Miami’s least favorite time of year, Hurricane Season, kicks off officially on June 1st, and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is predicting an above average Atlantic season with as many as 18 named storms, ten hurricanes and six major hurricanes…
The great alien python menace continues to ravage to the delicate ecosystem of the Everglades, and scientists hoped that last January’s historic cold snap would put a big dent in the invasive snake population. Unfortunately, most of those slimy bastards managed to survive the big chill. Not even Mother Nature…
The weather God has set Florida up with an unbelievable tourism PR opportunity: It has snowed in every state in the union except, fittingly, the Sunshine State. Yep, even Hawaii has some snow flakes present on its Mauna Kea volcano, but Florida remains frost free…
The signs went up about a month ago, stapled high on light posts along I-95, the Julia Tuttle Causeway, and Biscayne Boulevard. They’re nothing more than a hand-scrawled message on fluorescent cardboard, yet they’re weirdly compelling: “Hungrerapper.com,” they say, and nothing more.Visit the site, as thousands of people have done…
The effects of Tropical Storm Bonnie are ripping through Miami, and while we here at New Times are no meteorological experts, we’re projecting that the storm will be a “major pain in the ass” until this afternoon and then will be downgradeded to “mild annoyance” the rest of the weekend. …
Cue the breathless local TV announcers and the runs on milk, bread, and stout whiskey at Publix: Miami is officially in line to get hit with its first tropical storm of the season.The National Hurricane Center just issued a tropical storm warning for Florida’s East Coast from Golden Beach south…
The grim weathermen of Weather.com have put together a list of the vulnerable cities that are long overdue to fall victim to a major hurricane, and guess who took top honors? Yes, that’s right, Miami and Fort Lauderdale. Besides Hurricane Andrew, a major hurricane (Category 3 or stronger) hasn’t made direct…
Hate to rain on the parade surrounding the uber-cool 1111 Lincoln Road Parking Garage, but the structure that has gotten rave reviews for its design from the art world and media — including the New York Times and Icon Magazine — is having trouble keeping parkers dry. By featuring so…
Ah, spring finally starts tomorrow, and we’ll be glad to have this weirdly chilly Winter behind us. Our friends to the North may have scoffed at our complaints of cold and rainy conditions, but the Weather Channel has validated those climate complainers in Miami Beach.The channel says that Miami Beach…
88 Haitians found trying to reach America in a 50-ft sail boat were returned by the Coast Guard. [CBS4]The body of a 21-year-old man wanted for murder in Miami was found dead in a field near Fort Pierce next to the body of his 35-year-old girlfriend. [Herald]A female student at…
Riptide is wearing flip-flops today just because we can. It’s 73 degrees out and beautiful after a long, horrible week of prolonged cold. Our winter wardrobe — some hoodies and sweatpants — is in serious need of laundering, and we are really enjoying this T-shirt weather. Alas, the gods of…
The news for Florida manatees started off strong last year, as wildlife officials announced that their survey found a record number of manatees in our waters. In fact, they had found 500 more than ever before, but 2009 ended on a sour note when 429 manatees were estimated to have…
It looked, for a hot second at least, that Tropical Storm Henri might become something of a problem Floridians, but forecasters now say the system is losing strength fast and will dissipate by tomorrow.We’re thankful the storm will not go around selectively blowing down trees in the yards of people…
El Niño, the noted periodic Pacific Ocean warming thing, has a positive effect for us living on the East Coast: It depresses strong hurricane activity.According to a new study in the journal Nature, global warming could mess all of that up by strengthening El Niño’s obscure twin — also called El Niño…
You know what happens when it is a slow news day and particularly hot? We write posts about how hot it is. According to CBS4, today’s temperature of 95 degrees tied the all-time high for any July 7. It hasn’t been this hot since 2004. Yesterday’s mercury reading of 95…
A little after noon, some serious storms blew through South Beach and the rest of Miami. I was in my apartment on Meridian Avenue at the time and it was a hellacious thunderstorm — 60 mph winds, about an hour straight of hail, palm fronds flying through the air. The…
We aren’t entirely sure what has happened, but Twitter updates from Cocaine Cowboys producer Alfred Spellman indicate that a piece ceiling in the Fontainebleau’s lobby, near the entrance to LIV, has caved in. The area has been roped off and sandbagged presumably in order to prevent water from rushing into the downstairs…
New Times is not known for its weather coverage, but, God dang, it is raining like a mothaf*cker right now. Currently our offices are out of power (but somehow we still have Internet!), and according to CBS4, 2,600 other people in Miami-Dade have also lost power. The site also claims there…
The tide may be turning: Wal-Mart has recently announced that it will offer customers reusable bags made from recyclable materials. And, want more evidence that plastic is bad for marine mammals? Just ask Pamela Sweeney of the Marine Animal Rescue Society here in Miami. She missed the deadline for this…
If you lived where she lives, you might think the government was all wet, too.
