Assessing the U.S. Climate in 2021

January 12, 2022Posted inClimate, weather2 Comments

The National Centers of Environmental Information (NCEI) publishes a monthly analysis of the U.S. climate as well as an annual report.  John Bateman, a meteorologist, and an NOAA Public Affairs specialist, sends out an email that summarizes the NCEI report. This article is based on the summary written by John Bateman. At the end of the article is the link to the full NCEI Report. The key takeaways:  CONUS had the fourth warmest year in recent history and 20 billion-dollar disasters were identified.

COVID-19: What We Learned from a Recent New Mexico Press Conference

January 9, 2022Posted inHealthcareNo Comments

On January 5. 2022 the New Mexico Department of Health held its weekly press conference. That press conference reinforces my belief that it is difficult to figure out what is going on with COVID-19 and all its variants.  It is not clear to me that what is going on is part of any coherent plan.  I will discuss all of this in the body of this article.  For those who want to know more about the presentation, I have provided some links at the end of this article.