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Hurricane Irene (Update)
ecthompsonmd August 26, 2011

Currently, it appears that Asheville, North Carolina may get some high winds but that’s about it. Of course, this depends upon the hurricane staying on its current course. The following is the latest on hurricane Irene. Please take all of the cautions necessary for you and your family to stay safe. From the Weather Channel: We’ve added an “EXTREME” threat level category from eastern North Carolina to southern New England. According to Hurricane Expert, Dr. Rick Knabb and Sr. Meteorologist, Stu Ostro, “this is a particularly threatening situation and it’s best for people to be on alert.“ Computer models are currently trending

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Exceptional events?
ecthompsonmd May 14, 2011

From Climate Progress: Weather Channel Senior Meteorologist Jonathan Erdman writes today: There comes a point at which a meteorological event becomes truly “exceptional”. We’ve already seen two events just in the past few weeks that pushed the record books to the limit: The deadly swarm of tornadoes from April 25-28 particularly in the South, and now the slow-moving flood disaster that, in some areas is topping the Great Flood of 1927. There is another weather event that has now crossed the “exceptional” threshold … the Southern drought. Here’s a question:  At what point do three nearly simultaneous truly exceptional weather events

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Just a couple of things… Sunday Morning
ecthompsonmd May 1, 2011

I love it when a Republican whines about having trouble making ends meet when he is worth over $31 million. It makes me tear up. Texas GOP representative Blake Farenthold somehow figures out how to equate unemployed Americans to alcoholics and drug addicts. Completely and totally despicable. Former Massachusetts Governor  and presidential hopeful, Mitt Romney has a real problem with healthcare. On one hand, he wants to promote the “great things” that he did in Massachusetts with his healthcare plan; on the other hand, our national healthcare law is really based on what he did in Massachusetts. Basically, he would have

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