with Peter Sinclair
“Uncharted territory.”National Weather service offices in Illinois have issued more tornado warnings this year than all the states in so called “Tornado Alley”. So says a University of Illinois professor interviewed by a Chicago area station. Total number of US tornadoes not really increasing, but the geographic and temporal occurrences are changing – which is … Continue reading "Illinois has More…
The words that kept coming were primal, primordial, elemental.I was lucky enough to catch “The Odyssey” in an Imax today, and it was epic. A lot of reasons this will win a lot of awards, and more importantly, still be watched for many years – but one big one is the musical score, which is … Continue reading "Music Break: Odyssey Will Endure, and the Score is a Big Reason"
Fact check: Traffic in the Strait of Hormuz. The New Republic: Fox News is not buying the Trump administration’s claims that the U.S. controls the Strait of Hormuz instead of Iran. Secretary of Energy Chris Wright spoke to the network’s Bret Baier Thursday evening and didn’t have a good answer when Baier asked him about … Continue reading "Even Fox News Choking on Chris Wright’s Iran/Energy Lies"
Above, Romanian nuclear plant now closed completely due to drought dry Danube. Nuclear power plants are generally reliable, except when they are not.Meanwhile, blazing sun continues to beat down on all of Europe in yet another oppressive heat dome. (hint, hint)Oh, well, at least the plants using sea water will still function…Doh! Below, climate warmed … Continue reading "Euro Nukes Fall to Heat,…
Three things that always come out: the Sun, the Moon, and the Truth.– attributed to Gautama Buddha That won’t keep tyrants from perennially hating , fearing, and denying that there can be physics or fact that are not subject to their decrees. PBS News hour has one of my favorite Arctic experts, Twila Moon, to talk … Continue reading "Trump Blocks NOAA Arctic Report Card"
CBS News: CBS News’ Meg Oliver said she encountered several washed-out roads and detours along a five-hour drive across Indiana on Wednesday that was supposed to take three. Even the region’s major interstate highway, I-70, was partly shut down after a section of it buckled under the weight of pounding rain. And the destruction hasn’t … Continue reading "Record Power Outages, Scams following…
Hilarious when you put it that way. Don’t know this person but I bet he’s fun at parties.
Chicago TV station, picking up the pieces in their own studio following yesterday’s Derecho thunderstorms, asks the question a lot of folks in Illinois would like to answer – “Is this the New Normal?”In addition, the reporter mentions conspiracy theories among those who wonder if evil forces are controlling destructive weather fronts to punish God … Continue reading "Storm Slammed Heartland Asks,…
Above, shocking report on weather conditions and impacts on Agriculture in the UK. New York Times: Temperatures are set to soar this week across large swaths of Europe, offering little respite from heat waves that have battered the continent in quick succession this summer. Forecasters have warned that the relentless heat, combined with persistently dry … Continue reading "As Europe Goes Under…