Monthly Archives: February 2011

Someone didn’t believe that there is two feet of snow here. This is the view out my hotel window this morning in Danbury, Connecticut.

I’m in western Connecticut now and the snow is piled up about 10 feet deep around the parking lots. But this is warm snow, as opposed to the cold snow they used to get in New England.

This is the guy which Time Magazine reads every day.

Tough call. http://www.usatoday.com/weather/wcstates.htm http://www.usatoday.com/weather/wheat7.htm  

I am going to be working in Connecticut this week and will be posting irregularly from my low carbon netbook. This will compensate for the plane obliterating the atmosphere on the flight out. Sorry for the inconvenience. Apologies to the … Continue reading →

DEC 1877 (through 1878) THE DROUGHT AND FAMINE IN NORTH CHINA http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/5920323? AUGUST 1878 It is officially announced that 7,000,000 persons have died of “famine in China.” http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/2979891? JULY 1893 A TERRIBLE FAMINE. DREADFUL REPORTS FROM CHINA: PARENTS SELLING THEIR … Continue reading →