Friday, November 1, 2019

Parents: DO NOT Allow Your Children To Become Risk Managers

We've said it before (July 17, 2019, 6:35 am PDT):
* Mamma's Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Risk Managers  
It could permanently twist their view of the world.

And: "1 in 5 IT security professionals fear their connected toilets will be hacked"

So, with that warning, here are the headlines at AgroInsurance:
  • China - Drought affects crops
  • Quarter of world's pigs could die in African swine fever outbreak
  • Canada - Manitoba harvest struggles after snow
  • USA - Early snowfall puts harvest on hold
  • India - Gujarat govt to assess crop damage caused by Kyarr in 18 districts
  • Australia - Anthrax reported in New South Wales
  • Ethiopia - Desert locusts threaten agricultural production
  • USA - Hemp farmers lose thousands of dollars of their crop after fire near Quarryville
  • India - Rains cause huge damage to cotton, horticulture crops
  • USA - Colorado expecting weed shortages after massive crop losses
  • Italy - Heavy storms hit south-east Sicily 
  • Spain - Citrus harvest in Cordoba expected to fall by 8 to 15% 
Now that we're caught up on the last 30 hours, here are two takeaways:
  1. If you start to internalize this stuff you end up a blubbering ball of goo snacking in the corner of the office.
  2. The universe really, really doesn't care what your emotional reaction is.