Category Archives: weather

Hot As Bangkok

April 21, 2014 – 2:03 pm

I’ve been going to Thaialnd since the early 90s. I quickly learned that April was the hottest time of the year. 2014 will be no exception and according to the National Astronomical Research Institute of Thailand this coming Sunday the sun will be directly over the City of Cmiles. It should be a hot one. […]

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Never-Ending Winter

February 28, 2014 – 2:53 pm

Never-Ending Winter Last night I went to sleep at on the top floor of the Fort Greene Observatory. I was wearing a cotton night gown and my cover was a double blanket. The cold seeped through the windows and a little past 3am I woke to a chill. The outside temperature was wavering in the […]

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Extinct Slush

February 24, 2014 – 6:40 pm

Yesterday the New York temperature was in the 50s. Dirty snow clung to the sidewalks. Ice refused to melt, but the slush was gone. It got cold again today. And the forecast for Wednesday is for more snow. This winter keeps coming. And the slush now extinct will flow again.

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Blizzard of 77 Slideshow

February 13, 2014 – 3:46 pm

After the last big storm residents of the Upper East Side complained about snow removal. The new mayor replied that they received the smae service as any communities in the five boroughs. The filthy rich immediately accused DeBlasio of class warfare. Today a fierce storm descended on New York City. By noon over eight inches […]

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Atlanta Driving School

January 30, 2014 – 11:46 am

The polar vortex stabbed south and wreaked havoc with traffic in Atlanta. The mayor should have called off school, because thousands of students were stranded by the storm. People down there don’t know how to drive in snow. But they’re going to learn.

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