September 2 PM: The suburbs of Toronto just took a significant hailswath in addition to gusty winds and heavy rainfall. A lot of exposed areas were affected and this is very likely going to be quite an expensive event.
Kurtis M.
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This is pretty much the best thing I've done in PowerPoint....
Reading the first hurricane discussion on Tropical Storm #Dolly and had to share. “The timing of the use of the name Dolly for this storm is purely coincidental.” #wxSky #hurricaneseason #NHC
We asked tropical mets and other weather fans to make out their top US hurricane list. A clear "Mt. Rushmore" emerged.
The 4 most notorious U.S. hurricanes of all-time
If you could only pick four, like four presidents on Mt. Rushmore, which hurricanes would be the most infamous in U.S. history?
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Here is an example of one of the new wind speed maps I made that's available for the Great Miami Hurricane of 1926. This loop spans 12 hours, centered on the time of landfall. I published a blog post one month ahead of the centennial: bmcnoldy.blogspot.com/2026/08/100t...
rainshadow.gif 48-hour totals are approaching 3 feet on the upslope side of the Big Island, while the areas being shadowed to the west have only seen 1-3”.
140 mph during Hurricane LaLa at the top of the Mauna Kea summit! mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/wx/afos/p.ph...
According to Morningstar DBRS, total economic losses from the French wildfires could reach €10-15 billion, while insured losses are expected to amount to several billion euros "The movement of wildfire risk toward urban and commercial concentrations is our main concern from a credit perspective."
Best way to use purpleair.com map: click on the gear icon at upper left and choose "US EPA" in the "Apply Conversion" setting, or else readings will be too high. Also uncheck the box "show inside" to avoid seeing monitors located indoors, which have a black circle around the colored dot on the map.
Steve Bowen@stevebowen.bsky.social · last mo.While long anticipated, it is confirmed that 2025's Eaton Fire was ignited by "electrical arcing on an out-of-service transmission tower." Expect subrogation recoveries by insurance carriers from the California Wildfire Fund; which has $21 billion. FULL REPORT: file.lacounty.gov/SDSInter/lac...
Neat! You can view weather radar across Europe, including the ability for cross sections. Enjoy! wxradar.eu/map/opera/cm...
Weather Radar Map - wxradar.eu
Your gateway to advanced European weather radar maps. View real-time rain and Doppler radar images for Poland, Germany, Czech Republic, Slovakia, and Croatia.
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Smoke has arrived in Seattle, but the other side of the Cascades is absolutely brutal. Wenatchee and other towns (e.g., Plain, Entiat) have been over 1,000 AQI today. Please use air purifiers, N95 masks, and avoid being outdoors if you’re able - there is no safe level of wildfire smoke exposure.
#insurance #climaterisk #wildfire
Climate Risk Economics@climateeconomics.bsky.social · last mo.Insurers Are ‘Actively Evaluating’ New Catastrophe Risks as Europe Burns Insurers, reinsurers and brokers are predicting increased premiums and bigger losses. Importantly, they see the latest bouts of extreme heat as a long-term trend... www.insurancejournal.com/news/interna...
#climatecrisis #climaterisk #ThereIsNoPlanetB
Climate Risk Economics@climateeconomics.bsky.social · last mo.ICYMI: Climate's Compounding Economic Toll Is Becoming Harder to Ignore "It’s now clear that the costs of climate-related events will grow and that economies aren’t fully prepared. If and when investors look at the same information, asset prices will take a hit"... time.com/article/2026...
18Z HRRR-Smoke model predicts wildfire smoke to cause "Unhealthy" (red) to "Very Unhealthy" (purple) AQI in the major population centers of the Pacific NW and SW BC on Tuesday as a ridge of high pressure brings NE winds. Also a major heat risk for Portland, OR, with temps in the upper 90s .
The devastation is unimaginable. I moved here 3 years ago knowing Spokane would be my home. I can’t explain how horrific this is. “It’s like a war zone,” people told me.
August 1 5:30 PM PT: Active fires burning uncomfortably close to the Spokane (WA) metro area. Evacuations are underway for some city residents. Extreme / Critical fire conditions in place across much of Washington, Oregon, Idaho, and Montana today.
This perspective of Hurricane Genevieve is blowing my mind a little. An absolutely amazing view of the storm's powerful eyewall.
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The Prime Minister of Spain: “This climate emergency is exceeding every threshold and scale that scientists have long warned all of Spain and Europe about.” This is the realistic climate discourse the world needs. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/28/w...
Here is initial info from the USGS from today's earthquake in southern Japan in Kumamoto Prefecture. This will likely be a damaging and expensive event. FYI: The 2016 Kumamoto EQ sequence (M7.0 & M6.8) resulted in $53 billion in economic losses; of which $8 billion were insured (2026 USD).
Insane new research. Scientists gave asthma patients free electric stoves to replace their gas stoves, then checked to see if symptoms improved. Not only did symptoms improve, ditching gas was *better than medicine.* Details in today's newsletter: www.climatecoloredgoggles.com/p/electric-s...
Researchers used electric stoves to treat asthma. It worked.
The latest evidence that gas is bad for your health.
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July 26: Genevieve becomes the 9th global tropical cyclone in calendar year 2026 to undergo extreme rapid intensification (>50 knots in a 24-hour period). Of the 19 TCs to reach hurricane intensity this year, 11 have reached Category 3+ intensity. Eight (8) of those have been Category 4/5. (1/2)
Spain has declared its first-ever national wildfire emergency as firefighters battle blazes in central and northeastern regions.
Next time someone accuses me of “making science partisan” I’m going to throw the physical NYT edition of this article at their head. These people are operating in bad faith…we have a mountain of evidence. (Gift link) www.nytimes.com/2026/07/24/b...
Trump Administration Admits Canceling Grants to States That Did Not Vote for Him (Gift Article)
Federal officials said in court documents that they halted billions of dollars in funding for energy projects to states “based solely” on whether they backed President Trump in the 2024 election.
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I took a hard look at the financial donors to ICE’s biggest supporters in Congress. These are people who want to significantly expand ICE’s power and have sponsored or co-sponsored legislation to do so. Here are the top 25 consumer brands bankrolling the biggest ICE supporters in Congress:
