30 January 2012

30-01-12

Daily Gloom - Climate-driven heat peaks may shrink wheat crops. Projections show increased temperatures will reduce yields by 20% due to a shortened growing cycle and worse, wheat rust (a fungal disease) decimate up to 40% of harvests in North Africa, Middle East and Central Asia where higher temperatures and variability of rainfall has occurred.


It is kind of sad to see some of my year end letters return due to relocated friends and extended family. I have no idea where they live now and haven't had time to keep tabs.


Between two standards meetings SA2 88e/Elbonia and SA2 89/Vancouver we had only 2 and a half weeks. I can only blame myself I guess.


Unfortunately the 88e wiki didn't work out. No one used it.