Monthly Archives: January 2008

Quadrillions and Quadrillions (with apologies to Carl Sagan)

Posted on January 9, 2008 by

OMG, it’s full of BS! The ultimate ridiculous chutzpa lawsuit has just been filed against the US Army Corp of Engineers for damage associated with Hurricane Katrina. Its over 3 quadrillion dollars. Yes thats right, 3 QUADRILLION.  Because levees that … Continue reading →

Posted in ridiculae | 28 Comments

California USHCN station surveys are complete

Posted on January 8, 2008 by

California USHCN Stations I’m pleased to announce completion of USHCN station surveys for California’s USHCN stations. There were some challenges in completing some surveys. Some places were inaccessible, such as the famous Tejon Ranch, which would not give me access despite … Continue reading →

Posted in weather_stations | 8 Comments

Solar Cycle 24 has officially started

Posted on January 4, 2008 by

What a day! First a major storm whacks the west coast, now we have the official start of solar cycle 24. Solar physicists have been waiting for the appearance of a reversed-polarity sunspot to signal the start of the next … Continue reading →

Posted in climate_change, Science | 55 Comments

Today’s storm is a 9.0

Posted on January 4, 2008 by

A meteorologist friend of mine, Jan Null, has been keeping tabs on Winter Storms for some time. He’s developed something called the Bay Area Storm Index (BASI) which he uses to calculate the intensity of the storm by combining susatined … Continue reading →

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Mother Nature Whacks West Coast

Posted on January 4, 2008 by

Click image for latest animation UPDATE: For a high resolution still image of this “beautiful” storm click this link: pacific_nhemi_01-04-08_1430utc.jpg The Friday storm moving into California is one of the strongest I’ve seen in about five years. The record rainfall for … Continue reading →

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The Weather Channel is up for sale

Posted on January 3, 2008 by

I wonder if Heidi Cullen comes with the deal? 5 billion dollars seems a bit steep. Any takers? From Andrew Ross Sorkin at the New York Times: The Weather Channel, one of the last privately owned cable channels, is being … Continue reading →

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