I have a big backlog of stuff to write about—more about ways of knowing, les folies de Templeton, accommodationism, penguins, cat hotels, and the like—but final exams are looming and I have to write one. So for today I’ll just make a few announcements, present a disturbing video, and then make up challenging questions for […]
At 1908 meters high, Mount Washington, in New Hampshire, isn’t much in height, but it’s nevertheless the tallest mountain in the northeastern U.S., and has some of the worst weather in the world in winter. It’s also the place where the strongest winds in the world were recorded: During a wild April storm in 1934, […]
There are several inches of snow here and it’s still coming down. . . h/t: SGM
The wind is blowing like a banshee in Chicago, and we’re predicted to have a fairly large storm: four to six inches (10-15 cm for the rest of the world). In such a case one doesn’t want to wear fancy footwear, for the combination of snow, slush, and salt (liberally applied to Chicago’s streets and […]
Yahweh has spoken at the Vatican, telling Benedict that quitting is for wusses, and that he has to stay. That, at least, is the message I gleaned from The Weather Channel, which reports that lightning struck St. Peter’s Basilica only hours after His Holiness announced his resignation. Lightning struck the St. Peter’s Basilica Monday, hours […]
. . . is now Death Valley, California, according to an article in yesterday’s New York Times. The previous world record, from Libya, has been deep-sixed: After a yearlong investigation by a team of climate scientists, the World Meteorological Organization, the climate agency of the United Nations, announced this fall that it was throwing out […]
Just passing this on from an article in The Guardian: “Arctic expert predicts final collapse of sea ice within four years.” At least one respected expert predicts that the North Pole is done for: In what he calls a “global disaster” now unfolding in northern latitudes as the sea area that freezes and melts each […]
Kudos to Matthew Cobb for recently sending me a bunch of nice links. And here, thanks to his detective work, are a few photos from “An atlas of incredible clouds” at Wired.co.uk. Go look at the larger versions (they’d make great screensavers); there are seven, and I’ll show four (all photos credited to “Rex Features”). […]
On Friday we had an evil-looking storm over the city, which, though threatening, didn’t do much to Hyde Park, the area where I live. Reader “daveau”, however, sent several awesome photos of the bizarre cloud formations accompanying the rain; these were taken by his friends, who are credited below the photos. (Click to enlarge): Photo […]
