The end of night-blooming cereus flower season is coming soon. In the meantime, we’re enjoying a daily show – in the morning, that is, since they fade after a couple of hours of sunlight. Click on the image to enlarge.
Correlation Between Solar Activity and Global Temperature
A couple of days ago, I received feedback from a reader who wanted to use our “Correlation Between Solar Activity and Global Temperature” animated graphic in his classes on Meteorology. “Professor Bob” who teaches at a community college in Virginia Beach, VA, is a rare find in academia these days. He shares our skepticism of the whole “Climate Change” hype. How refreshing is that?
The graphic, embedded at the right, originally appeared in a post we wrote back in August of 2006, “Correlating Solar Activity to Global Climate.” The post dealt with observations of sunspot activity and global temperature from 1600 to 1998 and correlated the two together. The graphic is an animated visual summary of the correlation between solar activity and global temperature.
Since the Professor wanted to include the graphic in a Microsoft Powerpoint presentation, I did some research on linking Flash™ to the presentation. I found some pretty good support from Microsoft on how to link to the graphic. I tried it here, saw that it worked, and sent the information to Bob. He emailed me this morning to say he had succeeded in getting the link to work at his end.
The whole climate scam, of course, is aimed at higher taxes on anything that emits CO
Congratulations to Professor Bob for getting the thing working, and just as importantly, for passing the information along to his Meteorology Students.
Frosty Paws
We wondered if Cabela would enjoy the Frosty Paws doggie ice cream treat as much as Bear does. Well, that issue is resolved. Click on the image to enlarge.
Patton Museum – Desert Rest Stop
We stopped to walk the dogs and take a rest on our way back to California at the General Patton Memorial Museum located at Chiriaco Summit on Interstate 10. We did not go into the museum today, but took some photos of the large display of vintage military tanks and armored vehicles. Click on the image to enlarge.
Wipe that Smile Off Your Face, Jack
Over the past couple of weeks, Damsel and I have been joking about the little Jack antenna ball on the SUV. We would be on an errand to facilitate our move to Arizona and we would look up at the antenna ball’s silly smile and one of us would say “Jack likes Arizona.” It got to be a standing joke whenever we would stop to take a photo or to check on the progress of our new house. We have been chuckling at the silly clown so often that has become a cliché.
Image: Jack’s not smiling anymore (courtesy Damsel).
We pulled into Ehrenberg, AZ, a small riverside community on the banks of the Colorado River, where you can see California on the other side. Damsel told me that Jack wasn’t smiling anymore. The irony of going back into California and Jack losing the silly grin gave us a good laugh. I guess Jack doesn’t like California all that much.
Regarding the Ground Zero Mosque
The left will only go so far to accommodate this extremely bad idea . . .
