Daily Archives: July 25, 2011

The US Navy is forecasting almost no ice extent loss from July 24-30. http://www7320.nrlssc.navy.mil/hycomARC/navo/arcticictn_nowcast_anim30d.gif This is their new system which supersedes PIPS. h/t to Neven

Hot summers are often are associated with very cold winters. http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/8840044

http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/8840044 h/t to Ivan

Can there be any doubt that the nice family on the right would be better off without the electrical generating station – seen spewing visible CO2 out its smokestacks? They would of course be happier freezing and starving in the … Continue reading →

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We are 90% certain that this thingy controls the brakes. Our model for the steering mechanism is incomplete. We haven’t decided if gas moves in or out of the tank. The fuel lines may spew methane. Feedback will keep the … Continue reading →

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Sir having this opportunity, I cannot but acquaint you with the relation of a very strange tempest which hath been in these parts (with us called a hurricane) which had began August 27th (September 6th Julian calendar) and continued with such violence, … Continue reading →

OSLO, Norway (AP) — Police arrived at an island massacre about an hour and a half after a gunman first opened fire, slowed because they didn’t have quick access to a helicopter and then couldn’t find a boat to make … Continue reading →