A TV reporter in West Virginia just proved how much of a pro she is by pushing through an incredible situation to continue coverage in an unbelievable live TV shot! On Wednesday night, Tori Yorgey was live for WSAZ-TV on the scene of a water main break caused by severe weather in the town of Dunbar, West […]
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This little piggy doesn’t like heat and low barometric pressure
Enlarge (credit: Frank Sommariva ) Pigs have a long and illustrious history in North America. According to the University of Mississippi , they were initially introduced to the continent from Europe in the 1500s. In the 1900s, the Eurasian wild boar was also introduced. Over the years, escapee pigs and the introduced boars interbred, creating […]
‘Screw You!’ Al Roker EXPLODES At Viewers Who Say He’s ‘Too Old’ To Cover Hurricane Ida!
Today Show mainstay Al Roker is sending a big F U to fans that think he’s “too old” to be covering a hurricane! On Sunday, daytime TV viewers were shocked to see the 67-year-old get slammed by intense waves in the eye of a very scary storm while he reported live from Lake Pontchartrain in […]
Europe’s July floods: So rare and extreme, they’re hard to study
Enlarge / Damaged left behind by flooding in the Ahr valley. (credit: Picture Alliance / Getty Images) The backdrop of a steadily warming climate has frequently raised questions about whether any given extreme weather event could have been influenced by climate change. It’s a natural question to ask, but answering it in peer-reviewed detail usually […]
Dark Sky’s API, iOS app, and web app will all stop working next year
An example of Dark Sky’s maps from the desktop Web version. [credit: Dark Sky ] A new blog post from the developers of Apple-owned, hyperlocal weather app Dark Sky has announced that the iOS and web versions of the app, as well as the Dark Sky API, will sunset at the end of 2022. Here’s […]
The new abnormal is warming up the US government’s new climate norms
Enlarge / What a difference a decade makes. Even though 2/3 of the data in the new normals is present in the previous ones, the last decade’s still been hot enough to drag the temperatures upwards. (credit: NOAA) On Tuesday, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) released a set of data it terms the […]
Missing Arctic ice fueled the “Beast of the East” winter storm
Enlarge / Picking up moisture from the ice-free sea, a storm builds and heads towards Europe. (credit: NASA) Extreme weather has become the new normal—whether it’s precipitation, drought, wind, heat, or cold. The question of how the ever-shrinking layer of Arctic sea ice has contributed to any of these changes has prompted some lively discussion […]
Little Girl’s Fish Tank FREEZES SOLID — As Animals Suffer Worst Of Texas Storm
As you’ve probably heard by now, there’s a snowstorm ravaging Texas right now. State and local governments were completely unprepared for the temperatures, and now the deep freeze has caused the power grid to go down — meaning people can’t heat their homes amid the freezing cold. While most people have found ways to keep […]