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CNN The Hill
The HillThe cuts, which are said to affect between 560 and 1,830 workers at the agency, were planned for at least a week, contingent upon the confirmation of Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, who oversees the agency. NOAA reported a permanent workforce of 11,758 in fiscal 2023, meaning the cuts could affect more than 10 percent of employees. One source who asked to speak on background told The Hill the firings began Thursday and will continue Friday.I like getting a heads up on bad weather headed my way. It sure seems like Republicans don't want anyone to have a heads up on bad weather for some reason.
Good commentary on this from climate scientist Daniel Swain on Mastodon.
The Press Democrat
The Press Democrat"By late spring, well shortages and delayed recovery were being reported again, even though locals have water efficiency so ingrained in them that they easily meet 40% conservation mandates, he said."Alarming story about how Mendocino, CA is faring in the California drought.
"More than a half dozen of the worst fires in the state will continue burning and requiring active firefighting “until winter rains fall,” the state’s expert cautioned."The fires here aren’t something that will be done quickly.
fire.airnow.gov
fire.airnow.govWith The West on fire, you might need a good visualization of where fires are and where smoke is headed.
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"Dennis Delimarsky compared several weather APIs and decided that Google’s is best, despite having no documentation or support from the company." Looks nice!
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A bit outdated, but full of good advice for tuning SQL Server applications.
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"Eligible Kindle books can be loaned once for a period of 14 days. The borrower does not need to own a Kindle -- Kindle books can also be read using our free Kindle reading applications for PC, Mac, iPad, iPhone, BlackBerry, and Android devices." It's a start!
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"...the Pro users of yesteryear’s products, the people with the biggest investment in old technologies, are not the people who should be calling the shots in the design of their successors." Let Beginner's Mind have a shot! [via torrez]
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Otherworldly collection of pictures from a red dust storm hitting Sydney. Even more at The Big Picture: Dust storm in Australia.
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I've almost hit my strawberry wall this season, but notmartha's homemade popsicle looks amazing.
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A story about Rain Dancer, a solar car designed and built by a group of OSU students.
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Nice photo of rain in Pittsburgh.
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Short-wave radio is still around and growing. Funny that China still expends effort blocking short-wave signals.
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Good thoughts for feed reader designers.
The Long Rain
I have to complain about the weather at least once each winter. Here's the Corvallis forecast:
It's been gray and rainy for quite a while, with continued gray and rainy. Oh, and flooding. During stretches like this I imagine Ray Bradbury wrote The Long Rain after a trip to Oregon.
Nebraska weather
I just got back from a quick trip to Nebraska, and I posted some photos at Flickr: pb's photos tagged with nebraska. I was complaining last Thursday about 90 degree weather in Oregon, but Oregon doesn't have anything like that kind of heat plus humidity. I knew I'd been spoiled by west coast weather, but I didn't realize how bad until now. I was constantly amazed seeing people playing softball in 100+ degree weather, but then I did that sort of stuff when I lived there. Weather tolerance is relative I guess.