LibertyBell

a/c has been helping me with allergies the last couple of days/nights

how do you avoid the mosquitoes and the ragweed? I am spraying for both I want to KILL EVERYTHING

uhm Kennedy and Newark radiate MUCH better than either NYC or LGA, I have seen JFK sometimes be 10 degrees colder for lows than LGA and 5-6 degreed colder than NYC, and I've been 5-6 degrees colder than JFK and I'm 4 miles to its SE.

Yes perfect for A/C, best thing about A/C is that it reduces my allergies

You didnt mention JFK's high, it actually seemed hotter today than yesterday

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.