If the global warming evangelists had the slightest sense of irony, they’d never even attempt things like this. They have no concept of what laughing stocks they make of themselves.
If I Believed In The Lord
I would ask him to forgive me for taking great pleasure in this. Guess that’s what schadenfreude is all about.
Rough Riders
The hurricane hunters earned their pay with Felix:
NOAA Hurricane Hunter aircraft N42RF experienced a truly awesome and terrifying mission into the heart of Hurricane Felix last night. Flying at 10,000 feet through Felix at 7pm EDT last night, N42RF dropped a sonde into the southeast eyewall. The swirling winds of the storm were so powerful that the sonde spun a full 3/4 circle around the eye before splashing into the northwest eyewall. It is VERY rare for a sonde to make nearly a complete circle around the eye like this. As the plane entered the eye of the now Category 5 hurricane, they found a 17-mile wide stadium lit up by intense lightning on all sides. The pressure at the bottom of the eye had hit 934 mb, and the temperature outside, a balmy 77 degrees at 10,000 feet. This is about 24 degrees warmer than the atmosphere normally is at that altitude, and a phenomenally warm eye for a hurricane. N42RF then punched into the northwest eyewall. Flight level winds hit 175 mph, and small hail lashed the airplane as lighting continued to flash. Then, the crew hit what Hurricane Hunters fear most–a powerful updraft followed a few seconds later by an equally powerful downdraft. The resulting extreme turbulence and wind shear likely made the aircraft impossible to control. Four G’s of acceleration battered the airplane, pushing the aircraft close to its design limit of 6 G’s. Although no one was injured and no obvious damage to the airplane occurred, the aircraft commander wisely aborted the mission and N42RF returned safely to St. Croix. N42RF is the same aircraft that survived a pounding of 5.6 g’s in the eyewall of Hurricane Hugo in 1989.
And that low developing off of Florida’s east coast is starting to make me a little nervous, and eyeing the shutters.
You’ll Be As Shocked As I Was
…to hear that Venezuela’s currency is collapsing. Such are the wages of socialism. No doubt he’ll blame it on George Bush.
Let’s hope that it leads to the collapse of Hugo’s government. I would think, at a minimum, that it bodes well for lower oil prices, because he’s going to have to start selling it off faster to prop up his national shell game.
You’ll Be As Shocked As I Was
…to hear that Venezuela’s currency is collapsing. Such are the wages of socialism. No doubt he’ll blame it on George Bush.
Let’s hope that it leads to the collapse of Hugo’s government. I would think, at a minimum, that it bodes well for lower oil prices, because he’s going to have to start selling it off faster to prop up his national shell game.
You’ll Be As Shocked As I Was
…to hear that Venezuela’s currency is collapsing. Such are the wages of socialism. No doubt he’ll blame it on George Bush.
Let’s hope that it leads to the collapse of Hugo’s government. I would think, at a minimum, that it bodes well for lower oil prices, because he’s going to have to start selling it off faster to prop up his national shell game.
Light Posting
It’s Labor Day, so I’m laboring. Have a bunch of proposals due on Thursday.
Took Him Long Enough
Pete Seeger has (finally) denounced Stalin. And written a new song about it.
[Update on Monday morning]
More Pete Seeger discussion here. Some people don’t think that he deserves as much credit as he’s getting for denouncing Stalin, when he still refuses to denounce communism itself. I think they’re overexpecting a very old dog to learn a new trick.
Good Things You Probably Don’t Eat
Looks like I should be eating more of these foods. The only way I’ve ever eaten much beets is in borscht. I’d like to eat more cabbage, but Patricia doesn’t like it. What do you do with Swiss chard? Salad?
[Via John Scalzi]
[Update a little later]
She says she does so like cabbage. She just doesn’t like it cooked, or with corned beef. That is, she doesn’t like corned beef, so she doesn’t like corned beef and cabbage.
Good Things You Probably Don’t Eat
Looks like I should be eating more of these foods. The only way I’ve ever eaten much beets is in borscht. I’d like to eat more cabbage, but Patricia doesn’t like it. What do you do with Swiss chard? Salad?
[Via John Scalzi]
[Update a little later]
She says she does so like cabbage. She just doesn’t like it cooked, or with corned beef. That is, she doesn’t like corned beef, so she doesn’t like corned beef and cabbage.