BurningbirdRecovered from the Wayback Machine. Congratulations, St. Louis. With this afternoon’s rain, frozen rain, sleet, and hail, we set a new record for wettest year. From the Weather Underground: Statement as of 2:40 PM CST on December 23, 2008 … Record yearly maximum precipitation set at St. Louis MO… A record yearly maimum precipitation of […]
Autumn has finally arrived in our year of odd weather. We’re ten degrees above normal, but should return to 60s by Thursday. We’re in the 4th wettest year on record, and if we get our normal rainfall for the rest of the year, we’ll end up the wettest year on record. We’re also a toss […]
Recovered from the Wayback Machine. The majority of my photos posted recently are from the Missouri Botanical Gardens, or the St. Louis Zoo. I’ve not explored outside of the St. Louis area this last year primarily because of all the rain and flooding we’ve had. Though I was not, personally, directly impacted by the flooding, […]
Recovered from the Wayback Machine. Ike continues to rain destruction down in its path. It’s good to hear the storm surges weren’t as bad along the Gulf, but they were bad enough. Hopefully, though, loss of life will be minimal. Ike just passed through the St. Louis area with both wind and rain. A lot […]
We know that Hurricane Ike is going to be the worst when the National Weather Service issues warnings about getting out or face certain death. The winds are a problem, but the real issue is storm surge, and it looks to be unstoppable. We, in Missouri, are now under a flood watch, because we’ll be finishing […]