I'm forging through Monmonier's Air Apparent. The way in which Monmonier begins the book is very captivating. His exposition on the shipwreck of the 320 foot long Portland thematically raises pertinent issues towards his thesis. Monmonier argues that tracing a storm is highly dependent upon an individuals understanding of geography. He clarifies this with a quote by meteorologist George Bliss " . . . in order to excel in [atmospheric physics] one must possess a special faculty for intuitively and quickly weighing the forces indicated on the weather map and calculating the resultant" (10).
More to come. Just working the aesthetics of the blog site. Still a newb.
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Nice job, sir ... and you have the idea; take a bit of time when you're reading something, and also on-line, to get some thoughts down. And as you get to something more interesting, or reach a point where you've got some conclusions, get those down before they leave your mind. And (it takes a bit of figuring out), you can also block-quote sections, if you want to include something that you then comment on. The aesthetics are tricky, but if you decide you like this exercise (once it's not "required" of you), you may even decide to keep it up! // PFS
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