5th May: Storm Brendan Revisited
In my “Tidal Surge Forecasts” post (originally prepared for the NCI Calshot “Blog”) I used the tide heights observed during storm Brendan to illustrate that...
Category: May-July: “Lock-Down Continues”
At the start of May the coronavirus still had us in lock-down. The number of new cases and sadly the number of new deaths was not decreasing to the degree I would like to see before they think of amending some to the control measures. However by mid June through July the lockdown was being eased even though the infection rate has never been properly reduced to a low level.
6th to 9th May: Spray Hood & new Anemometer
On Wednesday 6th it was looking like rain in the morning but then the high pressure system started to re-established itself. With the sky still...
18th May: another virus update
Frustrated with the incredibly poor way journalists were presenting information on the covid-19 outbreak I presented my own analysis on 6th April which used the...
18 -26th May: Venturing outside!
With Covid-19 cases decreasing in the UK, and having wilted in enthusiasm for tasks on Seatern, I decided to look at the world beyond the...
30th May: Virus assessment (1)
It’s Saturday. During the last week it emerged that, during the lockdown regulations, Dominic Cummings, the Prime Minister’s chief advisor, drove 200 miles with his...
31st May: Virus assessment (2)
Has the “curve flattened”? Figure 1 shows the cumulative reported case numbers (per 100k of population) for the “worst” performing countries from the JHU site....
End May to mid-June: Riverside Park
More early morning walks in Riverside Park: On Friday, 29th May… signs that the lockdown is loosing authority with remains of a large barbecue party just...
16th June: 2m or 1m to stay safe?
On Sunday I ventured out to Lepe Country Park to act as safety “buddy” for the duty watchkeeper. Under Coronavirus regulations a “social distancing” of...
July 1st: Life goes on!
On Tuesday 23rd June the Prime Minister announced that, from Saturday 4th July, the “Social Distancing” rules would be relaxed allowing pubs and restaurants to...
5th July 2020: Death of a Yacht
Sometime, probably in summer 2017, I saw the young Frenchman who was renting the house adjoining mine paddling the hull of a yacht back towards...