El Nino is the strongest climate signal in the ocean and atmosphere systems. It is a non-cyclic recurrent event that dramatically changes the weather patterns around the globe, producing floods and in parts of the world and droughts in other parts. El Nino has happened for centuries. Today scientists have very sophisticated tools to monitor and predict El Nino months in advance. When the warm Pacific waters flow from East to West, major rains are in the Indian Ocean and droughts in Peru to Northern California. Scientists can forecast when the warm Pacific wasters reverse and flow East and cause droughts in the Western Pacific and floods in California.

Geoff Arnold is Frederick Keys (A+ Minor League Base Ball Team) Broadcasting and Public Relations Manager, since February 11, 2014. In this role, Arnold works as one of the teams broadcasters ( along with Doug Raftery) and serves as the primary liaison to the media. Arnold umpired in college and went to Pro Umpire School. He umpired one year in Minor League Rookie Base Ball and one year at Keys before taking the Broadcast Management job. Rookie B. B. is High School + B.B. with a short season of 60 to 70 Summer games. Minor A, A+, AA, and AAA teams play 140 games a year and are affiliated farm teams for the Major League teams. Keys has a staff of 18 and are in the Carolina/North League. One of the Keys promotions is the COWBOY MONKEY RODEO where monkeys ride dogs chasing sheep.

In response to a magnitude 7.3 earthquake that shook parts of Nepal Tuesday, May 14, collapsing buildings and killing at least 79, Barry Thompson talked about 2 temporary disaster housing (tents) that can shelter 8 to 10 people for up to one year: SHELTER BOX USA and Rotary affiliated DISASTER AID USA. The first disaster housing approach was SHELTER BOX USA which provided a tent plus sup-plies that come in a box and costs $1000. Within Rotary District 7620 and alternate, DISASTER AID USA, was developed that offered an improved tent with two partitions plus pots and pans etc. for $750. A SKY HYDRANT water filter was added that can filter muddy water into drinkable water in 3 hours