Daybook

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  • paper of the day: From GRL, Property loss potentials for European midlatitude storms in a changing climate: “In this study, loss potentials derived from an ensemble of climate models using a simple storm damage model under climate change conditions are shown. For the United Kingdom and Germany ensemble-mean storm-related losses are found to increase by up to 37%.”
  • word of the day: larboard – the side of the ship from which you loaded those big giant shipping containers full of cheap shit from China
  • book of the day: Lissa found the University of Michigan’s Digital Library Text Collection, which has John Wesley Powell’s original Smithsonian report on his first Colorado River expeditions.
  • movie of the day: Nora and I went down to the Guild last night to watch We Aren’t Blocking Traffic, We Are Traffic, a documentary about San Francisco’s Critical Mass movement.

One Comment

  1. When are they gonna screen that in the Front Range?!? And how was it? Was it worth it (I mean, besides spending quality time with Nora)?

    Maybe I can find a line item in the budget to order it for the Dept…education and training, you see.

    Best,

    D

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