Hurricane Bill is no more, downgraded to a Tropical Storm — and simultaneously declared extratropical — at 5:00 AM EDT today, after lashing Atlantic Canada yesterday and overnight. Dr. Jeff Masters has a round-up of Bill’s impacts on Nova Scotia and Newfoundland. Most notable, to me, is this tidbit: “At Peggys Cove, three men were hit by a giant wave… Read more »
In keeping with my post last weekend showing off a few photos of fruits and flowers, here are some of my shots from our visit to the Denver Botanical Gardens today: And here’s one from a few days ago — a tomato from our garden.
At one point yesterday, for a minute or two, the top of the countdown box in my blog’s sidebar at right briefly looked like this: I quickly fixed it, and was amused when I realized what the problem was. I had accidentally entered the date of Monday’s Rockies-Giants game at Coors Field — which my Dad and I have tickets… Read more »
Remember the 2008 NCAA basketball national title game between Memphis and Kansas? The overtime thriller made possible by the Jayhawks’ never-say-die tenacity, the Tigers’ poor free-throw shooting down the stretch, and Mario Chalmers’ amazing shining moment at the end of regulation? You know… the shot they’ll be talking about in Kansas for, well, as long as there’s a Kansas? You… Read more »
If the FlightAware tracker is to be believed, my parents’ flight from Hartford to Chicago appears to have done some bizarre loop-de-loops over Indiana, not far from South Band. I wonder what that’s all about? Some sort of vortex caused by Northern Indiana becoming the center of the political universe? Evasive maneuvers to avoid being impacted by the ongoing Rust… Read more »
Alan Sullivan, in a post about Hurricane Bill titled “Sideswipe“: “Bill is a sideswiper.” My brain, involuntarily: “Swiper, no swiping! Swiper, no swiping!” This is what having a 19-month-old will do to you..
I’m not sure if AppleCare covers this. Heh.
Here are some gorgeous satellite photos of Category 4 Hurricane Bill — taken at 1:15 PM, 3:15 PM and 5:15 PM EDT, respectively — courtesy of the wide and narrow RGB satellite loops:
The Weather Channel’s Dr. Stu Ostro writes: “Did you know that Hurricane Camille made landfall on the same night as the final night of the Woodstock Music & Art Fair?” I sure didn’t. And that night was 40 years ago this week. Ostro even has the New York Times front page to prove it: Heh. Love the story placement. Three… Read more »
Hurricane Bill strengthened further overnight, and its top sustained winds are now estimated at 135 mph as of 5:00 AM EDT, making it a Category Four hurricane. It could be even stronger; data from a recon plane later today will give us a better idea of the storm’s strength. Here’s a visible satellite view this morning: Further strengthening is expected…. Read more »
