I have a few very important (and personal) announcements to share with the WUWT community because they will impact content and moderation over the next few weeks. Please take a moment to read this.
1. There is a pressing and very serious medical challenge in my family that will require surgery and rehabilitation time. I can’t and won’t go into details. This will require me to take periods of time away from WUWT over several weeks if not months. I don’t know the full time impact yet. This coming Friday and perhaps Saturday I’ll be offline.
2. That said, I welcome the help of any who wish to help with moderation or who wish to submit stories and essays. We could use the help of a moderator from midnight to 4AM PST. I know we have a few regulars that post during that time, and if you’d like to help, leave a comment please. WUWT has always had guest posts, and they will continue to be welcome. Leave a comment if you have an idea.
3. In case you missed it yesterday, the new ENSO/SST page is up and running. Be sure to bookmark it. This graphic on the sidebar is a direct link:
…plus it is also available in the header menu under Reference Pages. Other pages of reference graphics pages will be coming soon, more details here.
4. Steve Goddard told me several months ago that he would like to start his own blog, covering a wider range of scientific, social, economic and political topics than I wish to cover here at WUWT. You can see his blog at http://stevengoddard.wordpress.com
Thanks to Steve for all his contributions to WUWT over the last two years.
I’ll be continuing the Sea Ice News feature every Sunday.
5. For those of you wondering about the upcoming surfacestations project paper, let me say that it is now mostly out of my hands and will not be impacted by item 1. I have a team of co-authors with far greater skills than I working on it. I’m pleased with the current draft having survived a critical review designed to strengthen it. When I have more, I’ll pass it along and of course at the appropriate time the surfacestations main page will get an update.
Thank you all for your consideration. – Anthony
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I don’t remember how I discovered WattsUpWithThat, but I sure remember when. You were busily painting Stevenson Screens. And even now I can’t remember whether Stevenson has a ‘v’ or a ‘ph’. Nor can I quite remember whether I was more delighted that you were doing it or shocked that this was not already known and old information.
Then, almost instantly it seemed, came Surface Stations. The whole project left me stunned when first I read of it: mainly its sheer breathtaking originality. The use of the internet, the digital cameras, the GPS, and the rallying of volunteers all over the U.S. It was an amazing concept, and I was, oh yes!, duly amazed. And also appalled by what you were discovering.
Since then, from strength to strength. Most particularly I remember your warnings in the first hours of Climategate: paraphrased, “Be careful. It might be phony. Go slow”. Wise words.
Anthony, the contribution of you and your crew has been literally beyond measure. Of course we’ll be impatient to have you back, but we also know that that’s just silly and selfish, albeit sincere. What we truly owe you, and this the very least of what we owe you, and what I’m sure you have from all, is not only our patience but more: our very best wishes and most profound hopes for a good outcome of this problem.
We’ll see you when we see you, and that will be just fine. Very fine.
[REPLY – Well said. Our patience and our impatience will be an equal tribute to Anthony. ~ Evan]
Every good wish – and another big thank you.
Anthony,
I’ve never commented or contributed to WUWT, but I read the postings on your site daily with great interest. I must join the many who offer their best wishes regarding the medical condition you refer to and look forward to a speedy and successful outcome. Please take every care and thank you very much for this fantastic website, and look forward to hearing from you again soon!
Douglas McCormack, UK
All the very best to you & yours Anthony, we’ll keep the WUWT home fires burning til you return.
All the very best Anthony. Your blog is an example to us all and a most welcome reminder that there is such a thing as the scientific method and it does work.
Every blesing to you and yours
Best wishes to you and yours,
Don
All the very best, we will be thinking of you.
Blessings be upon you and yours.
Anthony,
All the very best to you and your family. I know just how difficult a time it is likely to be for you all, and I’m sure all your friends out here want you to take as much time off as you need. We’ll still be here!
Like many previous commentators, I have learned a lot from you and your WUWT team. It’s still an uphill job spreading the word here in the UK (given the `balanced’ reporting on the BBC and in papers such as the Independent and Guardian) but I’m grateful to you for providing such a useful and refreshing counterbalance.
Best wishes to you and your family.
All the best to you and yours, from a lurker who has learned more from this site than he ever thought possible.
Thanks for your well wishes and prayers. Anthony’s readership is extremely loyal and considerate and we know how much he appreciates us.
In the meantime, we’ll have less fighting, less biting. (And in case you beg to differ, my delete finger just got very itchy. But I’m ever so confident that won’t be necessary.) Thank you in advance for your consideration and cooperation.
Best wishes – both for you and for all your family
My thoughts and best wishes are to you and your family. As others have said, thanks, and we will be here for you however long you need.
Family first. Best wishes from NZ.
My thoughts and prayers to you and yours for a speedy recovery.
“allanglens: All the best to you and yours, from a lurker who has learned more from this site than he ever thought possible.”
Amen to that, from another lurker!
There’s a small contingent of guardian angels inbound, carrying prayers.
Luck and good wishes.
Best wishes Anthony. I was unaware of the other challenges you are facing.
I hope things work out well Anthony
Andy
I can only repeat all of the above, hope the out come is the best you can hope for.
I look forward to your return. aal the best, Steve.
Here’s wishing you the best of outcomes re the personal/family items. Family first.
I promise to play nice while your attention is elsewhere. The mods you have are fantastic. I have no doubts whatsoever that you’ll round up one more good one for the needed time.
Very best wishes to you and your family