The National Solar Observatory is located, appropriately, in Sunspot, New Mexico, on Sacramento Peak. It was closed by the FBI on September 6 and the employees told to stay home until further notice. Even the Otero County Sheriff doesn’t know what’s going on. James McAteer, a New Mexico State University professor who is also the …
Gas Explosions In Massachusetts
There have been 60 to 100 gas explosions in Lawrence, Andover, and North Andover, Massachusetts. Here’s a local news outlet updating regularly. Some of the fires have been put out as I write, but check for the latest. There is no information on what went wrong. Here’s a map of the explosions and fires. Electricity …
Another Storm Resource
The Energy Information Administration has an interactive map of energy infrastructure with storm information. It looks like something that energy nerds could spend some time with even when we’re not expecting major storm disruptions. The graphic at the top of the post is a screen grab. Check out the real thing. Also lots of useful …
North Korea’s 70th Anniversary Parade Was Boring
Sunday is running away faster than I thought it would, so I’m going to contract out the reporting to Josh Smith of Reuters, who was there. The photo is of spectators at the parade, from that article. There are more in the article. Donald Trump recently received a letter from Kim Jong Un, but we …
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North Korea’s 70th Anniversary Parade
Is just about to start. I’m not going to try to embed the video because there are several possible channels, and some probably won’t work. Or they may put the parade on delay, as they did last year. I’ll post information as I get it and embed if I can. IIRC, the state channel doesn’t …
No-Politics Open Thread
I had extra peaches from the Farmers’ Market, and I just needed them in something cakey. This is the New York Times’s classic plum torte, but with peaches. The crumbs I’ve tasted are good. And I am SO tired of politics for a while. What are you doing that is delicious or fun?
That Op-Ed, Continued
While I take a measure of relief that we now appear to be closer to the beginning of the end than to the end of the beginning, I have some big concerns about that New York Times op-ed by “a senior administration official.” My concerns are very much like David Frum’s. Speak in your own …