When WX Attacks!

various FR links & stories | 01-12-05 | the heavy equipment guy

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Aid Reaches Freezing Arctic Village [Kaktovik AK pop 300 in ANWR, runway blocked, -20F 65 mph wind]

 

 Floods Rage in Utah's Dixie

 

 That old survivalist mumbo jumbo and 10 reasons why it makes sense

 

 

 CA: Flood emergency in San Juan (3000 to 4000 evacuated,SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO )

 

 Rain Hampers Search Efforts in California (Update Mudslide Kills 4, Traps Others)

 

 Sierra gets most snowfall in 89 years

 

  Globally-Averaged Atmospheric Temperatures [satellite data show long-term cooling trends]

 

  FLASH FLOOD WARNING LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA

 

 

 About 180 Rescued From Cars in Calif. Snow

 

 Hundreds of Vehicles Stuck in Calif. Snow

 

 Seven killed as storm pounds northern Europe

 

 

 Western States Storm Watch LIVE THREAD 

 

 Western Winter Storms -- Weekend of Jan. 7, 2005

 

  Abominable snow sissie

 

  Warm Weather Causing Allergies (Winter in the south maybe officially OVER! WHOO HOO!)

 

 

 California braces for wind, rain and snow from two more storms (wet thru middle of next week)

 

 Storm hijacks lives; residents try to cope(Ks Icestorm)

 

  Whole lot of water headed for Cincinnati and points south

 

  Trio of storm systems could have devastating impact on U.S.

 

  California Storm - Washes Away New Sand

 

 Day the World Shook 

 

 

 Rainforst Action Network's Real Target Third World Poor(When Environmentalists Kill) -- their utopian efforts are being carried out on the backs – and often the graves – of the world’s most destitute and powerless people...

 

 A right-winger attacks global warming (Left-winger attacks right-winger who attacked global warming) -- an environmentalist's group was planning to kill off most of the world's population to 'SAVE THE WORLD' from people.

 

 ICE STORM WARNING - (Iowa)

 

 

 X-FLARE (Explosion from Sun which might hit Earth?)

 

 The Sun has a Thousand Faces--- Thread 3

 

  The Cooling World - Global Cooling --- first printed in Newsweek, 1975

 

  ***Tornado Warning -- Avalon -- Catalina Island California

 

  Weird skies and tin foil hats.

 

  Global Warming: Where's My Present? -- * Global warming took a big hit this weekend in the United States as wintry weather stranded travelers, knocked out electricity and caused Christmas presents to be delayed.

 

  Mother Nature is a Grinch

 

  Texas town has first white Christmas since 1918

 

  Town Sees 1st White Christmas in 86 Years (More Global Warming)

 

 

Global Warming Melts Dreams of a White Christmas, Study Alleges

Be sure to read the links and view the map here:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1302047/posts?page=46#46

 

 

Winter Storm Warning-Corpus Christi, Texas

 What about this "global warming" we keep hearing liberals talk about?

 The Kyoto Protocol: “Fatally Flawed” -- Unless Kyoto has some impact on sunsupot activities, it looks like Bush's lonely, unilateral decision may have been right. This bulletin indicates that sunspots may have been responsible for much of the warming that's allegedly occurred since 1900.Of course, maybe some industrialists are up there fooling around with the sun.

 

 

Winter Storm Warning-Corpus Christi, Texas

 Snow for South Carolina Christmas Night!

 NOAA knows weather

 http://www.khou.com/ Some snow in the Houston area!

 http://www.wfaa.com/

 http://www.fema.gov/hazards/winterstorms/wntsft.shtm  

Snow flurries dust Houston, parts of East and South Texas

 

 Compilation of pics from the area:

http://www.easternuswx.com/bb/index.php?showtopic=12503

 

 

Massive Rescue Effort Underway...BREAKING -- HUNDREDS OF CARS STRANDED ON I-24--NEWS MEDIA IS REPORTING THE NATIONAL GUARD HAS BEEN CALLED OUT.

 Paducah KY

 http://mapclient.kytc.state.ky.us/default.asp?display=critical&area=statewide&date=&textOnly=False

 

 http://www.wpsdtv.com/emm-bin/homepage.cgi

 

 Hundreds Stranded on KY Interstate; Entire Region Paralyzed

 

 At least six weather-related traffic deaths -- three in Ohio and one each in New Mexico, Arkansas and Oklahoma -- were reported as well as hundreds of fender-benders. Hundreds more went unreported as overwhelmed police told motorists involved in minor accidents to exchange information and fill out a report later.

http://www.cnn.com/2004/WEATHER/12/23/winter.storm.ap/

 A good reminder as to why survival kits with candles, energy bars,warm clothes, sleeping bags etc. are good to have in vehicles in the winter.

WX cams: http://www.artimis.org/camaccess.html

 All the effort wasn't doing much good in southern Indiana, where at least 30 miles of eastbound lanes of Interstate 64 had become a frozen parking lot — and the white stuff was still falling. In neighboring Kentucky, state police also closed down a 13-mile stretch of the interstate in both directions... http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=514&e=1&u=/ap/20041223/ap_on_re_us/winter_storm

 

 

 The end of radical environmentalism?(Book Review: Michael Crichton's State of Fear) -- an action thriller that doubles as a scientific primer on global warming and other environmental topics.

-- consider the legitimate interests of everyone, rather than the careers of a few.

 

 UK carbon output revision threatens trading scheme (EU and Kyoto cracking?)

 

 The Myth of Kyoto (Peter Worthington)

 

  It's Time to Spray DDT -- I did a double take seeing KRISTOF advocating the use of DDT. What are the liberals getting common sense? Has anyone heard how the Vietnamese pulled off their trick?  West Nile Virus- Bring Back DDT?

 

  Honey, it's cold outside -- debunks much of the psuedo science that the liberals pass off as "global warming".

 

 A Hurricane Called Charley
various FR links | 08-17-04 | The Heavy Equipment Guy

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A somewhat whimsical pull of links "while looking for other stuff..."

[bmwcyle]

It's the end of the world as we know it.

[backhoe]

It's the end of the world as we know it.

Well, I wouldn't go that far- but we sure are having some weird WX down south-- I'm running the AC in my truck today, and normally I'd be bundled up in Wearguard's best to keep from freezing.

How does that old joke go?

Teacher: "Billy, can you spell "weather" for the class?"

Billy: "Uhh... W-E-H-T-H-U-R...?"

Teacher: "Boy, that's the worst spell O' weather we've had in these parts for some time!"

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Torrential Storm Tears Up Western States

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Mid-South/Southeast Major Severe Storm/Tornado Outbreak

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WICKED WEATHER USA... (Photos)

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   INDIANA FLOOD PAGE

 

 Major avalanche at Utah ski resort

 

 CURRENT SOHO IMAGES

 

  1932: The Year Without a Winter -- Also note Michael Crichton's latest book, "State of Fear", fiction casting the envirowackos as the bad guys (for a change) and packed with data that debunks global warming.
Of course the lefties like the NYT are giving it bad reviews and boo-hooing that he would use his books to "push a right-wing agenda"

 

 Why the Sun seems to be 'dimming'

 

 

 GLOBAL WARMING BOMBSHELL: Hockeystick Broken -- look at the date. it is old news for us, but an earthshattering sea change for the technical/liberal MSM to actually cover this.

 Meltdown : The Predictable Distortion of Global Warming by ..... and the Media ( author on Foxnews)

 

 Torrential Storm Tears Up Western States

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 Union Pacific Expects Extended Operational Impact From Western Storm -- some of these were already posted here by BurbankKarl. However the 2 Caliente photos, the Mohave washout photo and the Kaiser photo are all new and downright frightening. This is going to add to the high repair costs.

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Portland, Oregon has frozen over

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California Route 18 Washed out from storm (pics)

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 East Coast Snow Storm Update via AccuWeather (Blizzard?) -- Its precisely for weather like this that I have purchased my proud gas guzzling SUV 4WD vehicle...BRING IT ON!

 

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR WASH D.C METRO AREA (SNOW)

 

 URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE (snow) NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ

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 Major East Coast Storm: Jan 22-23

 

National Warning Map

Current Winter Storm Watches/Warnings
Current Heavy Snow and Ice Forecast - HPC

 

 

[backhoe]

Winter Storms Paralyze North Carolina

[Quix]

Thanks.

But what's the Western USA map about?

[backhoe]

But what's the Western USA map about?

Quix, you got me- I post 'em, don't explain 'em. I guess there's a spell of bad WX out there that isn't being mentioned.

Here in coastal Georgia, 2 days ago I could not get warm, except when I rode around in my SUV with the heat turned up... today, I'm rolling up my sleeves outside, it's so warm. Weird weather!

[backhoe]

Blizzard Warning - STRONG WINTER STORM HEADING OUR WAY

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 NORTHEAST BLIZZARD - Live Thread - January 22-23 2005

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 Hit F5 to refresh every few minutes...

[Chemist_Geek]

When WX Attacks!

I love the title.

[backhoe]

I love the title.

Thanks- it just popped into my head while I was reviewing the bad weather links I had on hand.

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[Massachusetts] Gov. [Romney] Declares Snow State Of Emergency

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Whoa! Look at this picture from the Blizzard.

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Winter Storm Linked to About 20 Deaths

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Metro Area Gets Ready for a Night of Ice (Atlanta)

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ATLANTA -- ICE STORM UPDATE THREAD!

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  Major East Coast Storm Gets Underway

 

 

Mid-Atlantic Winter Storm Watch (PA, MD, NY, DC, etc)

 

 CA: Weather Thread - Cold Front - Cloudy Conditions - but no forecast for as yet

 

 Wild Weather Next Week

 

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 Storm Moves Up East Coast

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Massive Cyclone Expected to Hit Australia

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Whipping winds, plunging temperatures and a coating of snow triggered power outages and whiteout conditions, ending the Northeast's brief flirtation with spring.
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=519&ncid=718&e=2&u=/ap/20050309/ap_on_re_us/winter_storm

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Ingrid packs deadly punch (will this be the strongest hurricane ever to hit Australia?)

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 Powerful Cyclone Pounds Australian Coast

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Check her out as Ingrid slowly engulfs the land with wind speeds of 330KPH on this great Rapid Fire shot taking very recently.

http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/subsets/?AERONET_Lake_Argyle/2005074/AERONET_Lake_Argyle.2005074.terra.1km.jpg

[backhoe]

Tornadoes strike Alabama and Georgia...

[steveo]

Lemme know when DX attacks!

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DX attacks!

Distance radio reception...

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Spring Storms Hit Georgia. Dams collapsing. More flooding.

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MAJOR FLOODING INTHE NORTHEAST

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EXTENDED RANGE FORECAST OF ATLANTIC SEASONAL HURRICANE ACTIVITY AND US LANDFALL STRIKE PROBABILITY

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China: 118 Inches of Rain in 9 Hours(Record Downfall, S. China)

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Hurricane Ivan, Largest Wave Ever Measured

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 A Coronal Mass Ejection is Heading Toward Earth After an X-Class Solar Explosion

 

Solar Explosion Directed Away from the Earth -- July 29th

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 Revised Hurricane Forecast Grim

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 Global Warming Making Hurricanes Stronger -- A couple of superstorms come to mind. The Galveston Hurricane, which caused the largest loss of life in the history of the US by a natural disaster, and the Great New England Hurricane, with its 180 mph winds on the coast of Mass.
However, Galveston was in 1900 and New England in 1938. Please keep reminding me about the increasing intensity of hurricanes all the other malign effects of Global Warming.

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 Hurricane caused 'tallest wave' ~~ Ivan may have had waves more than 90 foot high

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 Here is a thread I put together last year right after 9/11. It contains information on a 72 hour kit, the kit has everything in it that one person would need for 72 hours. One can grab it and run. There is also information there about home food storage, using and storing food all the time.

Emergency Preparedness (year's supply of food, 72 hour kit)

190 posted on 09/04/2002 12:52:54 PM EDT by Utah Girl

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 Storm Stirs Up Animal Tales (F-3 Tornado, Stoughton, WI)

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Tropical Depression Twelve

 

[Publius6961]

Is there some cute reason for avoiding the word "Weather"?
(Which everybody can understand?)

[backhoe]

Is there some cute reason for avoiding the word "Weather"?

Not exactly- "WX" is used in aircraft & military parlance, and I thought it a little more attention-getting than the more prosaic "weather."

Teacher: "Timmy, would you spell 'weather' for the class?"

Timmy: "Err, W-E-X-E-R..."

Teacher: "Whew, that's the worst spell of weather we've had in these parts in ages..."

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Hurricane/TS Katrina Live Thread, Part II --

Katrina is emerging into the very warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico early this morning after making landfall in SE Florida, then tracking SW. Thus far, she is well ahead of schedule, leaving at least four fatalities in her wake, and well over 1 million without electricity.

The following links are self-updating.

Public Advisory Currently published every 3 hours 5A, 8A, 11A, 2P, etc. ET
NHC Discussion Published every six hours 6A, 11A, 6P, 11P
Three Day Forecast Track
Five Day Forecast Track
Navy Storm Track
Katrina Track Forecast Archive Nice loop of each NHC forecast track for both three and five day
Forecast Models
Alternate Hurricane Models via Skeetobite
Buoy Data Florida

Images:

Key West Experimental Radar Subject to delays and outages - and well worth the wait

Excellent South FL radar loop

Tampa Bay Long Range Radar Loop

Storm Floater IR Loop
Storm Floater Still & Loop Options
Color Enhanced IR Loop

Other Resources:

Florida East Coast Surf Reports Lots of great info here, including surf cams
Central Florida Hurricane Center
Hurricane City

Hurricane Katrina Live Thread, Part I

 

 HURRICANE KATRINA - OVER FLORIDA

 

 Disaster in Europe: Fires out, flood waters recede (photos)

 

Below are some other updates:

Residents evacuated as flooding hits Swiss capital (Scotsman)

Toll of death rising with worst floods for century (The Times)

Floods death toll reaches 42

On top of the fires & floods Paris apartment fire kills 17

 CA: Rolling Blackouts LA