RECOMMENDATIONS FOR SPOTSYLVANIA BUDGET SAVINGS (SECOND DRAFT) [click HERE] for a copy in Word.INTRODUCTIONIn February, Spotsylvania County Administrator Doug Barnes presented his recommendations for the Fiscal Year 2011 (FY11) budget to the Board of S…
RECOMMENDATIONS FOR SPOTSYLVANIA BUDGET SAVINGS (SECOND DRAFT) [click HERE] for a copy in Word.INTRODUCTIONIn February, Spotsylvania County Administrator Doug Barnes presented his recommendations for the Fiscal Year 2011 (FY11) budget to the Board of S…
Although the day started with the NWS not too excited about storms in our area, and even though the SPC didn’t have us under a slight risk for severe weather, Mother Nature improvised in the form of a lee trough that focused the existing instability an…
Ah, Easter weekend. Sunshine. Tulips. Chocolate bunnies. Good friends. First Friday. A very good weekend in the ‘Burg as Fredericksburg-ites like to say. The official calendar may say spring but with short sleeve weather here to stay, the summer of RIFF 2010 has begun. Strolling down William Street I ran into my old friend, Freddy […]
Dual purpose post over at Storm-R-Us.
Things have changed a bit since last night’s model runs. The GFS and the European models are now forecasting a decently strong cold front to push through here late Thursday afternoon, with at least a modicum of CAPE present to fire storms. Wind shear…
One of the things I’ve always wanted to do on ODonnellWeb is catalog the books I read. I’ve written a lot of book reviews here, although I’ve probably not reviewed more books than I have actually reviewed. I’ve listed books on social media sites, but I never keep up. All of which is a long […]
Both the GFS and the European models are showing a cold front approaching the Mid-Atlantic on Wednesday afternoon, with a bit of convective instability (CAPE) out ahead of it. This morning’s forecast discussion from NWS Sterling casts doubt on the tim…
High temperature records are being set over a wide swath of Virginia…but not here. Why, you ask? Because the nearby water sources (Atlantic Ocean, Chesapeake Bay, Potomac River, etc.) are still pretty chilly even though the air mass is fairly warm….
I try to advise my clients about the entire experience of attending court, especially cell phone rules. A Florida woman was convicted of contempt when her cell phone rang in the courtroom. Lucky for her, the conviction was reversed on appeal. But you definitely don’t want to go down that road at all. The area […]
