The Prospect of a Cold Guarantee is a Stone Cold Lock January 23, 2011

On This Date in History:  At this point in the winter season, data from the National Snow Analysis reveals that 49% of the nation is covered in snow.  Last month, that total was 44.8% but, in between, I’ve noted some days where the snow cover was as high as 70%.  We are in a weather [...]

Chimp Challenges Experts For 2010 Hurricane Season Forecast May 28, 2010

2010 Hurricane Season Forecast: Let us begin with the 2010 hurricane season prognastication of Dr. James Hansimian(video).   He is predicting 6 to 8 hurricanes for the 2010 season.  Never heard of him?  You probably will.  You see, he is a chimpanzee whom the National Center for Public Policy Research has put on the record in an effort to [...]

Arctic Sea Ice Shows Extensive Growth in March 2010 April 6, 2010

Arctic Ice Continued Growth in March 2010 Global temperatures this winter on average were up for 2009-2010 but the March Arctic Ice Growth was perhaps unprecedented and much of Northern Asia, Northern Europe and parts of the United States had exceedingly harsh winters while Canada and Greenland were exceedingly warm.    In February, the North Pole Arctic Ice extent [...]

WWF Schedules Earth Hour During NCAA Basketball Tournament March 26, 2010

Earth Hour?  We’ve all heard of Earth Day as it’s been around for about 40 years.   But now, there is Earth Hour.  This is brought to you by the WWF.  Before you go looking for a picture of Hulk Hogan carrying the earth on his shoulders like Atlas, it’s not the World Wrestling Federation.  Remember a [...]

Cyclone Tomas Batters Fiji, Cyclone Ului Threatens Aussies March 16, 2010

Tropics Heating Up?   For our part of the world, Hurricane Season comes each summer and fall from June 1 to November 30.  But, tropical cyclones show up in many parts of the world and are called different things.  Tropical cyclones in the eastern Pacific and North Atlantic are known as Hurricanes.  In the Western North Pacific, [...]

Global Warming VS US Snow Storms: No Conclusions Please February 11, 2010

I have heard radio talk show hosts and politicians make all sorts of jokes about Global Warming as much of the United States get slammed by snow storms.  They could be right but, then again, it might be a good idea for them to check out the facts before they speak.  See, our opinions are [...]

Chinook Winds Can Be Phenomenal and Dangerous January 11, 2010

Winds that flow over the top of mountains will often come down the leeward side the range.  When the airflow moves from the higher elevation to lower, there is compressional warming.    If you compress air, it heats up and when it expands it cools. That is why oxygen under pressure comes out cold when released.    [...]

Either We Want Clean, “Green” Renewable Energy or We Don’t December 30, 2009

There has been a lot of effort to change the way America gets it’s energy.  At first, there was a push for ethynol but the costs to produce the corn proved to be greater than the energy it produced.  So, greater attention was given to other renewable sources such as wind and solar.   A few [...]

2012: Doomsday Just 3 Years Away; Winter Begins Today, 1/2 Nation Under Snow December 21, 2009

Is the End of the World 3 years from today in 2012?  The big hit movie that is out called 2012 claims that the end of the world will be upon us exactly 3 years from today.  There have been many end of the world movies over the years.  I like the Koko the Clown animated short that shows [...]

“We Don’t Know” is better than “Global Warming” “Global Cooling” or “They are Wrong” December 18, 2009

“Climatologists are pessimistic that political leaders will take any positive action to compensate for the climatic change, or even to allay its effects.” With the meeting going on in Copenhagen, one might think that the headline above was from current media.  But, it’s not.  It’s actually a quote from an article in Newsweek from April [...]