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March 8, 2012
Take Cover from the Space Storm! Two Solar Flares Hit Earth, NASA Says
Today's space-weather report tells of a different kind of sunny sky: Two flares, including the second biggest of the Sun's 11-year solar cycle, hit earth early this morning and could cause the biggest solar storm in five years, NASA says. Now, what the hell does this mean, exactly? Every so often, ... More >>
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March 3, 2012
Tornadoes Across Midwest and South Kill Over 30; BP And Plaintiffs Reach Agreement; Man Gets 27 Years in Homegrown Terrorism Case
At least 31 are dead across Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio and Alabama after tornado storms ravaged the Midwest and South, essentially destroying towns. Today, the rescue effort continued, as parts of the South remained on tornado watch. "It's just nuts right here," National Weather Service meteorologist ... More >>
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February 25, 2012
Teacher Data Released, Criticized; Nelson Mandela Hospitalized; Strong Winds Coming Through the City
Data rating 18,000 New York City teachers was released Friday, but not without strong caveats as both teachers and education leaders warned of flaws. Teachers are evaluated based on how much value they add as evidenced by change in student performance on standardized tests relative to measurement o ... More >>
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February 11, 2012
Light Snow Hits The City; 9/11 Victim Identified; Sun Employees Arrested
There are flakes in this photo. We promise. It's actually winter! Kind of...The city is seeing some light snow this morning. The National Weather Service predicts accumulation of less than one inch. It's not much, but it's something in this winter that hasn't always really felt like winter. ... More >>
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January 21, 2012
Snow Day! What Are You Going to Do With Your Time?
You are probably aware that snow has come to New York City. Considering you can't yet spend your snow days watching the city's online map that will track when salt spreaders or plows went down city streets (if you're intrigued you can watch Mayor Bloomberg discuss the tool at this morning's press c ... More >>
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December 26, 2011
Merry Day-After-Christmas! It's Still (Technically) A Holiday
viaGood morning one and all. How was your Christmas? Did you occupy something? A movie theater perhaps? Though Santa has already been tracked, presents have already been opened, and some of us have had our traditional fill of Chinese food, it's still technically a holiday today, according to ... More >>
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November 9, 2011
Emergency Alert System Test to Ruin TV for 30 Whole Seconds Today
Don't forget, as Nick explained this weekend, that today brings something unprecedented and horrifying in the wake of yesterday's asteroid, which didn't hit us, whew, though we were forced to hide out in a dark, underground bar all night just in case. Today at 2 p.m., the first-ever nationwid ... More >>
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November 5, 2011
Emergency Alert System to Interrupt All Television on Wednesday, Cause Mass Hysteria
Will Skynet become self-aware as well?This Wednesday, a day after we narrowly avoiding being hit by an asteroid, America will be faced with another threat: television interruption. On November 9th, the FCC, FEMA, Homeland Security, and the National Weather Service will conduct a nationwide te ... More >>
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November 5, 2011
Emergency Alert System to Interrupt All Television Wednesday, Cause Mass Hysteria
Will Skynet become self-aware as well?This Wednesday, a day after we narrowly avoid being hit by an asteroid, America will face yet another threat: television interruption. On November 9th, the FCC, FEMA, Homeland Security, and the National Weather Service will conduct a nationwide test of th ... More >>
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July 18, 2011
The Outdoors Sucks Today
This is a servicey post: If you can avoid it, don't go outside today. Not only are temperatures in the 90s, but the National Weather Service has also issued an "air quality alert," which is in effect until 11 p.m. Simplifying a lot of jargon, this means that pollution levels are high, so brea ... More >>
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June 1, 2011
Tornado Watch Issued for New York City
WikipediaThe National Weather Service has put New York City and surrounding areas under a tornado watch until 8 p.m. this evening. The watch is also effective for counties in Connecticut and New Jersey. Along with potential tornadoes and hail, a "thunderstorm wind gust" of up to 70 miles per ... More >>
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March 30, 2011
10 Inches of Snow Possible on April Fool's Day
"L" is for WHAT THE FUCK?Not a joke. Not a joke. Not a joke. Not a joke. Not a joke. Not a joke. Not a joke. Not a joke. Not a joke. Not a joke. Not a joke. Not a joke. Not a joke. Not a joke. Not a joke. Not a joke. Not a joke. Not a joke. Not a joke. Not a joke. Not a joke. Not a joke. Not ... More >>
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January 11, 2011
What to Expect When You're Expecting a Snow Emergency
Will it snow? Will it snow-pocalypse? As we wait and see what really happens (the Weather Channel says that will be at about 7 p.m., though Mayor Bloomberg has already declared a "weather emergency" for NYC), we're right here to tell you what we know. Which is this:
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January 10, 2011
As Another Snowstorm Heads for NYC, City Council Flogs City Hall on Blizzard Response
Another blizzard is expected to hit New York this week as the city continues to reel from the post-Christmas snowpocalypse. City council members and agency officials spent several hours in hearings this afternoon, while the mayor's office published its first preliminary report on the clean-up dis ... More >>
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December 30, 2010
Day Four: Your Blizzard Post-Mortem Roundup
Daily NewsMayor Bloomberg has promised to find out why the city's blizzard response was so crappy, but the tabloids may have beat him to the punch. The Daily News has a thorough look today at what happened, while a New York Post report accuses sanitation saboteurs of purposefully slowing down the ... More >>
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October 14, 2010
New York City "UFOs" May Have Been Caused by Something So Banal as an Engagement Party
According to a group of elementary school kids from the Milestone School in Mount Vernon, those unidentified flying objects sighted over Chelsea last afternoon that had everybody all worked up are actually just escapee balloons from their teacher's engagement party, the Daily News reports. S ... More >>
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September 17, 2010
The Great Maybe-Tornado of 2010: Tornado Spares Voice
All photos by Steven ThrasherWe're still waiting for confirmation on whether the tornado that ransacked Staten Island, Brooklyn, and Queens last night was actually a tornado -- investigators are out trying to determine whether patterns were "swirling" or otherwise, and the National Weather Se ... More >>
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September 1, 2010
Yep, This Summer Was Hot Enough to Stash Frozen Water Bottles in Your Pants
How many days have we complained about the weather this summer? How many days have we come into work with sweat dripping down our face? Oh, lots. But it's not all for nothing! According to the New York Times, "the summer of 2010 went down in the National Weather Service's record books as the ... More >>
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September 1, 2010
Hurricane Earl May, in Fact, Rock You Like a Hurricane
People are getting pretty geared up about this once-again-Category-4-storm otherwise known as Earl headed hell-and-high-water for the East Coast. There are hurricane warnings in North Carolina and tropical storm warnings in Virgina, Maryland, and New Jersey, while tropical storm watches are i ... More >>
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August 2, 2010
July Falls Short of Heat Record; August Is Comparatively Comfortable
Robert Pattinson = "sweaty person"Welcome to August -- hell on earth in New York is officially over, according to the Daily News. Well, maybe not over over, but we'll feel a decrease from a 10 (purple face and pit stains) on the sweatiness scale to approximately a 7 (still uncomfortable, with ... More >>
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July 26, 2010
First Tornado Hits the Bronx in 36 Years
via Daily NewsOn Friday night, for a 15-minute period, we were hunkered down in our windowless bathroom (just in case!) as our Twitter flashed "Tornado WARNING" from New York's Office of Emergency Management, NotifyNYC, and, of course, the National Weather Service. (A warning, for future refe ... More >>
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June 28, 2010
Alert: It's Going to Be Hot, Hot, Hot Today
There's a heat advisory on, folks, from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Last year's first heat advisory of the summer didn't happen until mid-August, but Weather.com is reporting that high temperatures and humidity will combine today to produce a heat index of 95 to 100 degrees -- it might even feel like 1 ... More >>
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June 6, 2010
Tornado Watch in Effect For New York City
New York City's five boroughs -- the crowded streets, big buildings, Central Park, Staten Island and the rest of this huge beautiful mess -- are under an extreme storm alert, including a tornado watch until 8 p.m. Sunday night, according to the National Weather Service. It's the first such wa ... More >>
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May 14, 2010
It's Crazy Windy Out There
Be careful all... The National Weather Service has issued a ***WARNING: INCLEMENT WEATHER ADVISORY*** forecasting thunderstorms with gusts of high wind up to 60 mph for the New York City area tonight. Stay away from rooftop construction sites; hold onto your hats; ladies, watch your skirts . ... More >>
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April 4, 2010
Parade Day Will Be Mostly Sunny
The National Weather Service is promising a mostly sunny day in the mid seventies for the Easter Parade, the annual unorganized eight-block walk up 5th Avenue from 49th Street New Yorkers break out their most extravagant hats for. There isn't really a schedule, but people start walking at 10, ... More >>
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March 20, 2010
Things to Do This Weekend for (Mostly) Free
Brooklyn Botanic GardenSpring officially starts today, so go see it at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden ($8 adults, $4 seniors and kids over 12), where it's been quietly happening for weeks (slideshow). The National Weather Service says it's going into the seventies today and the sixties tomorrow. ... More >>
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March 13, 2010
Things to do this weekend for (mostly) free
The National Weather Service says it's pretty much definitely going to rain all weekend, so indoors is good. Go see the Wizard of Oz today and tomorrow at the Film Forum (double feature, with Captains Courageous)
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December 20, 2009
More about the snow
Queens in the snowAccording to the National Weather Service, the snow is over (until Christmas, when we can expect rain, snow and sleet). After this, it's just going to blow around. Their last official accumulation numbers were 6" at LaGuardia, 11.1" at Kennedy, and 9.1" in Central Park as of ... More >>
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December 19, 2009
Snowstorm alert
If you have shopping to do, do it now. The National Weather Service is predicting 2-4" of snow today and another 5-9" tomorrow, with winds up to 24 MPH and temperatures down to 23 degrees. They're calling a Winter Storm Warning, a Coastal Flood Advisory, and a Hazardous Weather Outlook. One ... More >>
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November 15, 2009
A thing to do on Monday and Tuesday for (completely) free
If you're out Monday or Tuesday night, look up in the sky and watch the shooting stars. The Leonid Meteor Shower is going to be on view Nov. 16 and 17, and NASA says it's going to be quite a show this year.
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September 12, 2009
Things to do on Sunday for (mostly) free
the National Weather Service is promising 82 degrees and disappearing clouds--Broadway on Broadway - the casts from 20 Broadway shows will be performing live on Broadway between 43d and 47th, starting at 11:30. Michael McKean (Spinal Tap, an upcoming play) is hosting.--Brooklyn Book Festival ... More >>
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February 22, 2008
Winter, At Last
the National Weather Service is promising 82 degrees and disappearing clouds--Broadway on Broadway - the casts from 20 Broadway shows will be performing live on Broadway between 43d and 47th, starting at 11:30. Michael McKean (Spinal Tap, an upcoming play) is hosting.--Brooklyn Book Festival ... More >>
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August 9, 2007
Flash Floods and a Hell Commute May Return on Friday
the National Weather Service is promising 82 degrees and disappearing clouds--Broadway on Broadway - the casts from 20 Broadway shows will be performing live on Broadway between 43d and 47th, starting at 11:30. Michael McKean (Spinal Tap, an upcoming play) is hosting.--Brooklyn Book Festival ... More >>
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August 8, 2007
Vignettes from the Commute from Hell
the National Weather Service is promising 82 degrees and disappearing clouds--Broadway on Broadway - the casts from 20 Broadway shows will be performing live on Broadway between 43d and 47th, starting at 11:30. Michael McKean (Spinal Tap, an upcoming play) is hosting.--Brooklyn Book Festival ... More >>
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September 23, 2005
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The End Times and Profits of Doom
the National Weather Service is promising 82 degrees and disappearing clouds--Broadway on Broadway - the casts from 20 Broadway shows will be performing live on Broadway between 43d and 47th, starting at 11:30. Michael McKean (Spinal Tap, an upcoming play) is hosting.--Brooklyn Book Festival ... More >>
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