Essays & Other Articles
This section archives articles and essays on topics that don’t quite fit into the other categories on energy. They include articles on high-mileage vehicles, chain-reaction accidents, our neighbors, Tule fog, and . . . well . . . other subjects.
Covid-19: Back with a Vengeance–National Guard Called in
By
Paul Gipe
It’s bad here. How bad is it? California’s National Guard was called in to help area hospitals handle the flood of Covid-19 patients, reports the Bakersfield Californian.
The Other Pandemic Hitting the Valley–Parkinson’s Disease
By
Paul Gipe
While Covid-19 cases are exploding in Kern County, there’s another health crisis stealthily stalking us: Parkinson’s disease.
Kern County, Indiana, and Pennsylvania Covid-19 Update
By
Paul Gipe
I live in Kern County, California and I have family that lives in Madison County, Indiana and Dauphin and Lancaster Counties in Pennsylvania.
Covid-19 in Full Flower in Kern County and in the USA
By
Paul Gipe
Three months of a disease with an exponential growth rate is a lifetime. My oh my how things have changed. Today the front-page news in the Bakersfield Californian is that one of the two hospital systems here has again stopped elective surgeries. The other will likely do the same shortly.
Kern County California and Madison County Indiana Covid-19 Update
By
Paul Gipe
I live in Kern County, California. I was raised in Madison County, Indiana and still have family there. As the Coronavirus sweeps across the continent, my concern focuses on these two quite different counties.
It’s Here: Covid-19 Reaches Kern County
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Confirmed cases in Kern County, population 900,000, reached 100 last week. Today, Monday, we reached 230 with two deaths.
