DKos WxCenter: Hurricane Matthew striking Bahamas, will strike Florida,...
Matthew spent yesterday battering eastern Cuba and most of Haiti. There’s not much news out of Haiti yet, as the westernmost portion of the Tiburon Peninsula is still cut off. If there are any saving...
View ArticleDkos WxCenter: Matthew to strike Florida late this evening
Hurricane Matthew strengthened overnight and is well on its way to becoming a Category 4 hurricane, if it isn’t already right now.Hurricane warnings have been extended into South Carolina.Florida...
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Dkos Wx Center: Matthew update (surge, flooding, wind threats move north),...
Hurricane Matthew underwent a pretty well-timed eyewall replacement cycle yesterday afternoon, which is likely the reason it wobbled more to the north and avoided crossing the coast of Florida south of...
View ArticleThe "Field Act" Long Beach, CA earthquake of 1933? Possibly caused by people!
Note: there are a lot of linked PDFs in this diary today. While I recommend that you read them all, they may slow down your browser.Californians are of course aware of the Field Act. This legislation,...
View ArticleYet another earthquake in Oklahoma
Cushing, Oklahoma was rocked by an Mw5-Mw5.3 earthquake last night.The earthquake’s epicenter was located just 2 miles west of the city. Cushing is of note because it is the pipeline crossroads of the...
View ArticleSome short ranty thoughts on "fake news"
So “fake news” is apparently a thing. I’ve only got one thing to say to that:haHAHAHAHAHAHahaHAHAHAHAHAHA what the fuck took y’all so long?!Ok...sorry….I had to get that off of my chest.For the last...
View ArticleReintroducing TransportationKos
A year or so ago (probably longer, after I turned 33 I rather lost track of time’s passage) I started a little group here called Transportation Kos. The reason was to talk about Transportation...
View ArticlePPP Polls The Holidays
I hate Christmas. Yeah, I know, “hate” is a strong word, maybe even a bit hyperbolic, but it’s true. This is more than mere dislike. I can’t stand the holiday, haven’t since age 15. It’s just a rotten...
View ArticleDkos WxCenter: What do you want to see in 2017
As we come to the end of the year, I can admit some things:It is really hard to keep up a weekly, long-read series and I have a new appreciation for those diarists who do it every week to every day,The...
View ArticleTransportationKos: If you want to know what’s going on, do these things
This year is a rebuilding year, simply put. By now, you should have accepted that we lost—by 70,000 votes—the Electoral College, which means we lost the presidential election even though we did win the...
View ArticleTransportation Roundup--Some short notes and links
Just some short notes, since we really have no idea what the next President is going to send to Congress on infrastructure. I’d love to speculate, but I have almost nothing to speculate on!FederalDid...
View ArticleTillerson and Sessions were the big media draws yesterday, but Elaine Chao...
Elaine Chao, former Bush Administration Secretary of Labor, and wife of Senator McConnell had her hearing before the Senate yesterday, a much quieter affair than those of Tillerson and Sessions.Chao...
View ArticleFirst hints of just what might be in Trump's infrastructure bill...
Last month, the National Council of Governors canvassed the states for projects, and at least 43 states replied.McClatchy is reporting a list of 50 projects is available---from somewhere. This appears...
View ArticleBorder Patrol and DHS will be asking for border wall proposals soon
Those of you who know how government works know that if governments want something done that they cannot do in-house (and increasingly, this is the case all over the world), they put out a solicitation...
View Articleso at least 8 of the JCC bomb threats were done by a St. Louis man-BREAKING
This is breaking news and may change.Today in St. Louis, police arrested former Intercept writer Juan Thompson in connection with a string of bomb threats made against Jewish centers in recent weeks....
View ArticleWhite House resents climate research so much they're willing to put public...
I suppose one could say “this is just spin.” But it’s not.The Trump administration is seeking to slash one of the government’s premier climate science agencies by 17 percent, delivering steep cuts to...
View ArticleShort Note: He wants an infrastructure push, but he’s cutting Army Corp,...
45, of course, is a liar, a cheat, a fraud, and has an admin full of literal Nazis. I’m not surprised by anything he does. A small part of me feels bad for the people he said he’d protect but the other...
View ArticleThe Pied Piper of Hamelin--er---Washington D.C? Over a dozen missing teens...
We’re all familiar with the story of the Pied Piper, yes?If you’re not, here’s a synopsis. A man wanders into Hamelin, a German town. The townspeople pay him to get rid of the rats, which he does...
View ArticleSome random-a** stuff on infrastructure, cause it's Wednesday
Who wants to hear some random-ass infrastructure stuff?1. When Carmageddons are predicted (because of construction, or a vital piece is taken out due to some disaster) they almost never happen. Why?...
View ArticleIs it selfish to be a childfree millennial?
No, no it is absolutely not.I thought I’d fulfill Betteridge’s Law upfront (If the headline is a question requiring a yes/no answer, the answer is always no) before I got into the text.I’ve never...
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