More Stuff I Wrote Elsewhere
Using the bike racks on Albuquerque’s buses
Archive of posts filed under the New Mexico category.
Stuff I Wrote Elsewhere
On dinosaurs and power politics metaphors: Some scientists have argued that dinosaurs came on with a bang during the period of Earth history called the Triassic, sweeping into power in what amounted to a geologic instant. But the new fossils, found at Ghost Ranch near Abiquiu, upend that story. As dinosaurs were beginning their rise …
Paseo del Nordeste Bike Trail
It’s not exactly Albuquerque’s most scenic bike trail, but I’d have to say this is really my favorite.
Stuff I Wrote Elsewhere
On the political turbulence affecting the Airborne Laser: A delay in a key test and a potential multi-billion dollar price tag to field a working system has members of Congress on the verge of grounding the anti-missile Airborne Laser. With headquarters at Kirtland Air Force Base and most of the hands-on development and testing being …
Not the Monsoon
My colleague Bruce Daniels explains why the 0.87 inch of rain (and hail) that fell at my house early yesterday evening is not the monsoon.
California Zephyr
California Zephyr Originally uploaded by heinemanfleck. Riding the Coal Avenue bridge over the railyard this morning I saw this: the California Zephyr, a string of cars in the old fashion, being towed behind the Amtrak. I had to stop and chat up the proprietor, a fellow named Alvin Bishop. The cars were built in 1948, …
Water in the Desert
When I write my “water in the desert” bits here or at work, I have this underlying image that motivates my thinking. It’s a childhood car camping vacation (one of many, the image is broad and generic). It is before the days of ubiquitous auto air conditioning. We’re driving across the beautiful deserts of the …
Bikes on the train
Bikes on the train Originally uploaded by bhaskins1. The photographer known as bhaskins1 offers up some great evidence that Albuquerque is warming to the idea of throwing its collective bicycle on the train for its morning commute. . (Check out the other bike photos taken by bhaskins1.)
Daybook
paper of the day: From Jia-Lin Lin at the Climate Diagnostics Center in Boulder, more evidence that the models don’t get El Nino right real climate: From the Climate Prediction Center: La Nina’s roaring back real climate II: I saw on yesterday’s bike ride that the Rio Grande is back down, under 1,300 cubic feet …
Stuff I Wrote Elsewhere
My attempt at sketching in the background behind the House Energy and Water Appropriations Subcommittee’s proposed cuts in the U.S. nuclear weapons program: Nuclear weapons spending has long seemed an entitlement for New Mexico. With two of the nation’s three nuclear weapons laboratories located here, a big chunk of the U.S. nuclear weapons budget is …