Author Archives: Tony Heller

The last major hurricane to hit the US was Wilma in October, 2005. It was also the last hurricane to hit Florida. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QDFK40UMotc] Nine years (2014) is by far the longest period on record without a hurricane landfall in Florida.

Two weeks ago the Republican leadership told Ted Cruz to shut up, and let the House leadership handle the Obamacare strategy. I don’t think I have ever seen as big a flustercluck in my life as the Republican leadership just … Continue reading →

22 Aug 1952 – Climatic Warm-Up

16 Aug 1991 – Cold water poured on theory that earth is warmin…

Hansen is simply repeating the words of Nixon. We can no longer afford to consider air and water common property, free to be abused by anyone without regard to the consequences. Instead, we should begin now to treat them as … Continue reading →

The Republican Party Embraces Irrelevance – The Rush Limbaugh Show

The US scores two injury time goals to send Mexico to the World Cup. For the first time in history, Mexico actually likes the US. Panama 2-3 USA – as it happened | Football | theguardian.com

Pierre Omidyar commits $250m to new media venture with Glenn Greenwald Omidyar says decision to set up news organisation fueled by ‘concern about press freedoms in the US and around the world’ In an interview with Jay Rosen, media critic and … Continue reading →

A picture is worth a thousand words. Congress votes on deal to raise US debt ceiling – live updates

Since 1940, however, the Greenland coastal stations data have undergone predominantly  a cooling trend. At the summit of the Greenland ice sheet the summer average temperature has  decreased at the rate of 2.2?C per decade since the beginning of the … Continue reading →