This is about the time of January 11.. It looks like a big storm on the East Coast with lots of rocking and rolling.

Cold air may be needed to make it snow.. But either way something big will be happening.

This is the map (if you can read it) of a massive storm in the Pacific Ocean right now, Saturday December 5 2015..

OPC 09Z wind/wave analysis & 0930Z GOES-W infrared satellite image. The Eastern Pacific remains active w/seas up to 38 feet as a result of a storm force low (winds ≥ 48 knots) in the region.  

YES… IT’S SPRING.. DESPITE THIS.

Kaia Bonshock, left, Brooke Hovenstine, Kelsee Dunn and Mackenzie Hasuga, freshmen members of the Shamokin Area High School girls’ softball team, decided to practice on their own in a parking lot for Kemp Memorial Stadium on Friday, despite an early dismissal from school because of snow. The team’s first regular season game is tentatively set for 4:30 p.m. Tuesday and will be played in Kemp Memorial Stadium, instead of the team’s field because it is not ready for play.

The day after today: Hail and high winds deep in the coal region of PA

I swear I was just in a scene from the DAY AFTER TOMORROW. A monster storm just rolled through with tornado warnings and severe storm alerts.. Hail, high winds.. Saw no funnel clouds or dogs floating by my window with witches on brooms, so that’s a plus.. but word on the ‘net’ is that Danville, PA, got socked with so much hail that windshields are broken all over town..

Here is how big they were 

It may sound a little cliche at this point, and you can blame it on global warming or earth changes or manmade chemtrails, but I think weather is getting stronger. Maybe not ‘worse’ in the sense that it’s widespread, but where storms do pop up they gain so much strength so fast that it makes you truly wonder if the tails of tribulation to come across our planet are true.

There was one blast of thunder that was so loud, so deep, it sounded like a train literally tore open the house and ran through .. Mutley the Dog ran from his normal hiding spot under a desk to the closet floor and attempting to squeeze in between a pair of my jeans and the wall…

Safe here in the coal mines of PA still, though. Lots of flooding and broken trees, but life will go on. 

Always could be worse.

IMAGE: Twitter / DannyReeseWx

Airman dies saving his 5-year-old daughter's life

Master Sgt. Dan ‘Bud’ Wassom II’s last action in this life was using his body to shield his 5-year-old daughter Lorelai as a tornado demolished his house on Sunday, said his mother, Pamela Wassom.

Stories like this always get me emotional.
This man was a Master Sgt. but the true bravery he showcased in life was not in the air or in battle, it was against a weather system  that had no sympathy for human life.

His daughter is alive because of his actions.. He is not.

The money quote:

“Lorelai kept telling the emergency room people, she said, ‘My daddy saved me; the house exploded and my daddy saved me; he’s a hero,’” Pamela said. “And he is. He’s a true hero.”

Maybe this Friday night, take a second to appreciate your own life just more.. 

And pray or hope there’s a better place after this planet takes us—if so Dan Wassom is in it.

Airman dies saving his 5-year-old daughter's life

If anyone has a spare ark for sale, there’s a few million people along the East Coast that may want to buy it over the next three days.

These rainfall amounts are impressive and scary.. 6 inches in New York City?

My God.. it will be like a scene from the DAY AFTER TOMORROW if this happens!?

Blizzard-like conditions coming. I'd rather use the term 'blizzardy'

Blizzard-like conditions are likely tomorrow evening for most of New Jersey, the New York City metropolitan area, all of Long Island, most of Delaware, Connecticut, and Massachusetts, all of Rhode Island, and portions of eastern Pennsylvania.

The term “blizzard” is related to windspeed more so than amount of snow.

It will be very cold .. so the snow that falls will be light and fluffy—easy to shovel. But the wind will make it difficult—and ‘blizzardy’ ..

Here’s the latest from ACCUWEATHER.. I’m on a borderline between not much and a little more than not much. The real action will happen as they try to clean up the mess in Times Square.. a blizzard is a comin’ to greet us in ‘14..

Epic Ice Storm Possible; Millions Could Lose Power

A major ice storm will plague Arkansas over the next week, causing major power outages. I look at the possibilities and past ice storms.

Get ready. Get set. It’s winter.. Wait! It’s not winter!

This may be the WORST of winter before it even begins!

Epic Ice Storm Possible; Millions Could Lose Power

Nearly 530,000 customers have lost power in nine northeastern states during the blizzard that is blanketing the region.

Over 300,000 of those

CNN report

My power blinked only once. Luckily. I’m warm enough to go shovel now … Thank goodness we didn’t get 3 feet here..

This image shows a storm in Ireland—with a tale extending all the way down to the Caribbean! That is about 4,000 miles. ..

and meanwhile….

Tourists in Venice are forced to swim as heavy rains continue to flood majority of the city and Italy..

The Saturday morning Frankenstorm update

• Accuweather has a running live blog as events develop about Sandy..


• Henry Margusity has a great blog and you can also find up to date information from him on Twitter


• Here are all of the latest maps and coordinates of Sandy


• The Weather Channel has great coverage of the storm


• And finally here is a goodnews feed andphoto wire feed

All of those links are worthy to look at now and as the storm continues. 

Here at Coal Speaker base, it appears as though Sandy is going to be making a direct run for my neck of the woods. As she does she is going to be bringing hell and high water to numerous mid-Atlantic states. 

I worry about the storm surge in New York City, along with the underground subway system. I really do. They are prepping for disaster, but I don’t know if they are ready for catastrophe (which we all hope to hell does not occur).. 

The wind will be a major issue. I doubt my power will stay on, though I hope it fends for its electrical life as Sandy hovers over.. Also a fear: The rain. Last year Lee and Irene dumped enough to flood out so many places here in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, Delaware.. Remember though 8 to 12 inches of rain fell over a week. This time the rain will be just as heavy and fall within 3 to 4 days. That will make situations much faster and dramatic. Flash flooding instead of a slowly creeping water line.. All this while power is out..? This is going to be a truly devastating storm for so many people..

If only divine intervention could toss it out to see.. Or Governor Chris Christie’s mighty blow from his 500 pound bag of wind. Neither appears likely at this point.

Blares and flares.. if the CME don't kill ya the magnetic storm may

Sunspot AR1429 has unleashed another strong solar flare, an M6-class eruption on March 9th at 0358 UT. The blast hurled a coronal mass ejection almost directly toward Earth..
Forecast track..

News outlets and other sources breathed a collective sigh of relief when no major issues occurred from the solar flare unleashed two days ago — but What about the March 11 punch coming?

How is everyone dealing out there?

Readers from North Carolina, Jersey, D.C., Delaware, Pennsylvania, New York, and the lovers in Virginia: HOW ARE YOU ALL HOLDING UP?

Wow..

I'll be honest...

I’m worried for my followers and readers.. and especially New Yorkers… Please be safe. Get supplies. This will be a storm unlike any in recent memory, if not your life… This is big, this is bad.. last time NYC got this type of a storm was the 1890s…. 

For some, storm clouds can’t stop vacation..

Shock storm hits Wisconsin and kills a child…. the storm rolled in out of nowhere, moved across Minnesota and Wisconsin on Friday, packing winds approaching 80 mph and hail as large as softballs..

6 days of rough weather is coming for large portions of the United States..

Intense storms, even some extreme predicted..

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First thunderstorm and down pour of spring from last night.. I’m looking for some good thunderstorm videos and sounds if anyone wants to pass then along to me..

Sorry Phil. Expect ice.

Ice Storm Greets the Groundhogs