Exactly. The weather is not a stationary time series. The moments of the
probability distribution are not time invariant.
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From: NANOG <nanog-bounces+rod.beck=unitedcablecompany....@nanog.org> on behalf
of Rich Kulawiec <r...@gsp.org>
Sent: Monday, February 22, 2021 6:18 PM
To: nanog@nanog.org <nanog@nanog.org>
Subject: Re: Texas internet connectivity declining due to blackouts
On Tue, Feb 16, 2021 at 12:23:22PM +0000, Bret Clark wrote:
> Texas doesn't generally experience this type of extreme cold.
That was then; this is now.
As scientist Jeff Masters put it most of a decade ago:
The atmosphere I grew up with no longer exists. My new motto
with regards to the weather is, "expect the unprecedented."
In the years since he's said that we've seen a number of unprecedented
events: Sandy, Harvey, California wildfires, last year's midwest derecho,
and so on. This event in Texas is just another one; there will be more;
they'll get worse.
We should probably get ready for that.
---rsk
