StormKen

Rain v. sleep

Mon, 29 Jun 2009 19:14:00 GMT

Does anyone know why rain makes people so sleepy?Is it the constant patter? The increase in humidity? Something psychological?I ask because it's been rainy and gray out there most of the day and it's making me ... so ... incredibly ... zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
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Air conditioning

Wed, 24 Jun 2009 13:35:00 GMT

Good morning, all:As a result of Monday's heat wave here in SoFla, a lot of folks learned something about their air-conditioning units:They won't work that well in 100-degree heat.In my blog at the Sentinel today, an air-conditioning company owner says he received numerous calls from people who thought their air-conditioning was broken.But their units simply couldn't handle the heat.The good news: Temps should be in the arctic lower 90s today. Almost polar bear weat...
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110 degrees?

Mon, 22 Jun 2009 14:15:00 GMT

Going to be another hot one, folks. Feels-like temps expected to approach 110 degrees in SoFla today.Hope I don't melt!(But if you don't hear from me in a while ... you'll know I did ...)
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Fire and rain

Fri, 19 Jun 2009 13:56:00 GMT

I don't want to get all James Taylor on you, but this week in SoFla we have seen fire (well, at least baking heat) and rain. We've also seen sunny days that I thought would never end. But I always thought ... well, never mind.
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Advisory follow-up

Tue, 16 Jun 2009 13:51:00 GMT

Morning all.My idea of streamlining tropical storm public advisories might not be for naught.The National Hurricane Center might include some of my suggestions in advisories next year.Just thought you'd like to know.
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