TIL the Titanic wasn’t docked. I feel lied to by every Titanic movie and musical.

The USD is not losing its status as the world’s reserve currency anytime soon, especially not to China.

there are very tall trees thus very deep wells. loose snow collapses just like a poorly dug hole and the mass of water adds up. you falling in disturbs the tree and its well. the condition changes drastically swiftly and you are the least able to conform in a way that is helpful

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well done articulating the metrics by which you can establish baseline qualities. this is a place so easily overlooked.

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That's a perfect example, thank you.

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>Benzodiazepines don't depress respiratory function on their own,

I don't know where you're getting that. Benzos can cause respiratory depression on their own.

is it dick related?

Another fun one is to stick your face into the blast of the shower and breath through your mouth. Your body will fight you on that one too.

My autonomic nervous system doesn't function properly, and so I get feeling of "forgetting" to breathe. Like my body isn't automatically doing that for me anymore. Even mild depressants like alcohol or benadryl can trigger it. Is that the feeling you had but amplified?

Strong wind can bring down electrical poles and other infrastructure that can spark, or carry sparks from a bonfire or other man made fire. The main issue with winds and fire is preexisting fires being accelerated by wind. The wind fuels the fire with more oxygen, and spreads the fire allowing it to consume more fuel (vegetation) on the ground. It also makes the fire more unpredictable and difficult to control.

The strong winds themselves don't "cause" the wildfires - the fires still need an ignition source like lightening, etc to start

But strong winds create the ideal conditions for fires to both start and to spread

Firstly they will result in fuel (stuff that can burn) accumulating. It will blow leaves off trees, grass around, etc and often this will clump in particular places (e.g. around the bases of trees) and a big pile of flammable material is much more likely to catch fire and the fire will get intense quicker than if it is more spread out.

The wind also assists in drying out this fuel. The winds can carry away water vapor which results in stuff drying out quicker. And dry stuff burns better than wet stuff

Once the fire starts it also greatly helps in spreading the fire by blowing the flames in the direction of the wind giving them quicker and better access to more stuff that can burn.

More air also means oxygen going into a fire which allows the fire to burn more intensely (ever blown on a camp fire to help it get going?)

The strong winds will also pick up stuff that is still hot/burning from the main fire front and blow it to new areas and if these bits happen to land on something else that is flammable it can cause a new fire to start.

You can't dig because it's hard packed snow / ice that's been there for months. You also can't really move your arms because you are stuck upside down in a small area next to the tree.

Are Fibonacci numbers different than the golden ratio? Cuz to me with no discerning eye, I find it convincing enough when they show that curve on like acorns and stuff

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Ahem could you possibly point me in the direction of an analogue or two, for research purposes of course?

What you’re describing is another sort of reconciliation/balancing.

Also, I’ll refer to these links in support of what I said above…..

Cambridge Dictionary

IFP

I know people who tend to anger more frequently and quicker when on prednisone. For a while I was taking keppra for seizures and had a similar effect, really sucked as I’m so not that type of person.

Nice, you figured it out :-)