Archive for April, 2010

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By From http://www.spotsygop.com/blogger.html • Apr 20th, 2010 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

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A bit wetter than earlier forecasts

By From http://fburg-weather.blogspot.com/ • Apr 20th, 2010 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

The models show the rain totals for tomorrow will approach 0.6 inches rather than the lighter amounts originally thought. The upper level system is wobbling further north in the latest model runs, providing us with more “wetness” than I thought at thi…



Spotsy GOP Chairman Thomas Responds to Tonight’s County BOS Tax Hike

By From http://www.spotsygop.com/blogger.html • Apr 20th, 2010 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

County GOP Chairman Steve Thomas made the following statement tonight after the vote to increase property taxes was passed.”Of course, we are very disappointed at tonight’s result. We had hoped that the Board majority would have listened to t…



Spotsy GOP Chairman Thomas Responds to Tonight’s County BOS Tax Hike

By From http://www.spotsygop.com/blogger.html • Apr 20th, 2010 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

County GOP Chairman Steve Thomas made the following statement tonight after the vote to increase property taxes was passed.”Of course, we are very disappointed at tonight’s result. We had hoped that the Board majority would have listened to t…



AccuWeather.com – WeatherMatrix | Severe Thunderstorms, Tornadoes, Lightning All Down in 2010

By From http://stormsrus.blogspot.com/ • Apr 19th, 2010 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

AccuWeather.com – WeatherMatrix | Severe Thunderstorms, Tornadoes, Lightning All Down in 2010At least I’m not alone in my mostly futile quest for chaseable storms this season!



Wetness on the way

By From http://fburg-weather.blogspot.com/ • Apr 19th, 2010 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

An upper level low will trek from coast to coast over the next week and half, pushing a mention of showers and rain into our forecast. This low is forecast to form over northern California tomorrow evening (see graphic above) and then ponderously trek…



Redskins Minicamp

By From http://blog.mikemorones.com • Apr 19th, 2010 • Category: Blog Entries.Local, Photography.Local, Sports

I spent much of yesterday in Ashburn at Redskins Park for the team’s first minicamp of the year. One of the media relations guys said he was surprised at the amount of coverage for voluntary workouts. Maybe so but I guess with a new coach, Donovan McNabb in burgundy and gold and a few new […]



Michael J Fox: Unschooled by Hollywood?

By From http://www.odonnellweb.com • Apr 18th, 2010 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

Micheal J Fox dropped out of high school to follow his dream, acting. Obviously, that worked out pretty good for him. Now he has written a book aimed at graduates. Irony aside, anybody at his level of success has learned a lot. That those lessons were not supplied by the school system is not relevant. […]



Casting aspersions on next weekend’s convection

By From http://stormsrus.blogspot.com/ • Apr 18th, 2010 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

The long range GFS model is showing a definite cold air damming signature next weekend for the Mid-Atlantic. Even though a potent surface low is forecast to approach from the west the above graphic for 8 pm Saturday evening shows a stubborn cold pocke…



RIFF International

By From http://rifilmfestival.com • Apr 18th, 2010 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

In 1872, the fictitious Phileas Fogg traversed the globe in 80 days. A little known but ultimately true fact is that in 1889 a young, spunky reporter named Nellie Bly decided to recreate the journey. Challenged by Around the World in 80 Days author Jules Verne to beat the clock, she did. Her employer, the […]