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Tag Archives: storms
Mapping an ice storm’s impact
Above is an interesting map of the power outages reported from the major ice storm that took place here in Mid-Michigan Saturday night and Sunday. The map outlines the service area of Consumer Energy in the Lower Peninsula of Michigan and then depict … Continue reading
Posted in civics, Communications, energy, environment, geography, history, humanity, infrastructure, Maps, marketing, nature, North America, pictures, planning, seasons, spatial design, Statistics, urban planning, weather
Tagged climate, maps, meteorology, Michigan, planning, storms, weather, winter
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Pissed-off planner: upgrade the damn grid!
For the second time in six weeks large swaths of Greater Lansing have been thrust into the dark and cold by bad weather – first a wind storm and now an ice storm. And once again, much of the suffering … Continue reading
Posted in Advocacy, Alternative energy, architecture, cities, civics, civility, commerce, Communications, economic development, energy, environment, geography, government, health, history, Housing, humanity, infrastructure, land use, nature, planning, politics, product design, seasons, spatial design, sustainability, urban planning, weather, zoning
Tagged climate, disasters, electrical grid, electricity, emergency planning, land use, meteorology, planning, seasons, storms, utilities, weather, winter
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Fear factor forecasting
Anyone else notice how weather forecasting (and related types of science)has taken a decisively edgier tone over the years. Hardly a season goes by anymore without some new “scarier” term being used to describe weather-related events. Some were invented (Super … Continue reading
Posted in climate change, Communications, entertainment, environment, geography, government, Language, nature, Science, technology, Television, weather
Tagged cable, climate, earthquakes, environment, forecasting, forest fires, meteorology, nature, news, Science, storms, television, tornados, tsunamis, volcanoes, weather
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