Tag Archives: New York

No, New York, the forecast didn’t fail

Posted on 2015/01/29 by Sam

Cliff Mass of the University of Washington has a good breakdown of the “failure” of meteorologists to correctly predict snowfall during this week’s storm. “Failure” gets the scare-quote treatment because the forecast wasn’t actually far off: models showed most of … Continue reading →

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The Great Gowanus Expedition of Aught-Nine

Posted on 2009/07/08 by Sam

Ive been meaning to post these pics for a while now….here they are. Two weeks ago, on a drizzly day, I left early for work and stopped at the Gowanus Canal, in Brooklyn. The mighty Gowanus is one of New … Continue reading →

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The Bottom of the River

Posted on 2009/05/18 by Sam

Following my last post, here is another about Empire State waterways cribbed from a publication with “New York” in the title (the Times, this time). On Friday, GE began dredging a stretch of the upper Hudson River which they used, … Continue reading →

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