Wintry weather slows emergency response time

Last year's fire in Corinth had firefighters dealing with frozen equipment and ice-coated gear. The number one danger for emergency personnel during the winter is extreme exposure to the bitter cold and whipping winds.

Offsets in the Air in San Francisco - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

Details — such as how exactly the offsets will reduce carbon emissions — are as yet vague. According to The Chronicle, S.F.O. has partnered with 3Degrees, a San Francisco-based offsets firm that invests in clean-energy and carbon-reduction projects. The airport is supplying the kiosks and putting $163,000 into the program — and while the prices from are yet to be determined, a 3Degrees official told The Chronicle that offsetting a trip to Europe currently costs around $36.

GISS Temp Slope is Exaggerated « The Air Vent

...I’ve known about this for a long time. These are the reasons I don’t trust what I am hearing from the CONSENSUS! The one place where we should have the best data and the temp curve is being exaggerated by the correction algorithm. Damn, there are a bunch of expensive PhD’s out there who work on this data, how is it acceptable. If they say GISS is right, let’s shoot down the F’n satellites giving us such bad data.

GISS needs to address this and as far as I’m concerned they have to address the early 1900’s corrections as well.