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Political gaming around the Waxman-Markey bill

Political gaming around the Waxman-Markey billEvidence for your assertions, pleaseWhile there is at least weak scientific evidence that man contributes to global warming (I do not trust it, but at least some studies try to make the point), there is none for climate change causing weather events like hurricanes. ...

Tags: Messiah, hurricane, global warming, Waxman-Markey, life saving, sea level, game, Katrina

Discussion threads 2009-06-30

Hurricane 1.2 (Mobile)

Hurricane gives you the ability to track hurricane on the go on iPhone or iPod Touch. Satellite images and tracking maps help you see where these monster storms are heading. Text bulletins give you the detailed information you need. Interactive Tracking Map with storm data, generated on your device as...

Tags: Mobile, Hurricane, Kitty Code, Network Technology, Internet, Networking

Software downloads 2009-06-04

Science on climate change

Science on climate change*yawn*Well, at least we know the environmentalists are still in the gloom and doom business.In the meantime, the real weather forecasters are still trying to predict next week."Current research" is constantly changing - these days I pay little notice. They have a pretty poor record in their...

Tags: Rome, climate change, hurricane, global warming

Discussion threads 2008-12-22

More for the hit-by-the-bus files

More for the hit-by-the-bus filesHit by the bus: TelecomVoice network diagram as well, PBX/voicemail login accounts, Maintenance contracts, vendor contact information, CSRs customer service records, billing/budget spreadsheet. I have found with this data I can manage pretty much any site I walk into.Hurricane files ...Thought I'd pass this on. It's...

Tags: Engineering, Backups, PRODUCTIVITY, Telecom & Utilities, Food & Beverage, Power Outage, hurricane, battery, backup, battery backup, phone, computer

Discussion threads 2008-09-12

Waiting for Fay

Waiting for FayHurricane? What hurricaneI'm sitting in Orlando and also checking Weather Underground. Fay apparently never got about 60MPH. While we probably will get a good soaking we and you in Tampa won't see much else.Shhhhh.You see, the global warming crowd has predicted for years that one of the apocalypse...

Tags: Fay, hurricane

Discussion threads 2008-08-19

Waiting for Fay

One of the joys of living along the coast of Florida is the opportunity to see tropical storms and hurricanes up close and very personal. After moving all of the outdoor furniture up under the eaves or into the house and closing the hurricane shutters (big fan-fold aluminum jobs), all...

Tags: Hurricane, Food & Beverage, Engineering, Productivity, Advertising & Promotion, Recruitment & Selection, Manufacturing, Marketing, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Dan Kusnetzky

Blog posts 2008-08-19

Photos: Great Red Spot eats 'Baby'

A recently discovered hurricane-like storm on Jupiter's surface, called Baby Red Spot, was sucked up by the Great Red Spot. by CNET News.com

Tags: Hurricane, Photograph, CNET News.com

Image galleries 2008-07-21

Improved hurricane forecasts with VORTRAC

U.S. researchers have developed a new technique that provides a detailed 3-D view of an approaching hurricane every six minutes, helping to determine whether the storm is gathering strength as it nears land. The technique, known as VORTRAC Vortex Objective Radar Tracking and Circulation, has been tested in 2007 at...

Tags: Hurricane, Radar, VORTRAC, NCAR, Aerospace & Defense, Productivity, Manufacturing, Roland Piquepaille

Blog posts 2008-04-13

Hurricane flood threat coming soon to Google

Hurricane flood threat coming soon to GoogleA great use for cloud applications, and one that can NOT be done offline.The cloud will dominate, and in this case, will save lives.

Tags: hurricane, Google Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-03-19

NASA monitors lightning inside hurricanes

According to a new study from NASA, it is possible to forecast a storm's intensity by monitoring the lightning strikes near a hurricane's eye. And it can be done weeks before the storm arrives with the help of 'highly-sensitive sensors located thousands of miles from the storm.' Today, the Pacific...

Tags: Intensity, Monitor, Ice, NASA, Microwave, Hurricane, Sensor, Lightning, Roland Piquepaille

Blog posts 2007-09-10

Slam and bang, hurricanes a-happenin'

Slam and bang, hurricanes a-happenin'Systems?"So is it global warming or just better meteorlogical measuring systems?" I suggest if those systems are to blame for Cat. 5 hurricanes, we better shut them off. Surely you can tell if it's big and mean without a computer? ;-)

Tags: hurricane

Discussion threads 2007-09-04

Slam and bang, hurricanes a-happenin'

So is it global warming or just better meteorlogical measuring systems? The debate will continue. After all we can use computers on these babies now. But there have been eight official Category 5 the biggest and meanest hurricanes in the past five years. THat is unprecedented....

Tags: Hurricane, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2007-09-04

Photos: Voyagers--strange visitors to other planets

It was thirty years ago when the first Voyager spacecraft left Earth. The ships have returned closeup views of four planets--and aren't finished yet.Voyager 2 launched on Aug. 20, 1977, and Voyager 1 followed on Sept. 5, 1977, for what was originally a five-year mission to study Jupiter...

Tags: Earth, Moon, Data, Photograph, Voyager 1, Saturn, Neptune, Jupiter', Io, Great Red Spot, It', nnTriton, Here', Cassini, CNET News.com

Image galleries 2007-08-28

Mean Dean and what's it mean?

Dean is number 3 on the hurricane hit parade. According to the U.S. Hurricane Center, Dean was the third most intense hurricane ever to hit land. That's in more than 150 years of record-keeping.If you want to track mean Dean, here are the Hurricane Center's maps and projections.And...

Tags: Hurricane, Dean, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2007-08-21

Images: Hurricane Dean ravages Mexico

Hurricane Dean hit the coast of Mexico as a Category 5 storm--earning the most destructive rating according to the Saffir-Simpson scale.Hurricane Dean is now a Category 3 storm on the Saffir-Simpson scale, moving across the Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico with average winds of 125 mph and gusts up to 200...

Tags: Hurricane Dean, Dean, Category 5, hurricane, vapor, coast, Here', satellite

Image galleries 2007-08-21

NOAA Hurricane 2006 1.5 (Windows)

Downloads both static and loop images from the National Hurricane Center. NOAA Hurricane 2006 will also find and display the graphics for any currently active tropical storm. Regions supported include Atlantic, East Coast, East Pacific, Central Pacific, and Caribbean. Will view visible and infrared static and looped images as well...

Tags: NOAA, Hurricane, Andrew Ladner, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software

Software downloads 2007-06-20

Hurricane Monitor 2.4 (Windows)

When tropical storms and hurricanes are in the region, it's nice to have the forecasts and satellite images present on the desktop. NOAA Hurricane 2006 improves the interface, decrease the desktop size, and improve the responsiveness. You can set the Region (Atlantic &/or Pacific), preferred images, size, color, update frequency,...

Tags: Monitor, Hurricane, Andrew Ladner, NOAA Hurricane 2006, Desktops, Microsoft Windows, Hardware, Operating Systems, Software

Software downloads 2007-06-19

Hurricane Preparation for Computer Systems

There are plenty of sources online now for hurricane preparedness to protect lives, homes, pets, and property... but what about the computer systems? For that matter how would a small business owner protect their data in a hurricane, tropical storm, or flood? This paper explains some precautions may be used...

Tags: Hurricane, Computer, Baham Laboratories, Productivity

White papers 2006-06-13

Telecoms call for legal fixes after Katrina

Telecoms call for legal fixes after KatrinaNo Problemfor the WiMAX Steamroller. A couple of WiMAX routers could cover the whole area and enable VoIP service to emergency workers and citizens. Of course that depends on the IEEE passing the WiMAX Mobile standard - and they are stonewalling something fierce.Lawlessness?Thinking back...

Tags: WiMAX, Telephony, telecommunications, hurricane, lawlessness

Discussion threads 2006-06-02

Webcast: Step-by-Step Disaster Recovery Planning for the 2006 Hurricane Season

The 2005 hurricane season went down as the worst on record, with damages estimated at over $100 billion.* Forecasters are already predicting a similarly severe 2006 storm season, so it's imperative that companies with offices in vulnerable areas ensure that their applications and data are fully protected—well in advance...

Tags: Webcast, Hurricane, XOSoft, Litigation, Business Operations

Webcasts 2006-04-05