Harold Asmis @hasmis@qoto.org

**The case for wolves** Wolves take care of all this, including coyotes. :)

@Biggles They have it here, but nobody uses it because the threads are linked.

@AndyLowry Very pretty. Normally they are zooming at my head...

@_jcken I vote for a big Karen fuss. That always works....

@nauscopio Yeah air filters!

**Consumer Tip** On the light side, I got a Chinese-style hot pot for our upcoming 20 below weather. The combination on ammie cost less than a car. That's both a pot with a cast divider, and a small induction hot plate. **This is good physics**
The pot has an iron plate buried within, and all the heat is generated within the pot by magnetic induction. This leaves the burner free to measure temperature. You set the temperature at boiling and it maintains a perfect low rolling boil. I just cooked pasta on it with another pot. Anything made within the last 10 years will work, but the 30 year old pots need a check with a magnet. No stickee, no heatee.
Anyway, I am notorious for putting the pot on full heat and walking away. It always explodes. You set this to 212F and walk away. It comes to, and stays at a perfect boil. You put in the spag and walk away, and check it later. No explosions! I'm happy.

#physics #weather **Polar vortex in the news again** If we put this in terms of a SciMeth hypothesis then: The Polar Vortex, as defined only in the stratosphere, can drive weather on the surface. Again, this is ridiculous and breaks all the laws of physics. However, it makes good press. The stratosphere is effectively vacuum, and the air particles have very high velocity, but almost no energy. Like the sparks coming off a fireworks sparkler. 1000 degrees, but it won't burn you.

#physics #weather **North America cold blob becomes fully supported** Over in NA, we have missed the fun of 50 below intense air streams. Now we have one. I look first at mimic to see the speed of the front, then I look at the winds to see if it is backed up by laminar air flow. Finally, a look a the temperature. This duck has all three. But it is up against powerful heat flows from the Gulf and the west coast. Can it survive to freeze everybody? Stay tuned, or walk outside. :)

@EviVin 'Thermal blanket' was their attempt to put 'greenhouse' more into physics. We had a nice warm cycle, where lots of 'hot' things happened. Now, we don't. The media can still dredge up a 'warm' story now and then, if they look hard enough. Again, all this is not physics, and I don't respond.

#physics #weather **Large storms continue to form and swim over to California** Looking at this mess only once a day, I now have no idea as to the sequence or who's who. This one looks to have a clear shot, right to Callie, and, as well, a new baby is born in the far west. A storm's energy is determined by the difference in temperature between the cold and hot streams. These storms are formed by intense cold entering the ambient warmth.

@prophetkristy That is the 'last gasp' Hail Mary moment, when you have no idea even what the question means. I did that on an exam with an incomprehensible course on functional analysis. I just put down a random example from the text book and I got top marks in the class. Nobody could believe it!

#physics #weather **North America finally gets the cold drip** The Arctic is a giant chocolate fountain pouring out its spouts. NA has missed it so far and the price of natgas was low. Now we have wide, slow cold air blob descending. Natgas price is zooming. We'll more things tomorrow.

@splitshockvirus @freemo @2T2@mstdn.starnix.network He's a really bad troll, so I'd boot him out of Trollomainia. :)

#physics #weather **Physics of thermal windows #2** Since Europe is freezing, and the 20 below stuff is keeping away the 60 below stuff, we go on.
The overwhelming benefit of installing new windows is the sealing of air influx. This is noticed immediately with better humidity control. All else is gravy on the cake.
My 30 year old windows are fogging. Turns out that because of all the heat stress, the best glass sandwiches exchange air at 1% per year. All that 'argon fill' is useless. The new glass has 'selective reflection' which is good. But there is no difference between an air-vented sandwich, and a fancy sealed one.
The 'dirty trick' of the glass element is that it is packed with desiccant, the same as what your camera was packed with. That absorbs the water that sneaks in. After 30 years, this becomes a soggy mess and the windows fog, and all those minerals coat the inside glass. Blah!
-- tbc

@EviVin ps. I am reminded of early usenet debates of 'creation science' vs. a prominent evolutionist. The CS guys flummoxed him with the 'God is a Joker' hypothesis, which stated that all fossils and stuff were laid down to fool us. However, the CS people could not stop people from finding new fossils, and they got buried.
However, the main pushers of the carbon hypothesis led a war against all physics pertaining to this. NASA effectively stopped all atmospheric measurements. Now we have the Calicanes, and giant air drops for jets, and we stand helpless.

@EviVin If we are strictly Scientific Method, then the hypothesis for 'human caused' is the 'Carbon thermal blanket hypothesis' -- That co2 in the atmosphere has the dominant effect on heat flow from the surface of the Earth to the Stratosphere. Ie. the more co2, the less the heat flow.
Unfortunately, this is so ridiculous that it can not be handled by the SM, and lands in the territory of religious philosophy. Nor can any physics person 'argue or debate' with a practitioner of fantasy. Thus, in our modern face-b society, it carries the day. :(

@ljw 'Code in sms text' is horrible Especially with people changing numbers, switching sim cards, etc. That's how the crooks get in. You need Google Authenticator (equivalent) or the little usb security keys.

@rdaily thanks, that's like watching paint dry. :)