Tag Archives: weather

Somaliland Update: Recovering From Cyclone Sagar

Posted on May 28, 2018 by nathanalbright

Growing up as a young person in Central Florida, tropical weather was something that I and those around me paid attention to regularly.  In my own life and personal experience hurricanes have had an effect on my life and have … Continue reading →

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They Know Better

Posted on February 21, 2018 by nathanalbright

I often ponder my obstinance when it comes to performing tasks I set out to do.  As it happens, when I woke up this morning and went off to work there was some snow falling from the sky, but it … Continue reading →

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Made It Through The Snow

Posted on February 19, 2018 by nathanalbright

There is something rather intriguing about driving into the snow.  As I stopped for gasoline in Napaville, one of my very frequent but seemingly random places to stop on the way to or from Tacoma, I chatted with a fellow … Continue reading →

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Hurricane Tales

Posted on October 6, 2017 by nathanalbright

After services today, while I was working on getting music to the people who volunteered for the festival chorale here at the feast, I managed to find myself chatting with the gentleman who gave the closing prayer, who happens to … Continue reading →

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A Holding Pattern

Posted on September 21, 2017 by nathanalbright

I apologize a bit in advance for the shorter than usual report than usual.  I’ve been doing some hurricane research that I don’t wish to write about again [1] because most people are probably sick of it by now.  In … Continue reading →

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And The Hits Keep Coming

Posted on September 20, 2017 by nathanalbright

There is a saying that lightning never strikes the same place once, but that saying is even a bad one by the standard of bad urban legends.  Early in his political career, Abraham Lincoln made political hay of the fact … Continue reading →

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Hurricane Party

Posted on September 9, 2017 by nathanalbright

My first awareness of the power and fury of tropical storms came when I was a child [1].  When I was four or five, somewhere around there, I remember traveling with my family to services in St. Petersburg, Florida during … Continue reading →

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Set Fire To The Rain

Posted on September 6, 2017 by nathanalbright

This weekend, while the air hung heavy with ash, there was a battle between alt-right and alt-left protesters in Portland.  The scene was something out of post-WWI Germany, with violence in the streets and the police letting the two groups … Continue reading →

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Is An Unjust Tribunal Like A Hurricane?

Posted on August 26, 2017 by nathanalbright

At times, I like to pay attention to the juxtaposition of seemingly independent stories that, when combined, give a larger context to events that would be far more ephemeral to the concerns of the world at large when viewed in … Continue reading →

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It Sounds More Interesting When You Put It That Way

Posted on August 25, 2017 by nathanalbright

I tend to think that I live a fairly mundane life and that it would not be very exciting for anyone to follow me around and investigate my activities.  I work staring at a computer all day, mostly moving data … Continue reading →

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