Events

A huge temperature change putting Chicago in perspective, from HamWeather (degrees Celsius): (And now for my Luddite readers, the same map in Fahrenheit:)

In the last 24 hours, Chicago's temperature has plunged from an asphalt-melting 35°C to a shiver-inducing 12°C: (The chart shows degrees Celsius along the left and local time along the bottom.) The drop right before 9am caught me by surprise. When I left the house (and it was 19°C outside), the polo and jeans I have on seemed appropriate. Three hours later, with Weather Bug reporting 10°C at the nearest station and O'Hare reporting 12°C, I really wish I'd brought a jacket to work. WGN points out that...

Surf fishing in Half Moon Bay, Calif., on Sunday: ISO-400, 1/2000 at f/5.6, 123mm. Approximately here.

Shanghai, 18 April 2010: ISO-400, 1/800 at f/8, 47mm. Taken approximately here.

Yesterday, just north of San Francisco:

Via my family:

This morning, San Francisco: Keaney St. at Bush, ISO-400, 1/1600 at f/5, 131mm

The V and A, Kensington, London: 6 November 2010, ISO-100, 1/500 at f/5.6, 74mm

Tuomiokirkko (The Lutheran Cathedral), Helsinki, Finland: 30 June 2010, ISO-100, 1/160 s. at f/14.

Via the WGN Weather Blog, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has produced a mongo cool video showing the tornadic activity in North America in April: The National Storm Prediction Center reports a staggering 1,425 tornados so far this year, with 519 reported deaths. For comparison, the three-year averages are 1,376 tornados and 64 deaths for the entire year, putting this year at 248% and 1946% of average for events and deaths, respectively. So, remember how the anthropogenic climate...