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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 [...]
Posted in American History, Bob Symon, Global Warming, History, News, Opinion, Science, This Date In History, US History, Weather, Weather and History | Tagged: Alaska, Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station, climate, Dalton Highway, Fairbanks AK, Greenland Icecap, Lewis and Clark County MT, Lower 48 states Record Low Temperature, Prospect Creek AK, Record Low Temperatures, Rogers Pass MT, South Pole Aurora, Trans-Alaska Pipeline, US Record Low Temperature, Wasilla AK | 10 Comments »
On This Date in History: In Boston, MA near Kearny Square at 529 Commercial Street you will find the New England Aquarium, which is now located officially at 1 Central Wharf. But, nearly 100 years ago, that was the location of a Molasses production factory. On January 13-15 1919, local temperatures rose from near zero [...]
Posted in American History, Bob Symon, History, Opinion, This Date In History, US History, Weather and History | Tagged: 18th Amendment, Boston Elevated Railway Company, Boston Molasses Disaster 1919, Boston Molasses Flood, New England Aquarium, Volstead Act | Leave a Comment »
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 [...]
Posted in American History, Bob Symon, History, News, Opinion, Science, Severe Weather, This Date In History, US History, Weather, Weather and History | Tagged: 1888 Children’s Blizzard, 1888 Schoolhouse Blizzard, Children’s Blizzard, Midwest Blizzard 1888, Nebraska Blizzard 1888, New York Blizzard 1888, Schoolhouse Blizzard, The Big Brash Blizzard of 1888, The Schoolchildren's Blizzard | 3 Comments »
So, This is Christmas: This time of year, Christmas becomes a focus of attention. Sometimes, we hear about the scrooges out there. Sometimes we hear about the sad stories. Other times, we hear of heartlifting stories of people serving their fellow man, giving others a hand or stories of families making long overdue reunions. It [...]
Posted in Bob Symon, Culture, History, Louisville Forecast, Louisville Weather, Opinion, This Date In History, Weather, Weather and History | Tagged: almah translation from hebrew, Christmas, Christmas tough times, Christmas Wish, Isaiah 7:14, Meaning of Christmas, Snoopy Christmas | 6 Comments »
On This Date In History: The Tacoma Narrows Bridge opened in July 1940 to great fanfare. With a span of 2800 feet, it was the third longest bridge in the world. The builder decided to save money by making the bridge only 39 feet wide to support just two lanes of traffic which seems pretty [...]
Posted in American History, Bob Symon, History, Opinion, Science, This Date In History, US History, Weather, Weather and History | Tagged: bridge collapse, Bridge Construction, bridge failure, civil engineering, Construction, Disaster, engineering, Galloping Gertie, Galloping Gertie photos, Galloping Gertie Video, Great Depression, Highways, Newsreel Tacoma Narrows Bridge, physics, Road Construction, Tacoma, Tacoma Narrows Bridge Collapse 1940, Tacoma Narrows Bridge Collapse Video, Tacoma Washington, Transportation | 2 Comments »
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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The people in Taiwan are anticipating the arrival of Typhoon Finapi. Among other things, it is disrupting the fishing season that just started at the beginning of the month. Perhaps more importantly, the Typhoon is packing winds that will cause concern for damage and a potentially devastaing surge. However, the actual surge is determined by [...]
Posted in Bob Symon, Hurricanes, News, Science, Tropical Cyclones, tropical weather, Tropics, Weather, Weather and History | Tagged: Hualien Taiwan, Joint Typhoon Warning Center, Pacific TPW Loop, Taiwan Typhoon, Total Precipitable Water Loop, Typhoon Fanapi, Typhoon Fanapi Forecast Track, Typhoon Fanapi IR satellite loop, Typhoon Fanapi Total Precipitable Water Loop, Typhoons | 3 Comments »
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 [...]
Posted in Bob Symon, Environment, Hurricanes, News, Opinion, Science, Severe Weather, Tropical Cyclones, tropical weather, Tropics, US History, Weather, Weather and History | Tagged: Atlantic Sea Surface Temperatures, Earl Storm Surge Forecast, Hurricane Earl, Hurricane Earl Discussion, Hurricane Earl Forecast, Hurricane Earl Forecast Track, Hurricane Earl intensity forecast, Hurricane Earl IR Satellite, Hurricane Earl Spaghetti Intensity Model, Hurricane Earl Spaghetti Model, Hurricane Earl Storm Surge, Hurricane Earl Track, Hurricane Earl Visible Satellite loop, Hurricane Earl Warnings, Hurricane Earl Watches, hurricane eye definition, Hurricane Structure, Hurricane Warnings, N Atlantic Total Precipitable Water loop, National Hurricane Center, National Hurricane Center Discussion, North Atlantic Ir Satellite Loop, North Atlantic Water Vapor Loop, Science, storm surge definition, Storm Surge Potential Hurricane Earl, Tropical Depression 9, Tropical Depression 9 Spaghetti Model, Tropical Storm Gaston, Tropical Storm Gaston Spaghetti model | 1 Comment »
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 [...]
Posted in Bob Symon, Environment, Hurricanes, News, Opinion, Science, Severe Weather, Tropical Cyclones, tropical weather, Tropics, Weather, Weather and History | Tagged: coriolis force defined, coriolis force explained, eye of the hurricane explained, Eyewall Replacement Cycle, Hurricane Earl, Hurricane Earl Discussion, Hurricane Earl Forecast, Hurricane Earl Forecast Track, Hurricane Earl intensity forecast, Hurricane Earl IR Satellite, Hurricane Earl Spaghetti Intensity Model, Hurricane Earl Spaghetti Model, Hurricane Earl Track, Hurricane Earl Visible Satellite loop, hurricane eye definition, Hurricane eyewall replacement cycle explained defined, Hurricane Katrina Eyewall Replacement Cycle, National Hurricane Center, National Hurricane Center Discussion, North Atlantic Ir Satellite Loop, North Atlantic Water Vapor Loop, Saffir Simpson Scale, storm surge definition | 19 Comments »
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 [...]
Posted in Bob Symon, Hurricanes, News, Opinion, Science, Severe Weather, Tropical Cyclones, tropical weather, Tropics, Weather, Weather and History | Tagged: Hurricane Earl, Hurricane Earl Discussion, Hurricane Earl Forecast, Hurricane Earl Forecast Track, Hurricane Earl intensity forecast, Hurricane Earl IR Satellite, Hurricane Earl Spaghetti Intensity Model, Hurricane Earl Spaghetti Model, Hurricane Earl Track, Hurricane Earl Visible Satellite loop, National Hurricane Center, National Hurricane Center Discussion, North Atlantic Ir Satellite Loop, North Atlantic Water Vapor Loop, Saffir Simpson Scale | 5 Comments »
