Power To The People

I got it back last night.  I wrote the Town Supervisor and the Governor. 

But the LIRR trains are still a mess.  Wednesday, I had a three-hour commute.  My train was short two cars and packed.

Gasoline

People were lining up with their gas cans this morning, just to get a couple of gallons.

Storm Damage

See this tree.  I was so tired I looked out of my window last night and thought, boy that bush grew alot.

Magoun Road Flooding

Watch "Flooding At Magoun Road" on YouTube
Goodbye poor little apple tree.

Video of Sandy

Here's a video of my backyard before noon when Sandy is approaching.  I'll upload another when she hits.

Sandy Spoils Halloween

We shall see if the Taco will get his treats.

An Engineer's Guide To The Galaxy

The other day, I was wondering about escape velocities from earth.  I decided to poke around on the Internet, as I was sure somebody had gone before me.  After reading a few articles, I stumbled across this insightful article.  Interesting, I thought that it seems like a black hole must have an extremely dense amount of matter, something on the order of 2E19 kg/m^3. 

After noodling around about the density of neutron stars, or pulsars, I took it to the other extreme and wondered whether the density of a black hole was more or less than a proton?  That is when I found this article, and shockingly learned that the density of a proton is about the same as that required to form a black hole, 4E19 kg/m^3.

So, I hypothesize that a black hole must be nothing but a bunch of mushed together protons (or neutrons).

Next I wonder about whether the gravitational force attracting together protons and neutrons in an alpha particle is great enough when they are touching to overcome the repulsive Coulomb force of the protons? 

Stay tuned.

Wipeout

After nine long and arduous years, the partner that followed over to the firm with which I am associated has left. This on the heels of several other major partner departures. And he's leaving me behind. Better yet, no law firm wants to hire me because I'm too senior (in more ways than one). They don't value experience, because the sweet spot that gives them the most financial leverage is the mid-level associate. So it looks like I will be cast out to the rubbish heap soon.