The Sethmosphere

The second thunder & lightning storm in a week in November. Is there moisture in the air? More than normal? For this time of year?

Is there a change in the weather?

Of Sequoias and Democracy: Two hundred years ago today

Two hundred years ago today, November 7 1805, Captain William Clark of the Lewis and Clark expedition penned what is considered one of the most famous journal entries in all American history: “Ocian in view! O! the joy“. It marked (what he believed to be) the first sighting of the Pacific coast after a two year journey into the unknown (see detailed explanation below). It would be the equivalent today of a manned journey to a planet outside of our solar system and outside of our view or radio contact.

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