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=====How tariffs supercharge home construction costs.===== | |||
[https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/12/26/2293813/-How-tariffs-supercharge-home-construction-costs?pm_campaign=front_page&pm_source=trending&pm_medium=web by Greg from Vermont 12/25/24 DailyKos] | [https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/12/26/2293813/-How-tariffs-supercharge-home-construction-costs?pm_campaign=front_page&pm_source=trending&pm_medium=web by Greg from Vermont 12/25/24 DailyKos] | ||
Canadian softwood lumber and plywood products are used widely across the country and dominate the New England market. The framing materials can be 30 to 50 percent of the cost of the house. The proposed tariff of 25 percent will be added directly to the cost of those elements. 1 | Canadian softwood lumber and plywood products are used widely across the country and dominate the New England market. The framing materials can be 30 to 50 percent of the cost of the house. The proposed tariff of 25 percent will be added directly to the cost of those elements. 1 | ||
=====Watch Out: Tornado Alley Is Migrating Eastward===== | |||
[https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/watch-out-tornado-alley-is-migrating-eastward/ by By Mark Fischetti, Matthew Twombly & Daniel P. Huffman 5/11/23 Scientific American] | [https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/watch-out-tornado-alley-is-migrating-eastward/ by By Mark Fischetti, Matthew Twombly & Daniel P. Huffman 5/11/23 Scientific American] | ||
Although tornadoes touch down in many places across the eastern half of the country, from the 1950s through the 1990s they struck most often in Tornado Alley, an oval area centered on northeastern Texas and south-central Oklahoma. More recently, that focus has shifted eastward by 400 to 500 miles. In the past decade or so tornadoes have become prevalent in eastern Missouri and Arkansas, western Tennessee and Kentucky, and northern Mississippi and Alabama—a new region of concentrated storms.1 | Although tornadoes touch down in many places across the eastern half of the country, from the 1950s through the 1990s they struck most often in Tornado Alley, an oval area centered on northeastern Texas and south-central Oklahoma. More recently, that focus has shifted eastward by 400 to 500 miles. In the past decade or so tornadoes have become prevalent in eastern Missouri and Arkansas, western Tennessee and Kentucky, and northern Mississippi and Alabama—a new region of concentrated storms.1 | ||
=====Students Solved Gerrymandering For A Science Project.===== | |||
[https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2023/9/6/2191782/-Students-Solved-Gerrymandering-For-A-Science-Project-The-Court-Should-Use-Their-Method-In-Alabama by shaggydaahoud 9/06/23] | [https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2023/9/6/2191782/-Students-Solved-Gerrymandering-For-A-Science-Project-The-Court-Should-Use-Their-Method-In-Alabama by shaggydaahoud 9/06/23] | ||
Back in 2020, three middle school students from Eastern New York solved the issue of gerrymandering, and their team leader won a $10,000 STEM prize for it. Kai Vernooy, James Lian, and Arin Khare devised a method for determining the level of gerrymandering in a state, and then applied a mathematical algorithm to draw fair and balanced districts. Coincidentally, in this 2020 article from Forbes about their project, Alabama was used as an example.1 | Back in 2020, three middle school students from Eastern New York solved the issue of gerrymandering, and their team leader won a $10,000 STEM prize for it. Kai Vernooy, James Lian, and Arin Khare devised a method for determining the level of gerrymandering in a state, and then applied a mathematical algorithm to draw fair and balanced districts. Coincidentally, in this 2020 article from Forbes about their project, Alabama was used as an example.1 | ||
