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SmartPlanet: Gap in Weather Satellites [While Secret World Spends Madly]

In the future, Hurricane Sandy is invisible By Tyler Falk | October 28, 2012, 7:28 AM PDT With 60 million people expected to be impacted by Hurricane Sandy, days of advanced notice have allowed the New York governor to issue a state of emergency, evacuations to take place along the Atlantic coast, and (at least …

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SmartPlanet: Why algorithms need humans to predict the weather

Why algorithms need humans to predict the weather Mari Silbey | September 11, 2012 History is rich with intellectuals who have revered theories of determinism; ideas that suggest if we could only know every facet of a situation, every molecule of the landscape, we could predict and even shape future political, economic, and cultural outcomes. …

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Koko: Crowd-Sourcing Weather Forecasting

Koko Sign:  Gorillas better forecasters than computers. Crowdsourcing Snowstorm’s Westward Model Shift AccuWeather.com, Dec 7, 2011 I was surprised to see this HRRR forecast model prediction of tonight’s Northeast snow showing no snow for Harrisburg and York, PA, and showing the axis of heaviest snow (4-8″) over or west of State College, PA. This disagreed …

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Review: Cosmic Weather Report — Notes from the Edge of the Universe

Mark Borax and Ellias Lonsdale Phenomenal Starting Point for Anyone Opening Up, May 24, 2011 Disclosure: I bought this book because I am negotiating a contract with the publisher for a book in their new Manifesto series (tentative title: Manifesto for Truth–Public Intelligence in the Public Interest). I wanted to get a “sense” of where …

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Reference: Five Major Trends Into the Future Include Severe Weather (More Severe, Frequent, & Costly)

Trocaire reports severe weather as global trend ThePost.IE 20 March 2011 By John Burke An increase in severe weather incidents has been identified as one of the five major trends in global development aid. The trends, which also include shifting geopolitical alliances, urban poverty, demand for natural resources and widening inequality, are contained in a new …

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