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Tag Archives: weather
Burning Man Gets the Wrong Kind of Smoke
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Wildfires are giving a new meaning to the name Burning Man as smoke from the Rush Fire near Ravendale, Calif. clouds the event that launched on Monday. Megan Miller, a spokesperson from the annual festival of alternative culture, had this … Continue reading
How Energy Conservation Impacts Today's Flex Alert in California
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The heat has yet to break, but Californians are being urged to turn down their air conditioners. Operators of the state's electricity grid have declared a Flex Alert for Tuesday, telling customers to curb their power use as California's inland … Continue reading
Weather Service Issues Heat Warning for SJ Valley
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FRESNO, Calif. (AP) — With temperatures forecast to push 112 degrees through the weekend, the National Weather Service has issued an excessive heat watch for the San Joaquin Valley. The heat watch is in effect from Friday afternoon through Sunday … Continue reading
Video: Rising Seas Projected to Flood Bay Area Airports
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In the future, more of California will be under water. As global temperatures increase, melting the polar ice, sea levels will rise. And the water is likely to lap over Bay Area airport runways. So says the National Research Council, … Continue reading
2011 a Record-Breaker for Extreme (and Costly) Weather
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The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration—the agency that goes by the user-friendly handle of NOAA (pronounced "Noah")—broke some news today at the fall meeting of the American Geophysical Union in San Francisco. NOAA Administrator Jane Lubchenco announced that by the … Continue reading
Bay Area Weather Alerts: Flood, Wind, High Surf Advisories
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Wind advisory – San Francisco, Santa Cruz, Napa, Santa Clara, Sonoma, Alameda, Contra Costa Flood advisory – Marin, Napa, Sonoma Flood advisory – Alameda, Contra Costa, San Francisco, San Mateo Flood advisory – Santa Clara, Santa Cruz Special weather statement: … Continue reading
Morning Splash
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Navy Considers Medal, 65 Years After a Heroic Act (Bay Citizen) Carl E. Clark, 94, served in World War II to defend America, not to win glory. “We just figured it was a war that had to be won,” said … Continue reading
But 111 in the shade...
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This is really quite something. Los Angeles just hit 113 degrees, the city's highest recorded temperature in 133 years of record-keeping.
