Senno ecto gammat
April 21, 2017
Face-to-face communication is always preferred over electronic or phone communication. As soon as there is even only the slightest chance of invoking an emotional response you should think twice about using email. Knowing this, I still find myself occasionally falling short of proper email etiquette. I sort of wonder if when it says “is a […]
Tropical Cyclone Debbie (March 2017)
March 25, 2017
Tornadoes and twisters Tornado and twister are different names for the same type of storm—a violently rotating column of air over land associated with a severe thunderstorm. Tornadoes range in diameter from metres to hundreds of metres and generally last from a few seconds up to half an hour. They have an intense updraught near […]
Our planet
March 24, 2017
Earth earth is soil. Earth is a planet. Capital letters matter. Earth spin – 24 hours – Day/Night cycle Earth spins in a counterclockwise direction. For an outside observer the Earth spins left-to-right or west-to-east along its rotational axis. This is why for an observer on the surface the (stationary) sun and the night sky […]