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Your request/point is well placed. Mr. Roebling’s proposal was accepted based on his reputation and demonstrated ability to build suspension bridges across the Niagara Gorge and the Ohio River. The only impact study took place when PT Barnum drove 21 elephants across the bridge to prove its stability. Shovels and brooms took care of the elephants impact. As always ...

Thank you for the article and the “explore further” articles. The articles were written for understanding by the literate non technical/professional individual. I qualify beautifully. What troubles me is the word prediction. Will the literate individual take it literally? I guess it depends on who is selling vs track record. Will the prediction be direct or couched. I enjoy Dons sensitivity analysis. Would it take that form? Can the atmosphere really be simulated for prediction? Thank you again, BW, for the article and for having to read a seniors contrary questions. As always ....

Tier studies costing millions. So many projects that seem to make sense but go no where. The subway link between Brooklyn and SI. The north shore link between Ct and LI. The 2nd Ave subway, a century in the making and probably not finished in my lifetime. Billy S said it best “ What fools these mortals be”. As always .....

I’ve had the Italian version. It was spread by treated grapes. As always.....

Very happy you were able to diagnose and repair. Be well. I look forward to reading you again. As always ....

The way NYC temperatures are trending, we’ll be lucky to see the Adirondack lows after Thanksgiving. As always .....

A day of reckoning eventually comes for all of us. As always .......

Thank you for the information on the butterfly. It was indeed beautiful. Honey was part of a feral liter, born in the postage stamp and ended up staying close to the building. She adopted me so now she has a safe inside haven. I get a good amount of exercise letting her in and out. She will lay, usually on my papers, next to me while I’m typing. Several weeks ago when I pet her she began to lick the back off my hand. I was told this is a high compliment from a feline. Well I don’t mind. I can type, one handed, lefty. As always .....

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I would enjoy seeing that again. The last time I saw a swarm of fireflies was in Dardanelles Arkansas over a half century ago. Seeing that Again was on my bucket list. It seems that kicking is likely to occur well before filling. The postage stamp is dark and silent again. The family of raccoons has been safely relocated and the bushy tailed tree rodents have filled the void. The entitled felines, mine and other are above it all. Butterfly’s are a rare sight. The other morning my adopted clipped ear feline Honey was in the postage stamp and started meowing. From what I understand a cat only meows to get a humans attention. I opened the back window and she comes jumping up with something dark on her face. I thought she was hurt. As she jumped into the kitchen something dropped to the floor. It was a large blue/ black butterfly with, I believe, color dots in its wings. I was horrified. I quickly picked it up, righted it and brought it to the window, It flew off seeming miraculously unhurt. Honey is young with good teeth. She carried that beautiful winged creature without hurting it, was it luck, an accident, a present for me? I’ll never know. At least it ended well and I haven’t seen one since. As always ....

I imagine the implications may become personal for many when the task of pumping and sandbagging become every day tasks. As always ....

Rainbows are, as described, breath taking. From my vantage point in the urban paradise It is a rare sight. I would enjoy seeing a photo, klw, if you ever have the opportunity to take some. As always....

I enjoyed the light, thunder and heavy rain show during a stroll after midnight. The postage stamp was happy as were the felines under whatever furniture they decided on. As always ...

I remember going to a high school friends House in Coney Island. I saw the tug while sitting on the rat-ten straw seats if the Sea Beach Express, I believe the N. The train in the picture was a new model almost 60 years ago.As always .....

I was Seven when those storms hit. My neighborhood was Dyker Heights. More above ground wires then. Our power on 75th st went out for each of those storms. Candles in the dark with lashing rain against the picture window, was very impressive for a child. I remember many trees down andblocking side streets for at least on pe of the storms. That might have been Hazel. As always. ....

I agree, T/T’s observations are always educational and in a way fanciful and entertaining. It helps me at times to reread them after omitting three letter words. As always .....

Forky I’ll pay for them if you would drop them off at the.CPK measurer location. As always.....

Well done. An excellent piece that can keep the interest of an untrained person yet still increase knowledge and get the message delivered. Two thoughts remain with me. One that MIT and Princeton professionals Are looking at the possibility of a category 6 hurricane and that potential storm systems described in the article could be possible in our norther hemisphere. What such an atmospheric event would do to a densely populated area is beyond frightening. As always .....

After reading and trying to digest the report that Don S so kindly posted in the climate change thread, not only will my 2050 postage stamp be wetlands, Brooklynn Heights will probably have the first NYC coconut palms struggling to survive a sometimes cool but snowless winter. At 103, with my luck, I’ll be here to see it. As always...

By 2050 my postage stamp will be part of a wetlands area. Considering the Greenland and Antarctica conditions, the finger in the dyke mentality may have already gone on too long. Thank you, Don, as always .....

That’s old fool ignorance, Ms Mappy. How could I forget the most precious creations of our partnerships.?. The moments alone are indeed few but they pale in comparison to the time spent together as a family. As always....

Mrs Mini-Map, 6:30pm is too early. A late night or midnight dip together will not only bring relief but also joy to a successful partnership. As always .....

A thriving partnership of 49 years is a descriptive definition and formula for remaining young. As always ....

That’s certainly the radio station you’ll hear about it first. As always ....

An article was sent to me recently about the heat related death of a USPS mounted delivery carrier on July 6th, 2018. The late carriers name was Peggy Frank. The incident took place in the Los Angela’s area during a 3 digit heat wave. At that time much of the aging fleet of vehicles had no air conditioning. The main plants and associate offices are air conditioned, for the most part. Not sure at this time if vehicleS have been upgraded. I always viewed the heat and cold index as a common sense guide. Thank you for the article. I hope an acceptable guideline can be reached soon. As always ....