Monthly Archives: July 2011

1950 : Severe Floods In The Midwest

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1903 : Hundreds Killed In Kansas City Flood

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1896 : One Thousand Trampled To Death At Czar’s Coronation

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1900 : Texas Hurricane Worse Than Don

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1906 : Volcanic Eruption In Italy Killed Hundreds

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1908 Earthquake Killed 100,000 In Italy

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Shock News : More People And Inflation Increases Disaster Costs!

As of June, the United States has seen eight weather disasters exceeding $1 billion each in damage, and the annual hurricane season has hardly begun, said Kathryn Sullivan, Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Environmental Observation and Prediction and NOAA’s Deputy … Continue reading

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Spencer Translates Trenberth

Kevin Trenberth’s response to our paper, rather predictably, was: “I cannot believe it got published” Which when translated from IPCC-speak actually means, “Why didn’t I get the chance to deep-six Spencer’s paper, just like I’ve done with his other papers?” … Continue reading

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Reader Contest

Prize goes to the first reader who can count the number of bears in this picture. Three Four There were four, but the other one presumably drowned  One, and two bear researchers in drag  

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Wisconsin Running A Budget Surplus

Six months ago the Wisconsin Senate Democrats went AWOL in an attempt to stop Governor Walker from fixing the state’s disastrous budget. Now they have a budget surplus. This teaches us that the key to a healthy economy is to … Continue reading

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