Is this the last freezing morning ’til Fall? The average last 32 degree days in Spring: April 15 Bloomington April 16 Indy April 18 Terre Haute April 21 Muncie, Anderson April 25 Lafayette (Sorry Lafayette) This morning? 29 Lafayette 30 Kokomo 31 Marion, Muncie 33 Indianapolis, Bloomington, Terre Haute I should note that yesterday Indy […]
Breaking News: PetPals TV Adds Los Angeles
The expansion continues for PetPals TV. We’re now going to be seen every weekend in LA. That means our number of different markets is 21, which means we’re legal. Or at least, legit. Click here to see the affiliate list. Congrats to our Team! Thanks to YOU Indiana for getting behind the show that started […]
Today In Weather History
February 9, 1870 – The National Weather Service we know today started when President Ulysses S. Grant signed a joint resolution of Congress requiring the Secretary of War “to provide for taking meteorological observations at the military stations in the interior of the continent and at other points in the States and Territories . . […]
Today In Weather History
Remember the recent chaos when Atlanta got a little snow? Imagine snow coming down…in Malibu. February 8, 1989 – A winter storm struck Cali, producing snow from Palm Springs to the beaches of Malibu. It created huge headaches on LA’s famous freeways. Sixteen cities in the western U.S. reported record low temperatures for the date. […]
The KABC “Earthquake Cam”
A 4.4 quake at 4:35 (Indiana time) this morning near Fontana California, east of LA. Here we have tv news people driving around in the snow pointing cameras at the windshield. There–they point cameras at a seismograph.
Bloomington Is The Newest Member Of The Zero-High Club
Bloomington and Columbus are now both above zero. It’s -1 in Indy at Noon. IIRC, Indy went below zero about 34 hours ago – Monday morning at 2am. Other Noon numbers: WEATHER ROUNDUP FOR INDIANA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 1200 PM EST TUE JAN 07 2014 NOTE: “FAIR” INDICATES FEW OR NO CLOUDS BELOW […]
Sunday’s Running Commentary
A Sumo wrestler ran the LA Marathon a few weeks ago, and now Olympic Marathoner Ryan Hall has says he will train for, and enter, a sumo wrestling tournament late this summer. That story and more in Today’s notes about Running, sponsored by Hear Indiana’s TalkWalkRun: It’ll be a much warmer run today, but do […]
Why I Got Into Radio
I ran across a video clip on YouTube that reminded me of my original motivation for being a Teen Age DJ. She arrives a few seconds in. “The Real” Don Steele kept this up for decades in LA radio & tv. He also dabbled on screen in everything from “Bewitched” to “Eating Raoul.” I wasn’t […]