Tag: weather

January 9, 2023 THE COAL SPEAKER

The warm memories of a blizzard anniversary

27 years since the famed great blizzard of 1996. Even the memories are becoming a memory..

September 25, 2022 THE COAL SPEAKER

The autumnal cloud shelf storm

Hope you all appreciated yet another few moments of life on the planet earth.

February 6, 2022 THE COAL SPEAKER

Images after an ice storm

The landscape appeared as a painting under the sun..

May 30, 2021 THE COAL SPEAKER

THE UNOFFICIAL START OF THE SUMMER FELT LIKE THE BEGINNING OF WINTER!

Accuweather has a LONG LONG range outlook.. They predict 80 degrees and bright sunshine during the next holiday, July 4th 2021.

And by then we will suddenly be seeing the twilight coming earlier, sunset arriving sooner..

Year after year it seems like winter holds on.. tightens the grip.. and then smirks devilishly as eventual extreme heat moves in, knowing his magic cold touch will be back in just 16 more weeks…….

December 14, 2020 THE COAL SPEAKER

Enter Andre Linoge into our Christmas season: The forecasts for the storm the Weather Channel will call “Gail”

Just weeks ago, the sweltering heat of autumn was alarming. Almost 80 degrees in mid-November under an usually hot-baking sun. And now as we enter the week before Christmas time frame, there is a shocking model run predicting anywhere from 24 to 36 inches of snow in a large swath of Maryland, Pennsylvania, and New York..

July 9, 2020 THE COAL SPEAKER

A day in the life of Interstate 81

There is no intention to ‘blame the driver’ for what occurred today on I81, but there is something to be said about a “water cooler” conversation as of late.. have people become worse drivers since the pandemic shutdowns?

It seems like since the “reopening” after shutdowns, people forget their teenage lessons about red lights..stop signs.. speeding.. and yes, safety. Not just on highways, either.. but local roads. Rural roads.. parking lots!! Can people even park anymore!?