Very curious - Watts Up With That

One of my daily must-read sites is Anthony Watts' Watts Up With That. Anthony was a former television meteorologist who spent 25 years on the air and who also operates a weather technology and content business, as well as continues daily forecasting on radio, just for fun. Went to his site this evening to see this:

WUWT publishing suspended � major announcement coming
Something�s happened. From now until Sunday July 29th, around Noon PST, WUWT will be suspending publishing. At that time, there will be a major announcement that I�m sure will attract a broad global interest due to its controversial and unprecedented nature.

To give you an idea as to the magnitude of this event, I�m suspending my vacation plans. I weighed the issue, and decided (much to my dismay) this was more important. I can go on vacation trips another time, but this announcement is not something I can miss now and do later.

Media outlets be sure to check in to WUWT on Sunday around 12PM PST and check your emails.

Anthony published an update a few hours later:

UPDATE: I�ve been advised by concerned friends that speculation on the nature of this announcement has gotten out of hand in the blogosphere, and that was not my intent. My intent was to give me time to work on something very important without the distraction of this blog, emails/twitter/facebook, etc.

As many of you know, running WUWT is a monumental task which I could not do without the help of many people. Even so, it still requires my constant attention.

First, I am well. This isn�t a health issue for me or my family.

Second, my announcement has nothing to do with FOIA issues or other sorts of political or social theories being bandied about on other blogs.

It does however have something to do with one of my many projects, it is still a �major announcement� and it has important implications that I�m sure everyone will want to know about.

I greatly appreciate all the concern and interest, and I look forward to being able to share all my work on Sunday. � Anthony

One of the reasons that WUWT is often a several times/day read for me is that Anthony runs a very tight ship and the signal to noise ratio is very high. On either side of the climate debate, Anthony is consistent in being a clear and verifiable resource for the facts, not the hype. For him to go to these lengths makes this a major event indeed! We may just have to stop at an internet caf� this Sunday for lunch -- I brought my netbook as well as my laptop. And now, my curiosity is up. Really really up. Is it Sunday yet? Now? Now?