From the WTOP News Weather Center, here’s the breakdown for this weekend’s snow totals: The Saturday snow was a record breaker, with 16.4″ at Reagan National, 18″ at Dulles and 21″ at BWI Thurgood Marshall, making for the heaviest snowfall amounts in the month of December at those recording stations. This was also the third [...]
With the announced intention by Glen Caroline of not seeking re-election, the chairmanship of the LCRC is open to all comers. I really hadn’t given it much thought after Glen’s announcement but decided to ask around for opinions starting last week. Since then, 2 names have come up and it’s still before Christmas! One of [...]
Well, I’m sitting in the Northern Virginia Blizzard Zone and have waded into battle on my driveway twice today. Both times there was between 7 and 8 inches of snow on the driveway. Fortunately, I have one of these: UNfortunately, 7-8 inches of snow is about the maximum load this puppy will push so while [...]
From Tigerhawk, “A few good surgical implants“: Senator, we live in a world that has patients, and those patients have to be treated with technology. Who’s gonna invent, develop it, and build it? You, Senator Sanders? You, Senator Reid? I have a greater responsibility than you could possibly fathom. You weep for high health care [...]
Looks like yet another of the more recognizable car brands is headed for the history books. GM says they’re going to shut down Saab after efforts to sell the brand have failed: General Motors announced today that it will shut down its Saab brand after several efforts to sell the Swedish carmaker could not be [...]
A couple of weeks ago I got a flier at the house from Verizon saying they were preparing to bring FIOS to our neighborhood. Having heard that before I didn’t hold my breath but something about this notice was different. They went into great detail about how they needed to lay the optical fiber into [...]
Yeah, I’m serious: The National Weather Service has issued a winter storm watch from late Friday night until late Saturday night. According to the National Weather Service, there will be accumulations of more than five inches. However, AccuWeather.com Senior Meteorologist Alex Sosnowski says the D.C. region could see as much as 10 inches of snow [...]
Go, team, go: Scientists have unlocked the entire genetic code of two of the most common cancers – skin and lung – a move they say could revolutionise cancer care. Not only will the cancer maps pave the way for blood tests to spot tumours far earlier, they will also yield new drug targets, says [...]
From Breitbart TV, this interview of a UK programmer assessing the code used by the CRU to generate their climate models. He’s not impressed. (Hat tip: Hot Air)
Al Gore’s not the only AGW believer to make the statement that the Arctic would be an ice-free zone during the summer months very soon but he’s probably the most famous. He repeated that prediction at his speech at the Copenhagen climate conference yesterday and, according to the Times of London, got called out on [...]
