The Committee For A Constructive Tomorrow CFACT by CFACT Ed It may be mating time, but this cicada is not happy. We’ve been patiently sucking roots underground for 17 years. Now billions of us dig for the surface and what do we find? Pretty much… more »

Tom Moore, Coordinating Meteorologist, The Weather Channel Northeast | View Regional Video - A cold, windy and west Saturday from eastern NY to NJ and New England. - Some locally heavy rain for parts of northern New England (localized flooding). -… more »

Foxnews Rhode Island Democratic Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse has apologized for remarks Monday in which he linked Oklahoma "cyclones" to climate change while berating Republicans for their stance on the issue -- around the time a massive tornado killed d… more »

Refocus Notes: It's not just the west, in the Mid-Atlantic, we are still burning light fires at night, much the same as last year, as our firewood reserve is dwindling for the upcoming early winter. So, while Obama still persists in all things global w… more »

Refocus Notes: One supposes that if the concern was global cooling, we would be having extremely late-winter 'massive summer storms' raising climactic hell...right? Hello? _____________________ Weather.com By Chris Dolce, Nick Wiltgen The over… more »