At the risk of adding fuel to the climate change fire, I found this article that articulates (pun intended) some of what I’ve saying for several years: we have to be very careful how we respond to climate change. If we continue to focus sol…
Over at Bearing Drift, a Steven Osborne has a post about what — in his deluded mind — the gay marriage ruling (by Judge Vaughn R. Walker in Perry v. Schwarzenegger) means. Frankly, I’m not sure why I’m bothering to post about a blog post that is just awful. I guess it’s partly because it’s […]
Let’s see who’s available for adoption at the Fredericksburg SPCA! Meet Ollie! Ollie is an all white, domestic short-hair, 3 year old male. He has sparkling blue eyes that will melt your heart. He prefers to be an only cat, but is good with adults and children. He loves to be petted and cuddled. He also […]
Thankfully a cool front is pushing through and will usher in dryer and somewhat cooler air over the next couple of days. As a measure of how bad today was, the heat index at the Stafford Regional Airport reached 117 degrees F and 120 degrees at S…
Flat screen TV’s are coming down in price, which is a good thing. I saw a 42″ HDTV at WalMart last week for under $500. The downside of this is that they are everywhere. WalMart was the first that I remember when they put TVs in the checkout lanes to bombard you with advertising in […]
This line of severe-warned storms encroaching on Virginia territory reminds me of this morning’s line that woke me at 4:30 a.m. We can thank the huge high pressure dome in the southern Plains for these fast-moving convective lines that approach u…
Wow! Talk about living in a sauna…I knew it was humid the instant I stepped outside this morning, but I had no idea how bad it would get! The dewpoint at the Stafford Regional Airport was over 80 degrees F until the most recent report (it…
It’s here again. It’s Virginia’s tax free holiday for school supplies and clothing. The holiday runs from Friday, August 6 – Sunday, August 8, 2010. Each eligible school item must be priced at $20 or less and each clothing and footwear item must be priced at $100 or less. Eligible School Supplies: Binder pockets Binders […]
Flat screen TV’s are coming down in price, which is a good thing. I saw a 42″ HDTV at WalMart last week for under $500. The downside of this is that they are everywhere. WalMart was the first that I remember when they put TVs in the checkout lanes to b…
This GFS model forecast map shows us in the triple digit range again next Tuesday; the forecast for the day before this looks remarkably similar. The only factor that might prevent this eastward expansion of the heat dome currently over the south…
