I rode my bike up in the foothills around noon, and the air was stiflingly humid -almost saturated. A cold front came through a few hours later and we had torrential rain and tornadoes. Now it is cool and dry.
Tornadoes occur at the boundary of warm humid air and cold dry air.
Storms drop hail and heavy rain, flooding Fort Collins streets | The Coloradoan | coloradoan.com
Look for Fort Collins to be listed as exceptional drought next week.
A reminder that there was a time when scientists actually did science.
Last year, Heidi’s geniuses predicted that California sea level would rise at least six inches by 2030.
April 20, 2012
In the 20th century, the sea level rose on average 8 inches along California’s coastline, research by Climate Central and others shows.
Middle-of-the-road expectations are that it will rise 6 to 8 more inches by 2030, 12 inches by 2050 and 24 inches by 2070.
By 2100, it could be 3 to 5 feet higher, said Gary Griggs, director of the Institute of Marine Sciences at UC Santa Cruz.
As Earth Day nears, Calif. worries about rising sea levels | The Republic
Since these expert forecasts were made, University of Colorado satellite data shows sea level at Santa Cruz dropping to its lowest level on record.
The murder rate in the US is down 40% since 1992, and is at historical lows. But there are still pockets of gun violence in the US. These are people who probably can not be trusted with guns :
US intelligence has just released this shocking imagery showing why Giggles had to be assassinated.
I just saw this outside my window. That is me on the bed. My dog is hiding from the new EPA chief on her bicycle. It is the hardest rain I have ever seen, and my car window is open.
The US is currently under a foreign travel alert, just like we were when 9/11 happened inside the US.
Whose fault is it?
