Hope you are in a Tesla if you get stuck in a traffic standstill for hours

Drivers wait for the traffic to be cleared as cars and trucks are stranded on sections of Interstate 95 Tuesday Jan. 4, 2022, in Carmel Church, Va. Close to 48 miles of the Interstate was closed due to ice and snow. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

A winter storm this weekend is stretching from Arkansas through Tennessee into the Carolinas and moving in Virginia. The long holiday weekend of this latest storm is an appropriate time to recap responses to the claim made about how electric vehicles would have fared during the Virginia snowstorm earlier this month. A storm that went… Continue reading Hope you are in a Tesla if you get stuck in a traffic standstill for hours

My top YouTube videos of 2021

My top YouTube video in 2021 was "Dowsing for Graves."

Here are my top YouTube videos based on views in 2021. The No. 1 video had more than four times the views of the next one. Dowsing for Graves (shot in 2014) A hawk in our backyard Winston and Charlie slideshow from the Mountain House Doorbell camera captures yard interloper Hasbrouck House Hotel in Stone… Continue reading My top YouTube videos of 2021

The reason why media (and news) job cuts are the lowest in years

Challenger Gray & Christmas graphic via Axios.

Media and news job cuts this year are expected to hit the lowest level since at least 2008, according to data from Challenger Gray & Christmas reported by the Axios Media Trends newsletter. That sounds encouraging — maybe it actually is – but the reason for the lower number of job losses seems to be… Continue reading The reason why media (and news) job cuts are the lowest in years