“It’s the last occurrence in American history when one state took up arms against another no matter how unlikely it was that the arms would ever be fired,” said Southard. Source: Did You Know: Arizona Navy Deployed | KJZZ
The City that Drank Lake Mead
Robert Schulte posted a link this morning to Google Earth Engine and I played around with it a bit. This view appears to show a growing Las Vegas sucking down Lake Mead. Of course, Arizona and California helped a bit; and a long, continuing drought contributed. But it’s still interesting to see such a direct […]
Quango
I was copied on an email to the Scottsdale city council and mayor today, in which a word caught my eye: “Quango.” Quango (quasi non-governmental organization) is an acronym that describes arms-length bodies funded by government departments but not run by them. They are given power and paid for by government departments. One of my […]