Just to be clear, I'm a big fan of fireworks and always have been --so long as they're done by professionals in appropriate settings. Crowds of morons and post-display traffic insanity aside, the Fourth has been a favorite of mine since I was a wee 'un of four; the White Sox have the exploding scoreboard for celebrating home runs hit by the home side and always put on a good fireworks show after games on Saturday nites, and there was nothing quite like when the Grateful Dead used to play Soldier Field and then blast off a massive display after the run's final gig --you'd get the feeling they were going to blow the place up. Terrific stuff, professionally done and in settings entirely appropriate for it.
Anyway, this here blogaroo is supposed to serve a multitude of purposes, not least among them as a resource for individuals on the spectrum and those who would like to know more about it. I've chucked up a couple of vids over @ Y'allTube and have provided a link at the right side of this page --so do check 'em out.
Speaking of links, I've added one to the Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies at --of all places-- the University of Wisconsin at Madison. It's absolutely indispensable during hurricane season and has it all: maps with actual and predicted storm tracks, links to forecasts from the National Hurricane Center, satellite photos and movies --the works, kids.
As far as I know, there's no better place to look during hurricane season, and so with Bertha now the first named storm of this season to reach hurricane strength (Bermuda in the crosshairs, but not a threat to land other'n that, it would appear), give that link a click and go have a butcher's.
07 July 2008
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