If you are headed to the Northeast tomorrow evening, be aware there could be significant flight delays due to snow.  Forecast for 6pm Friday Forecasrt for 6am Saturday As for Saturday, delays are still possible in the Northeast. Meanwhile, delays are likely  at the San Francisco airline hub and possible at the Seattle hub. 

You may have heard your grandfather or grandmother say, "We have less snow today than when I was your age." Turns out they are correct in most of the Lower 48. While Alaska has seen a big increase in snow, just about all of the lower 48 have seen significant decreases in snow as shown on the NOAA map above.  The reason for less snow is because the 50's, 60's and 70's were during the Mid-Century cooling. See below. WoodforTrees.org Climate scientists do not  know why temperatures cooled in the middle of the 20th Century. So, any measurement that begins in 1959 will show more snow. 

As NOAA and FEMA have been controversy factories recently, I don't want us to loose focus on far west North Carolina, far northwest South Carolina and far east Tennessee which were hit so hard by Hurricane Helene. Another brief video is here . If you haven't given, please  consider a monetary gift to Samaritan's Purse  . They are doing incredible work in the region. 

Now that President Biden is a lame duck, we're getting a preview of what a second Biden, or Harris, Administration would have been like.  In addition to cruelly neglecting the southern Appalachian's plight after Helene -- while sending huge  amounts of money to the Ukraine -- President Biden has ordered the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to use "Indigenous Knowledge" when forecasting the climate. Really .  Via MSN News As Biden is a lame duck, I would have replied, "Thank you, Mr. President" and filed away the proposal as Biden only has 35 days left. Unfortunately, NOAA's Administrator, Dr. Rick Spinrad, said,  “These knowledge systems are needed more than ever to inform NOAA,” said the NOAA administrator. His comments get worse (you can read them  here ) but I can't bring myself to write more about them.  As long-time readers know, I have been critical of Dr. Spinrad's treatment of the National Weather Service and its forecasts....

One of dozens of homes destroyed by the 2022 Andover, Kansas, Tornado If you missed yesterday's story about FEMA on Full Measure With Sharyl Attkisson , I encourage you to watch before reading further. You'll find the story here . It explains some of the many issues with FEMA's current operating model that -- literally -- have DEI and climate change ranking higher in FEMA's priorities than assisting disaster victims! If I were asked to give advice regarding the short- to medium-term future of FEMA, I would offer the advice listed below. The ultimate, and superior, advice would come from a National Disaster Review Board, but FEMA has become so dysfunctional that I don't believe the nation can afford to wait to make some or all of these changes.  The Advice The new mission of FEMA would be to serve as a facilitator to state and local governments in the wake of major (not routine) extreme weather and natural disasters (e.g., tsunami).  The current "boots on the gr...

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