President Joe Biden is on Puerto Rico today.  The island has had a history of major hurricane problems, and power from Category 1 Fiona last month is still not fully available.  He next goes to Florida, where parts of the state will just need to be abandoned, while the death toll remains under double digits.  Saturday night  125 people died in Indonesia  after a soccer match. Read this article about how  politics can affect recovery attempts from hurricanes .  Florida politicians particularly seem to be caught in this imbroglio.  Biden smartly said all the right things about Hurricane Ian, but notice how he ( Ian ) only damaged Republican states, skipping around Georgia, which more recently caused problems for Republicans. On to the topic of the day, salt, or sodium chloride.   Our oceans are 3% salt, and if water is removed and spread evenly over our land surface, would form a layer 500 feet thick, about the height of a 40-story office ...