Jul 11, 2023 | 2023, avalanches, beaches, boating, bull shark, California, carbon emissions, Carbon Neutral, carbon pricing, carbonless footprint, children, climate change, culture, dorsal fins, earth, Earth Day, earthquakes, ecnomy, economy, El Nino, environment, Everglades, Florida, Florida Keys, Freezing Point, government, La Nina, News, NOAA, regulators, shark bites, shark feeding, shark fishing, sun, Tiger shark, Tsunami, weather, weather forecasting, weather fronts, World
Previously I wrote about El Nino and what it means for us in 2023 and beyond. This article is an extension of that prior article building on what is now being noticed weatherwise by climatologists around the globe. Let me begin a recap of what El Nino is and does....
Jul 3, 2023 | 1970, 1980, 1990s, 2021, 2023, banks, beaches, Boomers, civil unrest, communication, Communism, congress, culture, currency, earth, Earth Day, economy, Florida, Florida Keys, government, history, Key West, money, News, Obama, Socialism, Soviet, USA, World, world history
Cuba was once ruled by Spain. They obtained their independence in 1902. In the wake of that independence, they were economically hamstrung and blighted by corrupt governments. Congress in the United States passed the Platt Amendment which granted the US the right to...
Jun 27, 2023 | 2022, 2023, Career, children, employees, finance, Florida, Florida Keys, Gen Z, News, real estate, recession, rentals, society, stimulus payments, unemployment, workforce, workplaces
There are any number of items that we might include to determine the health of our economy. For simplicities sake, I am selecting to look at employment numbers, home sales and rental rates, and wage statistics. It is my belief that when you see the facts you will...
Jun 3, 2023 | children, civil unrest, communication, congress, conversations, economic development, economy, education, Florida, Florida Keys, freedom, government, Governor DeSantis, healthcare, history, Listening, money, real estate, recession, regulators, relationships, society, USA, World, world history
I love news and politics but have purposely stayed on the edge of this illegal immigration fray. Now it is on the fore of my home state’s news thanks to Governor DeSantis. Let me unravel it here for those of you who have not heard what it is about. I will, however,...
May 26, 2023 | Apollo, Apollo 11, Astronauts, astronomy, Challenger, communication, congress, conversations, Cosmonauts, disrruptions, earth, economic development, economy, empowerment, exploration, Florida Keys, galaxies, Gateway Space Station, government, history, innovation, Kakuda Space Center, Kennedy Space Center, launch and reentry, learning, lift ships, manufacturing, milkyway galaxy, money, moon, News, observatories, oceans, open AI, organizations, planets, Relativity Space, rocket launches, rocket science, science, social media, society, solar flares, solar tornadoes, Soviet, Space, space disasters, Space Exploration, Space launches, Space Shuttle, Spaceshot, speed of light, stars, technology, The Spaceport Company, World, world history
If you read my blog regularly, and I hope you do, you know I am an avid space program lover. I await the next launch with anticipation much like my dog Auggie does a bone. This article is about the Orbilander which is a combination orbiter and a lander. Pretty cool,...
May 20, 2023 | 9/11, climate change, conversations, Earth Day, earthquakes, economic development, economy, education, El Nino, environment, EPA, Everglades, FEMA, finance, Florida, Florida Keys, FWC, history, hurricanes, News, NOA weather, NOAA, observatories, oceans, regulators, rivers, society, stars, sun, Tsunami, waterways, waves, weather, weather forecasting, weather fronts
Most everyone has heard about FEMA, but do you know what they actually do? Let me explain it here. President Jimmy Carter created FEMA back in 1979. At that time they had two tasks. One was that of civil defense and the other was emergency management. Congress defined...
