I’m running a tad bit late… I was doing my homework (i.e. watching episodes of Dr. Who ;-)). Tropical Storm Ophelia Officially she’s at 19.4...

<Warning: tinged with a slight hint of sarcasm> For the last couple of days I’ve been calling Ophelia a Tropical Depression when reall...

Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more! I can’t help it, you’re stuck with Shakespeare until Ophelia vanishes and today is not t...

Apparently there * are * more than five people on this planet who know what New Orleans International Airport’s MSY stands for. I’m impresse...

Hello there! I have returned from New Orleans… well, to be precise, I have returned from the world-famous New Orleans ‘Airport Quarter’. My ...

I knew you were an erudite bunch, although I’m not sure everyone got all the Shakespeare references that I put in there – heck, I don’t even...

Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears. Has it only been two days when last we met? Ophelia has achieved the glass of fashion in the...

Hurricane Maria had long gone by the time I got back to a computer on Friday evening, so instead of wrapping things up, I’ve been dawdling, ...

Really? A hurricane? And we were all getting along so nicely. Sigh. For some reason, the NHC have decided that Maria is now a Hurricane. I w...

If you liked the 360 deg photo thingy of Paris yesterday, Dan from Florida sent me some more. Here’s one from the flight deck of the Space S...

Only one storm? It’s been a while since we’ve only had one to chit-chat about… I’m feeling a bit off-balance! Or maybe that’s from the (one)...

Did you know that statistically this week is the peak of the hurricane season? Here is a figure of the number of hurricanes and tropical sto...

First, I couldn’t let this day go without mentioning the topical events a decade ago that changes the world we knew.  I remember visiting th...

Not much time to dilly dally at the moment! Extratropical Storm Katia (or Post-Tropical if you go with the relatively new NHC name) She is n...

Today is a big day. It is the 45 th anniversary of Star Trek. The <whisper>third<whisper> best sci-fi tv show ever. (Shhhh… I h...

<warning: heavy sarcasm advisory> Today we shall all play ‘How Not To Be Seen’ (a la Monty Python). In these satellite images (both vi...

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...