Sunny and pleasant has been our weather over the past six weeks, and it looks to continue with above normal temperatures and below normal rainfall for at least the next week to 10 days.After many months of above normal rainfall, we have been experiencing a dry spell with only one or two rainy ...
My dad died in 1983, and every September I play a round of golf at the Summit Inn in his memory. I play two balls, one for him and one for me. My father loved golf and he loved the weather. About golf, he taught me to keep my eye on the ball and about the weather he taught me to keep my eye on ...
I am currently enrolled in a class on climate change at the University of Pittsburgh through their Osher Life Long Learning Institute. Since the topic is so relevant to the climate issue today, it filled up quickly and has lead me on a search for articles and books on the subject. I am ...
It was early September 1999. We had rented a cottage at Nags Head North Carolina for two weeks. Early and mid September is a great time of the year on the Carolina Shore. Beaches are not crowded. No lines at the eateries and rental prices are sufficiently lower so that you can get two weeks for ...
As much of the planet baked under intense heat this summer, Southwestern Pennsylvania fared a lot better than most. The weather people tell us that much of Europe, Australia even Alaska and the Southeastern states had record warm temperatures.Around here temperatures have been closer to their ...
This past week 50 years ago, Hurricane Camille smashed into the Mississippi Gulf Coast killing 259 people and causing devastation and destruction. Winds from the storm were estimated at 175 miles per hour, but true readings of the wind were not available since wind measuring equipment in the ...
