September 2010 Archives

September Saturdays (fill in the blank with an S-word of your choosing)

By
Jon Shaner
on September 25, 2010 10:16 PM | | Comments (0) | TrackBacks (0)
Anyone who's been at a college football game this month knows this already...

Saturdays so far in September have been the coolest days of the month.

On the 4th, the high in Grand Rapids was 62°.  The best Saturday has been the 18th, at 66°.  But the coolest two days of September so far have both been Saturdays -- 59° on the 11th and 60° on the 25th (today).

All told, the average high on Saturdays has been 61.8°.

Take out Saturdays and average every other day of the month, and the average high jumps to 74.6°!

I like sweatshirt weather as much as anyone else, but one nice Saturday to get in a last round of golf wouldn't be a bad thing.

Unfortunately, it looks like things will be cooling down again next weekend!

Ant hurricane? Um, wow.

By
Jon Shaner
on September 14, 2010 6:49 AM | | Comments (0) | TrackBacks (0)
I don't know if this is real, or what could possibly be the explanation:



The original poster claims the ants did this for two full days.  
So many questions: Aren't they dizzy?  What are they planning?  And, most importantly, WHY?

Edit to add: this is apparently a phenomenon known as the "death spiral."  Weird.

Fishing vs. Sea Lions

By
Jon Shaner
on September 13, 2010 6:15 AM | | Comments (0) | TrackBacks (0)
Monday morning, I discussed this story from the coastal waters of Alaska -- the federal government is trying to close two major commercial fisheries due to a declining population of sea lions, which are an endangered species.

Historic Heat Wave

By
Jon Shaner
on September 1, 2010 6:08 AM | | Comments (0) | TrackBacks (0)
If you think it's been hot in West Michigan the last few days, you should compare this summer to the summer of 1953.

In late August, a large area of hot air built into the region, setting six days of record high temperatures in Grand Rapids over a span of eight days.

The high temps were:

Date                      High Temperature
Aug. 27, 1953                   95°
Aug. 28                            94°
Aug. 29                            95°
Aug. 30                            91°
Aug. 31                            97°
Sept. 1                             97°
Sept. 2                             93°
Sept. 3                             95°

For better or worse, significantly cooler air is on the way for West Michigan this weekend!

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(Photo: Susan Yunker, Murray Lake)
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