Today's Weather News Headlines - Yahoo! News:
- Networks prepare to juggle politics, weather
- As Isaac leads to flight cancellations, some airlines are more flexible about rebooking
- Airlines differ on Isaac rebooking policies
- IFC wins bid for "Cheerful Weather for the Wedding"
- In climate landmark, Arctic ice melts to record low
- Music Monday: Weather Songs
- Southwest flight diverts to smaller St. Louis-area airport due to bad weather, lack of fuel
- Almanac forecast: Wintry weather _ and mystery
- Will Isaac Impact North Texas Weather?
- Tropical Storm Warning Canceled
- The nation's weather
- Shifting Storm Path Poses New Challenges for GOP
- Convention Daybook: Plenty of Events Despite the Weather - Brought to you by CIT
- Al Gore on Summer 2012's Extreme Weather: 'Like a Nature Hike Through the Book of Revelation'
- NY historic sites weather Tropical Storm Irene, still in recovery 1 year later
- Romney faces balancing act with convention, storm
- New GOP Plan Subject To Weather
- On Climate, It's Not the Heat, It's the Timidity
- Rain finally arrives in drought-hit areas of U.S.
- UN green climate fund, aiding poor, to pick HQ in 2012
- GOP delays convention business due to Isaac
- RNC chairman: Convention will convene Monday, then recess until Tuesday afternoon due to Isaac
- GOP Delays Convention Start
- Republicans Delay Convention Start to Tuesday Due to Weather Concerns
- Green Climate Fund to hold next meeting in South Korea
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Networks prepare to juggle politics, weather
Mon,27 Aug 2012 07:32 PM PDT
Associated Press - Television networks began juggling two major stories on Monday, still wondering whether Tropical Storm Isaac will cause them to divert a large amount of attention from the Republican national convention in Tampa. Full Story | Top |
IFC wins bid for "Cheerful Weather for the Wedding"
Mon,27 Aug 2012 03:22 PM PDT
Reuters - LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - IFC Films has taken U.S. rights to Donald Rice's romantic comedy "Cheerful Weather for the Wedding." The film is an adaptation of the British author Julia Strachey's novella of the same name, which was published in 1932 by the Hogarth Press. The book was recently re-released by Persephone Books. Elizabeth McGovern, Felicity Jones, Luke Treadaway, Mackenzie Crook and Zoe Tapper star in the rom-com set in England, which had its world premiere at Tribeca earlier this year. Donald Rice directed the film from a script that he co-wrote with Mary Henely-Magill. ... Full Story | Top |
Music Monday: Weather Songs
Mon,27 Aug 2012 11:13 AM PDT
Mashable -  One thing we all share no matter where we live is weather. It affects our lives like nothing else in our environment. It's not surprising then that weather can be as common a muse as any, whether it's the physical activity in our atmosphere we're talking about or the imagery and symbolism it provides.
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Almanac forecast: Wintry weather _ and mystery
Mon,27 Aug 2012 07:44 AM PDT
Associated Press -  The weather world is full of high-profile meteorologists like NBC's Al Roker and the Weather Channel's Jim Cantore. But the guy making the forecasts for the Farmers' Almanac is more like the man behind the curtain.
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Tropical Storm Warning Canceled
Mon,27 Aug 2012 04:21 AM PDT
National Journal - The National Weather Service has canceled a tropical storm warning for coastal portions of the Florida panhandle.The relieved area includes Tampa, the site of the Republican National Convention. The storm is headed west of Tampa, and New Orleans is now expected to bear the potential brunt of it. It remains on track to land in Louisiana as a Category 1 hurricane. Full Story | Top |
Shifting Storm Path Poses New Challenges for GOP
Sun,26 Aug 2012 11:29 PM PDT
National Journal - Tropical Storm Isaac is veering away from a direct hit on Tampa Bay and toward a potentially large political problem for Mitt Romney and the Republican National Convention delegates poised to nominate him for president.The National Weather Service reported on Sunday evening that Isaac was spinning away from the Florida Gulf Coast as it travels north, but forecasters warned that up to 10 inches of rain could still pelt the Tampa area and that water could rise 2 to 4 feet, flooding low-lying areas. The service issued a hurricane warning for metropolitan New Orleans. ... Full Story | Top |
Convention Daybook: Plenty of Events Despite the Weather - Brought to you by CIT
Sun,26 Aug 2012 11:00 PM PDT
National Journal - Welcome to National Journal's Convention Daybook, which provides a floor schedule and a list of major events at the Republican National Convention each day.FLOOR SCHEDULE:Convention organizers rescheduled today's lineup, thanks to Tropical Storm Isaac. Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus will call the convention to order at 2 p.m., start a national debt clock that tracks how much was added during the convention, and announce a recess at 2:10 p.m. Though there will be little happening on the convention floor, all major speakers have been rescheduled. ... Full Story | Top |
Romney faces balancing act with convention, storm
Sun,26 Aug 2012 04:31 PM PDT
Associated Press -  With Tropical Storm Isaac bearing down on the Gulf Coast, Republicans left open the possibility of bigger changes to Mitt Romney's already-shortened convention, mindful of political awkwardness in celebrating while severe weather threatens New Orleans on the anniversary of Hurricane Katrina.
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New GOP Plan Subject To Weather
Sun,26 Aug 2012 11:44 AM PDT
National Journal - GOP, Eyeing Isaac, Issues New Convention ScheduleThe revised schedule is for a convention running from Tuesday to Thursday. Romney campaign adviser Russ Schriefer said officials are monitoring the weather closely and left the door open to more schedule changes.Schriefer said he didn't want to discuss "hypothetical" cancellations but "our concern has to be with the people in the path" of the storm.Under the revised schedule, Mitt Romney will be nominated Tuesday night and give his acceptance speech Thursday night.Former Arkansas Gov. ... Full Story | Top |
On Climate, It's Not the Heat, It's the Timidity
Sun,26 Aug 2012 11:43 AM PDT
National Journal - This year's unremitting heat, droughts, wildfires, and freak storms have thrust climate change back into the spotlight. But even with the issue fresh in people's minds—not to mention in media coverage and Washington's echo chamber—climate change hasn't made it onto the priority list that matters most: the one kept by the two presidential contenders. Full Story | Top |
Rain finally arrives in drought-hit areas of U.S.
Sun,26 Aug 2012 11:23 AM PDT
Reuters - KANSAS CITY, Missouri (Reuters) - Weekend storms produced heavy rain in some parts of the drought-stricken central United States but gave other areas scant relief from the worst drought since 1956 and the widespread damage it has done to crops across the Midwest. Central Kansas received the most rain on Saturday and Sunday, three to four inches in many areas and six inches in some spots, according to the National Weather Service. Topeka and Wichita, after months of extreme drought, broke rainfall records for any August 25 with close to three inches in each city. ... Full Story | Top |
UN green climate fund, aiding poor, to pick HQ in 2012
Sun,26 Aug 2012 01:29 AM PDT
Reuters - OSLO (Reuters) - Leaders of a fledgling U.N. green fund agreed at a first meeting on Saturday to pick a headquarters this year as part of a plan to oversee billions of dollars in aid to help developing nations fight global warming. The three-day meeting in Geneva heard pitches from the six countries -- Germany, Mexico, Namibia, Poland, South Korea and Switzerland -- that want to host the Green Climate Fund, the main U.N. body due to manage $100 billion in aid from 2020. ... Full Story | Top |
GOP Delays Convention Start
Sat,25 Aug 2012 02:06 PM PDT
National Journal - Severe weather pushes GOP convention to Tuesday.GOP officials are delaying the start of the Republican National Convention in Tampa to at least Tuesday due to Tropical Storm Isaac, according to a memo released by Republican National Committee chairman Reince Priebus.The convention will officially convened Monday, and then immediately recessed until Tuesday, to accomodate travelers expected to encounter "severe transportation difficulties." Tropical Storm Isaac is expected to strike the Tampa Bay region Monday, bringing with it sustained rain and high winds. ... Full Story | Top |
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