent of homes have flood insurance, Milliman found. In areas outside the floodplain — many of which are still likely to have been damaged by rain or storm surge from Ian — only an estimated 9.4 percent of homes have flood coverage.

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this is why you use drones

A very lucky video from Iceland.

 

by e.o. wilson

 

Human existence may be simpler than we thought. There is no predestination, no unfathomed mystery of life. Demons and gods do not vie for our allegiance. Instead, we are self-made, independent, alone, and fragile, a biological species adapted to live in a biological world. What counts for long-term survival is intelligent self-understanding, based upon a greater independence of thought than that tolerated today even in our most advanced democratic societies.

                                                                                                                                            E.O. Wilson

 

 

money and youth sports

Yet another piece on the rising costs and lowered value (for most) in youth sports these days.   Near the bottom of the page it links to an old NY Times piece on youth sports in Norway - a country that gets it right.  I'm told Finland has a similar model.

 

thumbs up

 

xkcd brillance

a big hit on us gdp

The cost of gun violence.

a tip of the hat to Greg

 

comments on moving asteroid experiments

Some interesting comments by Phil Metzger.