Harold Asmis @hasmis@qoto.org

**Oversteering** You can safely depend on the gov't to oversteer. A foreign coin laundry drove up prices of luxury condos and houses that nobody in Canada can afford to buy. When walking, watch out for falling houses. :)

#physics #weather **Cold air about to spill** Once again I am blinded by mimic, but this is also in the regular forecast for Toronto. The headpond is now leaking in two places, one for Texas and one for UK. Texas spill is now going through the Bering Straight. This will turn and freeze Vancouver and Sanfran. The flow will split and pour down to Texas on the other side of the mountains. This is a very early physics forecast, and I'm following the last pattern, because of no ocean plume activity. I wouldn't speculate on natgas with this.

Just put the grandson to bed. Told him a story. When they all get bigger, I can put them to sleep with my physics boring stories. I did that for the cousins at the cottage. Nobody could survive 'The Water Cycle'. :)

*Question of the Season** Did anybody have good fruitcake? I did.

#physics **Pumped Storage** It's hilarious, but we are awash in electricity at night. That's from the nuclear plants. If anybody figured out a good storage system (think freezing!) then no need for solar, etc.

**Christmas has been disease-free** When the new covid variant comes out, you can be sure that I, in Toronto, will get it first. I've had three 'knockdowns' already. Then, I can laugh at the rest of you. :)

ps. the term 'until March' means the place is frozen solid. Why install heat tracing when the groupthink tells you the oil will soon boil.

#physics **However, the continental ice is building** There's no physics here. A healthy glacier spouts out ice. The volume decreases during a surge, and increases during a 'pause'. However, the influencers don't do physics, which is fine. Looking at the temperature chart, Antarctica is flat as a pancake.

**Forced political innovation** It's never right. With the physics view, rather than groupthink, we should be pushing methanol fuel cells with super-capacitors. That plays into Canada's strength. Lithium batteries are a China thing. However, we must go for the photo ops. :)

#physics #weather **Canadian company can't handle the cold** This is just sad.

#physics #weather **Arctic air building up** Nothing much in NA right now, but we are looking for the headpond to build up. This would be a large amount of very cold, clear air, forming a cold lock, like a glacier. A chart of potential energy would show a build-up, then a release all over us. During the last warm cycle, the plumes would have ensured this didn't happen. Another Texas Popsicle within a week, or a UK chill.

Grandson eating. Those mesh bags are the greatest thing ever! Put cooked blueberries in it and it takes care of itself.

**US makes a good investment** It's the old stuff that makes the biggest impact.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/craighooper/2022/12/26/ukraine-converts-219-billion-in-us-military-surplus-into-fearsome-force/?sh=7d139341370a

**He breaks a new record!** Yeah! Distribute the wealth!

**Depression hits UK economy** I'm not making fun of the UK any more. I mainly did it because they were founders of the Clange depressive movement. They need to:
-- do physics, there is nothing you can with influencer fantasy
--make cannabis legal -- get away from alcohol which destroys brain serotonin
-- put Paxil in mac&cheese

#physics #weather Nothing exciting. We have a weak cold clipper from the NW hitting the residual warm air. Lots of rain. I thought yesterday we were getting another Texas Crunch, but, no. Instead, another penetration by a Pacific Plume.