Showing posts with label Hurricane Sandy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Hurricane Sandy. Show all posts

Saturday, June 4, 2016

Did you know? On June 4, 1824, New York City was struck by an unseasonable hurricane that caused death and destruction?



About that projected sea level rise? At least not yet.


I often hear people claim Hurricane Sandy was some global warming induced event. It wasn't.
And yes, I know Sandy did not hit in June.  But did you know New York City has experienced four  June hurricanes over recorded data?  If one hit this month, you know it would be blamed on global warming/climate change.


I spoke too soon: Tropical Storm Colin approaches Florida

Thursday, December 13, 2012

Adam Sandler's 12-12-12 Sandy Performance




“The terror of the hurricane / The unforgiving wind and rain / New York, the world held its breath as the storm took it to you / But you’ve been knocked down in the past / Taking shots they thought would last / But you always get right up shouting ‘Hallelujah!’ / Hallelujah / Sandy, screw ya / We’ll get through ya / ‘Cause we’re New Yorkers.

“New York, you dealt with crap before / Like squeegee man and tunnel whores / And restaurants delivery biking right through ya / The puke on your stoops every Sunday morn’ / Times Square losing all its porn / Original Ray’s pizza closing to ya / But Hallelujah / Sandy, screw ya / We’ll get through ya / ‘Cause we’re New Yorkers.
“‘Cause we believe this too shall pass / Like when Sanchez fumbled into an ass / During the playoffs, A-Rod telling girls in the crowd ‘I wanna do ya’ / The Mets have sucked since ’86 / Isaiah tried to ruin the Knicks / But now Jason Kidd and the boys can freakin’ school ya / Hallelujah / Sandy, screw ya / We’ll get through ya / ‘Cause we’re New Yorkers.

“The bed bug scare of 2010 / The Lohans getting busted again and again / The lady who said she was a man right after she blew ya (sorry that was just me!) / Trump’s combover always making us sick/ The congressmen who tweeted his dick / The mayor’s ban on 32-ounce Mountain Dew-ya / Hallelujah / Sandy, screw ya / We’ll get through ya / ‘Cause we’re New Yorkers.

“And Jersey, you’ve taken your share of hits / The Situation always showing his tits / And Turnpike exit 13 stinkin’ like poo-ya / You lost the Nets and now they’re good / But we’re still the Hudson brotherhood / Together we’ll give Sandy a big ‘fungool’-ya / Hallelujah / Connecticut too-ya! / We’ll get through ya! / ‘Cause we’re New Yorkers!”

Sunday, November 4, 2012

Sign of the Day


Happy Birthday to Lisa (Trooper York's better half)

h/t:

Bjørn Lomborg: Hurricane protections for NYC? Bloomberg needs to do some math...

Bjørn Lomborg takes on Mayor Bloomberg over his plan to save New York from future hurricanes. 
 
But we might as well face the reality that the so called climate change proponents are not serious.  Did Barack Obama raise climate change in the debates?  Are the Democrats seriously pushing it?  Of course not, Obama is hurt enough in fighting coal and fracking.  So if that is a bridge too far for Democrats, when will they ever seriously take on climate change.  They will not.  Because beyond creating some crony capital programs to benefit their supporters, they do not believe it.  

Even if you believe in man made climate change, it is hardly the most pressing environmental issue we are facing and spending multi trillions on it will actually hurt people and the environment (through the diversion of resources).  The biggest environmental issues are over fishing and habitat preservation (especially in the developing world), not climate change.  We could solve both those problems with a tiny fraction of the money climate change nannies want to spend.  

Hurricane Sandy was not due to climate change. Sea levels from the 1840s to the present have risen about 1 mm to 1.5 mm a year (depending where the measurements are taken).  Now that can add up over time, but we are talking less than a foot (about 255 mm) over 170 years.  Hurricane Sandy was due to back luck.  Hurricane Sandy (a large but relatively low level category 1 tropical cyclone) was made deadly by hitting at a higher than normal tide cycle and due to a combination of meteorological factors. 

But back to Hurricanes and New York City:  Lomborg takes on Bloomberg.


Saturday, November 3, 2012

Good news on the post Hurricane Sandy storm recovery front: Geraldo Rivera saved his koi

Geraldo Rivera out parodies himself.  


Cross posted at BSC News

Nanny Mayor "Marathon Man" Bloomberg (finally) calls off New York City Marathon (No Bloomy, It is not safe)

No, it was not safe...
What an idiot Bloomberg is.  Thank goodness clearer minds talked him down. 
Update:  Actually the unswell of outrage make him back off.  Bloomberg does not care about Staten Island (he has not even visited it yet after the storm). 

h/t:  Trooper York

Tuesday, October 30, 2012

Sexy Halloween Costume suggestion by Iowahawk


And a Rule 5 Olivia Newton John post is always welcomed:















Photo of the sinking sailing ship Bounty...

The end of the Bounty...
The crew member who died was a Fletcher Christian descendant   The Captain is missing and presumed dead.  RIP

The story of the real Bounty (the ship that just went down was a replica) is an interesting story of human psychology and morality   Captain Bligh, by the standards of the day, while a difficult senior officer was not the monster depicted in popular culture.  The mutineers were mostly wrong and ended up escaping but not having a happy ending on Pitcairn Island.  While Captain Bligh's  survival in the life boat is one of the most amazing stories of seamanship and survival ever recorded.
Bligh's brilliance as a navigator was confirmed after the mutiny. Most stories and movies ignore Bligh and his loyal crewmen after the Bounty sails over the horizon. What Bligh did next is still considered a legendary feat of seamanship. He directed a voyage of over 3,600 miles in a small, overloaded open boat with no maps or compass, arriving at the island of Timor in 47 days. One man was killed when the boat's crew came under attack, but none was lost to starvation or disease.
The attack was Fijian cannibals that tried to kill Bligh and the survivors.   

Hurricane Sandy: Dancing Dudes behind Ali Veshi


New York City after the Hurricane...

Camera on NYT Building today




Bob is right.  They will be insufferable!  

Monday, October 29, 2012

The obligatory Hurricane Sandy Grease graphic representation...

It is making the rounds.  It is actually quite awesome!  

Power is out in much of Manhattan due to Hurricane Sandy...

Via Drudge Report

Hurricane Sandy: Meet me tonight in Atlantic City...

Given Hurricane Sandy is making landfall...




Here is Bob Ross beating the devil out...

Prior EBL post:
RIP Bob Ross

Bill Clinton: Voting for Romney worse than Hurricane Sandy

Stay balanced Bill.  Of course, some suspect that Bill Clinton actually intended this "gaffe."  

Update:  Obama better watch out for that undertow...