Mark Weiss
First Officer
United States
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Cetacean Posted at 4-3 16:20
Aloha Mark,
Wow, that is an interesting perspective. Sorry about your injury. Good to hear that plane is not disturbing you at 1:04 AM for now. But in 1980, the atmosphere was much worse. It was the Chinese Olympics that stopped the pollution enough to clear the skies. But, who can argue against clear skies! Whatever the cause, it is a good thing. Look at the images from India, Russia and China, etc. the skies are clear! Amazing!
Yeah, I think the reduction in water vapor in the atmosphere results in more heat loss at night. We've been having upper 20s in the early mornings here. Yesterday, it snowed here. This is mid-April!
Back in 1980, I could open a window and smell fresh air, that sweet ozone kind of smell. For the past 30 or so years, I open a window and I smell dank industrial stink. That's gone now. Back to 1980. But I'm on a mountaintop. I do recall my commutes to work in the 1970s when I started a job in an urban city with high traffic density, that the fumes from the cars were really intense. It depends where you are. Right now, the air here is almost as fresh smelling as Ueno, Japan, or Yachio, Chiba, Japan was in 2017 when I was last there.
When you have a spinal injury that results in a pinched nerve and cramps, it's a devil's mix, because the cramping causes involuntary contractions that cause the nerve to be more injured. When I roll over, I am very conscious of every muscle and learn to control them individually to prevent the 'bad' or injured muscles from contracting, as that would result in unimaginable pain and prolonged intensification of the condition. The only relief I get is using the selectorized weigh machines at YMCA, which has been closed for more than a month now. I'm worried that my back may go out again.
All I can do now is check my P4P batteries and note the number of LEDs showing and go back to what I was doing. Too cold and windy to fly. We had some trees come down last weekend.. It was like Katrina all over again with downed trees and power lines. Terrible time to have this awful weather. |
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