Snoqualmie Casino wouldn't take my bet on lowland cold and snow this month. They would let me bet on the NFL playoff games next weekend but not the weather. WTF?

I’m talking about diversity of species, not numbers of individuals. The idea is that a catastrophic event kills off many entire species, leaving room for the surviving ones to diversify into the evolutionary niches that were filled by the extinct species.

ah--haven't been paying attention to the near-term weather much

It's almost time for ..... Colder Runs Ahead (c)2016? Almost. Night Shift 6z GFS in 2 hours 20 minutes

I just mean how we seem to multiply when extinction events don't happen. We seem to have more control of ourselves than all the animalistic tendencies that history shows us are true.