It is Tuesday, 28 February 2023.
I’m watching the news, and folks are talking about the weather. It’s been a little (more than a little!) goofy. Last weekend, tornados ripped through the southern Midwest, bringing cyclones to Oklahoma City & Norman, as well as other communities in Kansas and Texas. California has communities that are isolated following huge snowfalls.
People are wondering what could be the cause of such wide-ranging weather differences in such a small amount of time – even here, at our house, we had a coat of ice on everything Saturday morning, while yesterday it hit almost 70 degrees.
Daily CO2 posts that the CO2 levels the other day were at 421.23 parts per million. Compare that to 372.23 on April 10 of 1999. I’m sure some weather expert from my hometown will flex their GED to let me know that CO2 levels were much higher during the Ordovician era or some other ridiculousness (humans weren’t around during the Ordovician era… and not much else from the Ordovician era is around today either – it was 500 million years ago).
I need to start thinking about my work day. We’re going to cover all of the course lecture in the morning, then switch to labs in the afternoon. I have learners this week from all over, including folks from India, Serbia, Poland, and the UK this week. When that happens, we try to tailor the course timings a little bit to make their lives a little easier. If we get all of the class lecture in early, they can either do labs or defer to the morning, doing labs when it best suits their schedule.
I’m going to make a cup of coffee.
I hope the world is treating you better than you deserve.
Peace y’all.
