Monthly Archives: September 2013

Before moving to Fort Collins, we lived in Longmont, Colorado for 11 years (with a few intermittent stints in California.) Our house was one block from Left Hand Creek, and our youngest child was born there. Longmont police officers went … Continue reading →

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid on Thursday said “anarchists” have taken over Congress.  Reid (D-Nev.) said Tea Party Republicans are preventing progress on an energy efficiency bill by offering amendments on ObamaCare and other unrelated issues. “People who don’t believe … Continue reading →

The rowers have finally updated their trip tracker, after a long hiatus.

Green shows ice present in 2013 which was not present on this date in 2012. Red shows the opposite. Ice extent has increased by 67% over the past year. Arctic Sea-Ice Monitor One of NASA’s ice experts, Dr. Walt Meier … Continue reading →

It may look like the biggest flood since 1976 in Colorado, but fortunately NOAA’s climate models say it isn’t happening.   201304prcp.gif (970×1203)

Arctic ice area is increasing, as new ice is forming rapidly north of 80N. Ice area is the highest since 2006. The year over year change in Arctic sea ice area has blown away the record for ice growth, by … Continue reading →

NCAR Foothills Lab Weather (english, 5-minute) Flood emergency in Boulder County; 1 person killed, streets impassable Massive flooding has made the streets of Boulder impassable and destroyed multiple homes in Boulder County, according to Officer of Emergency Management officials. One … Continue reading →

The only evidence Obama has produced linking Assad to the chemical weapons attack is a set of panicked phone calls from someone in the ministry of defense to someone in the military wanting to know what had happened. Obama would … Continue reading →

This article is right off the ESA web site. While it seems unlikely that a record minimum of sea-ice extent will be set this September, the thinner ice at the start of summer could mean that the actual volume of … Continue reading →