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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Best wishes for a speedy recovery to you and your family!
I. Can’t. Wait. for the surface stations report! Even before you stopped updating the SS pages (Waaa! – but for good reasons) the data/results you-all had collected were damning.
What I hope is that – among other results – the US spends the relatively small amount of money it would take to revamp and modernize the whole system! We need it! As has been learned recently – nothing beats good data!
I live on 3.7 rural acres and would LOVE to have a surface station. I even have a proper location for it here.
Best wishes to yourself and your family, Anthony.
I am grateful for all you have done, and hope that your friends here will be able to keep things going.
My thoughts are with you and your family.
Anthony, I’m certain this had been said over and over already but I hope everything goes well and that the family member suffering the illness makes a good recovery. My thoughts are with you and your family.
” they will impact content and moderation ”
Do you think they might affect content and moderation as well?
Stylistic sniping aside, I desperately hope all goes well, and that you can soon be back with good news.
Best wishes
Anthony, you will be in all of our thoughts
Joe Matais says:
August 31, 2010 at 4:12 am
“May my prayers go out to you and yours.”
Ditto, Amen
Ditto
Take care big guy.
Thanks for everything.
My thoughts are with you and yours. Thanks for all you do.
Anthony – your online family offers all the support for you and your own family it can. All the best, as soon as possible. You & WUWT are #1 on my Firefox and the best online.
Best wishes from Hyon and I to you and your family. As always thank you.
Terry
Blessings to you and yours, and wishes for speedy recovery. Take care of your family, but remember to take care of yourself too.
My best wishes, Anthony! I cross my fingers and hope everything goes well. WUWT and your work is *so* important.
–Ahrvid
Best wishes to you Anthony.
Best Wishes and Good Luck. Thanks for providing one of the best web sites on the internet.
Anthony,
Best wishes to you and yours. WUWT has educated and inspired (and infuriated!) so many people — all to the ultimate good! I just want you to know that I deeply appreciate the things I have learned here.
You must attend to what is most important. It is my sincere hope that all goes well for you and your family.
We will all be here when you get back. We aren’t going anywhere!
Rick
My very best hopes and wishes for you and your family, Anthony, and I (selfishly) hope that this crisis will not impede the continued operation and success of WUWT. It is a beacon of sanity in a world of madness, and I am grateful for all that I have learned here.
/dr.bill
My heart plummeted when I read this posting – pure selfish disappointment. May God bless you and yours, Anthony. Also, thank God for modern medicine…they can do wonders today. Like others here, I’ll be patiently and impatiently awaiting your return, and hope that you and your family get what you need in the meantime. You deserve the best!
Anthony–
I can’t help at the times you need it (that’s the limited window when I get to sleep). But I want you to know my prayers are with you and your family for a successful surgery and speedy recovery!
Best of luck to you and your family, and hope everything pans out well.
When, many moons ago, i tripped on WUWT, i became the happiest man on earth. I had been highly skeptical of what it turned out to be THE BIG LIE of AGW. The science I had learned at university did not permit me to accept AGW sitting down, while the 0.035% CO2 component in the atmosphere I always considered as insignificant, even if the ‘consensus’ said so. When I discovered WUWT, it was, for me, a gold mine of scientific truth. It discussed the issue scientifically and with diligence and some humour too, instead of with arrogance and hype.
Thank you Anthony and all scientists contributing here.
Anthony, you are always in our thoughts and we pray for you and your family.
Alex
God speed and best wishes. And thank you for the education (as many others have noted).
Correction to my previous post:
Alex the skeptic says:
Your comment is awaiting moderation.
August 31, 2010 at 6:22 am
Should have wrote: “……even if the ‘consensus’ said differently.”
I too have had a medical issue in the family that has consumed most of my time for the past 2 months. I hope yours is brief, smooth and trouble free.
All the best.
Our best wishes for a speedy recovery Anthony, we’ll be missing you until your back with us
thanks for all your work
Rob and family
Blessings to you and yours, may God speed whoever is in need to a full and rapid recovery.