Author Archives: Tony Heller

A bipartisan group of 26 senators, led by Sen. Ron Wyden (D., Ore.) asked Director of National Intelligence James Clapper to detail the scope and limits of the National Security Agency’s surveillance activities in a letter released Friday. The NSA’s … Continue reading →

The heat wave is “a huge one,” National Weather Service specialist Stuart Seto said. “We haven’t seen one like this for several years, probably the mid- to late 2000s.” ‘It’s brutal out there’: Weekend heat wave to bake western US … Continue reading →

Twitter / NWSVegas: Official high at #DeathValley …

Freak heat means a typical end of June day in the southwest ustemp.gif (640×480)

  See if you can figure the map out! LOL I rode my bike up in the mountains and it was very hot and humid, but on the way back down it turned cool and rainy, and a lightning bolt … Continue reading →

Phoenix topped out at 116F. It was 118F on this date in 1990 Las Vegas topped out 1t 113F. It was 115F on this date in 1995 Death Valley didn’t get anywhere close to a record Santa Fe is 68F … Continue reading →

My tweet was deleted Twitter / pdykstra: Both CBS and NBC Nightly News …

The snow has melted away from a few small areas near the southern tip of Greenland, opening up great gardening possibilities before it gets really cold again in eight weeks. arctic.io – Arctic Terra – (2013/179)