Weekly Wednesday Weather: Semi-sorta Open Thread
G’day (or, good evening) folks. Welcome back to another installation of Weekly Wednesday Weather. This week’s is a bit of an open thread.Spring seems to finally be arriving in the Northeast. Lets hope...
View ArticleSevere Weather Liveblog: Massive flood event underway in metro Houston
A massive flooding event is underway in Houston, where pretty much the entire region is completely shut down.xBiggest Flash Flood Warning ever. Legit...stay home....
View ArticlePennsylvania Primary: State and Local Races
This is largely a retread of a previous diary.This is, however, a down ticket ONLY type of diary. I’ll leave the top box to those who wish to fight about those battles, and my stated position is “I’m...
View ArticleHeads up! Tornado outbreak likely this afternoon on the Great Plains
Heads up, folks!All indications are that this afternoon a severe weather outbreak, with some significant tornadoes, is possible across Texas, Oklahoma, and Kansas.BIG PICTURE STILL SHOWS THE POTENTIAL...
View ArticleFort McMurray, Alberta, is on fire. Why? You know why.
This is a breaking news story at the time I am writing this.Fort McMurray, Alberta is a small city in far northern Alberta. For the last few days, it’s been extremely hot and dry (like hot. Temps well...
View ArticleI didn't pick a side this cycle. Here's what I observed
My state went to the polls on 4/26 and as I’d stated over and over and over again, I declined to cast a vote for one of the two frontrunners in the Democratic race, choosing instead to write someone...
View ArticleThe Transportation Roundup: A Tale Of Two Transit Shutdowns
Welcome again to The Transportation Roundup, an occasional series I’m writing on all things transportation. A few items caught my eye this week.WASHINGTON METRO SHUTDOWN NEEDEDI’ve written about the...
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Weekly Wednesday Weather: The storms that aren't quite tropical
WEATHER MAP GAMEHey, so remember the weather map game? I’m sorry but I forgot about it and this was the last one.Click here for a bigger mapSo the answer to this game is January 4, 1992, and the storm...
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Weekly Wednesday Weather: Hurricane season is upon us. Here's what might happen.
The Eastern Pacific hurricane season begins May 15 and ends November 30. We’re still two weeks away from the Atlantic hurricane season which begins on June 1 and ends on November 30---and we’ve already...
View ArticleThe Transportation Roundup: Hype(r)loop
See, I like Elon Musk. A lot of people do. His ideas are pretty great, and the things he’s put into actual practice, also great. Teslas are almost at a price point where a middle-class family can...
View ArticleI'm really not surprised my first ever employer hates the President's...
I graduated high school on June 16, 2000. I wanted to get a job. I didn’t need one—my expenses were covered for university. But I wanted one. Also I wanted to get out of the house and away from my...
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The Transportation Roundup: New Swiss Tunnel, Hype(r)loop in Europe, Union...
The big news in transportation over the last couple weeks is the completion of the Gotthard Base Tunnel in Switzerland. The tunnel was a necessary piece of infrastructure, as you can see above. The...
View ArticleIf your paranoid and excitable Facebook relatives and friends are yelling...
Just a short diary, which I’ll expand more upon on Wednesday.FEMA, along with emergency management in British Columbia, is conducting an exercise simulating a magnitude 9 quake along the Cascadia...
View ArticleWeekly Wednesday Weather: Tropical Storm Colin, European Floods, Cascadia...
Welcome again to another edition of Weekly Wednesday Weather, part of the Daily Kos Weather Center’s effort to bring interesting and original content to Daily Kos. Let’s get started and hope you enjoy....
View ArticleThe House Environmental Committee holds hearing on privatizing some weather...
On Wednesday, I mentioned that the House has decided to hold hearings on privatizing parts of the Weather Service.Ugh, I got an update. It’s disappointing.In May, Rep. Jim Bridenstine (R-Okla.)...
View ArticleWeekly Wednesday Weather: HOT HOT HOT
Welcome back to Weekly Wednesday Weather, bringing you interesting and original writing.The big story this week? Heat!HEATWAVEThere’s a major heatwave in the Southwest this week.Heat gets...
View ArticleWeekly Wednesday Weather: Flood and Fire
Serious weather is happening so let’s get right to it. There are a lot of links too for you to dive into at your leisure. Come back and tell us what you’ve learned if you do so!FLOODWest Virginia has...
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Dkos Weather Center: Evaluating Nonsense
Climate change is happening, and it’s bad. We know this. We also know roughly half the US electorate doesn’t really care 1 , and votes for a political party that’s decided it’s a liberal hoax. We know...
View ArticleTransportation Roundup: The Third Space, Automations, and Other News
It’s been awhile since I’ve done one of these. Apologies, but this one will be sort of brief. Here are a couple items of interest.The Loss and return of The Third SpaceDavid Levinson writes about the...
View ArticleOK So I have to get something off my chest
OK so I have to get something off my chest but before we begin let’s set some ground rules:This is not a third-party advocacy diary, even if I am a staunch Democrat who feels all parties should have...
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