Well, I managed to time my last COVID update so that it was published the day South Africa announced it had discovered the heavily mutated omicron variant. Does omicron change anything from that update? A little bit, sure. However, those end-of-the-world omicron outlooks you see online and in the media […]
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Rue Canusa, or Canusa Street as it’s known in English, is both a modern oddity and an homage to simpler, more unified times along the US-Canada border. Named for the two countries it separates, it’s one of the only places in the world where you can drive down the street […]
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In August, 2019, I made my final border crossing on an incredible road trip across Mexico, the United States, and Canada. Crossing from Stanstead, Québec to Derby Line, Vermont went so quickly and smoothly it was nothing more than an afterthought. My focus was on making it to the Haskell […]
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One of my favorite aspects of traveling, adventuring, and exploring is finding new things in unexpected places, especially in other countries. In fact, I find that you most often encounter this phenomenon when you least expect it. My recent cross-country road trip at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic is […]
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Well, there’s finally a glimmer of hope in the United States’ fight against COVID-19. We’ve finally hit a peak, and new case loads are finally starting to drop. I know what you’re wondering. Is it the peak of this awful winter wave of COVID-19? The short answer is that it’s […]
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Well, it looks like dire warnings that medical experts have been issuing for months are starting to become reality across parts of the US and Canada. Preliminary data and coronavirus model output are confirming that cooler weather is driving people indoors. As a result, cases are rising in many states […]
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It was all over the news yesterday: a key coronavirus model’s projected COVID-19 death counts by early August nearly doubled overnight after seeing a just-as-rapid decline in projected deaths about three weeks ago. What’s with that? A lot of people on TV seem to want to point the finger at […]
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Below you will find the latest state and provincial projections from the 15 April model run of my COVID-19 model for the US and Canada. I have included states and provinces that are in “hot” areas in both countries, as well as places where I have friends, family, and other […]
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Here is a full look at the outputs from our revised SIR model. I have included plots from hot spots in both the US and Canada as well as cities where I have friends, family, and loved ones. I can run these simulations for just about any city in the […]
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Wow, I can’t believe this trip is already coming to an end. The final stop of the trip is another very unique place: the Haskell Free Library and Opera House. The library was intentionally built with the US-Canada border running right through the middle of it. The opera house on […]
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Whenever someone mentions “The Border” in the United States, it is almost natural to immediately think of the country’s southern border with Mexico. Instead, today we are going to take a step back in time and visit Rue Canusa. It’s one of the most unique places on not just the […]
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Bonjour et Bienvenue au Québec! We are making our way to the final few stops on this epic road trip. I thought I’d share a few short stories (histoires) from the road as we head from Toronto to Montréal, Magog, and back to the USA. It’s great to re-immerse myself […]
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