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Hotter ‘n Hell: the current state of Texas weather and a Texas bike race

Posted in Climate Change, Global Warming, tagged , , on August 16, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

Houston hit 100 degrees Fahrenheit yesterday for the 15th consecutive day in a row breaking that city’s previous record of 14 consecutive days of 100+ degree heat set in July of 1980. For the year, Houston has seen a total of twenty-six 100-degree days. On average, the city usually only sees around 5 days with [...]

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How long can we endure this drought – wait, it looks like at least another year

Posted in Global Warming, tagged , , , , on August 6, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

The Climate Prediction Center says there is now a 50/50 chance of a return to La Nina conditions this fall. La Nina is an expansive area of cooler-than-normal water in the Pacific Ocean. This cooling alters weather patterns across the U.S., and almost always results in drier than normal conditions for Texas and most of [...]

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Temperatures in Texas soar — and so do energy prices

Posted in Energy, tagged , , , on August 4, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

This is a reprint of a post by Jake Dyer from the RechargeTexas.com blog The rolling blackouts that swept through Texas last February have been blamed on the unexpected failure of generation plants. The temperature dropped during a cold snap, the plants froze up, and then — before anybody really knew what hit them — [...]

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Elderly? Poor? Need help paying your summer electric bill? Don’t count on help from the state.

Posted in Consumers, tagged , , on August 1, 2011 | 4 Comments »

The leading cause of weather related deaths in the U.S. is due to heat, yet during one of worst heat waves in state history, Texas is holding onto millions of dollars intended to help hundreds of thousands of elderly and low-income residents pay their electric bills. The Dallas Morning News reported that the state has [...]

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Heat wave and poor air quality, a deadly combination

Posted in Air Quality, tagged , on July 22, 2011 | 1 Comment »

Scorching temperatures continue to bake half the country, as a massive heat wave that has killed at least 22 people nationwide this week leaves twenty-nine states still under a heat advisory. Meteorologists are also warning folks in numerous cities in the northeast that they are under a code red for air quality — designated as [...]

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Austin, TX 100+ degree days finally at an end?

Posted in Global Warming, tagged , , on July 21, 2011 | 66 Comments »

On the last day of September in Austin, Texas, we may have put the 100 degree days behind us.  No guarantees, but unless we have a very late heat wave, yesterday’s 100+ degree day may have set the new record to break of 90 days* of 100+ degree days in 2011. We have also tied [...]

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It’s like a HEAT WAVE, burnin’ in my heart

Posted in Global Warming, tagged , , on July 20, 2011 | 2 Comments »

Parts of 32 states are under heat advisories, warnings or watches today as the deadly heat wave that has blasted the Midwest expanded eastward. Actual temperatures in Washington, D.C., Philadelphia and New York were expected to hit 100 degrees in the coming days with heat indexes — measured as a combination of temperature and humidity [...]

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Baby It’s Cold Outside

Posted in Global Warming, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , on January 13, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

So put on a sweater and crank up the thermostat! That was the major trend late last week and over the weekend, when arctic weather led Texas to set another winter power usage record.  According to the Abilene Reporter News, The Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT), the grid operator for most of the state, [...]

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