On This Date in History: New Oreans, Louisiana was under water on this date in 2005. It had been affected by Hurricane Katrina, but there are some things to remember from Katrina. Katrina was only a category three hurricane when it made landfall on Monday morning August 29, 2005. Its winds had diminished [...]
Archive for August, 2009
Southern California Suffers from Wildfires, Baja California Set for Major Hurricane Jimena
August 30, 2009
For an update on the wildfires and Hurricane Jimena, CLICK HERE California Wildfires: Here is a Gallery of Photos. In the Ohio Valley, we’ve had a pretty cool summer. July had zero days of 90 degree temperatures for the first time in recorded history. For the next few days, we’ll have highs in just the [...]
Man in Charge of Taxation Falls Way Way Short on Income Tax Return, Remains in Charge
August 29, 2009
If you or I made a mistake on our income tax returns, did not disclose income and then were caught we’d certainly have to pay up, perhaps pay a penalty and maybe face charges. Recently, we’ve seen public officials who not only didn’t pay their taxes, but they got appoinments even though it was revealed [...]
Tropical Storm Danny Spaghetti Model, Satellite Image Reveal a Girly-Man
August 28, 2009
Tropical Storm Danny is a girly-man. It has some pretty robust convection but its well east of the center. By Friday afternoon the low level circulation was completely exposed and the hurricane hunter reported a central pressure at a pedestrian 1007 mb. It’s also running out of time for development. As a deep trof starts [...]
Man Who First Found Oil…Texas Tea…Was no Jed Clampett
August 28, 2009
On This Date In History: Edwin Laurentine Drake retired as a railroad conductor in 1858 due to a bad back. He lived at the Tontine Hotel in New Haven, Connecticut with his wife and child. Some retirement, huh? Well, that’s why a fellow boarder named James Townsend talked him into investing in the Seneca Oil [...]
Telephone Development Aided by the Undertaker
August 27, 2009
On This Date In History: We’ve come a long way with telephone technology in a relatively short period of time, but the shoe phone didn’t really catch on. Nevertheless, the genesis of the modern telephone system has an unlikely twist. Almon Brown Strowger was a late 19th Century undertaker in Kansas City. For some reason, [...]
Tropical Storm Danny Satellite Images Show Better Organization-Spaghetti Model Persistent
August 27, 2009
Tropical Storm Danny 1415Z 08.27.09 TS Danny Spaghetti Model 12Z 08.27.09 TS Danny Spaghetti Model Intensity 12Z Thu NHC Fcst Track 11am Thursday Tropical Storm Danny Water Vapor 12Z 08.27.09 Tropical Storm Danny continues to have problems as it is still sandwiched between upper level lows. This has resulted in upper winds coming together which [...]
Yugo, Dan Quayle Went the Way of the Roosevelt Simplified Spelling Guidelines
August 26, 2009
On This Date In History: On this date in 1906, President Teddy Roosevelt made his final plans for his effort to be Vice-President Dan Quayle about 90 years before there was a Vice-President Dan Quayle. If you recall, on June 15, 1992 then Vice-President Dan Quayle went to an elementary school in Trenton, New Jersey. [...]
Tropical Storm Danny Spaghetti Model, Discussion-East Coast, Halifax Wary
August 26, 2009
For a more recent update on Tropical Storm Danny, CLICK HERE As hinted in a previous post, Invest 92L has indeed become Tropical Storm Danny. The initial model runs are still holding pretty much on line. That is some want to take it as a tropical storm or even a weak hurricane into North Carolina and then [...]
Wall Street Journal: Crawfish Poaching On Law Enforcement Table! Tropics: Danny Birthing?
August 25, 2009
The Wall Street Journal is famous for bringing the business news of the day. Now, we typically think of that as being financial stuff like stocks and bonds. The journal though covers business in general and there is a certain business that is much bigger than you might think that is under a world wide threat [...]
