ARCTIC WARNING

Arctic sea ice is not reforming as early as it has in previous years. Forget Covid – 19 which may hang around for a couple of years, climate change is so much more important, Read

THE JET STREAM

It is a high altitude (10km), high speed (180kmph+), wind caused by the differences in temperature between the tropics and the polar regions (Well our jet stream is – I am trying to keep it simple). The polar jet stream (ours) loops around the upper part of the northern hemisphere in a variable path. Sometimes it is fairly straight and therefore faster, other times it meanders around lots.

LA NINA

This is an oceanic/atmospheric phenomenon that is building in the eastern tropical Pacific Ocean. Occurring every few years, sea surface temperatures are below normal, the trader winds stronger and an upwelling of colder water along the Pacific coast of South America occurs. These changes impact on global atmospheric circulation. We can expect increased storms and rainfall in Australia and South-east Asia, drought to the southern states of the USA, colder snowier winters in Canada. And whilst not directly impacting on us, it does

COVID RAMBLINGS

I went back mentally to basics. Covid is a virus transmitted from person to person. If a person with Covid does not meet anyone else the virus cannot find another host. So that is simple. BUT people are gregarious, and need to be. Especially the young. Test and trace is a huge shambles.

USA ELECTION

There are many things I do not understand! The American electoral system is one of the major ones (along with anything science!). last time Clinton got 3 million more votes than Trump and lost. Ok similar things happen in the UK. But it is like their system is built to deceive. Created in the 18th and 19th centuries it resembles the ‘rotten boroughs’ of Georgian England.

CONFUSION RULES

New areas put under level 2. Not Bristol (143/100000), not Exeter (341), not Plymouth (64), but yes Chelmsford (63), yes Braintree (42), but not North Somerset (53). Can anyone explain the geography of this? Presumably Bristol and Exeter may be due to students. But Braintree and North Somerset are demographically fairy similar; NS probably has an older population.

COVID-19 7 October 2020

On 27 Sept I listed the stats for selected places. So they next page will have updates on some of these, and some new ones. Not pretty reading. But bullshit barney thumps the table and waves his arms around, and basically talks bullshit!