Warp Speed Now
The year was 1969, and my buddy and I — a pair of newly-minted high school graduates, full of juice and looking for a bit of excitement — decided to head to the Mojave...
Mike Strickler Geologist
Yes, Virginia, Lead IS Toxic
This is a follow-up to earlier posts regarding the toxicity of lead, and is in response to an 8 July 2025 article on the Associated Press website titled “A Kindergarten in China Added Lead...
Going Up?
There have been a flood of articles over the past couple days with the same overarching message: the climate crisis is irreversible and we have already moved beyond the threshold we’d need to stay...
Is Anyone Surprised?
This one will be real short (busy day, busy life). Saw an interesting article from the N. Y. Times this morning titled “States and Cities Fear a Disaster Season Full of Unknowns Amid Federal...
It Hasta be Shasta
My most recent post (A Show of Hands) certainly woke up some of the usual suspects, and although it was not my intention to spark such impassioned rebuttal, it is comforting to realize that...
A Show of Hands
This one’s gonna be real short. I mean, what is there to say… In case you missed it, there was a 7.7 earthquake in Myanmar yesterday (28 March 2025). The reasons for the quake...
It breaks my heart… again
Staff reductions at the nation’s National Parks threatens their use in the upcoming tourist season
Minerals and Economic Warfare, Part 2
Click here for Minerals and Economic Warfare, Part 1 It was early in the 1980s and Central Africa was again in turmoil. Very little of what transpired made it into the homes of the...
This Will Be Painful
What a disaster! I’m sure all of our hearts are going out to the displaced residents of Los Angeles, who have lost much, if not all, of what they have to give. If there...
Lead and Silver Mining
Too full of a day, so this one will be a very short follow-up to an earlier post about lead in water pipes and cognitive decline. The basis of the earlier post had to...
