The Blog of “J”

NOTE: This content is about weather and meteorology, similar to that contained in my WeatherMatrix Blog which ran from 2005-2022 on AccuWeather.com. The 2024 Atlantic hurricane season will go into the history books as one of the worst seasons for the United States since records began. Here are the rankings: #1-#2 FOR DAMAGE: AccuWeather says… Read more: [WeatherMatrix] 2024 Atlantic Hurricane Season Rankings

Once again, it’s time for another Presidential Election. And somehow the third with Trump. After blowing my prediction that Trump would lose in 2016, I stopped believing the polls and didn’t make a prediction in 2020, even though Biden was WAY up. Today, the polls are as close to 50/50 as they get, so it… Read more: Election Time, for the Last Time?

NOTE: This content is about weather and meteorology, similar to that contained in my WeatherMatrix Blog which ran from 2005-2022 on AccuWeather.com. This statement was issued in real-time on Twitter, where it got 1,000 retweets, Facebook, Blue Sky, and Mastadon. It was later uploaded here for posterity. A STATEMENT ON THE SITUATION IN WESTERN NORTH… Read more: [WeatherMatrix] A Statement On Hurricane Helene & the S. Appalachians

We are renting a house at Oak Island, North Carolina this week that was built on the grounds of what was the longest pier on the East Coast of the U.S. for a while, and was the longest pier in North Carolina until it was demolished for the final time, not by a hurricane but… Read more: The Longest Pier in North Carolina, and Golden Corral

In 2004, I bought Jimmy Buffett’s book “A Pirate Looks At 50.” You may recall it making an appearance here on my blog in 2006. It was a book about growing old and remembering your younger glory days. I never finished it, because I don’t have much time to read. Interestingly, it’s 20 years later,… Read more: A Pirate Looks At 50