Saturday, December 18, 2021

Cancelled..

 



Just one week before Christmas, the remainder of New York's iconic Radio City Rockettes season was called off, as the city and state continue to deal with a surge of new Covid-19 cases.

New York state on Friday reported 20,627 cases, the highest single-day total since the pandemic began.

After canceling Friday shows of "Christmas Spectacular" due to breakthrough cases, the Rockettes announced later in the day the premature end of the season “due to increasing challenges from the pandemic.”

The Rockettes had returned to the stage in November after the 2020 season was canceled because of the pandemic.

Covid-19 cases have also prompted the recent cancellations of Broadway performances including “Hamilton.”  Just a "sickly" thought.

Monster..

 


Oval..

 


Socks..

 


New...

 


Vaxxe..

 


Friday, December 17, 2021

Just Go..

 


Shifting ..

 



Tornado Alley is a loosely defined area of the central United States where tornadoes are most frequent. The term was first used in 1952 as the title of a research project to study severe weather in areas of Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Kansas, South Dakota, Iowa and Nebraska.

Tornado climatologists distinguish peaks in activity in certain areas and storm chasers have long recognized the Great Plains tornado belt.

Although the official boundaries of Tornado Alley are not clearly defined, the main alley extends from northern Texas, through OklahomaKansasNebraskaIowa, and South Dakota. Some other states are sometimes included in Tornado Alley.[4] Research suggests that the main alley may be shifting eastward away from the Great Plains, and that tornadoes are also becoming more frequent in the northern parts of Tornado Alley where it reaches the Canadian prairies.

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An example of the chaotic situation, looking at Wall Street, where bank executives have been eager to restock office towers with workers. But New York is now contending with rising virus cases, with models from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimating the omicron variant could make up 13% of Covid-19 infections in the area and in New Jersey. 

Last week, Jefferies Financial Group Inc. told bankers to go back to remote work after the firm saw an increase in cases following the Thanksgiving holiday. 
Morgan Stanley has also had recent outbreaks at its New York offices, according to people familiar with the matter. The bank, where workers typically sit in an open-office format, has required employees be vaccinated but doesn’t have a mask mandate. A spokesperson for the company declined to comment.
 Chief Executive Officer James Gorman made waves this summer when he admonished his staff and argued that if they could go to a restaurant, then they could make their way into the office. It reflected a growing reality for many of Wall Street’s top brass: They were ready to get back to normal and were tired of workers resisting. 
Well, the quality of life has to be restored to avoid this deadly virus. Just a thought.

Thursday, December 16, 2021

Torn..adoes..

 


As multiple states from Kentucky to Illinois and Arkansas experienced fatal tornadoes over the weekend, the U.S. maintains its top spot as the target for the highest number of tornadoes of any country in the world.
NOAA explains that tornadoes aren't well understood.  Most destructive tornadoes happen from supercells, rotating thunderstorms with a well-defined circulation called a mesocyclone.
An analysis by The Washington Post also found that tornadoes tend to form where cold, dry air clashes with warm, humid air, mostly over the mid-latitudes. A sizable amount of the lower 48 states are right in the middle of this tornado zone. 
The warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico, mid-level dry air coming in from the Rockies along with cold air coming in from the northern half of the country, makes for the perfect conditions to create a tornado.
NOAA also said that tornado season varies depending on which region of the country you're in.