Monthly Archives: September 2013

Meteorologist Joe Bastardi in his Saturday Summary at the 7-minute mark looks at the latest NCEP NCAR global winter forecast for 2013/14. The charts point to another “brutal winter for Europe.” The forecast sees blocking and a negative NAO. Joe … Continue reading →

Intellicast – Weekly Precipitation in United States The government says we are super-duper-exceptionally dry around here. US Drought Monitor

Colorado’s widespread flooding has led to hundreds of missing person reports, but officials say many of those people are calling in safe as phone service is slowly being restored and victims call the Red Cross to strike their names off … Continue reading →

The President of the US has repeatedly compared climate skeptics to Holocaust deniers, called them flat earthers, and said he has no patience for them. The Secretary of The Interior has said she doesn’t want any climate skeptics working for … Continue reading →

Many people learned this week that flood plains flood. They might have learned this in school, except that their teachers were too busy teaching them about the dangers of CO2.

Officials Say Nearly 19,000 Homes Damaged, Destroyed In Flooding « CBS Denver The vast majority of those 19,000 homes suffered water damage to carpets and things on the floor. Less than 10% were destroyed. By contrast, the 1990 hailstorm damaged … Continue reading →

The City of Fort Collins and the local newspaper have made all kinds of claims of record stream flow and 1,000 year floods. The record stream flow claim was based on a faulty flood gauge. Note the equipment malfunction on … Continue reading →

Here in the US, we were taught that Soviets were evil imperialists who wanted to take over the US. In the Soviet Union, people were taught that Americans were evil imperialists who wanted to take over the Soviet Union. Until we … Continue reading →

“I don’t think that Mr. Putin has the same values that we do,” Obama said in response to Putin’s controversial op-ed. Obama Rejects Criticism of Shifting Syria Policy: ‘I’m Less Concerned About Style Points’ – ABC News Hopefully I will … Continue reading →

Had Bush signed Kyoto, Colorado would be a very different place right now. Temperatures during the Broncos – Raven playoff match would have been -17.68ºC instead of -17.67ºC, and that might have caused the Broncos to go on and win … Continue reading →