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Son of return of how big is the nuclear weapons budget really?
Jeffrey Lewis, the Arms Control Wonk, has further great discussion of this intriguing (and relevant in New Mexico) question of how big the nuclear weapons budget is really: No one… Read more
Tumbleweed snowman returns
The AMAFCA tumbleweed snowman, blown away by Friday’s windstorm, is back, and this time he’s taking nothing for granted: The snowman, an annual tradition that greets I40 motorists near the… Read more
Life in the doughnut hole
Every few years, it’s important to journalistically revisit the explanation of Albuquerque’s “doughnut hole”, that maddening situation faced by snow fans like myself where it’s dumping all around us, but… Read more
How big is the nuclear weapons budget, really?
As we ponder the implications of cuts to the U.S. nuclear weapons budget, funder of our labs, the question of how big it really is and how we might assess… Read more
Quaggas may have reached El Vado, Navajo reservoirs
Invasive mussels may have arrived in El Vado and Navajo reservoirs in northern New Mexico. Lab samples collected in October show signs of either quagga or zebra mussels, according to… Read more
UPDATED: Fewer than 500 Albuquerque-area homes still without power, snow on the way
Update: PNM now has fewer than 500 customers without power after more than a thousand outages caused by yesterday’s windstorm, according to company spokeswoman Susan Sponar. “We estimate that the… Read more
Albuquerque’s biggest wind storm since 1987?
With sustained winds of 46 miles per hour and a peak gust of 56 already this afternoon (as of 2 p.m.) this is likely to go down as the windiest… Read more
Tumbleweed snowman gone
Update: Kevin Troutman at AMAFCA sent a picture of the snowman’s, umm, body parts, which I’m happy to report did not blow onto the freeway, but rather onto the dirt… Read more
Drought Forecast: More
Yes, we’re about to get a big storm on the day the monthly drought forecast comes out. But it looks more like a one-off than a change in the underlying… Read more
What the Court of Appeals did not consider in its decision on Water Utility rights
When the New Mexico Court of Appeals ruled Monday on the Albuquerque Bernalillo County Water Utility Authority’s water rights for its drinking water diversion, the headline was the uncertainty over… Read more
Coming storm could foul NM interstates
Our first Grade A winter storm of the season could make travel on New Mexico’s interstates dicey beginning Thursday but especially Friday evening into Saturday, according to the National Weather… Read more
The Odds of a Third Dry Year?
We’re barely into our second La Niña winter, but some experts are already beginning to think about what it might mean to have a third. The first brought serious drought… Read more
