Weird Weather

WATCH: Giant Ice Boulders Invading Lake Michigan

The Huffington Post | David Moye | Posted 03.01.2013 | Weird News

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The shores of Good Harbor Bay on Lake Michigan are being invaded by a strange phenomenon: Giant ice boulders. Hundreds of basketball-sized ice boul...

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WATCH: Rare Fall Tornado In Italy

Posted 11.28.2012 | Green

From AccuWeather: A massive tornado hit a steel factory in Taranto, Italy, on Wednesday, injuring 20 workers. Reuters: Storm adds to chaos at tr...

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On Climate, Candidates Should Follow Reagan's Example

David Jenkins | Posted 12.30.2012 | Politics

In isolation, each individual weather event might be explained away, but collectively they become symptomatic of an altered climate and reflect broader changes that climatologists have been predicting for decades.

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TRAGEDY: Pregnant Amish Woman Killed By Lightning On Due Date

AP | Posted 07.25.2012 | Crime

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GARRETT, Pa. -- A pregnant Amish woman picking berries in the woods near her Pennsylvania home was killed by lightning on her due date. The fetus also...

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10 Bizarre Stories Of Lightning Strikes

www.oddee.com | David Moye | Posted 11.12.2011 | Weird News

Lightning is supposed to never strike twice, but Roy Sullivan defied all odds after being hit by lightning on seven different occasions, surviving all...

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Lightning Strikes Girl On Sunny Day

AP | Posted 09.26.2011 | Green

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CANONSBURG, Pa. -- An 11-year-old western Pennsylvania girl is recovering after she was struck by a bolt from the blue. Lisa Wehrle tells the Observe...

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Snow On The Fourth Of July?

AP | ROBIN HINDERY | Posted 08.30.2011 | Green

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A summer that looks a whole lot more like winter has travelers across the West scrambling to revise their Fourth of July itineraries – or at lea...

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Giant Snow Pile Near Boston Won't Go Away

AP/ MetroWest Daily News | Posted 11.15.2011 | Weird News

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FRAMINGHAM, Mass. -- As temperatures in the Boston area soar into the 90s, a frigid reminder of the region's long winter clings to life in a Framingha...

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The Heat Is Too Damn High

The Huffington Post | Jonah Green | Posted 08.08.2011 | New York

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For those of you who, when huddled and shivering in winter coats in December's blizzard, warming hands in gloves and mugs of cocoa on the sidewalk, wi...

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Sinkhole De Mayo (PHOTOS)

Posted 11.16.2011 | Weird News

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Intense thunderstorms wreaked havoc in the Northeast over the weekend, ripping up streets, flooding neighborhoods and forcing schools to close. In ...

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Under Pressure: Your Body The Weathervane

Mehmet Oz, M.D. | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living

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Your mood, headaches, and heart health are much more subject to changes in the weather than you might think. You could say your body is its own perfect weathervane.

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Guess What's Back? El Nino!

AP | RANDOLPH E. SCHMID | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green

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WASHINGTON — El Nino is back. Government scientists said Thursday that the periodic warming of water in the tropical Pacific Ocean, which can a...

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SNOW IN NEW ORLEANS: Rare Snow Blankets South Louisiana

AP | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green

From AP: NEW ORLEANS - A rare snowfall blanketed south Louisiana and parts of Mississippi Thursday, closing schools, government offices and bridges, t...

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Alabama Governor Drought Solution: "Pray For Rain"

The Birmingham News | STAN DIEL | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

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With the state's weather forecasters not delivering much-needed rain, Gov. Bob Riley on Thursday turned to a higher power. The governor issued a procl...

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Drought Wilts The American South, Cripples Farms

New York Times | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home

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Northern Alabama has become acre after acre of shriveled cornstalks, cracked red dirt for miles and days of unrelenting white heat. The region's most ...

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NYT's Front Pages Focus Away From Fires

Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 05.25.2011 | Media

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The NYT front page relegated the fires to the bottom of the page — almost a news blip, let alone below the fold. Er, hello? California is on fire.

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Global Warming Results In Extreme Weather: Federal Report

DotEarth | Andrew C. Revkin | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green

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The first thorough federal review of research on how global warming may affect extreme climate events in North America forecasts more drenching rains,...

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