Philly Was Colder Than Average On Blizzard Days

The global warming cult won’t give up. It’s as though they are being led by Wile E. Coyote.


The claim now is that the heavy snow of the last three month is because warmer air holds more moisture.

According to the National Weather Service the normal average temperature for Dec. 19 is 36F. On the actual day of the snowstorm the average was 27F.

For Feb. 6, normal average is 33F. On the day of the storm it was 23F.

For Feb. 10, normal average is 33F. On the day of the storm it was 31F.

I’m sure the cultists will have an explanation as to why this would show global warming as well — just as they would if we had gone for a winter without much snow.

Never forget that it was not Henny Penny that was eaten by Foxy Loxy but the ones that had followed her.

Record Setting Winter 2010

The 15.8 inches of snow dumped, Feb. 9-10, on Delaware County — as measured at the Philadelphia International Airport much of which is in Tinicum — has made the seaRecord Setting Winter 2010son of 2009-2010 the snowiest on record with a total accumulation of 72. 1 inches according to weather authorities. This breaks the previous record set in 1995-96 in which 65.5 inches fell.

The Feb. 6 snowfall was 28.5 inches of snow as measured at National Park, N.J., which is across the Delaware River from the airport
The Dec. 19-20 snowfall was 23.2 inches  as measured at Philly International.
And there were smaller snowfalls in between.
Record Setting Winter 2010

The Second February Blizzard Of 2010

Andrew Schavello — I hope I got the spelling right, Andrew — is probably the most popular guy right now on Windsor Circle. Andrew is trying to keep ahead of accumulation as the snow continues to pile on his street in Springfield, Pa. He was the one who cleared the common driveway.


To each his own, I say.

Boeing Guards Guns Stolen

Pinkerton Government Services, which is responsible for providing security at the Boeing helicopter plant in Ridley Township, Pa., reported to township police yesterday that someone stole their guns.

Missing are six .40 caliber semiautomatic handguns and eight .38-caliber revolvers. They had been in a storage locker.
The plant manufactures the CH-47 Chinook and most of the V-22 Osprey.

Ho Ho, Hey Hey Do Away With The TSA

Daniel Rubin in the Feb. 8 edition of the  Philadelphia Inquirer exposed another egregious example of a prominent federal agency’s  absence  of common decency and sense.


This involved a businesswoman who wound up facing felony charges after a dispute stemming from her objections as to how screeners for the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) handled her underwear during a private baggage screening at Philadelphia International Airport. She was acquitted of all charges.

Last month, Rubin wrote about how a TSA screener brought a 22-year-old female college student to tears after he had joked he had found a container of white powder in her luggage.

And this is on top of incidents such as the one where Newark Airport was thrown into massive turmoil after a TSA guard left his post allowing a student to sneak into a passengers’ only area to give his girlfriend a goodbye smooch or the one where a noted war correspondent was handcuffed by TSA officers after he refused to divulge his income.

The TSA is the federalization of baggage screeners that occurred after 9/11. It was not wanted by the Bush Administration nor recommended by security experts but was insisted upon by leading Democrats solely, some thought,  to increase the federal workforce which is one of that party’s important constituencies.

Bush had to concede to the demand or the Democrats who controlled the Senate at the time would not have allowed other more critical security measures to be addressed.

It is time to return responsibility for baggage screening back to the airlines who want neither their planes to be blown up nor customers abused.

Snarlin’ Arlen Gets Party Endorsement

Arlen Specter is the party-endorsed candidate in the May 18 primary election for U.S. senator.  The Democratic State Committee gave the Republican turncoat its official blessing after a meeting yesterday in Lancaster, picking him over true-blue, ultra-liberal Congressman Joe Sestak (D-Pa7).

Congressman Murtha Has Died

Congressman John Murtha (D-Pa12) died today at Virginia Hospital Center in Arlington. He was 77 and had represented his district since 1974.


Murtha’s  gallbladder was removed  Jan. 28 in what was considered a routine laparoscopic procedure at Bethesda Naval Hospital in Maryland. An infection developed, however, and on Feb. 1 he was moved to the intensive care unit at the Virginia Hospital Center.


Murtha, the first Vietnam veteran to be elected to congress, was Pennsylvania longest serving congressman and was seeking to win a 20th term this November. He chaired the House Subcommittee on Defense.

His district is the only one in the nation that voted for Republican presidential candidate  Sen. John McCain and for Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry.

Gov. Rendell is expected to call a special election to fill the seat. Murtha had challengers —Ron Mackell Jr. and  34-year-old Ryan Bucchianeri — in the May 18 Democratic Primary.

The leading contender for the GOP nomination is Bill Russell, who was Murtha’s opposition in 2008. He faces GOP activist Dave Battaglia  and businessman Tim Burns.

Hello, Amber Murphy

Brian and Holly Murphy are the proud parents of a new baby girl with the lovely name of Amber. If I understood Brian correctly she was born Saturday on the day of the snowstorm.

Congratulations Brian and Holly.
Brian is one of the good guys who helped clear out the neighborhood with his snowblower, along with Andrew and a fellow I couldn’t identify. Granted, Brian did his service on Sunday but he did appear to have a commitment on the day of the blizzard.

February Blizzard 2010

February Blizzard 2010

The community Souper Bowl Of Caring Food Drive being held in Springfield Pa. is going to have to wait for a day other than Super Bowl Saturday. The blizzard that is still rocking the Philadelphia region and much of the East Coast is expected to continue until early this evening.

It may wind up being compared to the Blizzard of ’93.
February Blizzard 2010

Snarlin’ Arlen’s Low Blow Against Admiral Joe

I think I might change my bet and put it on Admiral Joe “I Believe The World Is Burning To The Ground” Sestak as to who is going to be the Democratic nominee in this year’s Pennsylvania senate race. 

During last night’s Democratic candidate’s forum in Lancaster, incumbent Arlen “I Believe The World Is Burning To The Ground Too” Specter compared missed votes by the 7th District’s congressman to going AWOL in the Navy. It turned out that a lot of the votes Sestak missed were due to his spending time with his dying father who passed away in September. 
And Sestak, of course, had been hammering away throughout the night on the votes that Specter didn’t miss as a Republican in support of the Bush agenda which was not making Arlen a darlin’ with the Dems paying attention to the face-off.
Specter’s statement is akin to the bone-headed claim made by GOP incumbent Curt Weldon in the 2006 congressional race that Sestak should have been sending his four-year-old daughter to a Philadelphia-area hospital to treat her brain tumor. It was about then I thought Weldon might actually lose the race.
Still, to seal the deal Sestak did require a very strange last minute raid by federal agents on the homes and businesses of friends and relatives of Weldon — a raid which, btw, has yet to lead to any charges against the principals or serious charges against anybody. 
Maybe, I won’t change my bet.
If Sestak should wind up being the Dems’ pick, however, almost sure-bet GOP-nominee Pat Toomey  must keep in mind that Sestak is basically a nice guy. He doesn’t seem to hate anybody. He’s not sneaky. He’s not a liar. He’s not a thief. He’s not lazy. He’s not irresponsible, well perhaps intellectually but not in terms of keeping commitments and such.
What Sestak is, however, is an outspoken, staunch, true-blue believer in things that will make our lives much, much harder if they should ever be instituted. He is actually much worse than Arlen Specter whose constituency is first and perhaps only Arlen Specter.
If Toomey sticks to the issues, he’s going to win easily against either candidate.