Tech to offer meteorology degreeTuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 11:00PMVirginia Tech will launch the state's first bachelor's degree program in meteorology next year.
City shivers as mercury plummetsTuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 8:45PMTOOWOOMBA residents woke up to a bitterly cold morning today with the apparent temperature dipping below minus 3 degrees at 6am.
Heat, humidity, and a haboob!Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 6:16AMTwenty-one days straight of 100F or more in Tyler, TX. Make it 22 for today, unfortunately. The screaming hot readings will mix with the high humidity to make it feel like 110-115 from the Mid MS Valley to the Upper MW today, with warnings for more regions starting this afternoon. Check out the map, with [...]
Heat doesn't beat this year's FiestaSaturday, July 16, 2011 @ 9:30PMThose who attended and those who organized the 78th anniversary Topeka Fiesta Mexicana said adios Saturday to the this year’s fundraiser for Holy Family School, putting it into the history book except for the tear-down and cleanup today. Saturday marked another day of scorching temperatures for this year's event. read more
Brisbane chills outTuesday, July 12, 2011 @ 7:15PMIf you felt cold this morning were not alone. The city has shivered through its coldest morning in two years.
Terence Blacker: Some useful received ideas for the BBCThursday, July 7, 2011 @ 6:46PMIn his first detailed statement to the public, Lord Patten, the new chairman of the BBC Trust, has rather daringly invoked the great novelist Gustave Flaubert. The corporation is in danger of "drowning our viewers and listeners in a small metropolitan pond of stereotypes and prejudices, what Flaubert called 'received ideas'", he said.
From surf safety to storm safetyWednesday, July 6, 2011 @ 3:44AMREHOBOTH BEACH -- Beachgoers can rely on lifeguards to keep them safe from drowning or danger in the ocean. TV news audiences hope that the meteorologists they watch will keep them safe from storms, severe weather and confusing satellite images.
Five full weekends makes bet on wet July almost money in the bank — MILLS COLUMNTuesday, July 5, 2011 @ 6:21AMI'd say there's a very good chance this will be an unusually rainy July. But despite rumours to the contrary, this will not be the rainiest July in 823 years. We hope. Allow me to explain.[...]
Perth freezes as rain, rain goes awaySunday, July 3, 2011 @ 7:19PMPerth shivered through its coldest morning of the year today, with the official minimum plunging to a brisk 1.5 degrees.