The 1966 film, Texas Across the River, always gives me a good laugh. In the movie, Sam Hollis (“King of Smooth” Dean Martin) and others decry the “black poison” that bubbles up out of the mucky Texas soil and poisons…
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Tornado Survival As terrifying as they always are, tornado’s are survivable. Be smart and don’t panic. The Monster: Make no doubt about it. It may be amazing to watch from a distance. If you happen to see one, you may…
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Global Warming May Lead To A New Ice Age: The basic chemistry behind global warming is very simple and not in dispute. Carbon dioxide (CO2) traps heat in the atmosphere. Through 1. burning fossil fuels, and 2. the clearing of…
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The Honeybees Are At My House Where have all the honeybees gone? They’re living on my porch on the Big Island of Hawaii. Bee City, Hawaii is 3 feet tall, 2 feet wide, and 7 inches thick. It reaches from…
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Almost everyone has witnessed a majestic and beautiful rainbow. There are few people who won’t take the time to appreciate them, but there are quite a few people who never stop to consider what causes them, or to consider the…
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January of 2008 has featured days that people in the Midwest would like to forget. January tornadoes ripped through several states. Destruction has been great, and with the tornadoes, fueled by warm moist air, flooding has been widespread. Eight people…
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How would you like to be paid to make guesses, even if those guesses are wrong well over 50 percent of the time? That is exactly what is going on. The National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration, or NOAA, produces the…
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If you ever wonder why America is so reliant on Middle East oil as opposed to pumping its own petroleum out of the ground, here’s the reason. In his recent book, The Age of Turbulence, former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan…
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Solar cells could potentially solve the energy crisis. Households could become independent of the power grid or even give power back to the grid. Large businesses could defer much of their energy consumption. Schools could operate more efficiently. Combination solar/electric…
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Biodiversity is a term used to describe the degree of diversity of life forms in a system. The system in question may be an ecosystem, biome or the whole planet. Greater biodiversity equals greater health in the system. Every living…
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