LibertyBell

But how come no TC in the entire basin most of this month?

let's just do some aerial spraying to kill all mosquitoes and ragweed and it's perfect

https://twitter.com/i/events/1449121549286469635 Series of large asteroids to fly past Earth, starting tonight Several large asteroids will pass closely by Earth in coming weeks, USA Today reports. The first, the 525-foot wide 2021 SM3, will whiz past Earth on October 15 according to NASA’s Center for Near-Earth Object Studies. Seven larger asteroids are predicted to pass close by Earth before the end of November, the biggest of which, 2004 UE, has a diameter of 1,246 feet, USA Today reports. At 2.1 million miles, asteroid 1996 VB3, will pass closest to Earth on October 20. Scientists say that, although very close by interstellar standards, none of the asteroids will be visible without a telescope. On October 16, NASA will launch a spacecraft, Lucy, on a 12-year mission to observe eight asteroids in Jupiter’s Trojan asteroid field, CNN and the New York Times report. Keep it here for asteroid action and reaction.

I read the short story and just knew it had to have an extension.....the short story ended on a weird cliffhanger, like something you really wouldn't expect. Basically it ended where his ship was being boarded by security forces for inspection and it just didn't make any sense to end it there. I bet he always intended to make it a novel but didn't get around to it for a decade. And when the book ended, it made me wish for a sequel, thats the main reason why I read the other books, but they weren't like this one. The trio of writers (one of whom is a noted physicist) did the first book justice, the transition is seamless, as if he had written it himself.

the only things I dont like about this are the mosquitoes and the rag weed. How much spraying do I need to do to get rid of both?

I saw this today.....they are talking about 2500, I think all of this will become reality by 2100! https://twitter.com/i/events/1449024925105328130 Earth could be ALIEN to humans by 2500 Researchers led from Leeds University modeled the Earth's future climates. They illustrated the changes they predict by 2500 in the worst-case situation. The findings illustrate the importance of modeling beyond 2100, they said.

Schmitz expanded the original short story into a novel which he published in the mid 60s and won the Nebula award for best sci fi novel in 1967.....is that the one you read or did you read the original short story from the 50s? I suggest reading the full book first if you only read the short story before moving on to the sequels.

I hope these states go bankrupt

from now on autumn only lasts 30 days- the month of November, or 61 days if December is mild

I love these downslope days! Wish we had more of them during the summer.

so can the area around JFK

eh those are usually minor, we get those now with a wind gust lol. Used to it, everyone needs to have generators.

didnt we have a big triple phaser that month?

end of October storms have a history of being, well, historic.....

I hate that-- this extended warm summer is really enjoyable outside of the mosquitoes.

wow thats amazing- do you remember a very late 86 degrees in late October 1995 also (after October 20th?)

I read Demon Breed and Agent of Vega! They were good but Witches of Karres was by far my favorite! The sequels were actually written quite recently (number 4 actually came out during the pandemic), and they are really good. I've read number 2 and number 3 but not number 4 yet. The Witches of Karres - Wikipedia A sequel, The Wizard of Karres, written by Mercedes Lackey, Eric Flint, and Dave Freer, was published by Baen Books in 2004, featuring the same characters as the original novel. The Sorceress of Karres, written by Eric Flint and Dave Freer, was published by Simon & Schuster in 2010 and continues the story with the return of most of the characters.[2] A third sequel, The Shaman of Karres, written by Eric Flint and Dave Freer, was published by Baen Books in 2020.[3] The Wizard of Karres - Wikipedia

Newark hitting 70 is a very low bar, they didn't hit 80 today like JFK did? What was the high at JFK and was it the highest in the area?

By the way you mentioned evolution so you reminded me of something I was thinking about. How do you think human greed, violence, short-sightedness, fear of change and of the future, etc should be curtailed? Our most primitive section of our brains, the limbic system, and the hypothalamus to be more specific controls these primitive traits.....do you think we should tinker with it to become much more rational and forward thinking?

By the way did you read the two papers? You would like them, they mention The Great Filter frequently as well as different paradigm shifts in evolution. I just got done with reading them both in their entirety.

The Cosmos is kind of a copy-cat artist, reproducing everything from one simple initial model-construct. Every iteration changes the dress; reality emerges, and ends up looking like a varied tapestry. Electrons orbit atom nuclei, while moons encircle planets. Moons and planets encircle stars, just like atoms and their electron moons bound to molecules comprised of multiple atom-electron systems ... like the planet-star systems then in turn, bound to galaxies. That is using a physical example. Irony is the brain's primitive ability to sense this in the non-physical: the synergistic outcomes, the by product of all these actions at a distance. They too are a reproduction of an initial paradigm. Whether physical or emergence', all these are just repetition using just enough morphology in shape or color, then overly differentiated by a brain necessity to categorization. Yes the universe is fractal on many scales! Have you read about how the structure of the brain mimics the superstructure of the universe? It brings whole new meaning to the phrase "The universe created us in order to understand itself better." https://nautil.us/issue/50/emergence/the-strange-similarity-of-neuron-and-galaxy-networks Also completely agreed on not interfering with animals (or other cultures) but since this was spread from humans to chimps, I think it would be useful if there was a vaccine for it for humans and that would also lessen the risk of spreading to animals. Animal farming, factory farming, etc, has got to stop, they are as big of a problem for the environment as fuel emissions. They are front and center in the IPCC report under "land use" I would stop all testing on animals too, it's immoral and unethical and unnecessary, we can now create human organs in labs to be used for testing purposes and they are far more representative and accurate than testing on other animals is. And lab grown meat and fake meat are amazing and environmentally safe alternatives too.

Yes they are not comparable to us but it is enough that we should not be farming or killing them. I am done with the whole omnivore thing too, that destroys the planet as much as all the other things we have discussed, and is mentioned by the IPCC also. oh about the vaccine I mentioned that in reference to humans and chimps, these chimps actually contracted leprosy from humans. We've been giving the covid vaccine to lions and tigers too, because some had been contracting it from handlers. Could you imagine alien "gods" creating our universe, and then we create universes ourselves inside particle colliders, but if space and time are both circular we could end up creating their universe, etc? It doesn't seem to make sense but if time indeed does not exist at the boundary of the universe(s) then they could create our universe and we could create theirs (with any number of steps in between.)

good I have no plans to turn heat on before November

this was the perfect day here, hit 80 easily! was JFK's the highest high temp in the area?

why is it such a big deal? just switch to use the airports and dont even central park data anymore. we dont care about temps from the 1800s or the early 1900s they are no longer applicable to our climate