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The worst wildfires in a decade pour acrid smoke over Sydney
Posted by Grist: John Metcalfe on October 20th, 2013
Grist: Going outside in many parts of southeastern Australia right now is like sucking on a stogie filled with smoldering grass and bark. The countryside is alive with flame from nearly 100 rampaging blazes, which are drawing strength from feverish weather to slam a dirty-black lid of smoke over Sydney.
This breakout will go down as the worst regional fires in a decade. More than a third of the fires are out of control and behaving erratically thanks to screwy yet strong wind patterns. The Sydney Morning...
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Posted by Grist: John Metcalfe on July 22nd, 2013
Grist: Released on Friday by NOAA, the map shows the hellish days that preceded the nation`s current meteorological bugbear: an "oppressively hot area of high pressure," to use the National Weather Service`s language, that`s now making eyeballs sweat on the East Coast. How nasty is it there? Here are a few indicators:
So many people were camped in front of their A/Cs on Friday that New York`s power grid reached an all-time usage high. Reports Reuters: "The New York Independent System Operator (NYISO)...