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Mostrando postagens com marcador tempestade de neve. Mostrar todas as postagens
Mostrando postagens com marcador tempestade de neve. Mostrar todas as postagens

quinta-feira, 13 de fevereiro de 2014

Sob neve pesada, na companhia de bons livros...

Tenho, em volta de minha cadeira de "trabalho" que não é a do escritório, mas uma confortável lazychair, na sala de TV, exatamente 31 livros (alguns para resenha, outros para consulta, mais alguns para escrever um trabalho).
Lá fora, está branco, e nem sei como está...
Tenho isto, no computador:

Hartford, CT (06103) Weather


Hourly Forecast

Updated: Feb 13, 2014, 11:45am EST
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1 pmThuFeb 13

Heavy Snow / Wind
-2°C
Heavy Snow / Wind
FEELS LIKE:
-9°
 
HUMIDITY:
85%
 
PRECIP:
100%
 
WIND:
NNE at 32 km/h
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1:15

Snow
-2°
Snow
FEELS LIKE:
-9°
 
HUMIDITY:
85%
 
PRECIP:
100%
 
WIND:
NNE at 31 km/h

1:30

Snow / Wind
-2°
Snow / Wind
FEELS LIKE:
-9°
 
HUMIDITY:
86%
 
PRECIP:
100%
 
WIND:
NNE at 32 km/h

1:45

Heavy Snow / Wind
-2°
Heavy Snow / Wind
FEELS LIKE:
-9°
 
HUMIDITY:
87%
 
PRECIP:
100%
 
WIND:
N at 34 km/h

2 pm

Heavy Snow / Wind
-2°
Heavy Snow / Wind
FEELS LIKE:
-9°
 
HUMIDITY:
87%
 
PRECIP:
100%
 
WIND:
NNE at 35 km/h
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2:15

Heavy Snow / Wind
-1°
Heavy Snow / Wind
FEELS LIKE:
-9°
 
HUMIDITY:
88%
 
PRECIP:
100%
 
WIND:
NNE at 35 km/h

2:30

Snow / Wind
-1°
Snow / Wind
FEELS LIKE:
-8°
 
HUMIDITY:
88%
 
PRECIP:
100%
 
WIND:
NNE at 35 km/h

2:45

Heavy Snow / Wind
-1°
Heavy Snow / Wind
FEELS LIKE:
-7°
 
HUMIDITY:
89%
 
PRECIP:
100%
 
WIND:
NE at 32 km/h

3 pm

Heavy Snow / Wind
-1°
Heavy Snow / Wind
FEELS LIKE:
-7°
 
HUMIDITY:
89%
 
PRECIP:
100%
 
WIND:
NNE at 34 km/h
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3:15

Heavy Snow / Wind
0°
Heavy Snow / Wind
FEELS LIKE:
-7°
 
HUMIDITY:
89%
 
PRECIP:
100%
 
WIND:
NNE at 34 km/h

3:30

Snow / Wind
0°
Snow / Wind
FEELS LIKE:
-7°
 
HUMIDITY:
89%
 
PRECIP:
100%
 
WIND:
NNE at 34 km/h

3:45

Snow / Wind
0°
Snow / Wind
FEELS LIKE:
-7°
 
HUMIDITY:
90%
 
PRECIP:
100%
 
WIND:
NNE at 35 km/h

4 pm

Light Rain / Freezing Rain / Wind
0°
Light Rain / Freezing Rain / Wind
FEELS LIKE:
-7°
 
HUMIDITY:
89%
 
PRECIP:
95%
 
WIND:
NNE at 39 km/h
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5 pm

Light Rain / Freezing Rain / Wind
0°
Light Rain / Freezing Rain / Wind
FEELS LIKE:
-7°
 
HUMIDITY:
91%
 
PRECIP:
80%
 
WIND:
N at 37 km/h
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6 pm

Rain / Wind
1°
Rain / Wind
FEELS LIKE:
-6°
 
HUMIDITY:
89%
 
PRECIP:
70%
 
WIND:
NNE at 35 km/h

Tempestade de neve nos EUA, chegando: pelo menos 24hs sem sair de casa...



Etats-Unis : une immense « tempête glaciale » s'abat sur le pays

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A Raleigh, en Caroline du Nord.

Des centaines de milliers de foyers étaient privés d'électricité dans la soirée du mercredi 12 février dans le sud-est des Etats-Unis, victime d'une nouvelle tempête hivernale, qui devrait entraîner des chutes de neige très importantes dans toute la région. Au moins onze personnes sont mortes dans tout le pays dans des accidents liés au climat, selon un décompte de l'agence AP.

Des alertes météorologiques sont en vigueur de l'Arkansas jusqu'à la côte atlantique. L'état d'urgence a même été décrété dans 45 comtés de Géorgie et en Caroline du Sud, où on craint près de 30 centimètres de neige.
Dans ces Etats, où d'importantes chutes de neige ont entraîné des difficultés majeures sur les routes, au moins 370 000 foyers étaient privés d'électricité. La tempête de neige pourrait être, selon les services météo, la plus importante d'un hiver déjà riche en événements similaires. Elle devrait progressivement remontervers le nord du pays, et atteindre la capitale Washington dans la journée de jeudi. 
Les services météorologiques mettent en garde depuis plusieurs jours contre un« dôme gigantesque » de courants d'air froid venus de l'Arctique devant s'installersur la partie est du pays, créant une « tempête glaciale » susceptible de« paralyser » de nombreux Etats. « Les accumulations de glace seront incroyables, si ce n'est historiques », a souligné le National Weather Service, ajoutant que jusqu'à 30 centimètres de neige pourraient tomber sur les Etats de la Nouvelle-Angleterre jeudi.
A Lookout Mountain, en Géorgie.
SEPT MILLE VOLS ANNULÉS
Il y a deux semaines, la Géorgie avait déjà subi une forte tempête, dont la gestion par les autorités avait été fortement critiquée, des centaines d'écoliers ayant été contraints de dormir dans leur école en raison des routes bloquées. Cette première tempête n'avait provoqué qu'une accumulation de 8 centimètres de neige, bien moins que ce qui est attendu cette fois-ci.
Le National Weather Service a fortement conseillé aux habitants de la côte de ne sedéplacer qu'en cas d'absolue nécessité : « Si vous devez prendre la route, prévoyez une lampe de poche en plus, ainsi que de l'eau et de la nourriture dans votre véhicule. » La Maison Blanche a assuré que la FEMA, chargée des situations d'urgence, avait mis en place un centre de coordination de réponse nationale à Washington, ainsi qu'un centre régional équivalent à Atlanta.
La météo peu clémente cette semaine aux Etats-Unis a entraîné l'annulation de près de 7 000 vols à travers le pays sur deux jours, selon les médias américains, tandis que des milliers d'autres risquaient d'être perturbés dans les jours à venir en raison de la tempête.
En plus de l'aide apportée par la FEMA, plusieurs localités de la région préparaient des abris d'urgence dans des églises ou des centres de loisirs, afin que lapopulation puisse s'abriter au chaud en cas de coupures de courant. Plusieurs Etats ont déclaré l'état d'urgence afin de pouvoir mieux déployer leurs ressources en cas de besoin.
Des myrtilles gelées en Caroline du Sud.

sexta-feira, 3 de janeiro de 2014

Reading under a blanket of snow... - Storms in New England


From Chicago to Boston, Winter Storm Creates Havoc for Travelers


FlightAware, an online flight-tracking service, shows the percentage of delays and cancellations across the country in red on its MiseryMap in real time.
Updated, Friday, 8:58 a.m. It’s still snowing along most of the East Coast. And that is not good news for travelers after a fierce winter storm brought bitter cold, strong winds and dumped more than two feet in parts of New England overnight, closing airports and major highways.
In New York, JFK International Airport was shut down Friday morning due to low visibility. Flights are not expected to resume at Boston’s Logan airport, which got more than 14 inches of snow, until later today. Philadelphia’s airport officials reported significant delays. Airline cancellations and delays mounted on Friday across the country, adding to the 2,100 airline cancellations and 6,000 delays on Thursday, according to FlightAware’sonline, real-time interactive map.
Amtrak’s service in the Northeast, between Boston and Washington, D.C. was sharply reduced. Peter Pan canceled bus service between New York and Boston. And, governors from Massachusetts to New Jersey were urging people to stay off the roads. For the New York City metropolitan area, my colleague, Andy Newman, is providing the latest updates on subway, bus, commuter rail and road information, along with closures.
Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo of New York declared a state of emergency and ordered several major highways shut overnight, including the Long Island Expressway in Suffolk County and Nassau County. The road was re-opened around 8 a.m.
Gov. Chris Christie of New Jersey also declared a state of emergency and closed state offices on Friday.

sexta-feira, 8 de fevereiro de 2013

A Journey Inside the Whale: literalmente (brrrr!!!)

Como estão anunciando uma tempestade de neve "potencialmente histórica", ou "nunca antes vista nestepaiz", como diria alguém, com uma duração de pelo menos dois dias e vários centímetros de neve acumulada, eu estou me preparando para passar três dias dentro da baleia, sem botar o nariz para fora, sequer para apreciar o branco da neve. Já estoquei comida (e, mais importante, bebida) para pelo menos uma semana de sobrevivência alimentar. E tenho leitura suficiente para duas semanas, se por acaso decidir me isolar do mundo.
Na verdade, hoje em dia, com Kindle, iBooks, Nook, eReader e outros gadgets, nao falta leitura nem no submarino do Capitao Nemo.
Bachibozouk! Deixa eu ler as notícias do dia...
Paulo Roberto de Almeida
Hartford, CT, New England - USA

‘Historic’ Blizzard Cancels Flights, Triggers Warnings
By Brian K. Sullivan and Jim Polson
Bloomberg News, Fevereiro 07, 2013 7:19 PM EST

A “historic” winter storm that has caused at least 2,000 U.S. flights to be scrubbed has triggered a blizzard warning in New York City and may drop more than 2 feet of snow on Boston, leaving thousands without power.
Snow will start early tomorrow in New York, where the blizzard warning begins at 6 a.m., before changing to rain or sleet. The storm may bring 12 inches (30 centimeters) of snow driven by gusts of 45 miles (72 kilometers) per hour as it lashes the city into the night, said Joe Pollina, a National Weather Service meteorologist in Upton, New York.
N.Y. State Officials on Preparations for Snowstorm (11:25)
“We’re taking this storm very seriously and you should take this storm very seriously,” said Jerome Hauer, commissioner of New York’s division of Homeland Security and Emergency Services. “This is a dangerous storm with a lot of blowing snow, and very significant winds that will make travel Friday night into Saturday almost impossible.”
The snow will probably spread through Connecticut and Rhode Island by midmorning and reach Boston by early afternoon, said Carl Erickson, an expert senior meteorologist with AccuWeather Inc. in State College, Pennsylvania. The snow isn’t expected to change to rain in the New England states, which is why the accumulations will be higher, he said.
National Grid Plc expects more than 100,000 customers on Long Island to lose power, according to a statement on the Long Island Power Authority’s website.
“What we’re looking for in and around New York City is on average about a foot,” Pollina said. “Southern portions of the city, like Staten Island, may get 9 inches to a foot.”
Erickson said the entire Interstate 95 corridor from New York to Maine will be covered with snow by tomorrow night.
Blizzard warnings stretch from Maine to New Jersey, and winter storm warnings and advisories reach south to West Virginia and west to Wisconsin. New York City’s blizzard warning is scheduled to end at 1 p.m. Saturday.
The forecast nor’easter is the product of two low-pressure systems expected to merge off the coast of the U.S. and combine with arctic air pumped in via the jet stream.
In Boston, Mayor Thomas Menino canceled school across the city of 625,087 tomorrow and asked people to work at home.
“We have a significant storm heading this way,” Menino said at a city hall news conference. “Stay home, stay off the streets.”
The Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority, which runs the city’s buses, commuter rail and subways, will close at 3:30 p.m. tomorrow, according to Governor Deval Patrick. Amtrak will end rail service out of Boston at 1:40 p.m.
“I am telling people to get where you’ve got to go around noon on Friday because from there after, everything goes downhill,” said Alan Dunham, a weather service meteorologist in Taunton, Massachusetts. “The potential is there for this to be a historic winter storm for southern New England.”
Patrick has said he may order the state’s roads closed to make sure people stay off them.
More than 24 inches of snow are expected in Boston and Providence, Rhode Island, according to the weather service.
“For Boston, this is going to be a top-five storm, this could come in at Number 3 all-time in records going back to the 1880s,” said Rob Carolan, owner and meteorologist of Hometown Forecast Services in Nashua, New Hampshire. “Boston usually doesn’t see 2 feet of snow and it has a good chance of doing it this time around.”
United Continental Holdings Inc., Delta Air Lines Inc., AMR Corp.’s American Airlines and other carriers issued travel waivers that allow passengers to change their plans without penalty. At least 2,000 flights have been canceled tomorrow, according to information tabulated by Bloomberg.
The snow that falls along the coast may be heavy and wet sticking to tree branches and power lines like “plaster,” Carolan said. With gusting from 50 mph to 70 mph across the region there is a good chance lines and trees will topple, he said.
“There is the possibility of widespread power outages,” Dunham said. “People should go ahead and make sure they have batteries and go to the ATM and make sure they have some cash. Some of these power outages could be prolonged.”
Utilities from New Jersey to Massachusetts urged customers to stock bottled water as well as canned or dried food to endure long blackouts. Blizzards and ice storms block roads, impeding repair crews, Public Service Enterprise Group’s PSE&G utility in New Jersey said in a statement.
“Depending on the severity of the storm, outage could last for one to three days,” Kristine Snodgrass, a spokeswoman for the company, said today in an e-mail.
Connecticut Light & Power, a unit of Northeast Utilities and that state’s largest utility, hasn’t estimated low long blackouts may last, Tricia Taskey Modifica, a spokeswoman, said today in an interview.
Boston utility NStar, another Northeast Utilities unit, is moving crews, trucks and replacement poles and wires to Cape Cod and the island of Martha’s Vineyard expecting travel will be difficult tomorrow, Michael Durand, a spokesman, said in an a message. It has ordered electrical line crews and tree-trimmers from six states including Wisconsin and Georgia, he said.
“There’s no way to accurately predict the level of damage that will be caused by this or future storms,” Durand said. All damage caused by Hurricane Sandy in October has been permanently repaired, so that the power system is “in top working condition,” he said.
Public Service also has repaired all equipment damaged by Sandy, Snodgrass said.
As the storm intensifies it is expected to produce bands of snow that will make travel dangerous and difficult, said Tim Morrin, a weather service meteorologist. The snow may accumulate at 3 inches per hour, causing conditions to deterioriate rapidly by dark.
Snow plows can’t keep up with accumulations of more than an inch an hour, Carolan said. All that cities and towns can do then is try to keep major roadways open.
Dunham said roads that run from west to east, such as the Massachusetts Turnpike, also known as Interstate 90, will be hard to keep open because the wind will be blowing the snow across the pavement.
Hints of the storm’s strength are apparent in the two major components, Carolan said. The southern segment is creating thunderstorms across the U.S. Gulf Coast and the other portion is causing intense weather in the Midwest.
“That is usually indicative of the kind of energy you need to come up the coast,” Carolan said. “Once that hits the Atlantic, you have enough energy to produce what we call a bomb.”
Erickson said it's probable that thunder storms will be embedded in the blizzard as it crosses New England.

To contact the reporters on this story: Brian K. Sullivan in Boston at bsullivan10@bloomberg.net; Jim Polson in New York at jpolson@bloomberg.net
To contact the editor responsible for this story: Dan Stets at dstets@bloomberg.net