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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Thank you Anthony, this site has been prominently discussed in our home/social circles for last 8 yrs – no doubt you’ll be missed but taking care of yourself is most important. We’ll await your return and hopefully some interesting posts and pictures from your many destinations. Take care Anthony.
~ldd
Enjoy NZ Anthony, but take thermal undies, it’s the middle of winter and there is nothing between Antarctica and NZ when a southerly blows. So much to see, so little time. IMO, you have chosen a great time to visit NZ.
Kia ora Anthony.
I would love to see the response if Mann said he wanted some support!!!
I doubt he would get many invitations but probably plenty of ‘advice’.
Anthony asks for something, his readers voluntarily respond.
Mann wants money, he uses sleazy science to wheedle grants from a biased bureaucracy funded through the IRS. It would truly be interesting to see how many (if any) would fund him voluntarily.
Safe travels sir.
Wishing you an enjoyable, relaxing, exciting, and restful time in all of your travels.
You have done so much to bring attention to what is doubtlessly the most important issue of our time.
To say thank you for all of your efforts and attention seems so entirely inadequate but…Thank You!
I know I speak for a great many people when I express heartfelt gratitude for all that you do and have done.
Stay safe, and Bon Voyage!
Anthony,
If you happen to get across the Tasman, I’d be please to travel the 160 Kms. to Melbourne just to buy you a beer.
Also, while in NZ, check out flights to the Cook Islands. Aitutaki is as nice a place as there is!
Have a great trip,
Pat
Dr. Mann’s the one cleared by the same team of moral geniuses who cleared Sandusky.
He’s also the cheerleader of the group who told the world they had invented an entirely new form of math, climate math, and it turned out to not just be a hockey stick generator – but a clunky one with loads of extra lines of code: examiners determining nearly universally that – their being there, was in order to hide the fact the program was nothing more than a short, simple hockey stick generator.
The other arm of ”climate statistics” and ”climate math” turned out to be NASA’s Dr. Hansen claiming if he had a nitrogen cooled computer he could calculate the temperature of compressible phase matter using the law for incompressible phase matter. Of course that yields a 33 degree shortfall in the calculated temperature.
Dr Hansen’s name for this? The green house effect.
It was also Dr. Mann who told the Senate it was hard to get the equipment to the trees to take core samples, when in fact they’re taken by people of all ages, seniors and youths alike, using a coring drill bit and handle, that weighs about a half pound.
Steve McIntyre posed a challenge – the Starbucks Hypothesis: could a climate scientist have a Starbucks in the morning, collect tree rings through the day and still be home for dinner?”
And then tested it with his own body and several others.
https://climateaudit.org/2007/10/12/a-little-secret/
Anthony, may I suggest one entire week being unwired…no phone, internet, TV, newspapers, etc. A friend of mine accidentally dropped his work cell phone in the ocean during a day fishing trip while on vacation and he said it was the best thing that ever happened.
Enjoy your long overdue and much deserved vacation!
Cheers!
Stacey
Thanks for all you do and have done. Enjoy your time off!
Anthony ! Australia is just a quick flight away from NZ. While you’re in NZ, come over and visit us here in Melbourne for a weekend.
Thanks for your hard work and incredible dedication and contributions to a very worthy cause. Have a great trip! +$10
Enjoy the well deserved break Anthony. This is such a great blog. I’ve learnt so much from it.
Once you hit NZ, everyone will warn against travelling to Palmerston North-the city with most of nothing – however – its best kept secret is a nice little organic dairy farm on the outskirts of the city that you’d be welcome to visit and chew the fat.
I did not write the above, but the farm in question is operated by farmerbraun, a sometime commenter here,and is a good example of the wholistic resource management that was discussed in the Alan Savory thread here on sustainable agriculture.
A good place to do a stopover at Anthony, and you’re welcome to use our facilities.
regards
farmerbraun
One further thought Anthony. I own a ski chalet in Ohakune. You are welcome to use it, gratis, if the dates line up. Email me if it might work for you,
farmerbraun
Have a wonderful time Anthony!
Make sure you have a new camera and portable computer-communication devices.
Only do what you want, really want, to do!
Just in case, bring along any presentations you’ve been working. Just in case you run into a need for showing the presentation or interest in understanding your passions.
Don’t marry the first lady that you get smitten with!
We’ll see you in September!
Have fun. Life is too short. Next: move out of the land of fruits and nuts.
Long time reader and poster. Stopped checking here regularly when politics took over from science.
All the best, Anthony. Enjoy NZ, it’s great here.
Well earned, sir, very well earned.
Anthony, when you get to NZ, and if you come down the West Coast of the South Island, there is probably a night of free accomodation in Greymouth if you need it. Let me know by email and I will block out a night for you.
RobR,
Is the jade carving museum still there in Greymouth?
I absolutely love NZ. Enjoy. The Sierra Nevada’s in August may be one of the most beautiful areas of the States. There are a couple of lakes above Donner Pass (near Truckee as I remember) that have landlocked salmon (I think they are called Kokanee). The lakes are almost crystal clear, you can see the fish at the bottom of the lake. My Dad (passed away 2 years ago @ur momisugly 89) took me up there when I was 10 in 1959 for a week of camping just with him. One of my fondest memories of my wasted youth.
Take care Anthony, enjoy the time out.
Above all, be safe……….
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_terrorist_incidents_in_2017
The total eclipse in Oregon August 21, 2017 – details:
https://www.greatamericaneclipse.com/oregon/
Check the weather, as I drove 300 miles to Perry, Fl on March 7 1970 to view a total eclipse, but it was cloudy with rain at the time so it was less than spectacular at the time. Make sure you check the weather – for clouds especially.
It looks like the total eclipse in OR will be about the same amount of time as the Kentucky Derby – a little over 2 minutes (except for Secretariat).
So make the most of it for those 2 minutes – you who are able to go there. And of course, protect your eyes, as looking directly at the sun can cause permanent damage, even with “sun glasses”…but most people on WUWT know that…
First time commenter here, long time daily WUWT reader. Good choice on New Zealand! I lived there for 11 years and brought a Kiwi bride back to California with me. July weather in NZ is hit or miss – I’d recommend a stopover in Rarotonga or Fiji. If you really want to get away, I have a cabin on an island in BC, Canada that is boat and seaplane access only. The summer weather is awesome and the Chinook and Coho fishing is what brings us back every year.
On the radio I heard mention to a story that someone on WUWT may want to pick up. http://www.scpr.org/news/2017/06/21/73121/la-just-got-a-320-000-grant-to-prevent-deaths-from/
I’d like to volunteer. Your recent appeal for help has made me think about how important WUWT is to me and a large number of regular readers out there. I’m something of an autodidact and had experience with writing, editing, graphic design and publishing. So give me a task big or small and I’ll come through for you and WUWT. Off to look for the donate button.
First example of CAGW? How will this generation’s fecundity be affected?
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2017/06/22/its-so-hot-in-england-schoolboys-are-wearing-skirts/
If those wooses lived in Arizona, they’d have to go naked.
I like to think that this is one isolated example of what makes the English such a great race of men.
You can’t come to NZ without visiting the untamed natural wilderness of the West Coast of the South Island. There’s plenty of action adventure, stunning scenery, brown trout that die of old age, or just sit back and relax in an old world pub. I have plenty of accommodation at my home in Greymouth and you would be most welcome to stay as my guest for as long as you like.
Anthony (Watts),
If you make it to the West Coast of the SI, stop off at the Fox Glacier. Incidentally, besides finding driving on the ‘wrong side of the road’ challenging, I had a rental car that didn’t have enough power to make it up over the pass going east to Christchurch and had to turn around and take another run at it at higher speed! While less convenient than driving oneself, taking public transportation has the advantage of opportunities to meet and talk with the locals.
Another beautiful winters day on The Coast. Conditions CAVU. I can hear the big surf breaking on the deserted beach near my house and can clearly see the line of the snow capped Southern Alps extending into the distance with Aorangi Mt Cook clearly visible at 147 Km away. The bush clad hills are looking particularly clean and green in recent years for some strange reason. I think a casual drive up to the nearby Lake Kaniere for lunch could be on the agenda today. I haven’t seen or heard about a burglar or a bandit in recent memory so I expect it to be a safe and secure day in a pristine location that is, without doubt one of the most beautiful areas of the world to live in.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=zTFNWyJ5p0Y
Your presence here in Godzone Country will offset that of one Neil dG-T who is doing a short speaking tour of EnZed in July according to some advertising I saw on telly last night. I can also vouch for the comment by Anthony Farrell above. The West Coast, so called because the west coast of the North Island where I live is not THE West Coast, is at its best in the winter. With the back-drop of the Southern Alps to the east & south, the Coast is my favourite holiday destination. I hope that you are able to make it there next month and enjoy some relaxation because you have well earned it!
Anthony,
Take care of yourself.
That’s the best you can do for WUWT and what you’ve made it to be.
No need to be a martyr.
Your blog is the ONE blog I read on a daily basis. I’ve learned a tremendous amount from you, your guests, and commenters. Enjoy a well-deserved vacation. I selfishly hope you never retire.