Today's Tornado and Damaging Wind Risks

Could be a dangerous day in the northern Plains.

Keeping in mind that 5% is significant, here is today's and this evening's tornado risk.

Damaging wind probabilities are extremely high:

Fifteen percent is the significant threshold and today's probabilities are in excess of 45%. That means there is a 45% chance of a wind gust of 58 mph or higher within 25 mi. of any given point. The hatching means there is the potential for wind gusts of 75 mph or higher!

Large hail:

Again, 15% is significant. The hatching is where hail 2" in diameter or larger is forecast to fall.

Please put away grills, lawn furniture trampolines and other objects that might blow about. Put your car in the garage ahead of the storms.

JAMES GARNER - April 7, 1928 – July 19, 2014

Today we honor actor James Garner – a Korean War veteran who received two Purple Hearts – who died Saturday night at 86. An infantry soldier before he made it big in movies and television, Garner took a USO tour to Vietnam in 1967. He will be missed.

Maverick has gone to that Big Riverboat Casino in the Sky . . .

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A New Review of "When the Sirens Were Silent"

Posted at Amazon,

I greatly sensed Mike's passion for weather and simultaneous frustration for warning systems that don't work, or weather prediction centers that don't do their jobs correctly, or people who receive warning but don't act either out of stubbornness or as a result of being desensitized by overusing warning systems. All of this resulted in a dramatic loss of lives in Joplin, I wish the book had been longer because I was absolutely hooked and reeled in by the suspenseful buildup of the storm given by very vivid descriptions. I'm now going back and reading his first book, Warnings.

R.I.P. James Garner

James Garner Square in Norman, Oklahoma

I've been a huge fan of James Garner and have even read his autobiography. I was sorry to read of his passing. He was great actor in many memorable roles. The Rockford Files was a classic. May he rest in peace.

"Heads Up" -- Major Severe Weather Event Tomorrow

A major high wind event, including a couple of possible tornadoes, is likely in the area indicated. Fifteen percent is the significant threshold. The hatched area is where wind gusts of 75 mph or higher are forecast tomorrow afternoon and night.

TOLERANCE

Jiggs McDonald, NHL Hall of Fame broadcaster speaking in Ontario, says. "I am truly perplexed that so many of my friends are against another mosque being built in Toronto."

"I think it should be the goal of every Canadian to be tolerant regardless of their religious beliefs. Thus the mosque should be allowed, in an effort to promote tolerance.

That is why I also propose that two nightclubs be opened next door to the mosque, thereby promoting tolerance from within the mosque.

We could call one of the clubs, which would be gay, "The Turban Cowboy," and the other a topless bar called "You Mecca Me Hot."

Next door should be a butcher shop that specializes in pork, and adjacent to that an open-pit barbecue pork restaurant, called "Iraq of Ribs."

Across the street there could be a lingerie store called " Victoria Keeps Nothing Secret," with sexy mannequins in the window modelling the goods.

Next door to the lingerie shop there would be room for an adult sex toy shop, "Koranal Knowledge," its name in flashing neon lights, and on the other side a liquor store called 'Morehammered.'

All of this would encourage Muslims to demonstrate the tolerance they demand of us, so their mosque issue would not be a problem for others."

Yes, we should promote tolerance . . .

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Sunday Funny: "Unfortunately For Us, in the '60s and '70s, the Federal Government Only Hired Architects With Early-Onset Glaucoma"

This is the funniest photo essay I have read in a long time. While reading it, I didn't know whether to laugh or cry.

CRISIS-GATE

It's just getting crazier and crazier out there, people. No sooner than one crisis erupts and begins to gather traction than another emerges to replace it on the national consciousness to the point it is overwhelming. At some the rational mind begins to wonder: does all this never-ending madness serve to benefit the one who's stated goal is to "change America"? - S.L.

Anyone who ever went through Basic Training or Boot Camp knows the most effective way to change or alter a group of individuals is to totally break them down through a sort of controlled mind-numbing chaos and confusion, then build them up again to function as a cohesive team, a single body.

This kind of behavior-altering indoctrination is absolutely necessary for military organizations but I do not want to be part of a civilian society conformed to group-think on so many issues that not so very long ago were considered unconventional, unorthodox, and just plain weird.

What was so wrong with America that needed such revolutionary change? The only country in the history of the world founded on the principles of freedom and the rights of the citizenry over the power of the government, 238 years of unparalleled prosperity . . . what were we doing so wrong that required breaking it to re-build it again?

Do we really need to hobble our productivity, our prosperity, and our very individualism in exchange for government-funded birth control? Obamacare has broken our healthcare system to the point that it is now significantly more expensive than before; and just ask any veteran about the benefits of Federal government mis-managed medical system - I can tell you personal horror stories.

Please somebody explain to me the benefits to our culture of gay marriage, homosexuals serving openly in the military and acceptance of transsexuals as some kind of artificial third sex? What possible gain is there from the surrender of our sovereignty to unending waves of third-worlders who are given free reign to the benefits our society - at taxpayers expense - without medical screenings and criminal background checks?

As incident and scandal pile up on top of one another with ever-increasing frequency one loses track . . . a snapshot of where we're
are at this moment in time:

Ukraine: Bodies Rained Down From the Sky - Stench of Death Permeates Crash Site

50 billion reasons to worry about stocks

Berlusconi acquitted in sex-for-hi​re case - No big surprise here; their Parliament of Whores is more out-of-control than our own.

Pentagon: Russia helped deploy missile that hit plane

No shit, Sherlock. Does anybody imagine for a minute that this "Separatist Movement" is anything other than a Russian-sponsored insurgency? Where are these "separatists" getting their rifles, machineguns, grenades and RPGs? Systems like the 9K37 Buk (NATO SA-11 'Gadfly') are incredibly complex not to mention very expensive. There is no question the origin of that weapons system, and the men & officers manning it and it's associated radar array. The man who pushed the button on the missile that shot down MH17 possesses a Russian military ID card, no doubt about it.

BUK (NATO codename: SA-11 GADFLY) Self-Propelled Surface-to-Air Missile (SPM) system with four-round launcher traversed to the rear. Credit: Christopher Foss

Russian TV reporter quits over crash coverage - Even a Russian can take only so much dis-information.

Malaysia Airlines faces doubtful future - I'll be surprised if Malaysia Airlines even exists six months from now.

What Would a US - Russi​a War Look Like? - Vladimir Putin is getting increasingly bolder in his bid to re-establish the post-Soviet Russian Empire because he knows NATO and the United States will let him get away with mass-murder.

Reports: Iran Nuclear Talks Extended - We reward & assist Iran in it's bid to become a nuclear-armed terrorist state.

Video Evidence Shows Illegal Immigrant Children Arriving at BWI Early Friday Morning - Uncleared, Uneducated Third Worlders Bringing Crime & Disease to a Neighborhood Near You

Islamic State Kills 270 in Syrian Gas Field 'Massacre'
- Where the heck is John Kerry. Whatever happened to Barack Obama's 'Red Line'?

Christians in Iraq City Told by Islamists: Convert, Pay or Die
- An Islamic tradition going back to before the Crusades, in accordance with the Koran.

Where is Barack Obama? Conflict spreads as the U.S. steps back from world stage - YEAH - where the hell IS Waldo?

The Greatest Possible Problem for Europe - There are now at least twice as many young British Muslims who have gone to Syria to fight alongside ISIS and other such groups than there are fighting for Queen and country here in the British armed forces. The Israel-haters are no real problem for Israel, but they are the greatest possible problem for Europe.

Hiding Hamas’ Weapons at the UN - Hundreds and thousands more reasons to despise the UN.

Peace never gets off the ground with this crew.

Russia Has Become Dangerous Again - The illusion of a stable Europe died yesterday with the murdered passengers of MH17.

Violent MS-13 Gang Members Leave Graffiti On 'Child' Processing Center Walls

And lastly, a start point: something we CAN do:

My Simple, 4-Step Plan to Stop the Invasion of Illegals

As Obama executes head ducks and weaves from one outrageous scandal to the next, it is becoming obvious that his strategy is a cultural shock-and-awe campaign on the American people.

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Percent of World Energy From 'Alternative' Energy

From WattsUpWithThat:

Billions and billions and billions of dollars over four decades and you practically have to use a magnifying glass to see the contribution of wind, solar, etc. While I still have hope for solar, there is little chance that wind will be a major contributor unless there is a giant breakthrough in cheap storage capability.

Where Was I When Apollo 11 Landed on the Moon?

This is a really good idea. Please watch the video.

My answer: Performing as Professor Harold Hill in The Music Man at Luce Park Theatre Under the Stars in Kansas City. 

Red Letter Day: Carbon Tax Repealed

It is good that other nations are grasping the global warming/carbon tax scam and backtracking.

Wall Street Journal

When you combine the repeal along with the data that there is no increase in the rate of the sea level rise (below), this is truly good news for the world.

More Good Global Warming News!

Yes, sea levels are rising. They have been rising for at least a century and a half at the same rate. Latest data continues to show no change in the rate of sea level rise.

From The Wonderful People Who Brought You World War One

Israel's newly elected President Reuven Rivlin prays at the Western Wall in Jerusalem on June 10, 2014. Much of today’s conflict in the Middle East has its roots in contradictory promises made by colonial powers to different ethnic groups during World War I. Getty Images

First World War Centenary – Middle East Conflict
by Laurence Eyton

On Nov. 2, 1917, British Foreign Secretary Arthur Balfour sent a letter to Baron Walter Rothschild, a leader of the British Jewish community. Published in the Times (of London) newspaper one week later, the letter said: “His Majesty’s government view with favour the establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people, and will use their best endeavours to facilitate the achievement of this object.”

The manner in which the nascent Jewish state was created by the British has had far-reaching consequences.

Confronted with the collapse of the Ottoman Empire as a result of the war, Britain and France signed an agreement to divide up the territories. This deal contradicted promises to local Arabs of self-government should they successfully rebel against the Ottomans.

Realizing that the U.S., which had recently entered the war, didn’t look kindly on colonial land grabs, the British made a commitment to support a Jewish homeland in Palestine, something for which leading Jewish groups had been campaigning for since the 1890s. The British hoped the declaration would get American Jews to pressure their government to allow Britain to keep control of Palestine after the war, valuable to Britain because it could secure the east bank of the Suez Canal, a waterway of strategic importance to its empire.

After the war, Jewish immigration proceeded apace. Land was a major bone of contention. Settlers bought it, sometimes from absentee landlords living in Syria or Lebanon liquidating foreign assets, sometimes from local Arabs. Many of these owners, according to the British high commissioner in Palestine, John Chancellor, were so mired in debt to moneylenders that they had little choice but to sell.

The settlers, wanting to farm the land they bought, then relied on British authorities to evict Arab farmers who wouldn’t leave. Evictions produced resentment, then attacks. The settlers created their own militia; Arabs responded in kind.

By 1930, Chancellor was calling the Balfour Declaration “a colossal blunder” as the British found themselves trying to keep the peace between two increasingly bellicose communities. Eventually an Arab revolt broke out in 1935, which persuaded the British to try to restrict Jewish immigration.

The end result was a Jewish revolt, secretly backed by the French, which led directly to the foundation of the state of Israel in 1948, and numerous Arab attempts to destroy it thereafter. Much of the animosity that has roiled this region for almost a century can be traced back to the policy-making and colonial rivalry immediately after the end of World War I.


from 100 Years, 100 Legacies - WSJ 16 July 2014

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Article About Climate Realist Dr. John Christy

From the New York Times. An excerpt:

Dr. Christy has drawn the scorn of his colleagues partly because they believe so much is at stake and he is providing legitimacy to those who refuse to acknowledge that. If the models are imprecise, they argue, the science behind them is compelling, and it is very likely that the world has only a few decades to stave off potentially catastrophic warming.

Two comments: The reporter got this exactly right. The models (which are nearly worshipped by some in climate 'science') make bad forecasts. As one reasonable (yes, they exist!) climate scientist wrote to me (GCM = global climate model; GISS = NASA's climate model):

I agree: all or virtually all of the climate models have shown warming even though no warming has occurred for seventeen years. He is surprised by the lack of skill in forecasting climate 15 years into the future. I'm not, since we have no consistent skill forecasting the climate 15 months into the future.

Second,
it is very likely that the world has only a few decades to stave off potentially catastrophic warming.
How many times are these goal posts going to get moved?! We've been told of final..Final…FINAL "tipping points" since 1991. You can refresh your memory here. What I posted above is a small excerpt) for anonymity where he was defending the models even though they are wrong.

Tornado Devastates Building in Literally Seconds

You see darkness at first because the power has failed (security cameras have batteries). It takes the tornado mere seconds to wreck the building.

THE SHOOTING NEVER STOPPED . . . SOUTHEAST ASIA, 2014

From the Small Wars Journal . . .

Off patrol with Royal Thai Army Special Forces

The RTN Victory

Regarding the battlefield victory on 13 February, Royal Thai Marines (a branch of the Royal Thai Navy) and Royal Thai Navy SEALs ambushed and routed more than 60 insurgents that attempted a nighttime raid on a Marine base in Bacho, Narathiwat. The insurgents had laid intricate assault plans for a complex nighttime operation. They sported camouflage uniforms, assault vests, and some had attached flashlights to their assault rifles. The flex cuffs some of them carried indicate they were aiming to secure prisoners, possibly to use as leverage in up-and-coming peace talks. The insurgents even covertly inserted a forward attack element within 100 yards of the base hours before the assault began. They had indeed done their homework on the base, demonstrating their professionalism.

Thai authorities, however, had obtained detailed intelligence on the raid beforehand. One report has RTN forces killing a top insurgent who had the raid plans on his person. Another says insurgents had infiltrated the village next to the Marine base, and villagers informed on them. It could also have been a combination of these two scenarios, or neither. In Thailand, there are usually multiple explanations for such happenings, and back-stories abound as well.

Thai "Tahan Praan" mercenary - these lethal operators seem to be everywhere the action is and they have wide open "Rules of Engagement".

Regardless, the RTN exploited intelligence quickly for use by direct action (DA) forces. Commanders quietly inserted Recon Marines and SEALs into the camp. These elite forces set up an ambush, and then patiently watched and waited. When they spotted the insurgents’ forward assault element low crawling into position at around 9 pm, they held their fire, exhibiting high discipline. They wanted the entire assault element to come into their kill zone, which they knew would happen a few hours later.

When the insurgents finally launched their assault, they ran into a hail of weapons fire as the Recon Marines and SEALs quickly established fire superiority. Within 20 minutes, they had killed 16 insurgents. Realizing their mistake, the insurgents broke off the attack, still under fire, and Thai government forces pursued them, following blood trails and tire tracks. They continued into the next day, checking medical clinics and hospitals for people with gunshot wounds.

Badly defeated, the insurgents were in dire need of flexing their muscles so as not to lose recruits and let morale slide, so they struck back quickly. They tried to bomb 50 civilian targets throughout the south but were only partially successful due to the amateurish placement of the devices. They did manage to firebomb several businesses in downtown Pattani and assassinate a few people, however.

The RTN’s victory suggests the government is following Sir Robert Thompson’s COIN adage (paraphrased): “Get in place that which is correct, and that which is sustainable, and play for the breaks.” Bangkok had an intelligence system up and in place to exploit insurgent missteps, it had DA as­sets plugged into the intelligence system ready for deployment, and it had the leadership and expertise to bring it all together and make it happen. And the RTG also caught a lucky break, an unspoken requirement in COIN.

Thai Border Patrol Police - these guys take care of business.

National police chief Pol Gen Wichean Potephosree visits border patrol officers in Kantharalak

I trained Royal Thai Army Special Forces, SEALs, and I actually completed the jump that earned me my star & wreath on my jump wings leading a stick of Thai Border Patrol Policemen out of a Royal Thai Air Force C-47 Dakota over Haadyai, South Thailand - the same place this battle took place - I gave the jump commands IN THAI and once I hit the ground I didn't speak a word of English the rest of the week . . . its good to see our efforts were worth it. Like they say in Thailand: "Chok Dee!" (Good Luck)

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Drought Update

Here is the latest amount of rain, in addition to normal rainfall, needed to break the drought.

And, seven inches of rain are forecast in the drought area over the next five days.

Rotary International: Bringing Clean Water to Ghana

We often talk about the urgent need to bring clean water to the underdeveloped parts of the world. Here is a great story about the working being done by Rotary International in Africa.

PHONY WANNABE POSER ALERT

Stopped in MO, Saline County, told the Officer he was trying to get to Ft. Bragg so he could board a Blackhawk to be deployed.

Schwartz, Joseph M. of 705 Front St, Apt 1, Georgetown, SC 29440

That looks like a lot of weed ... definitely more than a possession rap this guy is going down for trafficking. I hope the judge considers his disgraceful behavior - disrespect to the uniform - and sentences him for a long stay in the Big House.

I have been on those super-secret Blackhawks with a range of half way around the world . . . THOSE Blackhawks are painted with SUPER HIGH SPEED paint! Top Secret! Only for the Elite . . .

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Sunday Fun: Great Commercial

Tornado Watch: Iowa, Missouri, Illinois

Storms are rapidly developing south of I-80. The watch is in effect until midnight.

Next Week's Rainfall

These are the rainfall amounts predicted from now until Thursday evening. Much of Oklahoma and all of north Texas are still experiencing drought conditions and this rain, if it falls as forecast, bring some much-needed relief.

I am also concerned about the potential for flash flooding in Colorado's mountains and Front Range. A flash flood watch is in effect for that area:

Tornado Risk in Iowa Later Today and Tonight

Please keep an eye on the weather in this area, especially as thunderstorms approach.

OPERATION PROTECTIVE EDGE: IDF EFFORTS TO SPARE CIVILIANS IN GAZA

Before they strike a Hamas target within Gaza, the IDF warns residents to get out. Hamas orders them to stay in place, in order to create "martyrs". This is the ultimate exploitation for propaganda - brought to you by the terrorist organization Hamas.



Declassified video and photo show terror compounds located within civilian concentrations, including Hamas training ground adjacent to school.

Declassified photo: Gaza terrorists used a mosque located near Palestinian homes as a place to hide rockets and gather militants. Our aircraft struck this mosque last night in order to disable Hamas from firing at Israel. Terrorist organizations systematically use mosques to conceal weapons and create underground tunnels within populated areas.

It is against the Law of Land Warfare - as codified by the Hague and Geneva Conventions, to strike hospitals, clinics or other medical facilities displaying the Red Cross/Red Crescent/Magen David or to strike churches/mosques/synagogues, cultural edifices, prisoner-of-war camps or transportation or any civilian/non-combatant facilities UNLESS those facilities are being used for military purposes - i.e. weapons storage and/or launch sites, to house militants or for observation posts. In such circumstances, it is WITHIN the Law of Land Warfare to strike such places. In other words, the use of civilians as human shields is a war crime - as Hamas is currently doing in Gaza.

Hamas tells Gazans to ignore IDF's call to leave border area | The Times of Israel

Hamas is doing what terrorist organizations do: holding innocents hostage under threat of death. Hamas is directly responsible for all civilian deaths in Gaza.

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CONCEALED CARRY PERMITS UP = MURDER RATES DOWN

“When you allow people to carry concealed handguns, you see changes in the behavior of criminals."

A dramatic spike in the number of Americans with permits to carry concealed weapons coincides with an equally stark drop in violent crime, according to a new study, which Second Amendment advocates say makes the case that more guns can mean safer streets.

The study by the Crime Prevention Research Center found that 11.1 million Americans now have permits to carry concealed weapons, up from 4.5 million in 2007. The 146 percent increase has come even as both murder and violent crime rates have dropped by 22 percent.

“When you allow people to carry concealed handguns, you see changes in the behavior of criminals," said the center’s president, John R. Lott, a Fox News contributor. “Some criminals stop committing crimes, others move on to crimes in which they don’t come into contact with victims and others actually move to areas where they have less fear of being confronted by armed victims.”

Read the rest of it HERE

From 1530 Thursday until 0330 Monday there were 82 shootings with 14 fatalities in Chicago. Clearly shows that the Chicago brand of gun control is less than effective.

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The Amazing, Beneficial Work of Science

If we politicians don't screw it up (always a huge "if") the world is on the brink of an energy revolution that can improve people's lives, especially in Africa and other underdeveloped locales.

Stop the gloom: Global warming is not a crisis (and, some of these new energy sources will add zero CO2 to the atmosphere in case global warming is a bigger problem than I believe).

Please read the entire article, here.

Of Course They Are...

From the Wall Street Journal:

Adélie Penguin Population on the Rise

For the first time, researchers have counted all the world's Adélie penguins—a sprightly seabird considered a bellwether of climate change—and discovered that millions of them are thriving in and around Antarctica.

"LIFE IN ISRAEL" - RUNNING FROM GAZA ROCKETS

Raw video of rockets from Terrorist Controlled Gaza flying overAshdod, southern Israel on July 10th:




A close friend near Ramat Aviv, Israel reports: 5 rockets just fired at Tel Aviv; all 5 intercepted by Iron Dome. Our first time in the car during an alert--everyone pulls off the road and huddles under trees on the shoulder . . .

. . . we were less than a mile from home. The noise of the explosion was huge.


Pray for Peace

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WARNINGS: The True Story of How Science Tamed the Weather

Looking for something inspiring, exciting and intriguing to read this summer? Mike's book WARNINGS is the perfect read. His writing style is passionate and dynamic and he proves himself to be a force of nature, taking you on a journey behind the scenes of the people and events that have changed the way we live.

WARNINGS is about the most massive storms of our lifetime, including Hurricane Katrina in 2005 and Ray Nagin's role in the disaster, or the Ruskin Heights, MO tornado of 1957 that lofted debris 30,000 feet into the air as reported by commercial airline pilots. The tornado that hit Udall, KS in 1955 was responsible for the "Town that died in its sleep" and Hurricane Andrew in 1992 destroyed 28,000 buildings and damaged another 110,000. The 1.7 mile wide town of Greensburg, KS was hit by a giant 1.7 mile wide tornado in May of 2007 practically wiping it off the map. The Greensburg tornado closely resembled the size and rotation pattern almost exactly of the Udall tornado that struck 52 years earlier, only thanks to the tornado warnings, only a few lives were lost.

The book reads like a novel but is the true, thrilling account over the past 50 years through the eyes of the scientific visionaries who were dedicated to saving lives and who fought to create the modern storm warning system we all take for granted today. We have sold this book to students as young as 11, and to men and women of all ages. I can say that having read it twice myself, I enjoyed it immensely and would highly recommend it to anyone who would like to know more about the weather and the unsung heroes who came before us to save countless individuals from the violent rampages of the natural world.



Buy Warnings: The True Story of How Science Tamed the Weather here!!

"SCALE A HUNDRED FOOT WALL, GET SHOT AT THE WHOLE TIME . . .

" . . . then come up here and kick their ass . . .”

POINTE DU HOC, NORMANDY – Alex Quade Reports

Patriotism, service, sacrifice; these are the themes one hears often during this 4th of July holiday weekend. President Barack Obama gave specific examples of these themes, when he praised the “Greatest Generation” of veterans from World War Two and tied-in this current “9/11 Generation” of warriors and veterans, at the 70th Anniversary of D-Day, three weeks ago in Normandy, France.



Five years ago, on the 65th anniversary of D-Day, I was an embedded reporter with Sgt. 1st Class Cory Remsburg and his Ranger brothers, as they explored the windy cliffs of Normandy and explained what this place and this moment meant to them.

“The overall bigger picture is something incredible, like liberating another country.  I’m excited, you can’t replicate that feeling.  It’s so cool to come out here.  This is legitimately a once in a lifetime opportunity to come out, especially with some of these old vets out here, there’s this 2nd Ranger battalion guy who scaled Pointe du Hoc,” Ranger Remsburg said.

“You see this in movies.  ‘The Longest Day’, ‘Saving Private Ryan’, but until you actually walk here, you can’t truly appreciate what happened.  To think 65 years ago, this was a scene of complete & utter chaos,” Ranger Fogle said.

The elite, battle-hardened men shared their “human” side.  They called this place their “Mecca”.
“The impossible mission:  they kept trying to assault the cliffs, and everyone was getting wiped out. 

Down on the beach they were like, ‘We have to get those cliffs’, and that’s where the phrase ‘Rangers Lead the Way’ comes from. He turned around and said, ‘Rangers lead the way!’  2nd & 5th came up, took a lot of losses, but they got it done,” Ranger Fogle explained.

Read the rest of it HERE

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First Time Ever!

For the first time ever we are now offering a combination package, featuring a speech presentation from the US Weather Expert, and AccuWeather Senior Vice President, Mike Smith, and his bestselling book Warnings: The True Story of How Science Tamed the Weather for every member of the audience! We are making these combinations available to any audience (not just those of selected industries such as emergency management, banking, insurance and aviation). If you are looking to do something memorable for your fall and winter conferences and conventions, look no further!

Sometimes the biggest news isn't news- it's the weather! Living in the United States we experience more extreme weather than any place else on the planet, and weather affects everybody regardless of where you live!

If you are an event planner or someone looking for a world class guest speaker, please contact me at mindy@mikesmithenterprises.com for a presentation that will inspire, educate, and entertain your audience.

Forecast Rainfall the Next Seven Days

Chance of a Tornado in the Northeast

There is a small area that has a significant (5%) risk of tornadoes later today and tonight:

The bigger threat today is damaging wind gusts of 60 mph or higher. Fifteen percent is the significant threshold here:

If a watch is issued or if thunderstorms approach, bringing lawn furniture, grills, trampolines or anything else that might blow around. Plan on putting your car in the garage. 

Security Camera View of Tornado

Another Victim of Big Climate

From Saturday's Wall Street Journal…

As loyal left-wingers go, Caleb Rossiter is a trouper. He's supported every left of center cause going back to the Cold War, but lately he's become a partial dissenter against the new religion of climate change. And now he's been put out in the cold. 

The Institute for Policy Studies terminated Mr. Rossiter's fellowship two days after he wrote a May 5 op-ed for these pages. Mr. Rossiter, who is also an American University adjunct professor of math and statistics, argued that the computer modeling used to support claims that the earth is headed for a climate catastrophe is far from definitive. But more important from a moral point of view, he wrote that limiting fossil fuels would make it harder for Africa to escape poverty…. [emphasis mine]

Mr. Rossiter says his support for fossil fuels for Africa was well known at IPS even before his fellowship began. There is a "right to development," he told us, and when the developed world is "denying, even to South Africa which is a democratic government, that right, it strikes me as cultural imperialism." He says his "biggest problem" with climate-change theory "is with the certainty that people express. For years I have tried to get people at IPS to come to my classes where I teach statistics. I think they don't come because they think it lends credence to the other side if you debate the topic." 

When Mr. Rossiter pushed for a climate debate this spring, Mr. Cavanagh replied in an email: "My opposition to a future based on fossil fuels goes way beyond the math. It is rooted in one of Emira's arguments, that as long as we're dependent on fossil fuels, we'll keep building bases in other countries to grab their oil. And, I'm watching what fossil fuel extraction has meant to indigenous peoples, to the people of Alberta." 

He's referring to the oppressed self-governing people of Alberta, Canada. 

Think tanks can support whoever they want, though we thought they were supposed to let people "think." Mr. Rossiter's fate is further evidence of the left's climate of intellectual conformity. If you disagree with the orthodoxy on climate change, you aren't merely wrong, you must be banished from public debate.

How many times has this blog talked about the immortality of keeping people in grinding poverty so Big Climate can rake in billions to study a speculative problem?

It has so degenerated that people who state the obvious -- that the climate models cannot be trusted to accurately forecast the future -- lose their jobs. There are people with PhD's in climate science who tell me the same thing reported by the Journal: Any doubt and they'll lose their jobs.

The way it is practiced today, climate 'science' is anything but.

Finally, the Big Climate racket is being recognized for what it is.

An [nation of India] Intelligence Bureau report on foreign-funded NGOs “negatively impacting economic development” in India has called Greenpeace “a threat to national economic security”, citing activities ranging from protests against nuclear and coal plants and funding of “sympathetic” research, to allegedly helping out an Aam Aadmi Party candidate in the recent Lok Sabha elections.

The allegations are part of the IB’s report, dated June 3, submitted to the Prime Minister’s Office. As reported first by The Indian Express, the IB claims the negative impact of the NGOs’ role on GDP growth to be “2-3 per cent per annum”.

The report, signed by IB Joint Director S A Rizvi, accuses Greenpeace of contravening laws to “change the dynamics of India’s energy mix”. The bureau says Greenpeace’s ‘superior network’ of numerous pan-India organisations has helped conduct anti-nuclear agitations and mounted “massive efforts to take down India’s coal fired power plants and coal mining activity”. Greenpeace will take on India’s IT sector over e-waste among other “next targets”, the report says.

While several NGOs are named in the IB’s 21-page report, that lists seven sectors/projects that got stalled because of NGO-created agitations against nuclear power plants, uranium mines, coal-fired power plants, farm biotechnology, mega industrial projects, hydroelectric plants and extractive industries, the main international one singled out for criticism is Greenpeace.

Big Climate still benefits from overwhelmingly favorable news coverage in the U.S. because too many U.S. reporters understand neither economics nor science. The rest of the world is finally catching on to the tremendous harm to people trying to escape desperate poverty.

Big Climate: It Is 'For the Children'

In the summer heat of Washington, D.C., Big Climate is going to stage another global warming stunt Wednesday:

The “Play-In for Climate Action” will support the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s proposed first-ever standards cutting carbon pollution from existing power plants, and offer a counterpoint to some in Congress seeking to block the EPA’s major climate initiative. The play-in is organized by Moms Clean Air Force, the Alliance of Nurses for Healthy Environments, Climate Parents, Healthy Child Healthy World, and The Mothers Project United for Sustainability.

WHO:

Parents and children from across the United States.  Those invited for the news conference include:  Sens. Barbara Boxer, D-CA., and Sheldon Whitehouse, D-RI.

WHAT:

“Play-In” featuring kids’ activities, a news conference, and a march to the nearby Senate office buildings, with stops expected at 40 U.S. Senate offices.

WHEN:

10 a.m. – noon Eastern, Wednesday, July 9, 2014.

o 10:15-11:00 – Kids activities: protest sign making; parachutes and balls; yoga and music

o 11:00-11:30 – Press conference

o 11:30-12:00 – March to Senate offices

Of course, the kids will be sweating from playing in the D.C. heat and humidity and reporters will capture the sweaty kids having made their "protest signs." Undoubtedly, the children will be coached with soundbites for the reporters. And, all of this will be staged in a way to make it look spontaneous.

It is Big Climate that has the money for these things, not the skeptics.

Keep all of this in mind when you see coverage of this event.

Stormy Start to Week

After an evening of tornadoes in Iowa yesterday, more tornadoes and severe thunderstorms are forecast today and tonight.

The 5% areas are where a significant threat of tornadoes exists.

Below is the SPC forecast of damaging winds where 15% is the significant threshold and hatched means wind gusts may exceed 75 mph.

And here is the forecast for 1" or larger hail with 15% the significant threshold. The hatching is where 2" or larger hail is forecast to fall.

Flying, especially in the Northeast, could be a mess this afternoon.

I will not be live-blogging the storms today but will have some updates later. For more go to AccuWeather.

Wedding Pictures With Tornadoes In Background

Yesterday, in Canada:

Two thousand twelve in Kansas:

Two decades ago, it would have been hard to imagine newly-married couples wanting to pose in front of tornadoes. Tornadoes were considered to be completely unpredictable and would kill and wreak havoc without notice.

Today, meteorologists have largely "tamed" the tornado in the sense that the death rate has been cut by more than 95% and we know that tornadoes do not appear out of nowhere. I hope the appearance of the tornadoes was good luck and these couples are very happy together.