Jim Wheeler
BS, USNA, Annapolis, 1959; MSA, The Geo. Washington U., 1975; Submariner, Commander, USN, 1959 - 1981; Aerospace battery engineer & mgr., 1981 - 1999; Political affiliation: Mainly of the Democratic persuasion but not a fan of the extremes on either side.
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Monthly Archives: February 2013
A Close Winter Call
The weather here in southwest Missouri is nothing if not unpredictable. We are at a juncture where the jet stream generally dives down from northwest to southeast. Sometimes it’s above Joplin and sometimes south, so it really keeps us hopping. … Continue reading
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Tagged Denver, Ice storm, Jet stream, Kansas, Missouri, National Weather Service, Power outage, Winter storm
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The Chargemaster
One of the several magazines I subscribe to is Time. It’s skinnier than it used to be and it doesn’t provide as extensive a coverage of the nation’s culture as it used to aspire doing, but it does produce writing … Continue reading
Checklists
According to an article in the Journal of the American Medical Association, medical errors in what is supposedly the best healthcare system in the world kill about 250,000 people a year, making them the sixth leading cause of death in … Continue reading
Still Skeptical After All These Years 