“If you look at hot pavement or asphalt at two o’clock in the afternoon in direct sunlight, the temperature is usually somewhere around 170 to 180 degrees Fahrenheit.” – Some doctor In case you haven’t heard, it’s hot out there. Damned hot. Hot enough to fry an egg on the sidewalk? Yeah. Unconfirmed reports stateContinue reading “Doctors warn of burns from asphalt as heat wave hits US West”
Category Archives: Ecosystem
Bird Riders Beware
No helmet? That’s a ticket. The Santa Monica Police Department has officially started cracking down on the city’s 30,000 Bird subscribers via Bird lovers tweet as tickets ruffle feathers | Santa Monica Daily Press
Venice ’83
Photos of the 1983 El Niño beach erosion in Venice Beach, California. Photos show the lifeguards’ “HQ” building featured in the television show Bay Watch.
Wastewater overflows from 10 Austin plants after flooding | KXAN.com
Ewwwww. Monday’s flooding caused the release of partially treated, disinfected or untreated wastewater from 10 Austin Water facilities. via Wastewater overflows from 10 Austin plants after flooding | KXAN.com.
Chinese hack U.S. weather systems, satellite network – The Washington Post
NOAA’s CPC (Climate Prediction Center) issued this statement last week: There is an approximately 50-60% chance of El Niño conditions during the next two months, with ENSO-neutral favored thereafter. If this proves to be inaccurate, it may be because the forecast models are based on bad data. Hackers from China breached the federal weather network recently,Continue reading “Chinese hack U.S. weather systems, satellite network – The Washington Post”
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