Tag: weather
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Irma – An Historic and Catastrophic Hurricane is Pummeling the Caribbean
Hurricane Irma is already a category 5. For those of you that don’t know, that gives it some insanely high wind speeds. As of last night, the storm was closing in on Barbuda with wind speeds of 185 miles per hour. Miles, friends. I say that’s insane because I can’t even begin to fathom those…
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“Catastrophic” Hurricane Harvey
Hurricane Harvey is the first major hurricane on American soil since 2005. That year hurricanes Katrina, Rita, Dennis and Wilma all walloped the nation, killing more than 4,000 people and causing nearly $160 billion in damage. The winds will rank Harvey as a Category 3 storm on the Saffir Simpson scale. But, Harvey isn’t the…
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Is Today’s Storm “Normal”, or the Result of Climate Change?
Are you one of the millions of people affected by the Nor’easter hitting much of the east coast today? And are you wondering what the heck is happening? It’s March already. For my friends and family south of the border, this might seem odd for you. But for Canadians, a major winter storm in March…
