Last week, I wrote about facing burnout after running WUWT over 10 years without having any real vacation during that time. I’ll have to say, I’m overwhelmed by the response, the well wishes, and the offers for help.
It’s gratifying to know that I have friends around the world, some vocal regulars, some occasional commenters, and some silent readers. I heard from many people who were first time commenters, and many regulars too. I had suggested that I take a month off, and more than a few said that’s not enough time. Looking back, I think they are right.
I’ve received a kind offer to go to New Zealand, with offers of lodging and I’ll be taking up that offer in July. If there are readers in NZ that would like to meet up, feel free to drop a comment, or use the contact form. I may even be persuaded to give a short talk while there as I did when I toured Australia on a speaking tour back in 2010 😉
Following that, I’m headed into the mountains of the Sierra Nevada for three weeks, and then I’m going to cap off my hiatus with a visit to southern Oregon to view the total solar eclipse in August. I think it will be a fitting ending for a much needed break – to see one of the most awesome natural wonders. I’ve never seem a total solar eclipse, but I have witnessed several partial solar eclipses, and one annular eclipse.
There are so many people that deserve my thanks, and I’m awed by the outpouring of support. On an ironic note, one person in particular deserves mention, and that’s Dr. Michael Mann. Had he not tweeted this…
…I probably would not have had the outpouring of support I had. I mean wow, 698 comments.
Charles the Moderator is organizing a new moderation team (thanks to all who volunteered) and there will be new guest authors publishing during my hiatus. I’d also like to thank Ric Werme, who rebuilt the WUWT sea ice page last weekend, which had been plagued by roadblocks thrown my way by wordpress.com and by some of the providers themselves.
When I return in late August, I’ll start overhaul on other elements of WUWT, so that it keeps going strong for another 10 years. I may pop in for an occasional update, or if something catches my eye, write about it.
My sincere thanks to all and best regards – Anthony
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Thanks Anthony for all you have done to keep many of us informed of the facts and data.
Enjoy your well earned time off, and thanks for the plan moving forward.
All the best.
Just donated a little more for your Frodo sabbatical. Have a blast!
Best wishes! I hope you get your blood pressure down to “normal operating range”.
I just found a couple of references about M.M. Under sociopath and psychopath. Actually it’s combined. Pretty good summary: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychopathy#Sociopathy
Enjoy your well deserved break Anthony.
Re the posts from Tomwys1 and MarkW, it certainly is fare well, and definitely not farewell. (The aged (later middle aged, I prefer) pedant writing). Enjoy NZ, try the hot pools at Waiwera. or Rotorua or both. Best Wishes from Oz.
Wow, indeed. Glad to hear you will get a break.
RE: total solar eclipse —
In 1970 (I think), we were in Atlanta for the summer, somewhat involved with Georgia State University. A biology class had a trip planned to the Okefenokee Swamp to record what various animals did as the sky went dark. One problem was that it was so hot a few animals of interest were not much out of the water — alligators & turtles. Still, it was a really fun thing to be involved with. [Being from Atlanta, a couple of the young ladies were “of color.” The fine folks of Waycross were impressed.]
You might try to find a natural area to be in when the sky goes dark and see what happens.
Cheers, John
Hi John, did you find Big Dave’s body in Miller’s Cave?
Just thought you might have taken a side trip from Waycross whilst you were there.
No thanks needed it’s us that owe you for all your efforts, you are a big cog in the engine of freedom.
Thank you again Anthony.
Mann will meet Karma some day and wipe than ugly smirk off his mendacious mind.
Absolutely detest that A-hole.
Perhaps Mann can explain how all those millions from fossil fuel people were not enough to give AW a vacation. He can work on that during his 3 mo/yr vacation from indoctrinating students.
It’s coming in the form of Mark Steyn but slowly so very slowly. I think MM is dimly aware of this hence the many delays.
Funny that Mann should be sneering at people asking for money. See the pages in the search listing at https://www.google.com/search?q=michael+mann+defense+fund
I hope that you have an enjoyable and relaxing, well deserved vacation, Anthony.
Don’t feel bad, even Climate Scientist need a vacation once a year, this time in Bonn Germany. Morocco last year was a little too close to the equator for their liking.
Well earned; I hope that we’ve all donated enough so that you can do all of this without financial stress.
Glad to see the vacation looks as though it will work out.
Anthony, thanks for all your hard work. You and the members of WUWT have given me a lot of insight into the debate and the science. I’ve been a doubter ever since the exposure of so many flawed weather stations 20+ years ago. Now I’m certain the scientific method has been lost in the politics.
A few pennies for the piggy jar coming your way.
Above all, HAVE FUN!
Mann’s “established science” means just that: “science” acceptable to the Establishment, which of course means more control, more taxes, more lame excuses over individuals who are put in second place and the collective is the premier entity, legally and socially.
Mikey thinks of himself as an elite when all he’s become is another Establishment Lackey.
Best wishes, Anthony, and Bon Voyage. We’ll all still be here when you get back 🙂
Have a great time, Anthony! And then come back and preside over the demise of AGW, which will hopefully happen in less than ten years (especially with the US pulled out of the Paris Accord, pretty much ending their redistribution scheme).
As to mikey mann: State Penn is still waiting for you!
From Penn State to state penn eeh. There is always hope.
He can join the guy who hired him … Grant Spanier
Mark from the Midwest,
I think you mean Graham Spanier, don’t you? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graham_Spanier
Hi Anthony, I have been a fan of your site for several years and check in at least a couple times a day. I guess that I fall into the “silent reader” type as this is my first ever comment. I want to wish you all the best on your time off, it is much deserved. Thank you for all that you do giving us hope that the scientific method is still alive and well in this world.
I am (until now) one of your many silent readers who are so grateful for all your hard work and that of your “support team”, contributers, everyone who makes WUWT the place to go to for hard facts and sensible discussion. Anyone who works as hard as you to try to bring science back to reality deserves an hiatus or two.
You are exposed, and all the better for it.
“… I probably would not have had the outpouring of support I had. I mean wow, 698 comments.”
I am afraid that I must disagree again.
That tweet by “Dr.” Mann did not add to your support nor to the people who support you thinking that “now is the time to help”. The regular people have always been supportive.
I again suggest that you always give your community the credit for being ready to help in the fight against the alarmists. There are disagreements as to what causes this and that — but there is unity against the left-wing alarmists.
One final thought: don’t ever reach the point where you think (as G. Bush the younger did) that “you are either with us or against us”. Even allies can have disagreements.
I chucked in an extra tenner on the basis of Mann’s tweet; I’d be surprised if I was the only one.
Have a great time on your well deserved and earned hiatus.
Oh my h*ll…Mickey Mouse (he’s certainly not a man of any kind) is SUCH a baby!!! Isn’t he suing Steyn for MONEY???? And isn’t he “defending” his case using other people’s money??? Good grief, an anvil of irony couldn’t get his attention.
Yay for vacations! Especially well deserved ones that last long enough to truly relax, breathe, refresh, and re-inspire. No one I can think of deserves such a thing more than you do.
We will miss you terribly, and I cannot imagine what a certain woman at a certain website that shall not be named is going to do with herself all summer with her primary obsession off the grid….*evil grin*
Stalking comes to mind. After all, he’s heading (roughly) for her neighborhood.
Oh good heavens! I forgot about that! Luckily, it’s legal to hunt Captain Cook Boar year round there, so maybe he’ll get in some successful hunting while he’s there and give the world a permanent hiatus from her feral rantings. 🙂
Anthony, you, your team and your website have done the world a great service, vastly outdistancing any Dr Mann or his comrades in crime will ever achieve. Enjoy you well deserved (unpaid) sabbatical. Come back stronger, ready to put the final nail in the AGW Hoax coffin! CO2 is a resultant, not a driver or control know!
Bill
No surprise that the Manns, generously paid by taxpayers, with many weeks of paid holydays, comfortable pension plans and first-class travel arrangements tailored for them, have no clue how demanding it is to do serious work without all this. And stay honest.
I was thinking this same thing when I read his tweet. Michael E Mann wouldn’t even last a day as a carnival barker as he has neither the charm, the people skills, or the physical stamina required.
At least the carnival barker has an honest job.
Anthony:
I wish upon you a healthy anti-Gore curse, May you have excellent weather wherever you go on your break.