Weather

The MTA Procures Storm Surge Protection via the Catastrophe Bond Market

Where the bets are big and the potential payoffs even bigger

Legendary Tornado Chaser Tim Samaras's Last Ride

A New Study Shows Sea-Level Rise Made Flooding from Hurricane Sandy Worse. Surprise!

Mayor Bloomberg's post-Sandy climate resilience plan just got another boon: last Thursday researchers at the University of Pennsylvania showed the sea-level rise was a factor in flooding during Sandy. Over the last two centuries sea-level rise has contributed more and more to flooding in the city du ... More >>

MTA Accepting Bets On Whether There Will Be Another Sandy Within Three Years

Here's some unsettling news: the MTA thinks there is a good chance New York will be hit by another Hurricane Sandy within the next three years--or at least a good enough chance that the transit agency is hedging its bets against the possibility that there won't be. The MTA is selling a $125 millio ... More >>

Here's Everything You Need To Know About Today

Blizzard Warning for NYC from 6AM Fri 2/8 to 1PM Sat 2/9. Forecast: 10-14 inches of snow & strong winds weather.gov/nyc via @notifynyc— City of New York (@nycgov) February 7, 2013 Good luck out there.

'The Concert for Sandy Relief'

*UPDATE* Brooklyn Councilman Brad Lander Warns Real Estate Group to Halt Development Project Along Gowanus Canal

[UPDATE]: The Lightstone Group will continue its bid to build a 700-unit housing development on Bond Street along the Gowanus Canal despite concerns raised in a letter from Councilman Brad Lander yesterday, the company said in a statement released to the Voice. "The Lightstone Group is fully commi ... More >>

Brooklyn Councilman Brad Lander Warns Real Estate Group to Halt Development Project Along Gowanus Canal

City Councilman Brad Lander let national realty firm, The Lightstone Group, in on a little secret yesterday: it's not a great time to build along waterfront neighborhoods in the city right now! Lander sent a letter to Lightstone Group chairman and CEO David Lichtenstein urging the company to withdr ... More >>

NY State Liquor Authority Keep the Booze Flowing

Due to Sandy, Gov. Cuomo and the New York State Liquor Authority announced that they will take measures to help venues with liquor licenses in the wake of Hurricane Sandy, including extending license renewal dates, free license replacements, and New Year's Eve permits. [See More: The Best of Nate S ... More >>

Andrew Cuomo Actually Acknowledges Idiot Rabbi's Gay Marriage/Hurricane Rant

Every time a natural disaster destroys entire communities, a handful of religious idiots blame it on gay people and the politicians who defend their civil rights. Hurricane Sandy is no exception.In most cases, however, the moronic ramblings of fringe lunatics are routinely ignored by elected officia ... More >>

Flood Zone, NYC

Bloomberg's push for development in the wrong places

Here's Some Old-Timey Video of New York's 1938 Hurricane -- Which Was Not Caused By "Global Warming"

The Global Warming crowd is claiming that climate change is part of the reason that a hurricane is about absolutely crush New York City."Substantial evidence indicates that global warming may be responsible for the recent increasing intensity of Atlantic hurricanes, including increasing their size a ... More >>

Frankenstorm Unleashes Tidal Wave Of PR Sluttiness

Do you happen to be a PR stooge who represents a climatologist, weather expert, hurricane survivor, or pretty much anyone who's ever encountered rain? If so, you probably sent out an email today to every media outlet in New York City trying to exploit what could potentially be a devastating natural ... More >>

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 >>

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 >>

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.

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 >>

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 >>

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!

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 >>

"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 >>

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 >>

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.

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:

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 >>

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."

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

Jennifer Baichwal Documents Lightning in Act of God

Broad Imagination

A celebration you won't soon forget

Winter, At Last

Flash Floods and a Hell Commute May Return on Friday

All Wet

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

My Last Normal Day in New Orleans

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

'Typhoon'

Few Answers as Sago Mine Reopens

The Ninth Re-Ward

The Vietnamese community in New Orleans East rebuilds after Katrina

Barricading the Storm

Why the White House Won't Release Its Katrina Papers

Flyover

Bush stands up Catholic schoolgirls in the Big Uneasy

Make Levees, Not War

Serious hurricane protection could take 30 years to build

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

Storm Front

In global warming's kitchen, hurricanes love the heat

Rita and Weep

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

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

Crude Manipulation

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

World Goes Nuts

New Orleans Via New York

Break out the beads for a little Mardi-Gras mayhem