Photo of the Day (3-11-2008)

by Martha Edwards on

Aside from a 2-week bout of the nastiest weather imaginable, winter in my cold little nook of the world has been pretty mild. In fact, the temperature today was in the mid-60s, while our neighbors to the east are experiencing severe winter weather warnings.

So it’s in honour of them that I choose to feature this photo of Toronto by PDPhotography today. I love the framing, I love the bleakness of the image, and most of all, I love that I’m not there.

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Photo Gallery: Huge Dust Storm Takes Over Lubbock

by Justin Glow on

One time I was headed back home to San Antonio to visit my family, and right as I crossed over the Texas-Oklahoma border — somewhere near Denison, TX — a dust storm took hold. In a matter of moments the sky was red, the highways were covered, and dust devils swirled every which way around the car as we poked our way down the highway at geriatric speeds.

It looked very similar to the picture above, taken during a Lubbock, Texas dust storm in December of 2003. Check out this photo gallery to see just how thick it can get. [via]

Finally, Europe Has Its Own Natural Disaster

by Iva Skoch on

As a journalist, I find weather stories pathetic. It’s mainly the use of all the tragic words I despise: devastating, gushing, torn into homes, etc. But people love them. There is nothing like a natural catastrophe that gets the readership numbers up. Now, with the high winds “blasting” across Europe, killing 45 people, European papers have stuff to write about.

Call me cynical, but I have always suspected that Europeans felt slightly inferior in the “natural catastrophe” realm. I mean, the occasional flood or hailstorm pales in comparison to all the weather events going on in the US: hurricanes, earthquakes, tornadoes…

But now, that’s over! Europe finally has its own storm WITH A NAME – Kyrill. And, it has swept across most of Northern and Western Europe, heading east now. The funny thing is, Americans probably haven’t even heard of it yet. Well, give the PR weather machine time, Europeans are new at this.

And speaking of which, here in Prague the winds hit above 100mph yesterday and are still going strong today. It’s actually really nice to listen to the wind outside, rather than watching calm, gray skies for months.

Travel warning: check for airline and train service cancellations!

Photo of the Day (12/9/06)

by Adrienne Wilson on


Snow days have arrived and in full force for certain areas. In this neighborhood-street shot taken in Vancouver B.C. by borderfilms (Doug) I get the impression no one was in any mood to rush out and take the cars on a snowy spin. Or maybe Doug just couldn’t resist saving the memory of this rare snow dumped day with his Nikon D70 before pulling out the scrapper to remove nature’s wintry blanket. (Sings: “The weather outside is frightful…”)