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May 4, 2012
Ralph Hall Demands to Know What NOAA Spends on Magicians, Comedians, Mind Readers
Rep. Ralph Hall finally found his General Services Administration-style confab scandal. No, it doesn't involve EPA employees playing a blindfolded game of Crucify the Energy Executive during a conference at The Venetian. But it's the next best thing: the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administrati ... More >>
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April 5, 2012
Thanks, Nanny State, for Looking Out for My Ass
I'd like to say a quick thank you to the Nanny State, before the moment passes and I forget all about spending a good deal of Tuesday cowering in a downstairs bathroom preparing to find out what my everlasting reward will be. Hey, thanks, Nanny State. Couldn't have made it without you, even though ... More >>
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December 12, 2011
Oh My Cod: A Dying Breed Means Your Fish and Chips May Soon Get More Expensive
OMC!!!I headed over to the Libertine Bar this weekend to indulge in their weekend fish and chips special with a few cold Boddingtons. The move was a preemptive measure based an article published in The New York Times this weekend, which hints that cod fisheries could be in trouble. The story ... More >>
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October 26, 2011
Ranchers Petition Gov. Perry For Hay Bale-Out After Historic Drought Stunts Texas Crop
Texas ranchers, bowed under the driest year in state history, are looking to Gov. Rick Perry for help. In an online petition, they're asking him to use the Texas National Guard and any state resources at his disposal to bring hay into the starving ranch country. Drought has withered much of t ... More >>
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October 24, 2011
Hammered by the Drought, Texas Ranchers Are Running Out of Cows to Send to Slaughter
Brandon ThibodeauxSince we started catching rain in pans and writing down measurements, Texas has never gotten so little rainfall as we have this year. As we reported in our recent story on the cattle industry, we're in uncharted territory. That's why, in August, experts were anticipating ano ... More >>
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October 3, 2011
A Decade-Long Drought? Yeah, Maybe So, State Climatologist Says.
It's all but official now. We've strung together the 12 driest months in Texas history. State climatologist John Nielsen-Gammon estimates we got 13.69 inches for the year. The average is 27. It's been hell on ranchers, as we reported in this week's cover story. And it may get worse. Texas A&M put o ... More >>
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September 16, 2011
Chatting With a NOAA Meteorologist About This Drought: What It Is and What It Ain't
Photo by Brantley HargroveA stock pond in Archer CountySo, what's our problem? Mostly, it's La Nina, that little trollop. She's been messin' with Texas for a long time. And the relationship between her cool Pacific sea-surface temperatures and dry times here is pretty well established. For n ... More >>
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September 1, 2011
Why The Summer of 2011 Feels Worse Than '80
Turns out, according to this chart just dispatched by the National Weather Service, it's not the high temps that were awful -- though there's that. It was the low temperatures. If you can call 'em that. Incidentally, NOAA says 95 on Sunday, with "north northeast wind between 5 and 15 mph, with gu ... More >>
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May 23, 2011
Yet Another Reminder of the Tornado of 1957
Courtesy the National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration Photo LibraryFrom time to time over the years we've revisited the tornado of 1957, which, at the time, was easily the best-documented twister in history. There's even a whole website devoted to the F3 that killed 10 and "carved a sixt ... More >>
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September 8, 2010
Anyone Seen Schutze This Morning? (Updated)
On Saturday we took the 7-year-old who lives in our house to the Trinity River Audubon Center, where he quickly became obsessed with the Pete Delkus-narrated flood-maker showing how high's too high. So. This morning, out of nowhere, he asked: "Is the Trinity going to flood?" I told him to leave m ... More >>
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September 8, 2010
City: Trinity River Will Crest Between the Levees, But Downstream Flooding Could Occur
Jim SchutzeOn the other side is a fresh-off-the-virtual-presses press release from the city warning that by early tomorrow morning, there's a pretty decent chance that as the Trinity River crests -- and, as of right now, NOAA has that happening at 42.8 feet -- "some areas of the City may experien ... More >>

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

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Ralph Hall Demands to Know What NOAA Spends on Magicians, Comedians, Mind Readers

Blogs

Thanks, Nanny State, for Looking Out for My Ass

Blogs

Oh My Cod: A Dying Breed Means Your Fish and Chips May Soon Get More Expensive

Blogs

Ranchers Petition Gov. Perry For Hay Bale-Out After Historic Drought Stunts Texas Crop

Blogs

Hammered by the Drought, Texas Ranchers Are Running Out of Cows to Send to Slaughter

Blogs

A Decade-Long Drought? Yeah, Maybe So, State Climatologist Says.

Blogs

Chatting With a NOAA Meteorologist About This Drought: What It Is and What It Ain't

Blogs

Why The Summer of 2011 Feels Worse Than '80

Blogs

Yet Another Reminder of the Tornado of 1957

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Anyone Seen Schutze This Morning? (Updated)

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City: Trinity River Will Crest Between the Levees, But Downstream Flooding Could Occur

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