Every year, the TV people with the perfect hair stand in front of big, swirling storm maps and tell us, in so many words, Holy fucking shit the big one is here. It’s how we prepare — or not — for an impending storm that defines us as South Floridians…
Good news: South Florida. NOAA keeps moving the “cone of possibility” away from the area (though we aren’t safe yet). Bad news: Irene keeps gaining strength.Last night, the storm strengthened to 100 MPH winds, making it a Category 2 ‘cane. Irene is currently north of the Dominican Republic, with the…
The low pressure trough formerly known as Tropical Storm Emily fizzled after making its way through Haiti last night. (No deaths or injuries have been reported there.) Forecaster say there’s still a chance Emily could regroup into a somewhat serious storm. Effects on South Florida remain unclear, and the forecast…
Here’s the good news: as of right now, we only have a 30 percent chance of rain on Saturday, which is less than today’s 50 percent chance. Here’s the bad news: Tropical Storm Emily’s path is inching ever closer toward Florida and continues to threaten your beach time…
While it’s not projected to directly hit South Florida, or any part of the state for that matter, Tropical Storm Emily has all the makings of one of those classic, seriously annoying hurricanes. So, even under the best-case scenario, prepare to have a serious dampening damper put on your weekend…
Members of Florida Tea Party groups are so upset with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s efforts to save manatees that they are claiming that new rules to possibly be imposed in famous Kings Bay would not only go against the Bible, but also are part of a vast United Nations conspiracy…
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…
