Very clever NPR bit on the weight of clouds — all the way up to hurricanes.  In the cartoon you’ll get your numbers in “blue whales,” in the radio piece, … [Keep reading >>]

Reforma from Mexico City (pay-wall) reports some 30,000 evacuated from Vera Cruz following Karl’s drenching rains and wind…  It arrived on Friday as a Cat 3 hurricane with 115 mph … [Keep reading >>]

The Atlantic hurricane season of 2010 kicked into high gear this morning, with the landfall of Tropical Storm Karl in Mexico, and the simultaneous presence of two Category … [Keep reading >>]

This hurricane season is predicted to be fairly intense.  Earl is the first named storm of the Atlantic season to show promise of justifying that prediction.  Rain and wind are … [Keep reading >>]

Destruction of Hurricane Ike

Likely 3rd Costliest Hurricane in History

Climate change “not a problem,” humans will adapt, said conservative scientists in Reagan administration.
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From Jeff Masters at Wunderground.com I’ve given the mistaken impression that the Galveston sea wall will save the city from inundation. That is not the case. … [Keep reading >>]

Enormous waves pounding Cuba … [Keep reading >>]

Hurricane Ike today was bearing down on Haiti as the island is reeling from three previous storms that have left at least 163 people dead and forced hundreds of thousands … [Keep reading >>]

Just 105 mph winds and not pushing the ocean right into New Orleans. So far, so good – as measured against the real possibilities. Now with the left … [Keep reading >>]

Hurricane Gustav

Oil Platform Crews Prepare to Leave

Powerful Hurricane Brewing

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“CNNMoney reports that “energy producers have shut in approximately 77% of oil output and 37% of natural gas production in the Gulf of Mexico.” This is affecting three producers particularly … [Keep reading >>]

From Jeff Masters:

“Gustav roared over Cuba’s Isle of Youth at 2 pm today, and is now clobbering the western tip of Cuba with 145 mph Cat 4 winds and a … [Keep reading >>]