Hurricane Florence: Winds and Rain Lashing the Carolinas President Trump urged people to get out of the way. “Don’t play games with it. It’s a big one The outer bands of wind and rain from a weakened but still deadly Hurricane Florence began lashing North Carolina on Thursday as the monster storm moved in for […]
Heavy Storms and Flooding to Sweep East Coast People across the East Coast are preparing for a major Nor’Easter to hit the region. Heavy rain, intermittent snow and high winds with gusts exceeding 50 mph are expected as the storm moves up the Eastern seaboard, beginning in New York on Thursday evening. The Governor of […]
Firefighters Working to Prevent Montecito from Being Consumed 8000 firefighters are trying to prevent perhaps the biggest fires in California’s history from consuming homes in Santa Barbara and the nearby enclave of Montecito. They are hoping less powerful Santa Ana winds would help them Sunday after they managed to stop it from burning thousands of […]
‘The Greatest Story (Lie) Ever Told’ The uncompromising verdict of Dr Mörner is that all this talk about the sea rising is nothing but a colossal scare story (lie) If one thing more than any other is used to justify proposals that the world must spend tens of trillions of dollars on combating global warming, […]
Snow, Rain, Wind, Severe Weather Across the US Travel ranging from daily commutes to cross-country could be affected by a significant storm in the central and eastern United States next week. A major storm with heavy rain, ice, snow, gusty winds and the potential for severe weather is likely next week in the central and […]
Northeastern US in Dangerous Deep Freeze Low temperatures and high winds have the Northeastern US in a deep freeze this weekend Dangerous wind chills of -20 to 30 below Zero in parts of the region made for some crippling conditions Friday. “You are talking about 30 degrees below normal highs. That is pretty darn cold,” […]
Renewable Energy Prospects Grim Under Trump Admin $USO, $UNG Koch Industries lobbyist Thomas Pyle is leading US President Elect Donald Trump’s transition team for Energy With that expect to see a regression in renewable power projects in California and the nation. Mr. Pyle is President of the Institute for Energy Research Group (PER), which has […]
Hurricane Matthew May Be Strongest Caribbean Storm in a Decade Hurricane Matthew, now a Category 4 hurricane with sustained winds of nearly 130 mph, is expected to slam into Haiti, Jamaica, and Cuba this week. The Eye of the hurricane was predicted to move toward southwestern Haiti and Jamaica Monday and was expected to remain […]
Hurricane Matthew Now a ‘Powerful’ Category 5 Storm A hurricane southeast of Jamaica strengthened to a “Powerful” Category 5 storm late Friday, forecasters said, and watches were in place for that nation as well as the southeastern coast of Haiti. Hurricane Matthew is now the strongest hurricane in the Atlantic since Felix in Y 2007. […]
China, the World’s Economic Driver and Polluter Here is something to get your head around. These figures may be a little high given the slowdown in world economy. But, this moves the Chinese from Stratospheric to Upper Atmosphere. China has 19% of the world’s population, but it consumes: 53% of the world’s Cement 48% of […]
Dry Winds to Bring Extreme Fire Danger A mixture of strong, dry winds and warm weather Thursday raise the area’s wildfire danger to ‘extreme,’ in Southern California Strong winds will blow Thursday afternoon and evening in bone-dry areas of the Southern California accompanied by low humidity, creating extreme fire-weather conditions, the National Weather said today. […]
‘Hermine’ Churning off the US Mid-Atlantic Coast Storm Hermine churned off the US Mid-Atlantic Coast Sunday, with forecasters projecting it may regain hurricane strength as it slowly moves North, cramping the Labor Day Holiday weekend with high winds, soaking rains and surging seas. The storm, which claimed at least 2 lives in Florida and North […]
Floridians Prepared for 1st Hurricane in 10yrs + $CVX, $DUK Hermine hit Florida Gulf Horn coast with diminished force, the 1st hurricane to strike the state since Y 2005 before heading East overland to threaten Soybean, Cotton crops and the US East Coast. Hermine’s top winds reached 75 miles per hour, making it a Category […]
Weather: A Trifecta of Trouble for South East Coast Tropical Depression 9 could give the North Carolina coast the blues this Labor Day weekend. The weather system churning in the Gulf of Mexico is on a track to grow into a tropical storm that could march across the midsection of Florida north of Tampa and […]
Kuwait Scraps Nuclear Power Plans Ministry says alternative sources are more cost effective Kuwait’s Ministry of Electricity and Water has reportedly scrapped plans to build a nuclear power plant citing cost concerns. The country had planned to obtain a licence for the project from the United Nations. Kuwait Times reports that the ministry decided […]
California and Colorado Wildfires Prompt Evacuations of Thousands Strong winds will keep the wildfire danger high across the West Sunday into Monday. Strong winds will keep the wildfire danger high across the West Sunday into Monday. Wildfires burning in both California and Colorado have forced evacuations and left one firefighter injured Saturday evening, burning more […]
Key Insights into the Growth of the Energy Sector $OIL, $USO, $UNG Here is the latest overview view on economic-growth fundamentals in the global energy sector The Key points are listed below, as follows: Growth in global energy demand will decelerate to 0.7% per year through Y 2050, a rate 30% slower than had been […]
US Real Estate: Strong Gains in Public Works, Power Plants & Multifamily Housing At a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $636.7 billion, new construction starts in May increased 5% from April, according to Dodge Data & Analytics. Much of the growth came from the nonbuilding construction sector (public works and electric utilities), which was lifted […]
Bushfires on the Rise in Australia, + 40% Since 2007 The number of bushfires in Australia is on the rise, +40% since Y 2007 local scientists have found. In a new research paper, published earlier this year in the journal Royal Society Open Science, scientists from CSIRO and University of Tasmania also say the increasing […]
To Get “Out of Irons” You Have to Know How You Got “In Irons” To get out of ‘in irons’ it is important to understand how you got ‘in irons’ in the first place. There are many situations which can cause a boat to get ‘in irons’. The most common is failing to complete a […]