Tag: Hurricanes

Irma and Harvey came at two and a half minutes to midnight.

September 11, 2017

On September 12, 1962, John F. Kennedy spoke at Rice University in Houston. He said that the people there were gathered “at an hour of change and challenge, in a decade of hope and fear, in an age of both knowledge and ignorance,” and by the end of the decade, we would land a man on … More Irma and Harvey came at two and a half minutes to midnight.

Prometheus & Pandora meet Irma & Harvey. Been thinking about 5th grade science class.

September 9, 2017

I’m thinking about my son Sacha’s schooling, Prometheus & Pandora this morning. Pardon my stream of consciousness. Sacha is taking a class called Science World. It’s really cool. What’s in the news at school’s start? Four hurricanes, two of them breaking records for rainfall & wind speed. Wildfires across the western US & fires in … More Prometheus & Pandora meet Irma & Harvey. Been thinking about 5th grade science class.