Sea Surface Temperature

Somehow, satellites can see the temperature of the sea. This is the most current image from NOAA of the Atlantic Ocean. 

As you can see, the water is quite warm, hurricanes like that.


It looks cool but doesn't reveal the El Nino, the Mid-Pacific one does and it is abnormally warm (a literal El Nino situation). 


El Nino inhibits Atlantic hurricane development. The most recent forecast discussion still talks about a layer of Saharan dust in the atmosphere which creates fair weather in the West Indies and the Caribbean Sea. The dust inhibits thunderstorm convection, can't form with dust in the way. This has been the case for over a month now. I do not know what is going on in west Africa to cause this but imagine the amount of dust from the Sahara Desert. 


It is good no hurricanes are able to form but that means no hurricane images to post. There exists a tropical wave at about 24.1 North in the mid-Atlantic, could develop as it moves west over the next 2 weeks. We shall see. 

Sombrero Galaxy

This is Messier 104, or the Sombrero Galaxy as seen through the Hubble Space Telescope. It is kinda far away at 28 million light-years. You can find it in the galaxy-strewn Virgo constellation.


It's funny how shapes in nature look like things. 

This is caused by the dust ring around the perphery of a what looks like a spiral galaxy.

I don't really know if things like this are by chance or some natural law creates symmetrical shapes. Galaxies are a good example of this. They come in all shapes and sizes. There are more than you can count in the Universe. 


What is the chance that in any of all those galaxies, that an earth-like planet exists? Even by the simple law of averages, that may be the case. I believe so. Whether there is life there or anything like us, I can't say.


Then again, if there is anything like us, do you really want to meet them?

Picture of Me

This is me, taken last night after my shower. I took this to show that I badly need a hair cut. I try to smile but I don't always feel like smiling. 


As I get older, I am becoming less cute. I don't like this at all.


I just thought that you might like to see what I look like. I'm not so bad looking. 

No Care for Guys

I am male as you probably have noticed. This has been apparent since before I was born. I was gestating 37 years ago in this moment.

However, the time after proved to be triply hard to deal with. 

1. I was the only male grandchild until I was 12. Expectation.

2. I have a voracious sex drive, managed with self-pleasure.

3. I have a condition that seems to affect females more. 

That condition is the debilitating effects of my Anxiety Disorder. I talk about agoraphobia a lot. That's tough enough on its on. What other effects has it caused?

It has stress damaged my prostate gland. It ALWAYS hurts me to pee, especially if I am properly hydrated, I have to pee at least 10 times a day. 

My heart, I worry about it. When I have a panic attack, it seems to go into overdrive and pound pound pound. Sometimes it seems to skip a beat. If it did, would I be dead? I worry about this as I get older. 

That's right, I am scared of getting older. When I don't shave, the facial hair I have is mostly gray now. My hair isn't but when will that happen? 

I have noticed in my life that if you have a problem and you are male, you don't seem to get as much attention. Males are supposed to be tough. I am not that tough, I mean, how weak is it when I cannot go outside?

I hate not being able to express my feelings. I cannot without seeming like I am whining. I don't whine. 

I hate competing with anyone. Why should everything be a competition? Maybe this is why I never played any sports other than tennis. 

I wonder if I could still play tennis. It has been a long time since I did. 

Then there is the matter of being lonely. I do not want a sex friend. Those come easy, I want a female companion. Someone at least a little like me. However, if they were anything like me, how would I meet them?

No, I don't like being a hairy beast. I shave my body hair yes. It always grows back so if an intimate companion liked that sort of thing, it could be easily reversed by not shaving. 

I don't like the fact that I can't wear purple without seeming to be funny that way. I am not funny that way, purple for me is the color of my emotional pain. I wear it when I am sad.

I am a guy, I am not supposed to have emotional pain.

Why have a penis if I don't use it for its intended purpose, yet cutting it off would cause fatal bleeding. No, I will keep it and maybe when I am older, yes,  cutely older, I would be lucky. I am unattached and have no children. 

I don't have expectations like that. Every day, I wake up feeling uncomfortable, checking to see if I can move. I flex my hands and feet. Then put on my glasses. I have moderate myopia. I cannot see without my glasses.  It is unwise to wear them when sleeping. They could get broken that way and that is a major disaster, the breaking of something vital like eyeglasses. 

I wish I could just alter like in the Culture stories of Iain M Banks. That is not possible now, but I hope not always. I can't be the only one who feels this way. 

Hurricane Fabio

This is Hurricane Fabio, churning away in the Pacific not far from North America. As like the now ragged remnants of Hurricane Emilia, it does not pose a threat to land. 


I like this picture, it is like a swirl painting but that's just clouds.

It is heading north and will pass into colder water, which will kill a hurricane. 

Hurricane Emilia

I haven't had any hurricanes to talk about. The Saharan dust and general ENSO-Neutral/El Nino climate affectations seem to be inhibiting Atlantic hurricane development.

This one is a beautiful hurricane we don't have to worry about. It is in the Pacific, far from land, heading west. It is not considered a threat.

As I write this, it is a Category 4 storm. If it should hit land, which it won't, it would be a horrible disaster. Luckily, it won't hit any land.

This picture is from the NOAA GOES-West satellite. There are a lot of wavelengths to choose from but I like this one that reveals a hurricane's deadly beauty.

The weather has always fascinated me. It always will.