Weather

The Prettiest Way to Check the Weather

Plenty of apps will give you hourly weather forecasts and maps of storm patterns and your horoscope and all that, but what if you just want a huge, gorgeous thermometer? Say Hello to Thermo. It’s free! Mercury free, too. OK, the ads are annoying. But $1 gets rid of ’em. Still a very cheap huge,…

Tech News Kyle VanHemert Feb 3

How does one battle a blizzard? Borrow flamethrowers from MIT

On January 22, 1948, Boston mayor Mayor James Curley wrote this letter to MIT President Karl Compton asking for “a competent group of engineers [to] make an immediate study as to ways and means of removing the huge accumulation […] be it by the use of flame throwers or chemicals or otherwise.” Quite the modest…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar Feb 2

Chilling Tales Of Weird Weather

Are we at the dawn of a new Ice Age? Has someone discovered a long-forgotten Nazi weather-control weapon to use on us? Maybe. Here are some mutant weather stories that will make the American snowpocalypse seem like no big deal. Image by Richard Cox. Ice Ages Start and End So Suddenly “It’s Like a Button…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Feb 1

This Is the Apocalyptic Storm Hitting the US Right Now

Get ready, because the snowpocalypse is back. This snow storm system is huge. NASA Goddard has released this amazing image, showing how it looks from space—bloody scary, that’s how. The image was captured by the GOES-13 satellite, operated by NOAA. In this graphic, the red and pink areas is where the most intense action is.…

Tech News Jesus Diaz Feb 1

What’s the Carbon Footprint of War?

In the past few years, some researchers have explored whether warfare and societal collapse might be explained in part by swings in climate. But what about the opposite effect? Can humanity’s skirmishes change the climate? A 2007 study found that periods of cold weather preceded 12 of 15 major conflicts in China’s ancient dynasties. The…

Tech News Ferris Jabr - New Scientist Jan 22

Swiss Company Claims They Can Make It Rain Whenever They Want

I’d never want to suggest that Nikola Tesla isn’t awesome—he’s a badass—but I have serious doubts anyone could use his ideas for an ionization machine to create 52 rainstorms in the middle east, like these guys claim. The Abu Dhabi-based Meteo Systems says that when air humidity is above 30%, you can use their Tesla-inspired…

Tech News Adrian Covert Jan 19

The Most Fun You Can Have With Boiling Water

What happens when you toss boiling water high into the -22F air? A giant cloud of snowball’s worth of fun. The Northwest Territories haven’t since this much excitement since the Klondike gold rush, am I right? [VVV via Laughing Squid]

Tech News Brian Barrett Jan 17

A flash flood swallows an entire parking lot in Australia

In this video captured yesterday in Toowoomba, Australia, the city’s East Creek rises dramatically after 6 inches of rain falls in 30 minutes. The waters easily carry away parked cars. Watch this jarring footage taken from a nearby office building. The Australian state of Queensland has been afflicted by intense flooding since late December, and…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar Jan 11

Watch This Massive Australian Flood Clear an Entire Parking Lot

Queensland, Australia is in the midst of a massive flooding disaster that’s already claimed (at least) eight lives. Now, we’ve got some amazing amateur video of the flooding that shows—in horrifying glory—its full, powerful, car-moving devastation. Watch inside. [The Daily What]

Tech News Matt Cherette Jan 10

Time-lapse video condenses last night’s blizzard into 40 seconds

Last night’s blizzard was by no means the worst the East Coast’s ever weathered, but it’s definitely hypnotic to watch 20 hours of snow smushed into under a minute. [Michael Black]

io9 Cyriaque Lamar Dec 27

Bob Vila Wants to Help You Pick Out a Snowblower

Northeastern Giz readers—your house is very possibly buried underneath a considerable amount of snow. But don’t worry—housemaster extraordinaire Bob Vila has some handy tips on picking out the right snowblower. Time to liberate that front yard. [Bob Vila]

Tech News Sam Biddle Dec 27

Weaponized weather, both real and fictional

Geoff Manaugh of BLDGBLOG told us about the lost Nazi weather station in present-day Canada. Today, he fills us in on some real-life stories of weaponized climatology. https://gizmodo.com/the-annals-of-weather-warfare-5695028 A forthcoming game called Elements of War takes weaponized weather-control as its central theme, “where armies manipulate the forces of nature to rain down destruction on their…

io9 Geoff Manaugh -- BLDGBLOG Dec 19

Mother Nature Has Her Way With a Lighthouse

Click to view If you think winter weather’s got you cold, consider the plight of this Ohio lighthouse—freezing lake spray has it lookin’ like some crazy-ass ice castle. Which I guess isn’t a plight so much as an excellent upgrade? [Awl]

Tech News Kyle VanHemert Dec 16

Watch the spray from Lake Erie turn Cleveland into an ice sculpture

The lakeside of Cleveland Ohio has completely turned to ice, including this adorable little lighthouse, that now stands completely frozen. Check out this video of nature transforming a city into an ice sculpture. Trees, lighthouses, rocks and bridges have all been frozen over from the spray off Lake Erie. It’s gorgeous and terrifying at the…

io9 Meredith Woerner Dec 16

The Coriolis Effect Part II: As the Hurricane Turns

The Coriolis Effect pushes objects clockwise in the northern hemisphere and counterclockwise in the southern hemisphere. And yet hurricanes spin in exactly the opposite direction. Why? Yesterday we saw how the movement of the earth affects certain objects. When seen from above, the objects are seen to move in a straight line. From the general…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell Dec 11

Weather HD Gets In The Christmas Spirit, Graphically Speaking

Weather HD, the iPhone/iPad’s casual weather app, has been updated in honor of Christmasn. Now, you’ll be privvied to scenes of snowflakes, ornaments and flying reindeer. The update is free for those who already bought it. Otherwise, its $0.99. [iTunes] https://gizmodo.com/weather-hd-jumps-from-ipad-to-iphone-with-visualization-5652339

Tech News Adrian Covert Dec 10

God strikes down Montana

What looks like the apocalypse, or a rough image from Skyline, is actually a supercell thunderstorm. Centrally rotating updrafts whip clouds around them and pour rain down below. That smudge to the right? That’s a tree. Via Nasa.

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell Nov 30

How to build an igloo for the nuclear winter

Use these physics tips on how to build igloos, and you can become the most popular person during the new ice age! Perhaps an asteroid hit the earth and kicked up enough dust to block out the sun. Perhaps global warming caused extreme temperatures at the lower end of the scale in your neck of…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell Nov 27

The annals of weather warfare

Did you know there was an abandoned Nazi weather station on the coast of present-day Canada? Until 1981, almost nobody did. My morning began with the fascinating story of Kurt, a forgotten Nazi weather station installed on the coast of Labrador during World War II that was only rediscovered in 1981. From a long article…

io9 Geoff Manaugh -- BLDGBLOG Nov 20

Caress Your Touchscreen in the Cold With Agloves

We’ve hit November, which means that for many of you, it’s starting to get really, really cold. So how are we supposed to multitouch with mittens on? Agloves has a pair of $18 capacitive screen-capable gloves, knitted with silver. They aren’t the chicest and probably not the warmest—though Agloves does claim the silver threading will…

Tech News Sam Biddle Nov 1

The Prettiest Way to Check the Weather

How does one battle a blizzard? Borrow flamethrowers from MIT

Chilling Tales Of Weird Weather

This Is the Apocalyptic Storm Hitting the US Right Now

What’s the Carbon Footprint of War?

Swiss Company Claims They Can Make It Rain Whenever They Want

The Most Fun You Can Have With Boiling Water

A flash flood swallows an entire parking lot in Australia

Watch This Massive Australian Flood Clear an Entire Parking Lot

Time-lapse video condenses last night’s blizzard into 40 seconds

Bob Vila Wants to Help You Pick Out a Snowblower

Weaponized weather, both real and fictional

Mother Nature Has Her Way With a Lighthouse

Watch the spray from Lake Erie turn Cleveland into an ice sculpture

The Coriolis Effect Part II: As the Hurricane Turns

Weather HD Gets In The Christmas Spirit, Graphically Speaking

God strikes down Montana

How to build an igloo for the nuclear winter

The annals of weather warfare

Caress Your Touchscreen in the Cold With Agloves

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