Chance of rain

That's one of my very favorite smart-ass'd things to say when it's pouring outside. A frontal system is stuck along the eastern U.S. coast, bring violent weather to parts of the southeastern U.S. Not to be outdone, the same system could bring 3-6 inches of rain to parts of the northeastern states by Wednesday morning. I'm guessing this is going to count as "out like a lion."

That's right... cats

Courtesy of the esteemable LOLCats.

A snark-filled response to global warming skeptics

From The Colbert Report and The Daily Show.

New meaning to "chance for rain"

At least nine people have died from storm-related injuries from torrential rains that fell over the weekend, a lot of them from falling trees. As for why the trees fell, gusts were reported up to 70 mph in some places. Add in the soaked soil from inches of rain that fell and you will find places where the otherwise solid ground is loose. The roots aren't held in place as well. Get a big gust of wind and it increases the chances for a tree toppling.

The rain should be ending today though. The winds have diminished too. And thankfully, the rest of the week looks dry.

Active weather

Well, apparently forecasters are expecting active weather this spring. Not only in terms of severe weather, but also hurricanes. Of course, hurricane season is difficult to forecast in general, so that forecast I'll take with a grain of salt. Too many factors go into the generation of hurricanes, let alone the longevity and path.

That said, baseball-sized hail in Arkansas is a sign that the severe weather season is under way.

Essential reading on Climate Change

There is a lovely blog post out there called How to Talk to a Climate Skeptic, which even after almost two years is quite relevant. Which is a little scary if you think about. Blog posts should have the shelf life of a fruit fly. Skeptics really need to get some better arguments.

Anyway, with the recent so-called "Climate-gate" there is a new mad rush to spew the same old arguments again, only this time using stolen emails in an attempt to bolster these arguments. It's made its rounds in with the usual suspects, as Deep Climate meticulously documents.

Well, mt found an article from the Orange County (CA) Register, and completely, thorough dismantles it. It's not even fair, really. He takes every conflated or false claim being relentless evoked by climate sketpics and shows that, as his post title says, "they got nothin'". Take a little time this lovely weekend and read up.

Future posting

Gah. I haven't posted in a while. Judging by the lack of comments, I might be writing to myself. Well, we'll just have to keep at it.

Speaking of weather, my wife and I just went on vacation to Paris. It was all very Paris-y and everything, and also very wet. It rained every day, which kinda sucked. Then I saw the storm we missed by a day and stopped complaining.