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  1. Gustav, Hanna, & Ike

    by Ernie Fitzpatrick - 2008-09-01
    Maybe two out of three is a gift! Hurricane Gustav spared the Gulf Coast from what could have been a devastating blow, especially to New Orleans, had the storm come ashore 20-30 miles further East. N...
  2. New Orleans Levees

    by Ernie Fitzpatrick - 2008-09-01
    Hurricane Gustav made landfall Monday, slamming the heart of Louisiana's fishing and oil industry and testing New Orleans' levees with 110 mph winds before weakening to a category 1 storm. But, as pe...
  3. New Orleans Evacuation

    by Ernie Fitzpatrick - 2008-08-31
    Has Ray Nagin over learned his lesson? Ray's recent rhetoric has been over the top concerning hurricane Gustav. He's called Gustav the mother of all hurricanes, storm of the century", and one that is...
  4. Weather Gods And Ancient Meteorology

    by markcb - 2008-08-31
    The first meteorologists were the priests and shamans of early civilisations. They were tasked with appeasing the gods who, it was believed, controlled the climate and all natural phenomena. This was ...
  5. The Explosion of Hurricane Gustav

    by Mark Boardman - 2008-08-31
    Hurricane Gustav formed on the 25th August and has raced across the Atlantic and exploded from a tropical storm to a category 4 hurricane in just 12 hours.Saffir-Simpson Hurricane categories:Cat 1: W...
  6. Gustav Hurricane- Category 4

    by Ernie Fitzpatrick - 2008-08-30
    The mystery grows because the options for category four Gustav now have four options. A hig pressure ridge to the North will make or break what might happen. Specifically for New Orleans, Gustav coul...
  7. Hurricane Hanna

    by Ernie Fitzpatrick - 2008-08-30
    With all of the attention on Gustav, has anyone been watching Hanna? Hanna formed in a location in the Atlantic that usually means it will blow Northwest and die out in the North Atlantic somewhere o...
  8. Gustav - New Orleans?

    by Ernie Fitzpatrick - 2008-08-29
    Trying to figure out where Gustav will land has been an interesting problem. Just when the weather men felt like thay had it figured out, Gustav went South- literally! Instead of going west and movin...
  9. Gustac Heads to Gulf

    by Ernie Fitzpatrick - 2008-08-29
    Trying to figure out where Gustav will land has been an interesting problem. Just when the weather men felt like thay had it figured out, Gustav went South- literally! Instead of going west and movin...
  10. Tornadoes - Why We Love These Killers

    by Mark Boardman - 2008-08-17
    The lifespan of a tornado can be anything from a couple of minutes to an hour or more. But in their brief life they wreak a destructive havoc on anything in their path. And yet they hold such a fasci...
  11. Wireless Thermometers - Mourning Two Pins And A Magnet

    by markcb - 2008-08-09
    I love all things wireless. Cables and wires have always found a way to get wrapped up between my feet. I broke my first thermometer sometime around the beginning of the 90's, in Crossgates, Leeds. It...
  12. Hurricanes: Are They Getting Worse?

    by Ellen Bell - 2008-08-08
    Since the year 2000, it seems that tropical storms and hurricanes are occurring more frequently, and with more intensity. Are hurricane seasons getting progressively worse? There are many differing op...
  13. Does Global Warming Affect Hurricanes?

    by Rich Johnson - 2008-07-28
    Global Warming is a term denoting a gradual warming of the Earths average temperature. The term has become synonymous to the Earths warming exclusively due to man-made effects, especially carbon dioxi...
  14. One Good Weather Forecast

    by Ekrem23 Gundogdu32 - 2008-07-08
    Raising the bar with a great weather reportThere was a time that, should you want to know what the weather would be in the coming week, you would tune into the radio or check out the newspaper, this w...
  15. The Greatest British Storm - The Severest Of Weather

    by markcb - 2008-06-19
    The worst storm ever recorded in the UK struck in the 18th century killing thousands and destroying huge amounts of property and uprooting hundreds of thousands of trees.On the night of November 26th,...
  16. Bill is Back!

    by Ernie Fitzpatrick - 2008-04-27
    Watch out Obama! Mark Penn is out and Bill's back! Yep, Bill Clinton is making mroe of the campaign decisions for Hillary as the clock begins to run out on her campaign. Hillary cannot win the majorit...
  17. Weather Instruments: The 3 Tools You Need

    by Kent Wood - 2007-08-19
    Are you interested in the weather? If so, why rely on what other people have to say? Instead, you should look into buying some of the many weather tools that are available on the market today. Even if...
  18. Education For The 21st Century: Distance Learning

    by John Chaplin - 2007-08-01
    There is an old saying: Time moves on. That is certainly true in the world of education. In the past, higher education was strictly an option for the wealthy and privileged. Beginning in the last cent...
  19. Warning the Gullible about Global Warming

    by Michael Tummillo - 2007-04-21
    Isn't it strange that, with all the talk about Global Warming (GW), we just had one of the coldest winters we've had in a long time? The 2007 Farmers' Almanac, whose predictions are up to 85% accura...
  20. Nor'easters, What Are They?

    by Lill Hawkins - 2007-04-19
    Nor'easters aren't as powerful as hurricanes, but they can be very destructive. The March Nor'easter known as the Blizzard of 1993 did over a billion dollars in damage up and down the East Coast from ...