Saturday, July 17, 2021

Flood Plain Hazards of Open Pit Mines

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I missed the historic heatwave in the Pacific Northwest as I am currently in Germany. I am not in the zone that has been impacted and terrib...
Friday, July 9, 2021

Notes on Heatwave Global Warming Attribution

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Phillips and others (2021)  have taken a rapid assessment run at global warming attribution of the 2021 Pacific Northwest heat event. A summ...
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Tuesday, July 6, 2021

A Few Notes and Readings on the Heat Wave

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I missed the heat event in Washington as I am out of the area. So I have no direct observations about the event. From afar it was really rem...
Sunday, June 20, 2021

Foster Creek Beaver Analogs

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Foster Creek drains the north side of the Waterville Plateau. The creek has three forks that join together a few miles south of Bridgeport b...
Thursday, June 17, 2021

Plane Notes: A Few Infrastructure Observations

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Aerial views are part of my routine 'tool box' as a geologist. I use aerial photographs on a nearly daily basis for multiple reasons...
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Wednesday, June 9, 2021

Plane Notes: Carlson Lake Landslide in the Lost River Range, Idaho

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My preference even for long trips is to drive. But some trips do require flying. Initially the landscape is familiar and then becomes semi f...
Saturday, June 5, 2021

Skagit County Mine Woes

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Complex of quarries that supply a community Quarries for aggregate go through various phases on a local basis. Once a group of quarries gets...