7 posts tagged ‘Weather’
Out-of-control fire burns 1,300 acres in hills of Los Angeles so far — fueled by "life-threatening" winds
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An out-of-control fire, fueled by "life-threatening" winds, has burned up nearly 1,300 acres in the hills of Los Angeles so far today, forcing at least 30,000 people to evacuate. And as of this afternoon, it has not been contained. From the Los Angeles Times: Darrin Hurwitz said what appeared to start as a small brush fire turned into a raging inferno within the space of about half an hour. — Read the rest The post Out-of-control fire burns 1,300 acres in hills of Los Angeles so far — fueled by "life-threatening" winds appeared first on Boing Boing.
Sonuby 1.7.1
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Michael Burkhardt: Sonuby is a different kind of weather app, designed for users who often partake in outdoor activities. For example, if you often snowboard, you can have a weather forecast that places snow conditions front and center. Weather needs can be very individualistic, which is why Sonuby allows you to tailor the app to […]
Alex Winter on His Character in Destroy All Neighbors
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Watch the explosive moment when a deadly tornado hit a power station (video)
On Saturday, a tornado tore through Nashville, Tennessee, hitting a suburban powerstation in the northeast neighborhood of Madison. The twisted triggered a massive explosion resulting in a fireball spotted across the city. Below is video of the moment the tornado hit Nashville Electric Service's North substation. — Read the rest
Something Unearthly Could Switch Train Signals From Red to Green
Some train track circuits are at the mercy of distant storms on the Sun’s surface, researchers found, which could cause train signals to jump from red to green and vice versa as a result of extreme space weather. Read more...
Google's New AI Weatherman Will Leave Forecasters in the Dust
Finally, a robot to tell you which jacket you should wear to the function. Google DeepMind, the search giant’s AI-centric brain trust, just announced a new weather forecasting model that beats traditional systems more than 90% of the time. Named GraphCast, the machine learning model promises 10-day predictions that… Read more...
Weathergraph 1.0.210
Tomas Kafka: Weekly chart: You can now see a week at a glance below the main chart, both in the app and in the large widget. Scroll the weekly chart to peek into the future even more (as long as the forecast provides more than a week of data). Long press the weekly chart to […]