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Weather

  • Blogs

    January 21, 2012

    Snow Hits The City; MTA Works on 7 Line; South Carolina Primary Today

    It's snowing! Did you notice? Winter finally decided to grace us with its presence, and it brought with it a winter weather advisory that will be in effect until 4 p.m. today. The National Weather service predicts 4 to 5 inches of snow, but says the heaviest downfall will happen before noon. The MTA ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 7, 2011

    Finally, It Is 'Seasonably Chilly' (And It Might Snow)

    ​WTF, weather? For days we've been sashaying about complaining and/or rejoicing (whether we're feeling glass-half-empty or glass-half-full) about the bizarre temperate weather. Our actual winter coat has only been worn, like, twice! But today, in weird conjunction with the MTA's announcement t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 2, 2011

    Over 700 Arrests Made on Brooklyn Bridge; Hospital Wants to Release Hinckley; Typhoons Hit Philippines

    As we reported yesterday, Occupy Wall Street protesters were arrested while marching over the Brooklyn Bridge. The New York Times reports police made over 700 arrests. Demonstrators claim authorities misled them by saying they could march on the bridge. Officers arrested people who weren't on the pe ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 24, 2011

    Heat Wave May Have Caused 34 Deaths; Luckily, It's Leaving the East Coast

    ​It's still hot and gross out today, but you'll notice that it's not as oppressive as it was this past week. However, the heat wave that swept the U.S. and put 132 million people under a heat advisory may have claimed as many as 34 lives in the U.S.

  • Blogs

    June 1, 2011

    Tornado Watch Issued for New York City

    Wikipedia​The 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 >>

  • Blogs

    May 2, 2011

    Charlie Sheen Visits Alabama to Help With Tornado Relief. For Real.

    ​So, it seems that Charlie Sheen is trying to help out after deadly tornadoes hit Alabama last week. He visited Tuscaloosa today (wearing a white University of Alabama hat) "to survey tornado damage" and meet with Mayor Walt Maddox, who's hopeful that Sheen's celebrity status will help with ra ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    April 20, 2011

    STORM WATCH

    London’s Donmar Warehouse takes on King Lear

  • Blogs

    February 2, 2011

    Punxsutawney Phil Predicts Early Spring, as Does Staten Island Chuck

    ​This just in: Punxsutawney Phil has not seen his shadow. According to tradition, this means the prophetic groundhog has predicted an early spring as opposed to six more weeks of winter. Just in time for an ice storm!

  • Blogs

    February 1, 2011

    9 States Are Now Under Blizzard Warnings, and Other Freaky Weather Facts

    ​Although our winter storm warning has been downgraded to an advisory, the weather still has the makings of something rather apocalyptic. It's being called "life-threatening." Across the nation, people are freaking out. Even people in England are worried about our well-being (or are smugly enj ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 31, 2011

    "Historic" Storm on the Way; New York City Is Cracking Down on Everything; Countdown to the Verizon iPhone

    ​• There is a "historic winter storm" headed across the U.S. that meteorologists predict will last through Wednesday and impact a third of the U.S. population, primarily in the Midwest and the South. New York may get an ice storm (currently a "snow to wintry mix" is predicted for Tuesday). B ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 28, 2011

    NYC Cabbie Ticketed After Taxi Blows Up in Snowstorm

    ​Yesterday we posted video of the New York City cab that caught on fire in Wednesday's snowstorm and suddenly exploded. No one was injured, except, financially, the cabbie himself, who has been ticketed due to his vehicle blocking the road when a tow truck failed to come and get it soon enough ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 27, 2011

    NYC Snow Plow Hits Car Again, On The Same Street! [VIDEO]

    ​Remember that video from last month's snowstorm of the snow plow smashing into the car without any care? Unfortunately for someone, the same thing has happened again during this snowstorm. In a twist of fate, this accident took place on the same exact street in Brooklyn Heights! Video of the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 18, 2011

    Get Ready for More Snow, Says Man Who Tapes Climate Stats to Walls

    ​The New York Times interviewed a "weather hobbyist" today, who says he's crunched the numbers and predicts that New York is going to get a lot more snow this winter.

  • Blogs

    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:

  • Blogs

    January 6, 2011

    City Will Be Super Prepared For Tomorrow's Wussy Snowfall

    ​Mayor Bloomberg, still facing the wrath of New Yorkers disgruntled with last week's snow clean-up, held a press conference today, reassuring panicked citizens that the city will be able to handle tomorrow's snowstorm.That's supposed to be reassuring, or something, but since there are only five in ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 14, 2010

    It Snowed! Time to Make Maple Taffy

    quietfish.comRemember, only use clean snow!​ Now that New York City has had its first snowfall, no matter how pitiful of a flurry it was, it's time to think about maple taffy, that glorious confection invented by our friends up North who can't ever drive to the grocery store because there's f ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 25, 2010

    Most Epic Tornado Video Yet: "We Are In the Tornado!"

    This tornado video -- taken by Eric Meyers in Rice, Texas, from his car on Sunday as 125-mile winds tore through the area -- kinda makes the Brooklyn tornado guys look like amateurs, or, worse, a couple of wussy hipsters. "We are in the tornado" is the anti "Double rainbow all the way."

  • Blogs

    September 2, 2010

    Will Hurricane Earl "Smoosh" with Jersey Shore?

    Hurricane "Snooks."​Labor Day weekend isn't looking to be the last-hurray-of-summer-sunshine affair its supposed to be, with Hurricane Earl ready to very literally rain on the plans of anyone about to have one last blowout before calling the summer off. And it looks like the Jersey Shore -- wh ... More >>

  • Blogs

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    May 5, 2010

    Katie Couric's Weather Report: All Wet (When It Comes to Climate Change)

    Couric: Partly cloudyOn Monday night, Katie Couric swung from CBS's coverage of the oil spill to the Tennessee floods by saying she was moving "from a man-made disaster to a natural one." That's one big and unproven assumption. How does Couric know that the worst Tennessee flooding in history has no ... More >>

  • Blogs

    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 >>

  • Film

    November 3, 2009

    Jennifer Baichwal Documents Lightning in Act of God

    ​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 >>

  • Blogs

    April 24, 2009

    Nazi Pentagon Experiments in Queens!

    As Schizo Letters of the Week go, this one is in a league of its own. If only all crazy people wrote with such clarity and style... There is mounting evidence that the military is using aircraft that was outfitted with technology intended for warfare in Iraq and Afghanistan to conduct experimen ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    September 3, 2008

    Broad Imagination

    A celebration you won't soon forget

  • Blogs

    June 18, 2008

    U.S. Dams Iraq While Damning Iowa

    A celebration you won't soon forget

  • Blogs

    June 18, 2008

    U.S. Dams Iraq While Damning Iowa

    A celebration you won't soon forget

  • Blogs

    February 22, 2008

    Winter, At Last

    A celebration you won't soon forget

  • Blogs

    August 9, 2007

    Flash Floods and a Hell Commute May Return on Friday

    A celebration you won't soon forget

  • Blogs

    July 10, 2007

    More Blues in New Orleans

    A celebration you won't soon forget

  • News

    March 13, 2007

    All Wet

    Bloomberg's man Dan Doctoroff has an answer for rising seas: more coastal condos!

  • News

    August 22, 2006

    My Last Normal Day in New Orleans

    Hurricane Katrina? Throw a BBQ—at least we won't lose the meat in the freezer

  • Film

    May 23, 2006

    'Typhoon'

    Hurricane Katrina? Throw a BBQ—at least we won't lose the meat in the freezer

  • News

    March 14, 2006

    Few Answers as Sago Mine Reopens

    Hurricane Katrina? Throw a BBQ—at least we won't lose the meat in the freezer

  • News

    February 21, 2006

    The Ninth Re-Ward

    The Vietnamese community in New Orleans East rebuilds after Katrina

  • News

    January 24, 2006

    Barricading the Storm

    Why the White House Won't Release Its Katrina Papers

  • News

    January 10, 2006

    Flyover

    Bush stands up Catholic schoolgirls in the Big Uneasy

  • News

    December 13, 2005

    Make Levees, Not War

    Serious hurricane protection could take 30 years to build

  • Blogs

    September 28, 2005

    Morning Report 9/28/05
    Barney Fife on Capitol Hill

    Serious hurricane protection could take 30 years to build

  • News

    September 20, 2005

    Storm Front

    In global warming's kitchen, hurricanes love the heat

  • News

    September 20, 2005

    Rita and Weep

    Texas, home to the country's largest refineries, has yet to be declared a disaster area by Bush

  • Blogs

    September 13, 2005

    Morning Report 9/13/05
    Lifeless Body Removed from FEMA HQ

    Texas, home to the country's largest refineries, has yet to be declared a disaster area by Bush

  • News

    September 6, 2005

    Crude Manipulation

    In Katrina's wake, the supposed oil shortage and suspicious gas price hikes

  • News

    September 6, 2005

    Third World

    Katrina puts us—and the press—in a different place

  • Blogs

    September 3, 2005

    Morning Report 9/3/05
    Rotten to the Corps

    Katrina puts us—and the press—in a different place

  • Blogs

    September 1, 2005

    Morning Report 9/1/05
    We Leave New Orleans Before We Leave Baghdad

    Katrina puts us—and the press—in a different place

  • Blogs

    August 31, 2005

    World Goes Nuts

    Katrina puts us—and the press—in a different place

  • NYC Life

    February 1, 2005

    New Orleans Via New York

    Break out the beads for a little Mardi-Gras mayhem

  • News

    September 7, 2004

    Perfect Storms

    Perfect for wrecking any chance of economic recovery, that is

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