Dear Gerta,
So nice to hear from you! I just read your wonderful story about the Forno Hut.
Good to hear you are keeping busy, I can not imagine how difficult it must be,
especially with this pandemic still raging and keeping social life more
difficult. But I'm happy you got to Switzerland and congratulations on your honorary doctorate!
I recently saw a very interesting article about your work in Sky and Telescope
magazine. You are making an "impact"! It seems that the overwhelming
evidence of the importance of the Deccan eruptions can not be denied now ...but as you say, it's difficult for some to admit they may have been off the mark. I hope your success continues in this area.
You may know that there was "The Andy Majda Memorial Session on Tropical
Convection and Waves" held last week at the AMS annual meeting, which was
unfortunately all virtual, but still a great success. Boualem gave a nice introduction, and several of us gave talks about topics of interest to Andy. The
session was recorded, and you may be able to access it here:
https://ams.confex.com/ams/102ANNUAL/meetingapp.cgi/Session/59480but it seems that you have to have registered for the meeting to see the
recording. Perhaps Boualem already let you know about this...it should be
accessible to all at some point. If it is now please let me know and I will post
a link on Andy's memorial website. But if you can't see the recording let me
know and I will try and get access for you right away (I may be able to
download it). Most of the talks have some personal recollections of Andy in
between the science discussed...
Gerta, Mary and I hope to see you again sometime. Please let us know if you
are ever coming through Colorado again, we would love to host you here in
Boulder for a visit. Or perhaps I will see you at AGU again sometime?
take care and please stay in touch
Best,
George
George Kiladis