Amtrak bill heads to Senate, and Amtrak heads back to the Circuit Court
I was tasked to write a far more comprehensive piece about Amtrak and the recent Supreme Court Ruling and the Amtrak reauthorization bill currently in the Senate. I think I’ll talk about them in...
View ArticleCan't handle profanity in your literature? There's an app that can fix that now!
Before we go any further, please note that the title above is snark. And below? There will be more snark.oh and there will be profanity, lots of it, i just feel I better put that up front, above the...
View ArticleIn Oklahoma, hard data that finally lays out the danger from the state's...
For the last year, I and several others have covered the rise in seismicity in Oklahoma and Kansas. The earthquakes in these two states, coupled with earthquakes in Texas, Colorado, and Ohio, represent...
View ArticleHow To Read A Seismic Hazard Map
Now that the USGS has preliminary come up with a way to quantify the short term hazard of potentially induced earthquakes it’s important to know what these maps are and mean.
View ArticleSo, About that Beta
Hey there, hi there, ho there. Long time user of 10 years plus, survivor of like 3 iterations of Daily Kos. I thought I’d share my thoughts on what I like, what I’m neutral on, and what I don’t...
View ArticleSo About That Solar Cycle
Did you see the really out of left-field news about a solar minimum causing a little ice age?
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So, About That Cascadia Article
Shakemap Scenario for a hypothetical M9 quake off of the Pacific Northwest Wow, has the internet lost its everloving shit over this (very excellent) New Yorker article.
View ArticleEarthquakes can't be predicted but NASA is going to try it anyway
For decades this has been the holy grail in seismology:THE USGS IN PASADENA HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE EARTHQUAKE WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA INCLUDING LOS ANGELES, ORANGE, VENTURA, SAN BERNARDINO,...
View ArticleWhy are more debates better?
I have a question. Why are more debates better?There’s concern that six debates during primary season are not enough. After watching the joke primary season of GOP debates in 2012, and treating most of...
View ArticleA Significant Outbreak of Legionnaire's Disease in New York City
This summer has bought a significant Legionnaire’s Disease outbreak to New York City. If you haven’t heard about it, you likely don’t live in New York or watch CNN (who aired a story a few days ago).
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Joaquin
Tropical Storm Joaquin is currently strengthening east of the Bahamas. Joaquin is very likely going to be one of the most complex tropical cyclone forecasts in several years. I am trying to think of...
View ArticleJoaquin #2
Joaquin became a hurricane this morning and is slowly strengthening.Very complicated, very low confidence forecast.Some comparisons have been made to Sandy. That's not really accurate. Sandy was a...
View ArticleJoaquin #3
Joaquin deepened into a Category 4 hurricane as it crawled over the central Bahamas today, while many models shifted eastward indicating an out to sea track for the future.
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Joaquin will very likely move out to sea, threatening perhaps Bermuda in the process. There still will be a serious inland flooding event in the Carolinas and coastal flood event along the coast, while...
View ArticleJoaquin #5/Carolinas Floods Liveblog
Joaquin is battering Bermuda but will move quickly out to sea and lose its tropical characteristics as it becomes embedded in the westerlies. Meanwhile a catastrophic flood event is occurring in South...
View ArticleWith 200 Mile an hour winds, Patricia set to devastate several Mexican states
Overnight, Hurricane Patricia's winds deepened to an unprecedented 200 miles an hour.Please consider donating to ShelterBox. Please rec up AndyT's diary.
View ArticleHurricane Patricia made landfall in Jalisco State with 165mph winds
Hurricane Patricia weakened in the hours before it made landfall in Jalisco State, Mexico, but still packed a severe and formidable punch.
View ArticleThoughts from me to the developers on the new site
I like it, but I have some thoughts. Yeah, yeah, I’m adding to the clutter of articles about that.Formatting Tools:I’m really looking forward to playing with these, although I typically write all my...
View ArticleA quick look at the FAST (Fixing America's Surface Transportation) act
I’m not surprised we finally will have a new federal surface transportation bill, which will lock in transportation policy and spending at the Federal level through the year 2020 as this was actually...
View ArticleWhy does your transit system suck? Some news from Washington DC and Boston
My day job involves transportation. It is part of my job title. I ride transit to and from work—not having any other option since I don’t drive. (In case you’re wondering, I’m the only non-driver in...
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