All posts tagged natural disasters

Wednesday Night #2059
September 1, 2021, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #2059

We are sad to convey the news that Wednesday Nighter David Waters died peacefully last Friday at the St Raphael hospice ...

Wednesday Night #2057
August 18, 2021, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #2057

What a delightful experience with our first hybrid (in-person & Zoom) Wednesday Night last week, with the additional ...

Australia/2
October 6, 2020, Comments Off on Australia/2

New York Times Topics: Australia ; BBC Australia country profile ; Australia Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) 6 October Di ...

Wednesday Night #1969
December 11, 2019, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1969

Yes, these are shortest – darkest – days of the year, but does the news have to match the darkness? From pol ...

Wednesday Night #1966
November 20, 2019, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1966

November 19 is the anniversary of President Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address 156 years ago,  one of the most insp ...

Wednesday Night #1872
January 24, 2018, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1872

We and the world survived the first anniversary of DJT’s inauguration and the government shutdown that so inconven ...

Burma/Myanmar 2012-2016
October 24, 2016, 4 Comments

(BBC) Should it be Burma or Myanmar? CIA World Factbook: Burma Aung San Suu Kyi (The Elders) Desmond Tutu: Speaking to A ...

Climate change and uncertainty 2012 -2013
December 23, 2013, 2 Comments

The science of ice storms: Why the freeze was so fierce Although no single weather event can be attributed to climate ch ...

China, energy, economy & environment 2004-2013
October 12, 2013, 4 Comments

Desperate measures — Rivers are disappearing in China. Building canals is not the solution (The Economist) Eight o ...

Wednesday Night #1636
July 10, 2013, 1 Comment

The Lac-Mégantic disaster has, perhaps, brought out the best in human beings. What would have constituted a disaster un ...

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