Category Archives: weather

Snow Coming

February 7, 2013 – 7:49 pm

Meteorolgists are predicting a monster snowstorm for the East Coast with up to two feet of accumulation in the Boston area. New York is supposed to get a foot. Looking out from the Fort Greene Observatory, the skies are gray and a touch of the window says it’s cold out there. Perfect conditions for a […]

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Punxsutawney Phil

February 3, 2013 – 6:00 pm

Today Punxsutawney Phil emerged from his hole to signal spring’s arrival in six weeks. Thousands of people without any real purpose in their life showed up in the Pennsylvania town to celebrate the old German holiday and organizers stated that the furry rodents’ forecasts are accurate 75% to 90% of the time. More interesting is […]

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No Rain In Sight

January 30, 2013 – 8:24 pm

As far as I can ascertain from my research there has been no rain on the planet Mars for over billions of years, although the Xanthe Terra highlands on the equator shows signs of water flow. The heaviest rainfall on Earth has been recorded in the following locations according to Answers.com; LLoro, Colombia, averages 13,300mm […]

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Steve, You Suck

January 7, 2013 – 6:27 pm

Last autumn I sat in the Fort Greene Observatory and thought that the hurricane season had been very kind to the Eastern Seaboard, then in late-October a Category 1 storm traveled up the Gulf Stream to smote New Jersey with a lunar-intensified tidal surge. The coast was devastated by the water and wind. Governors sought […]

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Wintertime In Pattaya

January 5, 2013 – 11:59 am

I’ve spent the best part of the 21st Century in Thailand, especially from 2000-2008. For the most part the weather was hot, hotter, or hot and rainy during the monsoon season. There was also a brief winter and in 2007 an intense high pressure system stalled over Thailand inflicting seasonally cooler weather on the entire […]

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