Our thoughts and prayers are with all affected by the recent storms on the US West coast. Recently some live streams have highlighted the good work by the ham radio repeater operators and emergency nets:
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The Panhandle preparedness expo is coming up next weekend! What will you find at the preparedness expo?
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Earlier this month, both AT&T and Verizon had a texting and calling cell phone outage – even the FCC noted that this was happening in multiple states! Similar issues have happened in February and at other times. In the recent New Mexico, 29 out of 113 cell towers were down and this is a common issue among areas with natural disasters. This highlights the need for other channels of communication, even when you are in town and normally have a working cell phone:
Continue reading “Recent Outages Highlight Need for Ham Radio, Multiple Emergency Communications.”Analysis of the Robinsons’ “Environmental Effects of Increased Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide”
If you live in Oregon you may have seen one of these research papers mailed to you along with a short letter promoting Noah Robinson for Oregon senate. Since this report is claimed on the campaign website to be “the most widely read scientific review article on “climate change,” which shows that human use of hydrocarbon fuels like gasoline is not changing the earth’s climate“, and the data in the charts ends at about the year 2000 for many charts as of its publishing, I decided to get some more recent data to research the most recent trends:
Continue reading “Analysis of the Robinsons’ “Environmental Effects of Increased Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide””Stojo Cup Review – a surprisingly useful gift idea
Stojo makes a very unique collapsible mug, and a unique gift for anyone on your list…
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Last week it was announced that high flu cases are having effects on the health system in Jackson County, Oregon. A top recommendation on the OPB article says to get vaccinated for Flu – does this recommendation play out in the statistical data though?
Continue reading “Jackson County in High Flu Season – a Statistical Analysis”Thanksgiving/Christmas/End-of-year travel – Charge ahead?
With the recent massive increase in electric vehicle sales, combined with free fast charging included with particular new car models this year, you may be wondering if the current charging systems can handle it?? This thanksgiving weekend had quite a line on specific stations like the one out of Arizona, as you may have seen in the news and forums! but what about major holidays in general such as Christmas? Let’s look at some of the recent busy days and see if it’s as bad as some have presumed…
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This year the Bay Area Maker Faire was back after years of postponement! This was an enormous fair compared to others I had attended and included some very interesting exhibits:
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Earlier this month there were some interesting makers – music makers, robots, woodworking, taking things apart and putting things together – check out the video !
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Central Oregon Maker Faire is less than a month away! This is the place to be for interesting robots, solar cars, sustainability or various interesting DIY projects.
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