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As the thermometer teases triple-digits and subway platforms bake at 120+ degrees, Mayor Bloomberg has ordered the opening of the city’s 455 “cooling centers” for those without air conditioning. Last year’s July heat wave killed 31 city residents, mostly seniors. Meanwhile, we’re on a brown-out alert. An excessive heat warning has been issued for New York City and the metropolitan …

JMG reader Craig points us to this amazing amateur shot of San Francisco’s Bay Bridge getting hammered by eight lightning bolts. I can only recall hearing thunder one time during my six cold foggy years in San Francisco. It was so unusual, the papers mentioned it the next day.

Meteorologists say they are alarmed. It has been so warm in the United States this year, especially in March, that national records were not just broken, they were deep-fried. Temperatures in the lower 48 states were 8.6 degrees above normal for March and 6 degrees higher than average for the first three months of the year, according to calculations by …

Allergy season came early and with a vengeance. “It really is unusually early for patients to be this miserable,” says Derek Johnson, medical director of the Fairfax Allergy, Asthma and Sinus Clinic. “The mild winter has resulted in very high pollen levels in February and early March, when they’re typically very low or negligible.” In fact, he points out that …

This year’s non-winter means an early explosion in bug infestations such as ants, termites, and Lyme disease carrying ticks. But worse than that, it may have wreaked havoc upon the honeybees. A mild winter is not great for all bugs, including some highly beneficial insects. Some were up and about when they should have been idle and hibernating, burning less …

The fourth-warmest winter ever. New York City saved tens of millions on the snow removal they didn’t have to do. Don’t forget to spring forward tonight.

Twitter is abuzz with plans for Northern Lights watching parties across Britain, Canada and Europe. Astronomers say the aurora borealis may be viewable in some parts of the United States “below the Great Lakes,” but a full moon tonight may dampen the effect. The New York Times has the down side of the event. The largest solar storm in five …

Bonus points for Tornado Tongues!

God killed the fuck out of those 38 sinners. The rest got blessed protection. Praise! Glory!

Contrary to today’s word from Punxsutawney Phil, Staten Island Chuck says we’ll see an early spring. The Staten Island Zoo claims that Chuck is right 80% of the time. New Yorkers may fondly recall Chuck’s 2009 bitey displeasure at Mayor Bloomberg’s manhandling.

A massive illegal billboard promoting the Mega Millions lottery came crashing down onto the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway on Friday. Officials at the Department of Buildings say advertisements at the location are illegal. “It’s a miracle that nobody got hurt, because this is always busy, especially around 2 o’clock,” said one resident. “I ride my bike up Meeker Avenue all the time—warm, …

It’s colder in Gotham than in Green Bay.

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