Mississippi

Here's something else tied up in red tape. Nobody wants the coal ash, and who can blame anybody, right? Now some people are wondering if maybe they can keep the ash where it is and reclassify it. Sometimes 2+2=4 no matter how hard you try to recalculate it, or run from it. No dice, baby. It is what it is. Recycle it, and take the time to create the correct facilities for the ash that can't be recycled.

17 April 2015

"How will you handle that new coal ash slime?"

www.npr.org/2015/03/18/393672334/after-toxic-ash-spill-energy-company-and-locals-struggle-over-solution (Dave Dewitt)

20 December 2014

The EPA is making efforts to regulate coal ash waste, and some North Carolinians believe that NC's regulations are stricter. They are not strict enough, however, to speed the process of beginning to either remove the coal ash from outdated and leaky pits or reline and cover the pits. Coal ash waste does in fact contain a significant amount of toxic chemicals and needs to be considered hazardous. Nearly half of coal ash produced by power plants can be recycled. What is left over needs to be kept in facilities that are both heavily lined and covered. It's going to take some time and money to take care of the 14 Duke Energy pits in NC, 9 of which are problem pits, so covering them is the quickest and least expensive way to keep moisture from the coal ash, but that is by no means more than a quick fix until the ash can be moved to a better site.

Fracking

1 May 2016

No fracking that I know of has begun quite yet in North Carolina.

17 March 2015

It is now legal to apply for a fracking permit in NC. Fracking itself does not begin today. First, applications must be approved, and then approved applicants may face legal action brought forward by those who oppose.

20 December 2014

Governor Cuomo and the State of New York have decided to ban fracking.... so who's next?... going once... going twice...

25 August 2014

There should be at least 200ft between the drill pad and the outer boundary of the fracking site.

Hurricanes

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

After the "W" the storms are named according to the Greek alphabet.

Winter Storms

Blizzard of March 1960

Blizzard of 1993

Blizzard of 1996

Blizzard of 2016

Winter Storms 2017-2018

Dodging Storms

Shelter