My U.S. Citizenship Interview, which had already been postponed once (2 weeks earlier), because of another snowstorm, was the next day. I was waiting for them to call to say that it was postponed again. Didn’t happen.
I had to shovel 3 times, early in the morning, because we had SO, SO MUCH snow.
And this year. NOTHING.
This is NOT RIGHT. This is SCARY. We are going to pay for this.
I am sure we will have at least ONE BIG snowstorm before Spring.
I am NOT an expert on solar activity — comets being as close as I get to the Sun.
50-years ago I wanted, as a hobby, to study solar cycles & sun spots. Another laudable project that fell by the wayside.
I happened to get an e-mail about the Sun’s magnetic fields getting close to flipping.
Now, I know that the Earth’s magnetic poles have flipped — so, I was not overly alarmed.
I just have a feeling that it can’t be good. Anything that significant has to have some impact on us.
I did 5-minutes of research. Learnt about us nearing the end of the 26-year Cycle & that we are now at its peak. That piqued my interest. This must have an effect on climate change — maybe even global warming. So, why aren’t folks talking about this.
The switch continues to be eyed with suspicion. Refer to my post from yesterday.
Click to ENLARGE & read here. Annotation is mine. Here is the link to ‘NPR‘ original.Click to ENLARGE & read here. Highlighting is mine. Link to original.
Base image below from ‘AP‘ via this ‘Fox59’ post. Annotation is mine.
Click to ENLARGE & read here. From the new ‘Wikipedia‘ entry (link).
I am NOT at the scene. I am working off 3rd pictures & data. So, of course, I don’t claim to be an authority on this matter.
As two of the posts above show there is a growing body that suspect a switch. Yes, that could very well have been the case — per what I posted yesterday.
From yesterday’s post.
I am, however, bothered by the three carriages that are on their side PRIOR to the switch.
Yes, a derailment at the switch could have had a TORQUE effect down the train that TWISTED those three carriages on their side. Yes, there is physics there that could make sense.
But, I also noticed a distortion — i.e., a bulging — of the tracks ahead of where those three carriages are. I circled it on the ‘AP’ photo.
Is that unusual track expansion caused by global heating, i.e., exceptional heat?
There is a new camp that thinks that it WASN’T the switch, BUT the rails getting bent from the heat.
OK? I am trying to keep you updated — as I promised, yesterday.
