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Blizzard Before Global Warming On This Date In History: Last year, the East Coast, most famously the Washington DC area, had a few giant snow storms. Some folks blamed Global Warming. Around Christmas this year, the northeast got slammed by a big old system that dropped 20 inches on Central Park and gave the mayor a [...]
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For a more recent update regarding Typhoon Megi’s approach to China CLICK HERE The Philippines is making preparations ahead of a powerful Super Typhoon set to strike the island nation Monday morning with effects being felt on Sunday. The storm, known locally as Juan, is feared to have the same flooding potential as Typhoon Ketsana in [...]
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CLICK HERE FOR MORE RECENT UPDATE ON SUPER TYPHOON MEGI Typhoon Megi continues to intensify and is expected to be a significant threat to the northern Philippine province of Luzon by late this weekend. Americares is making preparations to bring relief. Typhoon Megi is currently the only tropical cyclone anywhere on earth but it could [...]
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If you recall a few days ago I had talked about the challenges for Hurricane Earl maintaining its ferocity. One of the main concerns that I had was a huge amount of dry air that Earl was getting ready to move in to. I was a bit surprised that the NHC didn’t mention it [...]
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Click Here For The Most Recent Update Regarding Hurricane Earl’s Brush with the US East Coast If you recall, yesterday I mentioned that one aspect of the forecast regarding Hurricane Earl was the dry air in which Earl was moving into. I had thought that perhaps dry air might work its way into the circulation [...]
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CLICK HERE FOR MORE RECENT UPDATE CONCERNING HURRICANE EARL, HURRICANE WARNINGS AND WATCHES ALONG THE US EAST COAST AS FAR NORTH AS MASSACHUSETTS Hurricane Earl has been behaving like a well developed hurricane as during the day on Tuesday it has been going through an eyewall replacement cycle. Typically, the old eyewall collapses and a [...]
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CLICK HERE FOR MORE RECENT UPDATE Hurricane Earl will pose a threat to residents along much of the eastern coast of the United States later this week. If you recall, last week we had Hurricane Danielle that became a powerful hurricane but turned north from the tropical regions into the Central North Atlantic and really [...]
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On This Date In History: Many people think that the economy is just terrible. I recall the one in the late 70′s and early 80′s with unemployment at about 8%, Inflation at about 11% and interest rates at about 16%…or maybe higher. Perhaps your grandparents, or maybe even Steve Burgin, can tell you tales about [...]
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On This Date In History: US Supreme Court Justice Stephen J. Field was arrested for murder on this date in 1889 making him the only member of that body ever arrested for such a crime. The story goes back to a divorce case in which Justice Field ruled that the early 1880′s marriage between Sarah Althea [...]
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On This Date In History: The Eastland was a steamboat on the Chicago River in the early 20th century that was built with known engineering flaws. But, they used it for ferrying passengers from the city to picnic sites on Lake Michigan. It was designed to hold 650 people. On This Date In 1915, some 7000 [...]
Posted in American History, Bob Symon, Culture, History, Louisville Forecast, Louisville Weather, Opinion, Politics, Science, Severe Storms Center, Severe Weather, This Date In History, Tropical Cyclones, tropical weather, Tropics, US History, Weather | Tagged: Act to Promote the Welfare of American Seamen in the Merchant Marine of the United States, Chicago River disaster, Disaster, Eastland Disaster, Eastland Disaster photos, Eastland Sinking Chicago, Kenesaw Mountain Landis, Oprah Harpo studios haunted, Oprah Winfrey, Seamen's Act 1915, ship sinking, Steamboat disasters, Stephen Cox, The Titanic Story: Hard Choices Dangerous Decisions, USS Eastland, USS Wilmette | 1 Comment »
