Monthly Archives: May 2011

100% or normal snowpack is enough to bring most rivers close to flood stage. We are seeing 200%-500% across much of the west. http://www.wrcc.dri.edu/snotelanom/basinswen.html Thank goodness Lake Powell has plenty of reserve storage capacity to absorb the inevitable floodwaters.

The wet, stormy, tornadic weather is associated with cold temperatures, not warm – as Joe Romm and other dishonest propagandists want people to believe. http://mapcenter.hamweather.com/records/7day/us.html

Chris Matthews says President Obama talking about his Irish “heritage” in Dublin today reminded him of “Kennedy back in ’63.” http://www.realclearpolitics.com/ President Barack Obama declared solidarity between the United States and economically struggling Ireland (both countries are bankrupt) with a symbolic … Continue reading →

My colleague Damian Thompson appears to be under the impression that Obama is a great guy because he said nice things about the Queen. Look, I think the Queen’s great too, but did it really not occur to my distinguished … Continue reading →

In my earlier article about tornado disinformation, I pointed out that the author cherry picked deadly tornadoes after 1950. Here is why. http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/severeweather/tornadoes.html#history If you include pre-1950 tornadoes, the claimed global warming link won’t fool even the densest true believers.

There have been about 15,000 Americans killed in car accidents so far this year.  You are thirty times more likely to be killed by a car than by a tornado.

The ongoing and desperate effort to blame weather on global warming gets increasingly pathetic every day. The deadliest year for tornadoes in the U.S. was 1925, when 794 people were killed, according to the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration. Yesterday’s … Continue reading →

Literally. The middle school district track meet was rained delayed last Wednesday until today, and looking out the window it looks like a repeat for this afternoon.

A massive thunderstorm is headed their direction. http://www.accuweather.com/us/radar/sir/mo_/radar.asp?play=true

This stays at the top until Saturday. My thought is that there isn’t any question this year that the two top teams are playing. What do you think? Messi or Shrek? Barcelona is travelling two days early because of the … Continue reading →