58 F. high in the Twin Cities Thursday.
68 F. average high on May 12.
58 F. high temperature on May 12, 2015.
May 13, 1872:
A hailstorm hits Sibley County. Hail up to the size of pigeon eggs is
reported. Lightning burns down a barn near Sibley, killing a horse tied
up inside.
Frosty Possibilities by Sunday - Chilly OpenerFirst,
the good news: no murderous EF-4 tornadoes looming. No beach ball-size
hail on Doppler. No spring floods or raging wildfires on the horizon.
It can always be worse.
Refresh my tired memory: are you supposed to wait until after Mother's Day or Memorial Day to plant annuals?
The
rumors are true: some emerging plants and flowers may freeze their buds
off this weekend. Canadian winds stirring behind today's sloppy band
of showers will keep temperatures in the 40s today and
Saturday. If skies clear and winds ease by
Sunday morning a light frost may settle on outlying suburbs. If in doubt cover them up, bring them indoors, or write them off.
Fishing Opener weather
Saturday will feel like something out of late October, with scrappy clouds and a whiff of wind chill. The sun comes out
Sunday with a string of 60s restoring your faith in a Minnesota May next week.
Our weather resembles a car swerving down I-35: from 92F last Friday to patchy frost
Sunday morning to 70s, 80s and strong T-storms the weekend of
May 21-22 there's something for almost everyone in the 7-Day Outlook.
* 2-meter temperatures valid 7 am, courtesy of 4 KM NAM from NOAA and AerisWeather.
Showers Today - October Flashback This Weekend.
The 00z NAM prints out .22" of rain today as a colder front pushes a
few bands of showers across the state. By late Saturday temperatures up
north are predicted to be chilly enough for flurries. Ah, May. Future
radar: NOAA 4 KM NAM and AerisWeather.
Flirting With Frost.
Although a light breeze (and the urban heat island) should keep the
immediate metro, downtowns and close-in suburbs frost-free over the
weekend I can't rule out a little frost for outlying suburbs, especially
Sunday morning. If skies clear and winds ease a touch of frost is
possible from Roseville and Anoka to Medina, Chaska, Lakeville and
Eagan. Source: Aeris Enterprise.
Spring Stages a Comeback Next Week.
The numbers above reflect ECMWF guidance; showing upper 40s to near 50
for highs over the weekend (nearly 20F cooler than average) but 60s
returning next week; maybe 70s or warmer the weekend after next. Source:
WeatherBell.
Summer Warmth Returns Late May.
GFS guidance for 500 mb winds roughly 2 weeks out builds a stormy
trough off the west coast, a ridge of warm air expanding northward
across the Plains. I wouldn't be surprised to see a few 80s returning by
the last week of May.
Upward and Onward.
One more reason to thumb your nose at the weekend cool front - all
models show a rapid warming trend with 80s possible a week from Sunday.
I sure hope the GFS is right.
The Minnesota Governor’s Fishing Opener,
being held in the coming year on Big Sandy Lake in McGregor, has been a
tradition in Minnesota since 1948. It was designed to improve
Minnesota’s economy through the development and promotion of the state’s
recreational opportunities, especially fishing. The first opener was a
cooperative promotion between the state’s resort industry, media, and
public officials. Today, the emphasis is even broader. It celebrates the
kickoff of the summer tourism season. The special partnership continues
today with a promotional focus on a host community as well as
recreational opportunities statewide." More details
here.
Billion Dollar Weather and Climate Disasters in 2015. Here's a highlight of a recent summary from
NOAA: "
In
2015, there were 10 weather and climate disaster events with losses
exceeding $1 billion each across the United States. These events
included a drought event, 2 flooding events, 5 severe storm events, a
wildfire event, and a winter storm event. Overall, these events resulted
in the deaths of 155 people and had significant economic effects on the
areas impacted. The 1980–2015 annual average is 5.2 events
(CPI-adjusted); the annual average for the most recent 5 years
(2011–2015) is 10.8 events (CPI-adjusted). Further cost figures on
individual events in 2015 will be updated when data are finalized..."
La Nina Watch Issued by NOAA Climate Prediction Center. Here's an excerpt of the
latest statement, showing a continued cooling trend in the waters of the equatorial Pacific: "
La
Nina is favored to develop during the Northern Hemisphere summer 2016,
with about a 75% chance of La Nina during the fall and winter 2016-17.
During the past month, sea surface temperatures (SST) anomalies
decreased across the equatorial Pacific Ocean, with near-to-below
average SSTs recently emerging in the eastern Pacific..."
The 2016 Atlantic Hurricane Season. Scientist and writer Greg Laden has an interesting post at
scienceblogs.com; here's the intro: "
This
year’s Atlantic Hurricane season will be stronger, forecasts suggest,
than that of the previous two years, and stronger than the average year.
The Atlantic Hurricane Seasons starts on June 1st. But, there was a
hurricane that happened already, either late in last year’s season or
very early in this year’s season, called Alex. That hurricane had to go
somewhere, and I suppose the keepers of the records had already put
their spreadsheet to bed when Alex came along on January 7th, so that
storm gets counted as part of the season that will nominally start at
the beginning of next month..."
Image credit: "
The
following graphic shows the relationship between the median number of
named storms predicted each year by those three sources and the actual
number of named storms in the Atlantic."
Rains Hamper Planting: Southwest Minnesota, Northwest Iowa Lag Behind Their State. Following up on Kevin's comments above, here's the intro to a story at
The Worthington Daily Globe: "
Area
farmers grew accustomed to praying for timely rains during the past
several years. Now, they’re praying for sunshine and some wind to dry up
the fields so they can get their crops planted. The U.S.
Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service
released its weekly crop progress report Monday afternoon, and it noted
that 89 percent of the state’s corn crop and 46 percent of its soybean
crop was planted. That’s not the case, however, in the southwest corner
of the state, where ponds are still visible in some fields and the
week’s weather forecast calls for chances of rain nearly every day..."
Photo credit above: "
A rural Rushmore farmer plants corn Sunday on ground, dry enough to work up and plant between rains." Tim Middagh/Daily Globe.
Toilet Bowl Saves Oklahoma Teenage Boy's Life During EF-3 Tornado. Here's an excerpt of a story at
Christian Post that made me do a double-take: "
A
toilet bowl served more than just a depository of human waste and
excess body fluids after it saved a life of an autistic boy in the midst
of strong tornado. Daniel Parks, an 18-year-old autistic teenage boy,
was spared from imminent demise after he hid in their bathroom and
hugged the toilet bowl as an EF-3 tornado ravaged a rural area 80 miles
south of Oklahoma City, as per Buzzfeed.
"We are all safe! My house on the other hand is leveled. Nothing left,"
posted the mother of Parks, Angela, on her Facebook account at the
aftermath of the disaster..."
Severe Weather Outbreaks are Spawning More Tornadoes.
Natural variation or symptoms of additional heating and instability
associated with warming? Here's an excerpt of an interesting post at
WXshift: "...
Observations over the past few decades have yielded an interesting trend. While there are fewer days with tornadoes, there are more tornadoes on those days.
Because there have been changes in how tornadoes are reported and
detected, researchers eliminated the weakest tornado classification on
the Enhanced Fujita scale known as EF0 tornadoes (or F0 before 2007 on
the original Fujita scale). Since the early 1970s, the average annual
number of days with at least one EF1 or stronger tornado has dropped
from 150 to 100. Yet, there has been an increase in the number of days
with a very high number of tornadoes. In the 1970s, the average number
of days with more than 30 EF1 or stronger tornadoes was a fraction less
than one, meaning they weren’t even a yearly occurrence on average. In
the last decade, that number had jumped to three days each year..."
Image credit: "
While there are fewer days each year with tornadoes, on average, the number of days with more than 30 tornadoes is increasing." Credit:
Climate Central
5 Things You Need to Know About Tornadoes. Here's an excerpt from
The National Science Foundation: "...
Tornadoes
usually occur in association with particular types of severe storms,
such as supercells and squall lines, called tornado parental storms. But
not all these parental storms generate tornadoes. Tornadogenesis, as
the formation of tornadoes is called, remains the “holy grail” of
tornado research. Recent work suggests that the temperature of the
outflow air from the parent thunderstorm could play a critical role.
There is a lot we don’t yet understand, including the circumstances that
produce tornado outbreaks..."
Photo credit above: "
Image of a strong tornado near Arab, Alabama, part of the outbreak on April 27, 2011." Credit: Charles Whisenant.
2016 Tornado Activity Remains Below Normal Despite Recent Outbreak. Here's an excerpt of a timely reality check from
WHNT.com in Huntsville, Alabama: "...
Despite the recent rash of tornadoes in parts of the country, tornado activity in 2016 is still below average. According to the Storm Prediction Center,
between 2005 and 2015, an average of 604 tornadoes occurred each year
through May 10. This year, 438 have occurred through May 10. The tornado
count through May 10 of this year is higher than it was through the
same date in 2015, 2014, 2013, 2010 and 2005. Six out of the past 11 years had higher numbers of tornadoes through May 10 than we've had in 2016."
What's It Like Living Through a Category 5 Cyclone? The National Press Club has an audio interview with a Cyclone Winston survivor in Fiji: "
Cyclone
Winston is the worst storm ever recorded in the southern hemisphere. It
had sustained winds of 185 miles an hour and killed 42 people. It also
destroyed thousands of homes in Fiji, left many people without water and
electricity and forced tens of thousands of Fijians to live in
evacuation centers. Irshad Hussain, a radio station manager in Fiji,
talks to Broadcast Committee member Irv Chapman about his experience
surviving the category 5 storm. He was at the station when the cyclone
hit on February 20, damaging the station's antenna and knocking it off
the air in parts of the Pacific Islands. Hussain explains in detail what
it was like when the cyclone hit, how the media have covered the story
and how Fiji is recovering."
Boulder: Anatomy of a Flood Recovery. There are many lessons to be learned from the historic flash floods of 2013; here's an excerpt from
Emergency Management: "
Officials learned several other lessons as the recovery progressed:
- Information
management — including sharing information among agencies — is
critical. The city was doing damage assessments, FEMA was processing
requests for individual assistance and other agencies were responding to
survivors’ needs. “Being able to coordinate all of that so that
residents don’t get assessed and visited multiple times and so that it’s
clear what the needs are in the community” is critical, Meschuk said.
“We’re working through that, and it’s going to be a long-term process...”
Image credit:
APImages.com
Changing Migration Patterns Upend East Coast Fishing Industry. The waters are warming - there's no fooling the fish. Here's an excerpt from
The Wall Street Journal: "...
Many
scientists believe that rising sea temperatures triggered by climate
change is, in part, fueling the migration of fish species northward, and
that the trend is expected to continue. Several scientific papers argue
that the warming trend is particularly pronounced along the U.S. East
Coast, with a 2009 “Progress in Oceanography” paper finding that
northeast waters warmed by nearly twice the global rate from 1982 to
2006. The phenomenon has significant consequences for oceanic species
and the industries that depend on them, said Eli Fenichel, an assistant
professor at the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies..."
Map credit: WSJ, Rutgers University's School of Environmental and Biological Sciences; OceanAdapt.
Air Pollution Rising at an "Alarming Rate" in World's Cities. Here's a clip from a story at
The Guardian: "
Outdoor
air pollution has grown 8% globally in the past five years, with
billions of people around the world now exposed to dangerous air, according to new data
from more than 3,000 cities compiled by the World Health Organisation
(WHO). While all regions are affected, fast-growing cities in the Middle
East, south-east Asia and the western Pacific are the most impacted
with many showing pollution levels at five to 10 times above WHO
recommended levels..."
Map credit above: "Annual
mean concentration of fine particulate matter (2.5 micrometres or less)
in micrograms per cubic metre for 3,000 towns and cities around the
world."
* The report at The World Health Organization (WHO) is
here.
Congress to America: Drop Dead.
Not concerned about the Zika virus yet? You will be - it could make the
recent ebola scare look like a relative walk in the park. Here's an
excerpt of an Op-Ed in
The New York Times from Nicholas Kristof: "...
Even
Senator Marco Rubio laid into his fellow Republicans a few weeks ago,
saying: “The money is going to be spent. And the question is, Do we do
it now before this has become a crisis, or do we wait for it to become a
crisis?” Rubio is right. It’s always more cost-effective and lifesaving
to tackle an epidemic early. “I’m very worried, especially for our U.S.
Gulf Coast states,” said Dr. Peter Jay Hotez, a tropical diseases
expert at Baylor College of Medicine. “I cannot understand why a member
of Congress from a Gulf Coast state cannot see this train approaching.
It’s like refusing emergency preparedness funds for an approaching
hurricane...”
Photo credit: "An
official from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention speaking
during a press briefing on Zika at the White House last month. President
Obama has requested more than $1.8 billion to address the virus." Credit Zach Gibson for the The New York Times.
That’s
not the case, however, in the southwest corner of the state, where
ponds are still visible in some fields and the week’s weather forecast
calls for chances of rain nearly every day.
The Growing Stress on the World's Water. Here's the intro to an Op-Ed from the Editorial Board at
The Washington Post: "
THE WORLD Bank has warned
countries that one of climate change’s most significant impacts will be
on a precious resource that many people, particularly in advanced
nations, take for granted: water. The concerns go far beyond sea-level
rise, which is perhaps the most predictable result of the planet’s
increasing temperature, or an uptick in extreme weather. Countries must
worry about whether their people will have enough fresh water to farm,
produce electricity, bathe and drink. Global warming will not change the
amount of water in the world, but it will affect water’s distribution
across countries, making some much worse off..."
Photo credit above: "
A farmer carrying a hoe walks past a dried-up pond in Shilin Yi Autonomous County of Kunming, Yunnan province February 28, 2013." (STRINGER/CHINA/REUTERS).
The Heartland of America is "100% Clean Energy Ready". EcoWatch reports on a growing trend: "...The
long and ultimately victorious fight to stop the Keystone XL pipeline
inspired the Tanderups to install their own large solar array on the
farm and to get an electric vehicle that could be charged entirely by
the sun. “The Keystone XL fight will not be over until we have
transitioned to 100 percent clean energy,” said Art Tanderup. “Dirty
fuels are bad for our farms and our communities—and the farmers,
cowboys, Indians, and others who stood up to TransCanada are now
standing up for what’s right for the Midwest. We need to create clean,
healthy, American-produced energy right here in the Heartland. Clean
energy is no longer a thing of the future—it’s powering Heartland farms
and families today...”
Photo credit: "
Nebraska
farmers in Keystone XL battle carve a massive crop art message into an
80-acre cornfield calling for 100% clean energy for all." Photo credit: Tom Simmons / Spectral Q.
Clean Energy "Miracles" Remain Elusive - But Here's Why That Might Not Be a Problem. VICE News has the story; here's a snippet: "...The
progress has been buoyed by tax credits for wind and solar power that
Congress extended in a December budget deal. The United States added
enough solar and wind power in 2015 to light about 3.8 million homes,
according to the US Energy Information Administration (EIA) and industry
estimates. And federal regulators just approved a new long-distance
power line that will carry electricity from wind farms in Texas and
Oklahoma to the Southeast. The price of renewables is still higher than
coal or comparatively cleaner natural gas, but the gap is shrinking as
more wind and solar capacity comes online, said Larry Chretien,
executive director of the Energy Consumers Alliance of New England..."
Photo credit: Larry W. Smith/EPA.
The "Clean Energy Miracle" Is Already Here. Joe Romm at
ThinkProgress makes a compelling case; here's an excerpt and link to Part 2 of his ongoing series: "...
The mainstream media generally has a bias towards bad news — if it bleeds it ledes,
goes the saying. You have to wait an awfully long time on the evening
news — or indeed most news shows and media outlets — to see “good news.”
As a result, they rarely cover the solar energy “miracle” or the wind
energy “miracle” because they think they already did that story years
ago. Almost everybody is behind the curve — literally. The U.S. Energy
Information Agency (EIA) consistently underestimates
renewables growth in its projections. Solar and wind have been
continuously outperforming expectations for so long that even the
International Energy Agency (IEA) — a world leader in analyzing clean
energy trends — itself keeps underestimating what’s about to happen year
after year..."
Image credit: "
Global EV sales, 2011-2015". (Source: energy.gov via
insideevs.com)
Denmark Is Kicking Its Fossil Fuel Habit. Can The Rest of the World Follow? InsideClimate News takes a look at how Denmark is weaning itself off dirty fossil fuels: "
In
the 1970s, Denmark was addicted to oil, burning petroleum not only to
power its cars but also to generate electricity. Forty years later, the
country is rapidly gaining on a mid-century goal of being fossil
fuel-free, thanks partly to a policy that gives Danish citizens the
legal right to own a stake in wind farms. More than 40 percent of the
country is now powered by wind, up from less than a quarter a few years
ago, and compared to only 5 percent in the United States..."
The Mask You Live In.
What does it mean to be a man in today's culture? What are we teaching
our sons about what it means to live a successful, full and happy life? I
watched this film on Netflix - it's worth your time to check it out.
Details and the trailer from
The Representation Project: "
The
Mask You Live In follows boys and young men as they struggle to stay
true to themselves while negotiating America's narrow definition of
masculinity. Research shows that compared to girls, boys in the U.S.
are more likely to be diagnosed with a behavior disorder, prescribed
stimulant medications, fall out of school, binge drinke, commit a
violent crime, and/or take their own lives..."
The Mask You Live In
follows boys and young men as they struggle to stay true to themselves
while negotiating America’s narrow definition of masculinity.
Research
shows that compared to girls, boys in the U.S. are more likely to be
diagnosed with a behavior disorder, prescribed stimulant medications,
fail out of school, binge drink, commit a violent crime, and/or take
their own lives.
- See more at: http://therepresentationproject.org/film/the-mask-you-live-in/#sthash.ZGtWTUKu.dpuf
The Mask You Live In
follows boys and young men as they struggle to stay true to themselves
while negotiating America’s narrow definition of masculinity.
Research
shows that compared to girls, boys in the U.S. are more likely to be
diagnosed with a behavior disorder, prescribed stimulant medications,
fail out of school, binge drink, commit a violent crime, and/or take
their own lives.
- See more at: http://therepresentationproject.org/film/the-mask-you-live-in/#sthash.ZGtWTUKu.dpuf
The World's Most Romantic Socks are Knitted on an Active Volcano.
I miss the good 'ol days, when my wife would knit my socks. Now I'm
barefoot most of the time. Which got me thinking about a recent
Atlas Obscura article: "...
Socks
were the garment of choice for young lovers. Traditionally, a woman
would knit a pair for her intended paramour, adding as many stripes as
she saw fit. If the target of her affection felt good about the stripe
situation, he would signal his acceptance by knitting a pair of
moccasins for the young lady. According to official love socks lore,
"The young lady would then offer to wash his clothes and this was a
sign that they were formally engaged and a marriage would follow shortly..."
Photo credit: "The famous socks." (Photo: Courtesy of Dawn Repetto).
9 of the Most Incredible Model Trains in the World. And a few of them are here in the USA, according to Atlas Obscura.
TODAY: Showers likely, gusty winds. Winds: NW 15-25. High: near 50
FRIDAY NIGHT: Showers and sprinkles taper, still windy. Low: 35
SATURDAY: Mostly cloudy, cool breeze - few PM sprinkles? Winds: NW 10-20. High: 49
SUNDAY: Frost risk for outlying suburbs, more sun with less wind. Winds: NW 8-13. Wake-up: 33. High: near 60
MONDAY: More clouds, slight shower risk. Winds: N 5-10. Wake-up: 42. High: 63
TUESDAY: Gradual clearing, pleasant. Winds: NW 7-12. Wake-up: 48. High: 64
WEDNESDAY: Plenty of sun, feels like May again. Winds: SE 7-12. Wake-up: 47. High: 66
THURSDAY: Clouds increase, late shower? Winds: S 8-13. Wake-up: 49. High: 68
Climate Stories...
University of Minnesota Professor Leads Team to High Arctic to Teach About Climate Change. Here's an excerpt from Canada's
CBC News:
"A University of Minnesota professor and his team endured whiteouts and
snow flurries as they trekked through the High Arctic to document how
communities are finding solutions in the face of climate change. Last
month Aaron Doering and his team flew into Arctic Bay, then trekked 238
km to Pond Inlet — some on skis, others with snowshoes. They carried
everything they needed to survive on the land with them on a sled. "We
endured everything of the Arctic," said Doering."From complete whiteout
to snow to sunshine." Doering dubs himself an adventure-learning
pioneer, and he has been all across Canada's Arctic..."
Photo credit: "
We endured everything," said Doering. "From complete whiteout, to snow, to sunshine." (The Changing Earth).
Climate Change: Extreme African Heatwaves May Spark "Humanitarian Crisis of Unknown Dimensions". Alarmist hype? Stay tuned. Here's an excerpt of a summary of recent research at
International Business Times: "
Extreme
heatwaves in Africa could take place once every year by 2040, and four
times every year by the latter quarter of the century. Scientists warn
that these dangerously hot temperature spells could result in a
"humanitarian crisis of unknown dimensions". Because of its geographical
position between the tropics, solar radiation is always high. This
means that heatwaves can take place at any time of the year.
Furthermore, in the last 50 to 100 years, surface temperatures across
most of the continent have increased by 0.5C or more..."
Photo credit above: "
Africa could have four heatwaves each year by 2075." Gareth Beynon/Flickr.
How To Respond to a Ridiculous Climate Change Argument. Where to begin. Here's an excerpt from
GOOD: "Climate change deniers often say, "
The
Earth has always been warming and cooling, this isn't any different!"
Well, this new era of global temperature rise is different. The video
above will lead you through the last seven cycles of warming and cooling
across the planet, and it is indeed natural for Earth to oscillate
between ice ages and warmer periods in which plants and animals (human
and quadruped alive) thrive. But ever since the Industrial Revolution
something extra bad has been going on, and both carbon
dioxide and atmospheric temperatures have risen together at historically
(and we do mean historically) staggering rate..."
Global Warming Cited as Wildfires Increase in Fragile Boreal Forest. Justin Gillis and Henry Fountain have the story at
The New York Times; here's the introduction: "
Scientists have been warning
for decades that climate change is a threat to the immense tracts of
forest that ring the Northern Hemisphere, with rising temperatures,
drying trees and earlier melting of snow contributing to a growing
number of wildfires. The near-destruction of a Canadian city last week
by a fire that sent almost 90,000 people fleeing for their lives is grim
proof that the threat to these vast stands of spruce and other resinous
trees, collectively known as the boreal forest, is real. And scientists
say a large-scale loss of the forest could have profound consequences
for efforts to limit the damage from climate change..."
Photo credit: "Charred
trees near Fort McMurray, in Alberta, Canada. Climate change is a prime
suspect in a rise of wildfires in the boreal forest." Credit Ian Willms for The New York Times.
New Era of "Superfires" as Climate Change Triggers Hotter, Drier Weather. Are we loading the dice in favor of more Fort McMurrays? Here's an excerpt from
CNBC: "...
Meanwhile,
climate change has already led to U.S. fire seasons that are now on
average 78 days longer than in 1970, according to a report on the rising
cost of wildfire operations from the U.S. government last year. The six
worst fire seasons since 1960 have all occurred since 2000, according
to the U.S. report. Since 2000, many Western states have experienced the
largest wildfires in their state's history. And literally adding fuel
to the fire, more development has been taking place near U.S. forests
over the years..."
Photo credit: Mark Blinch | Reuters. "
Smoke and flames from the wildfires erupt behind cars on the highway near Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada, May 7, 2016."
It's Not Just Alberta: Warrming Fueled Fires Are Increasing. Here's an excerpt from
AP: "...
But
the temperature one stands out, Flannigan said. "The Alberta wildfires
are an excellent example of what we're seeing more and more of: warming
means snow melts earlier, soils and vegetation dries out earlier, and
the fire season starts earlier. It's a train wreck," University of
Arizona climate scientist Jonathan Overpeck wrote in an email.
Worldwide, the length of Earth's fire season increased nearly 19 percent
from 1979 to 2013, according to a study by Mark Cochrane, a professor
of fire ecology at South Dakota State University. Fires had steadily
been increasing, but then in the late 1990s and early 2000s, "we've
suddenly been hit with lots of these large fires we can't control,"
Cochrane said..." (File photo: EPA).
Talking About Wildfires and Climate Change Isn't Playing Politics.
Huffington Post reports.
Extreme Weather is "Face of Climate Change" Says Premier Wynne. Here's the intro to a story at
National Observer: "
The
premiers of Ontario and British Columbia have both linked the Fort
McMurray wildfire with global warming, while defending the importance of
Canada's oil and gas industry. In separate interviews that were
broadcast over the weekend, Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne and British
Columbia Premier Christy Clark said it's time to talk about the climate
change problem and find solutions. "I think there are a lot of factors
in this situation and we are very, very sad and we think of the people
of Alberta," Wynne said during a French-language interview with Radio-Canada's weekly political show, Les Coulisses du Pouvoir..." (Image credit:
CBC Edmonton).
Obama Seeks Building Code Changes Amid More Extreme Weather. A tornado-proof, hurricane-proof, fire-resistant building; is that even possible? Here's an excerpt from
Bloomberg Politics: "
President
Barack Obama is asking the private sector to tighten building standards
to reduce losses from natural disasters after studies linked an
increase in extreme weather to climate change. The administration will
announce Tuesday the start of work by the organizations that set
standards for residential and commercial buildings in an effort to
improve safety during and after events such as fires, floods and
earthquakes. “We’re building for 50 to 100 years and if we don’t take
into account what is to come, our investments are at risk of being
washed away,” Alice Hill, White House National Security Council senior
director for resilience, said in an interview..."
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