One day earlier than average, the National Park Service closed Trail Ridge Road through Rocky Mountain National Park in Colorado. The highway through the park is one of Colorado’s premier destinations and travelers won’t be able to drive it again until next spring. Read the rest of this story on Examiner.com
National Weather Service forecasters in Alaska hid a very timely message to President Barack Obama and Congress about the government shutdown in their Friday forecast discussion.
The 5:00 a.m. forecast discussion from the Anchorage, Alaska office of the National Weather Service looked innocuous enough. It contained the usual meteorological information about the coming day’s weather.
However, hidden in the discussion was a special message. Find out more on Examiner.com
The United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change released the first part of its latest report on manmade climate change Friday prompting one meteorologist to take to Twitter and make a number of dramatic pronouncements.Eric…
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Colorado’s record-setting floods devastated the landscape from the mountains to the plains. From their perch thousands of miles above the Earth’s surface, NASA’s and DigitalGlobe’s satellites captured astonishing imagery of the devastation. Read the rest of this story on Examiner.com
The full toll from Colorado’s floods won’t be known for months but for one local Denver area non-profit, the devastation of the waters hit home – nine of them in fact.
The flood waters from Colorado’s floods have destroyed homes and taken lives. In one case, nine homes crucial to serving the needs of the most vulnerable among us were part of the toll.
Extraordinary rain amounts over the past week have brought extensive flooding across northeastern Colorado from the mountains to the plains. In the waters’ wake, what is being called the largest helicopter evacuation since Hurricane Katrina in 2005 is underway. Read the rest of this story and check out the photos and video on Examiner.com.
Progress battling the massive Rim Fire has been slow to come and while some gains have been made, the blaze continued to grow and now encompasses more than 280 square miles. The blaze has already intruded on Yosemite National Park and were perilously close to its infamous giant sequoia trees. Park officials were placing sprinklers in two groves of sequoias not far from the fire.
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Former vice president Al Gore has made more than his fair share of misstatements while acting as the most visible spokesperson for climate change alarmism. In his latest, Gore makes a false claim that hurricanes are becoming so strong that a new Category 6 classification is coming. Read more about the former VP’s latest misstep on Examiner.com
Despite dire warnings from climate change alarmists, one measure of ‘extreme weather’ has seen an exceptionally quiet year – tornadoes. The latest data on tornadoes in the United States from NOAA’s Storm Prediction Center (SPC) shows a distinct lack of one of Mother Nature’s most devastating phenomena in 2013. The measurements, as well as others, have confounded those who have warned that anthropogenic global warming would lead to more devastating natural disasters.
Rumors were swirling like a tornado that Nike was going to be releasing weather-inspired shoes and today the company confirmed the forthcoming shoes. Dubbed the Nike Weatherman Pack, the colorful shoes feature Doppler radar designs that will be a must have for weather enthusiasts. Read the rest of this story on Examiner.com to find out when and where to get these awesome shoes!
