Groundwater Remediation - process used to remove pollution from groundwater.
Saltwater Intrusion - an aquifer is pumped faster than replenished, saltwater leaks in.
Hurricane Season 2015
Ana/Bill/Claudette/Danny/Erika/Fred/Grace/Henri/Nine/Ida/Joaquin/Kate
12 November 2015
Hurricane Season has been officially closed for business for the past twelve days. That being said, there is a late-night straggler, ordering the last drink and talking for hours in a booth while you wipe down tables. This harmless diva would be Kate, and she'd rather visit Great Britain than landfall anywhere as pedestrian as the OBX or NYC. So maybe we don't mind her so much, and we continue to prep for the 2015-16 winter season, which has already begun around the Great Lakes, in the Rockies and Alaska (while we North Carolinians continue to enjoy 60 degree weather).
4 October 2015
Hurricane Joaquin at one point got to 155mph, almost a Category 5 storm. Luckily it was already drifting back out to sea. Joaquin in a lesser state gave the Bahamas hell for a few days, but again, luckily in a low-population area. It is contributing a little to the heavy rain band that has plagued South Carolina the past few days, but not by much.
1 October 2015
Well, we on the East Coast got a week of what I call the Hurricane That Never Was, a strong system sending humid weather, strong breezes, and lots of rain in from the ocean. And now... and now we have Hurricane Joaquin, which most models are sending into North Carolina, somehow, some way. If not as a direct hit, then a side swipe, one way or the other, we're getting more rain. Unless you go by the European model, which sends it completely to sea. Some of you are worried that this is another Sandy. Every hurricane is different, and you never know from one hour to the next what it's going to do. Still, this is looking to be a headache, so go ahead and prepare for it, and please please please obey evacuation orders. That can never be said enough.
1 June 2015
Hurricane Season 2015 has officially kicked off. The powers that be predict 6-11 major storms, with 3 or so becoming strong.
9 May 2015
Tropical Storm Ana kicks off the Hurricane Season for us 3 weeks early. Luckily, we've seen much worse, haven't we? And as we know, this tells us nothing about the rest of the season. Last year we had a hurricane drought, and Ana could be one of few storms. But as we also know, it only takes one bad one to set us back and keep us talking for the next 20 years.
This storm isn't likely to strengthen. It's 60mph, 1,001mb, traveling NW at 3mph. Rain bands and gusts are moving through Raleigh and points southward. The coast may get gusts of 40-50mph, about the same as a bad thunderstorm. Usually with any tropical storm you have to watch out for flooding, high winds, and maybe tornadoes, so don't take Ana lightly, but so far nothing like that has been a problem.
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General Mayhem
7 October 2015
A part of the flooding rains in SC also affected the southern NC coast, and the winds caused headaches as far north as the Jersey Shore, and into Maine. The low pressure system causing this, with the help of Joaquin, looked almost like a hurricane itself, and larger than the powerful Joaquin.
Dodging Storms
2015
2016
Hurricane Season 2016
Storms are named when wind speeds reach 39mph.
Tropical Depression < 39mph
Tropical Storm 39-73mph
Category 1 74-95mph
Category 2 96-110mph
Category 3 111-129mph
Category 4 130-156mph
Category 5 157+ mph
Alex: 13-17 January: Became a Category 1 hurricane with top winds at 85mph. Affected Bermuda and the Azores.
Bonnie: 30 January: Tropical Storm Bonnie made landfall in Charleston, SC, with minimal damage.
Colin: 6-7 June: Tropical Storm Colin caused a lot of rain and flooding in central Florida, and up the southeast coast. This storm marked a history record for the most tropical storms to form before Hurricane Season begins, on 1 June.
Danielle
Earl
Fiona
Gaston: A very strong storm, keeping well offshore of anyone.
Hermine: 1 September: Coasted slowly past Haiti, Cuba, then decided to turn northward. Expected now to cut into Florida east of Tallahassee and fly up the east coast, giving everyone a lot of rain.
Ian
Julia
Karl
Lisa
Matthew:
3 October: 10:15am: Category 4, 130mph, 943mb, N 6mph
6 October: 5:42am: Category 3, 125mph, 944mb, NW 12mph. 25 people are reported killed in the Caribbean, mostly in Haiti.
9:11am: Category 3, 125mph, 940mb, NW 12mph.
11pm: Category 3, 115mph, 961 (maybe 952)mph, NW 10mph. It's near the Bahamas, headed for Nassau. Power and speed are growing slightly. The eye had faded, but now it's reappeared. Over 11 lives have been lost.
7 October: 2:00am: Category 3, 120mph, NW 14mph.
5:00am: Category 3, 120mph, 938mb, NW 13mph. Hasn't made landfall, just east of Melbourne, FL. 7-11ft storm surge expected between Melbourne and Charleston. 300,000 without power in Florida. Eye is 45 miles off the coast.
Nicole: A rather well-behaved storm, she's staying out in the ocean. She's expected to cause Matthew to turn away from the coast and head south, although so far that has not happened.
6 October: 10:30pm: Category 2, 105mph, 968mb, N 0mph.
Otto
Paula
Richard
Shary
Tobias
Virginie
Walter
After the "W" the storms are named according to the Greek alphabet.
Winter Storms
Blizzard of March 1960
Blizzard of 1993
Blizzard of 1996
Winter Storms 2015-16
12 November 2015
North Carolina might get some light frost some morning this week. There's your winter storm.
Blizzard of 2016
Cat 4 winter storm that affected the Mid-Atlantic and parts of the New England. 1-3 inches of snow fell per hour, and at least 52 people died. 42 inches fell in Glengary, West Virginia. Flooding in New Jersey was a serious problem. Storms in Florida included an EF-1 tornado. Rainfall records were broken in parts of Florida.
Dodging Storms
General Mayhem
8 October 2016
Hurricanes have their own section below, but Hurricane Matthew is uncommonly everything - uncommonly deadly, uncommonly strong, uncommonly unpredictable, and pretty soon, uncommonly meandering. Matthew is also still out there, and expected to make landfall as a Category 2 storm in an hour or so. A tornado warning has been announced near Myrtle Beach, SC, and other warnings have been called, so that's also something the Southeast has to keep an eye on, along with winds, flooding, and storm surge.
17 August 2016
Heavy flooding in Louisiana and Mississippi has claimed at least 7 lives over the past 6 days, and over 20,000 people have had to be rescued from their homes or vehicles.
In California, wildfires have driven over 8,000 people from their homes, and one town has been deserted.
1 July 2016
West Virginia has been hit with tragic and devastating flooding this week, and Nevada is also experiencing flooding. Texas suffered a great deal of flooding earlier that they'd suffered the year before. California is once again hit by wildfires. A recordbreaking 3 named storms were formed before the start of Hurricane Season.
7 October 2015
A part of the flooding rains in SC also affected the southern NC coast, and the winds caused headaches as far north as the Jersey Shore, and into Maine. The low pressure system causing this, with the help of Joaquin, looked almost like a hurricane itself, and larger than the powerful Joaquin.
Atlantic Flyway
Central
Mississippi
Pacific
Baltimore
MS - Como, Utica, Shaw (boil-water order), Mt. Bayo (?) (nitrogen, phosphorus discharge)
Modernization needed.
Oceanic Gyre
2015 - Pacific gyre plastic - why not break it down into diesel fuel?
A converting machine is $2 million.
3 tons of waste = 1 liter/day of marine grade diesel. The waste is shredded, turned to gas.
Coal, natural gas and oil are among ingredients involved in the making of plastics. (?)
Carbon and hydrogen are polymerized - long chain of linked elements.
Nurdles, which are plastic pellets, are granules of linear polyethylene resin.
In Other Places
Hurricane Season 2015
Ana/Bill/Claudette/Danny/Erika/Fred/Grace/Henri/Nine/Ida/Joaquin/Kate
12 November 2015
Hurricane Season has been officially closed for business for the past twelve days. That being said, there is a late-night straggler, ordering the last drink and talking for hours in a booth while you wipe down tables. This harmless diva would be Kate, and she'd rather visit Great Britain than landfall anywhere as pedestrian as the OBX or NYC. So maybe we don't mind her so much, and we continue to prep for the 2015-16 winter season, which has already begun around the Great Lakes, in the Rockies and Alaska (while we North Carolinians continue to enjoy 60 degree weather).
4 October 2015
Hurricane Joaquin at one point got to 155mph, almost a Category 5 storm. Luckily it was already drifting back out to sea. Joaquin in a lesser state gave the Bahamas hell for a few days, but again, luckily in a low-population area. It is contributing a little to the heavy rain band that has plagued South Carolina the past few days, but not by much.
1 October 2015
Well, we on the East Coast got a week of what I call the Hurricane That Never Was, a strong system sending humid weather, strong breezes, and lots of rain in from the ocean. And now... and now we have Hurricane Joaquin, which most models are sending into North Carolina, somehow, some way. If not as a direct hit, then a side swipe, one way or the other, we're getting more rain. Unless you go by the European model, which sends it completely to sea. Some of you are worried that this is another Sandy. Every hurricane is different, and you never know from one hour to the next what it's going to do. Still, this is looking to be a headache, so go ahead and prepare for it, and please please please obey evacuation orders. That can never be said enough.
1 June 2015
Hurricane Season 2015 has officially kicked off. The powers that be predict 6-11 major storms, with 3 or so becoming strong.
9 May 2015
Tropical Storm Ana kicks off the Hurricane Season for us 3 weeks early. Luckily, we've seen much worse, haven't we? And as we know, this tells us nothing about the rest of the season. Last year we had a hurricane drought, and Ana could be one of few storms. But as we also know, it only takes one bad one to set us back and keep us talking for the next 20 years.
This storm isn't likely to strengthen. It's 60mph, 1,001mb, traveling NW at 3mph. Rain bands and gusts are moving through Raleigh and points southward. The coast may get gusts of 40-50mph, about the same as a bad thunderstorm. Usually with any tropical storm you have to watch out for flooding, high winds, and maybe tornadoes, so don't take Ana lightly, but so far nothing like that has been a problem.
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