Here’s a novel idea that popped into my brain in association with the catastrophes called Harvey, Irma, and Maria. Yeah, I know that this won’t pass Congress anytime soon, so this proposal is just food for fodder and debate. Why not put a damage tax on all oil and coal companies operating in the United […]
Month: August 2017
Summer Heat and Flood Diary August 30-31, 2017
Thursday August 31st… Dear diary. Today is the last day of August so it is time to check the NCEI surface records site to see if the “streak” of consecutive months of more daily highs than lows across the U.S. is still alive and well. Data is in through the 29th and what will be […]
Summer Heat and Flood Diary… August 28-29, 2017
Tuesday August 29th… Dear diary. Today is the 12th anniversary of Katrina’s landfall near New Orleans. Ironically, that city is beginning to evacuate people due to Harvey. Due to both Katrina’s and Harvey’s increased power due to climate pollution we are beginning to see what I’ll term the first climate change refugees having to leave their homes and move elsewhere […]
Summer Heat Diary… August 23-27, 2017
Sunday August 27th… Dear diary. About the worst case scenario has happened. Indeed Harvey has become Texas’ Katrina, and like Katrina the most impactful damage is due to flooding. Almost unfathomable amounts of rain, meteorologically, have fallen and will continue to fall in association with Harvey. This picture is from Kevin Seller (@KevinSeller)) taken front […]
Summer Heat Diary… August 21-22, 2017
Tuesday August 22nd… Dear diary. Today will be the last day I will be doing this blog for the summer of 2017, which is really good news for the nation. Usually widespread, dangerous heat persists across some portions of the nation into September, but not so this year. There is a chance, though, that a […]
Summer Heat Diary… August 17-20
Sunday July 20th… Dear diary… It’s T minus one day before the eclipse. The main emphasis for this blog has been forecasting excessive heat along the path of the eclipse. First though, here is a visibility forecast from Michael Palmer because knowing where and how much cloud cover and smoke will affect viewing is really […]
Summer Heat Diary… August 14-16, 2017
Wednesday August 16th, 2017… Dear diary. Heat is slowly building across the South, but conditions are pretty much par for the course for middle August. I’ve noticed a few heat advisories have been posted (in orange) today: Typically this time of the year some of the worst heat can be found across the Southeast Atlantic […]
Summer Heat Diary… August 12-13, 2017
Sunday August 13th… Dear diary. The only heat advisories for today are in coastal areas of Texas: As stated on Saturday there should be some areas of fairly typical, but dangerous, heat across portions of the South this week. I’m not willing to arbitrarily designate what will happen a “heat wave,” though. This fairly looking […]
Summer Heat Diary… August 10-11, 2017
Friday June 11th… Dear diary. Today should be the last day of heat wave #5. Yeah! Smoke has plagued the Pacific Northwest in association with the heat wave this entire month. Here is a recent satellite image from NWS Boise: Many stations are reporting unhealthy air. Southwest flow tomorrow should remove much of this smoke. […]
Summer Heat Diary… August 8-9, 2017
Wednesday August 9th… Dear diary. Today’s main topic is the smoky pollution in association with the current heat wave in the Pacific Northwest. I’ve see smoke advisories (in grey) posted for a while now: The heat remains a problem too noting the purple and orange colored advisories. Here is one of the many media stories […]