Category Archives: Climate

Snow, sleet target Midwest and Northeast

By doris | Published: January 20, 2012

Full Story at usNews.msnbc.msn.com Updated at 3:30 p.m. ET: Snow was falling heavily by midafternoon in Chicago as a winter storm spread east, NBCChicago.com reported. Though no significant delays were reported, airlines at O’Hare Airport canceled more than 300 flights, NBCChicago.com said. At Midway Airport, Southwest Airlines canceled all 70 of its flights scheduled between [...]

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Snow in Northeast could cut power to millions

By doris | Published: October 28, 2011

Full Story at msnbc.com NEW YORK — It’s a recipe for mass power outages: up to 15 inches of snow forecast in parts of the Northeast on Saturday — much of it landing on trees that have yet to shed their leaves in fall. “We’re expecting this very heavy and wet snow, and a lot [...]

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Winds spread over eastern North Carolina as Irene nears landfall

By doris | Published: August 26, 2011

Full Story at CNN.com Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina (CNN) — Hurricane Irene had coastal North Carolina and metropolitan New York in its sights late Friday, staying on an unusual track that could bring deadly storm surge, heavy rainfall and misery to millions. With winds near 100 mph, Irene churned toward an anticipated 7 a.m. [...]

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Wildfire season off to a raging start across Southwest, South

By doris | Published: June 14, 2011

Full Story at  msnbc.com Wildfires have consumed more than 4.2 million acres of land across the U.S. so far this year, a number more than double the most recent 10-year average, but there’s still hope that 2011 won’t be a record year — all that winter snow in the Rockies, Sierras and Cascades should keep [...]

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Easy vegetables to grow

By doris | Published: May 27, 2011

Full Story at MNN.com Planting a garden doesn’t have to be a huge undertaking. But the fear of failure keeps many a gardener-wannabe from spending time and energy on planting backyard crops. Knowing the easy vegetables to grow for your region — in addition to when and where to plant them — is the best [...]

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Survivors tell of dread, loss after Missouri tornado

By doris | Published: May 23, 2011

Full Story at msnbc.com JOPLIN, Mo. — From heroism, to disbelief to shock. Those were some of the stories being told by survivors of the Joplin twister. Below are some of those initial reactions to the tragedy.‘Felt like the building was breathing’Rod Pace, Med Flight manager at St. John’s Regional Medical Center, watched the tornado [...]

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La. spillway to be opened; 25,000 people could be in harm’s way of floods

By doris | Published: May 14, 2011

Full Story at msnbc.com LAKE PROVIDENCE, La. — Army engineers prepared Saturday to slowly open the gates of an emergency spillway along the rising Mississippi River, diverting floodwaters from Baton Rouge and New Orleans, yet inundating homes and farms in parts of Louisiana’s populated Cajun country. About 25,000 people and 11,000 structures could be in [...]

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More U.S. states find traces of radiation from Japan

By doris | Published: March 24, 2011

Full Story at CNN.com (CNN) — Colorado and Oregon have joined several other Western states in reporting trace amounts of radioactive particles that have likely drifted about 5,000 miles from a quake and tsunami-damaged nuclear power plant in Japan, officials say. But, on a portion of its website dedicated to tracking such radiation, the Environmental [...]

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Weekend full moon the biggest in about 20 years

By doris | Published: March 18, 2011

Full Story at CNN.com (CNN) — If the moon looks a little bit bigger and brighter this weekend, there’s a reason for that. It is. Saturday’s full moon will be a super “perigee moon” — the biggest in almost 20 years. This celestial event is far rarer than the famed blue moon, which happens once [...]

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Experts: U.S. won’t feel health effects from Japan

By doris | Published: March 16, 2011

Full Story at The Chart.Blogs.cnn.com The situation at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant in Japan, which has suffered numerous fires, explosions and subsequent radiation leaks since Friday’s earthquake, could get worse, and just how much worse is unknown. But health and nuclear safety experts agree that even if radiation levels around the plant reach Chernobyl-like [...]

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As U.S. damage is measured, man dies trying to photograph tsunami

By doris | Published: March 11, 2011

Full Story at CNN.com (CNN) — A 25-year-old man was declared dead Friday afternoon after being swept out to sea off a northern California beach while trying to photograph a tsunami launched by the massive earthquake near Japan, according to a Del Norte County, California, official. The man’s identity was withheld as authorities tried to [...]

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DOUBLE RAINBOW FOR GROUNDHOG DAY 2011

By doris | Published: February 3, 2011

Full Story at ireport.CNN I was out early in the morning on Groundhog’s Day here in Grafton, WV. Snapping some pictures of a few cloud formations that was moving in that morning at around 8:00 am. As I was clicking away on the clouds, I saw from the corner of my left eye something bright…….DOUBLE [...]

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Moonwatchers treated to total lunar eclipse

By doris | Published: December 22, 2010

Full Story at news.Yahoo.com NEW YORK – Skywatchers got an early holiday present this year: A total eclipse of the moon. Hanging high in the sky, the moon slowly turned from bright silver into a red disk early Tuesday. A total lunar eclipse occurs when the Earth casts its shadow on the full moon, blocking [...]

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Strangers in the night: Lunar eclipse, solstice meet again

By doris | Published: December 21, 2010

Full Story at news.blogs.CNN.com It’s not every lifetime that you get a chance to celebrate a solstice with a total eclipse of the moon. Weather permitting, a lunar eclipse will be visible from 1:33 to 5:01 a.m. ET Tuesday, with the total eclipse starting at about 2:41 a.m., according to NASA. The eclipse happens to [...]

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92-Year-Old Woman Finishes Marathon

By doris | Published: December 14, 2010

Full Story at KITV.com HONOLULU — Gladys “Glady” Burrill, 92, the oldest woman to enter the Honolulu Marathon finished the race Sunday in 9 hours, 53 minutes and 16 seconds. Burrill’s finish time was about an hour short of the world record for her age group (90-94). The record time for that group is 8 [...]

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Igor lashes Canada; Georgette heads toward Mexico

By doris | Published: September 22, 2010

Full Story at CNN.com (CNN) — The storm known as Igor was moving farther away from Canada on Wednesday morning, but could still produce hurricane-force winds in the area. As of 12:30 a.m. local time (11 p.m. ET), Igor was about 445 kilometers (277 miles) east of St. Anthony, Newfoundland, according to the Canadian Weather [...]

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Big waves pound Bermuda as Hurricane Igor nears

By doris | Published: September 19, 2010

Full Story atnews.Yahoo.com HAMILTON, Bermuda – Big waves are pounding Bermuda’s beaches while islanders rush to board up windows, fill sandbags and stock up on water, food and other supplies before Hurricane Igor’s expected arrival late Sunday. In Mexico, people are cleaning up from flooding and wind damage caused by the now dissipated Hurricane Karl. [...]

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Julia grows to Category 3 hurricane

By doris | Published: September 15, 2010

Full Story at msnbc.msn.com MIAMI — Julia intensified into a major hurricane early Wednesday in the open Atlantic as Tropical Storm Karl was about to bear down on the Yucatan Peninsula. Behind both was Hurricane Igor. Forecasters said Karl had maximum sustained winds of about 45 mph and was located about 185 miles east of [...]

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Thousands evacuating as Hurricane Earl approaches

By doris | Published: September 1, 2010

Full Story at msnbc.com RALEIGH, N.C. — Thousands of people were told to start evacuating a North Carolina island Wednesday morning as Hurricane Earl threatened to sideswipe the East Coast. The 800 or so year-round residents of Ocracoke Island were told they do not have to go, but Emergency Services Director Lindsey Mooney said officials [...]

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Growing Hurricane Earl threatens north Caribbean

By doris | Published: August 30, 2010

Full Story at news.Yahoo.com SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – Hurricane Earl lashed northern Leeward Islands with heavy rain and strong winds Monday after strengthening into a Category 2 storm. Hotels were shut tightly overnight as tourists sought shelter inside their rooms. The U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami said Earl could become a major hurricane [...]

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