Understanding Wet Bulb Temperature and Its Dangerous Implications I saw Wet Bulb temperature used in a science fiction short film and decided to investigate further because we tend to say “It’s not the heat, it’s the humidity” a lot. Well, how exactly? Climate change has brought about numerous environmental challenges…

Someone on twitter asked me about this, referencing several recent disasters, where people experienced flash floods. So here goes. Flash floods are sudden and powerful natural disasters that can occur with little to no warning. They pose a significant risk to life and property, making it crucial for individuals and…

I saw someone pose the question on twitter the other day about what would happen in Phoenix if the power went out for three days during a heat wave. It would be quite a disaster. As part of an Area Study, this should be a disaster you identified and have…

The Survival Little Black Book, my latest publication, is free on Amazon today and tomorrow. It’s filled with practical advice in bite-sized portions. It’s the fourth in my Little Black Book series with more in the pipeline. The next will be The Elements Little Black Book, because everything around us…

Technically, the term “Asperger’s syndrome” is no longer officially used in diagnostic manuals like the DSM-5 (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 5th edition), but it is still commonly used to describe a specific profile of autism. My diagnosis was confirmed a while back after a daylong battery of…

I don’t think I’ve ever seen a film do so much with so little dialogue and action. The Quiet Girl is a very quiet film. It’s a simple premise: a girl goes to spend the summer with relatives on their farm. It’s an Irish film and a lot of Gaelic…

For May Day, I have 7 titles free and others discounted today only. The combination of the Area Study Workbook and The Green Beret Preparation and Survival Guide is free. The combination of New York City Little Black Book and New York Minute is also free. There is also Battle…

An interesting tidbit about Ellis Island. While we believe from scenes like that in Godfather II, that the immigrant ships docked at Ellis Island, the reality is that it doesn’t have a deep-water dock. All trans-oceanic ships docked first at the piers in Manhattan where immigrants were initially screened. Those…

A lot of discussion lately among those of us in the creative fields such as writers, whether AI will replace us. So I went to the source and asked AI if it would be replacing me as an author. Here is the response: No, authors will not be out of…