Andy Stallings
Conclusions and Findings
In Three Forks, the temperature is 30 degrees fahrenheit. The sky is clear, and a wind of 7 miles per hour blows from the southwest. From this vantage and at this time, we are unable to conclude whether you have thrown your keys across the apartment in a manner intended to threaten or harm, or in some other manner.
In Lake Itasca, the temperature is 38 degrees fahrenheit. The sky is clear, and a wind of 15 miles per hour blows from the south. From this vantage and at this time, we are unable to conclude whether you have thrown your keys across the apartment in a manner intended to threaten or harm, or in some other manner.
In Whitehorse, the temperature is 18 degrees fahrenheit. The sky is clear, and a wind of 10 miles per hour blows from the south. From this vantage and at this time, we are unable to conclude whether you have thrown your keys across the apartment in a manner intended to threaten or harm, or in some other manner.
In Creede, the temperature is 29 degrees fahrenheit. Light snow is falling, and no wind blows from any direction. From this vantage and at this time, we are unable to conclude whether you have thrown your keys across the apartment in a manner intended to threaten or harm, or in some other manner.
In Grand Lake, the temperature is 41 degrees fahrenheit. The sky is clear, and a wind of 7 miles per hour blows from the northeast. From this vantage and at this time, we are unable to conclude whether you have thrown your keys across the apartment in a manner intended to threaten or harm, or in some other manner.
In Buena Vista, the temperature is 28 degrees fahrenheit. The sky is overcast, and no wind blows from any direction. From this vantage and at this time, we are unable to conclude whether you have thrown your keys across the apartment in a manner intended to threaten or harm, or in some other manner.
In Invermere, the temperature is 38 degrees fahrenheit. The sky is clear and chilly, and a wind of 5 miles per hour blows from the southeast. From this vantage and at this time, we are unable to conclude whether you have thrown your keys across the apartment in a manner intended to threaten or harm, or in some other manner.
In Canyon, the temperature is 39 degrees fahrenheit. The sky is clear, and a wind of 17 miles per hour blows from the south. From this vantage and at this time, we are unable to conclude whether you have thrown your keys across the apartment in a manner intended to threaten or harm, or in some other manner.
In Moran, the temperature is 28 degrees fahrenheit. The sky is mostly cloudy, and a wind of 12 miles per hour blows from the south. From this vantage and at this time, we are unable to conclude whether you have thrown your keys across the apartment in a manner intended to threaten or harm, or in some other manner.
In Pittsburgh, the temperature is 36 degrees fahrenheit. The sky is clear, and a wind of 3 miles per hour blows from the north. From this vantage and at this time, we are unable to conclude whether you have thrown your keys across the apartment in a manner intended to threaten or harm, or in some other manner.
In Lamesa, the temperature is 44 degrees fahrenheit. The sky is clear, and a wind of 8 miles per hour blows from the southeast. From this vantage and at this time, we are unable to conclude whether you have thrown your keys across the apartment in a manner intended to threaten or harm, or in some other manner.
In Knoxville, the temperature is 37 degrees fahrenheit. The sky is clear, and a wind of 9 miles per hour blows from the north. From this vantage and at this time, we are unable to conclude whether you have thrown your keys across the apartment in a manner intended to threaten or harm, or in some other manner.
In Raton, the temperature is 31 degrees fahrenheit. The sky is clear, and a wind of 7 miles per hour blows from the west. From this vantage and at this time, we are unable to conclude whether you have thrown your keys across the apartment in a manner intended to threaten or harm, or in some other manner.
In Portales, the temperature is 32 degrees fahrenheit. The sky is clear, and a wind of 6 miles per hour lows from the south. From this vantage and at this time, we are unable to conclude whether you have thrown your keys across the apartment in a manner intended to threaten or harm, or in some other manner.
In Big Piney, the temperature is 28 degrees fahrenheit. The sky is mostly cloudy, and a wind of 12 miles per hour blows from the south. From this vantage and at this time, we are unable to conclude whether you have thrown your keys across the apartment in a manner intended to threaten or harm, or in some other manner.
In Pecos, the temperature is 29 degrees fahrenheit. The sky is clear, and a wind of 7 miles per hour blows from the northeast. From this vantage and at this time, we are unable to conclude whether you have thrown your keys across the apartment in a manner intended to threaten or harm, or in some other manner.
In Brashears, the temperature is 27 degrees fahrenheit. The sky is clear, and no wind blows from any direction. From this vantage and at this time, we are unable to conclude whether you have thrown your keys across the apartment in a manner intended to threaten or harm, or in some other manner.
In Fessenden, the temperature is 29 degrees fahrenheit. The sky is clear, and a wind of 5 miles per hour blows from the east. From this vantage and at this time, we are unable to conclude whether you have thrown your keys across the apartment in a manner intended to threaten or harm, or in some other manner.
In Bethel, the temperature is minus 4 degrees fahrenheit. The sky is clear, and a wind of 18 miles per hour blows from the northeast. From this vantage and at this time, we are unable to conclude whether you have thrown your keys across the apartment in a manner intended to threaten or harm, or in some other manner.
In Folsom, the temperature is 28 degrees fahrenheit. The sky is clear, and a wind of 6 miles per hour blows from the northwest. From this vantage and at this time, we are unable to conclude whether you have thrown your keys across the apartment in a manner intended to threaten or harm, or in some other manner.
In Baxter, the temperature is 30 degrees fahrenheit. The sky is clear, and a wind of 10 miles per hour blows from the north. From this vantage and at this time, we are unable to conclude whether you have thrown your keys across the apartment in a manner intended to threaten or harm, or in some other manner.
In Gardiner, the temperature is 35 degrees fahrenheit. Light snow is falling, and no wind blows from any direction. From this vantage and at this time, we are unable to conclude whether you have thrown your keys across the apartment in a manner intended to threaten or harm, or in some other manner.
In Cowdrey, the temperature is 5 degrees fahrenheit. The sky is clear, and a wind of 7 miles per hour blows from the southeast. From this vantage and at this time, we are unable to conclude whether you have thrown your keys across the apartment in a manner intended to threaten or harm, or in some other manner.
In Browning, the temperature is 44 degrees fahrenheit. The sky is clear, and a wind of 28 miles per hour blows from the west. From this vantage and at this time, we are unable to conclude whether you have thrown your keys across the apartment in a manner intended to threaten or harm, or in some other manner.
In Mena, the temperature is 32 degrees fahrenheit. The sky is clear, and no wind blows from any direction. From this vantage and at this time, we are unable to conclude whether you have thrown your keys across the apartment in a manner intended to threaten or harm, or in some other manner.
In Gananoque, the temperature is 42 degrees fahrenheit. The sky is overcast, and a wind of 8 miles per hour blows from the west. From this vantage and at this time, we are unable to conclude whether you have thrown your keys across the apartment in a manner intended to threaten or harm, or in some other manner.
In Redrock, the temperature is 32 degrees fahrenheit. The sky is clear, and a wind of 10 miles per hour blows from the north. From this vantage and at this time, we are unable to conclude whether you have thrown your keys across the apartment in a manner intended to threaten or harm, or in some other manner.
In Harvey, the temperature is 35 degrees fahrenheit. The sky is clear, and a wind of 12 miles per hour blows from the southwest. From this vantage and at this time, we are unable to conclude whether you have thrown your keys across the apartment in a manner intended to threaten or harm, or in some other manner.
In Tetlin Junction, the temperature is 0 degrees fahrenheit. Light snow is falling, and no wind blows from any direction. From this vantage and at this time, we are unable to conclude whether you have thrown your keys across the apartment in a manner intended to threaten or harm, or in some other manner.
In Russell Springs, the temperature is 36 degrees fahrenheit. The sky is clear, and a wind of 12 miles per hour blows from the southwest. From this vantage and at this time, we are unable to conclude whether you have thrown your keys across the apartment in a manner intended to threaten or harm, or in some other manner.
In Lusk, the temperature is 26 degrees fahrenheit. The sky is clear, and a wind of 6 miles per hour blows from the west. From this vantage and at this time, we are unable to conclude whether you have thrown your keys across the apartment in a manner intended to threaten or harm, or in some other manner.
In Albion, the temperature is 32 degrees fahrenheit. The sky is scattered with clouds, and a wind of 4 miles per hour blows from the south. From this vantage and at this time, we are unable to conclude whether you have thrown your keys across the apartment in a manner intended to threaten or harm, or in some other manner.
In Mineola, the temperature is 44 degrees fahrenheit. The sky is scattered with clouds, and no wind blows from any direction. From this vantage and at this time, we are unable to conclude whether you have thrown your keys across the apartment in a manner intended to threaten or harm, or in some other manner.
In Breckenridge, the temperature is 37 degrees fahrenheit. The sky is clear, and a wind of 13 miles per hour blows from the south. From this vantage and at this time, we are unable to conclude whether you have thrown your keys across the apartment in a manner intended to threaten or harm, or in some other manner.
In Windom, the temperature is 37 degrees fahrenheit. The sky is clear, and a wind of 17 miles per hour blows from the south. From this vantage and at this time, we are unable to conclude whether you have thrown your keys across the apartment in a manner intended to threaten or harm, or in some other manner.
In Crawford, the temperature is 29 degrees fahrenheit. The sky is clear, and no wind blows from any direction. From this vantage and at this time, we are unable to conclude whether you have thrown your keys across the apartment in a manner intended to threaten or harm, or in some other manner.
In Dallas, the temperature is 42 degrees fahrenheit. The sky is clear, and a wind of 8 miles per hour blows from the southeast. From this vantage and at this time, we are unable to conclude whether you have thrown your keys across the apartment in a manner intended to threaten or harm, or in some other manner.
In Fort Recovery, the temperature is 30 degrees fahrenheit. The sky is filled with light freezing fog, and there is no wind from any direction. From this vantage and at this time, we are unable to conclude whether you have thrown your keys across the apartment in a manner intended to threaten or harm, or in some other manner.
Note on Process:
I wanted to represent the fact that violence is intrinsic in American culture, and that it feeds and drains all aspects of that culture -- and that its current is largely as unspoken, unconsidered, and unseen as it is constant and pervasive. Unspoken, unconsidered, unseen, that is, unless we happen to interact with it in some way. That it impacts everyone and everything, both unknown and unknowing in so doing. With that in mind, I wanted a sense in the piece of all places in American culture being connected, yet hidden in that connection. In my mind, rivers and weather are the two natural phenomena that most clearly connect the physical geography of America among its distant points -- and we tend to view both rivers and weather in a local instead of a broadly reaching sense, much like violence. So, with all that in mind, I used this list of the 38 longest rivers in North America by main stem, and then I took an approximate time of 1:10 a.m. on the morning of December 5, 2015, around the time that, as stated in Conclusions and Findings, "Respondent threw keys across the apartment and stood naked in front of a door" (and according to your follow-up e-mail, that was not all -- but working from the report, that was enough for me), and I used Google Earth to find the nearest town, however small, to the headwaters of each river. Then, I recorded the weather from that date and time at that place, and wrote the translation using those materials. I certainly don't anticipate that all of these currents would come through in the translation itself, but I imagine that some of them do.