In watching Hurricane Katia today and comparing her to the official updates, I am reminded of the incomparable movie, The Princess Bride : “...

As soon as I saw the 11am advisory on Katia, I think the first words out of my mouth were “What a Load of Codswallop!” (said in capitals, fo...

Goodness me, I think we have a couple of hamsters in wheels for storms today. They are not doing anything in particular, just busily spinnin...

I think some of you are wondering what planet I’m visiting at the moment… it’s called Georgia. ;-) It’s very entertaining and informative he...

Yesterday I had internet issues on this other planet I’m on, so I couldn’t write anything. That’s ok though… I’m sure you enjoyed a day off ...

I'm on another planet so not much time to dilly dally today either, alas.   Tropical Storm Katia is cooking nicely. Officially she h...

"A distressingly busy day with little time for sloth or idleness" (Oscar Wilde)... fortunately we don't have much going on out...

Oh Great Googliemooglies! Really? Another storm that is named as it is practically on top of land? Really? Well, we’ll get to that later. Fi...

Hello my friends! I've been watching Irene as she moved on shore in North Carolina mid-morning. I'm glad they downgraded her winds f...

Gotta be quick as I have about 10 minutes to do this and then I’m out of time until tomorrow. Hurricane Irene: I see they have progres...

Hurricane Irene: They downgraded her to a cat 2 storm last night (barely) with winds officially at 110mph (cat 2 range: 96-110mph) and a c...

Hurricane Irene: She’s finally cleared the Bahamas after paying Grand Abaco a visit. Here’s one of those cam thingies from Rockybay on Aba...

Quick lunchtime update on things. Hurricane Irene: Officially her winds are 115mph, central pressure 951mb. She’s at around 26N, 76.8W ...

Hurricane Irene: Well the good news is that wind shear took a bit out of her and although officially her winds are 115mph, making her a we...

Hurricane Irene is a nice looking storm from the satellite images. About 5 minutes after my last update I guess she got my phone message, so...

Strictly speaking, it’s August 24, but this was supposed to be written before midnight rolled around. Oopsie. The NHC downgraded Hurrica...

A quick note for now: Irene did indeed slow down and has been impacting the Dominican Republic for over 24 hours now, but I have just seen w...

Irene was upgraded just about 1.5 hours ago to a category 2 hurricane, based on aircraft observations. They estimate winds to be 100mph whic...

As expected, Irene is now a hurricane and the first of the season. She was upgraded overnight as she visited Puerto Rico, where I hear she c...

TD Harvey: I thought I might as well keep going, because apparently he is still going. We are all having a difficult time finding his cent...