Author: Marie3

Eric Fisher, Chief Meteorologist @CBSBoston w/reports for @CBSNews: Irma ticks up another notch at 2pm…now 185mph winds! Breaks own record for strongest hurricane east of the Caribbean. To appreciate that development,...

(or maybe five or six) Reference Points: June 2001 (June 5-June 10 – TX weather event) Tropical Storm Allison The storm dropped heavy rainfall along its path, peaking at over 40 inches (1,000 mm) in Texas. The worst...

Not that anyone has suggested adding it to the list of statues that merit some consideration for pulling down.  But, you never know what’s just around the pike. Several reasons why the Statue of Liberty passes muster...

A good place to stick a link to a news article that one wants to share and for which one has little to nothing to add. (I’ve stopped my use of “O/T” comments in FP threads because it had become another thing...

Ordinary people like me get fleeting glimpses of outrageous developments and government proposals but have neither the time nor interest to collect all the required information to evaluate nor follow it through time.  This...