Archive for May 29th, 2016

South Carolina Tropical Hit This Weekend, Texas Up Next A Little After Next Weekend?

South Carolina Tropical Hit This Weekend, Texas Up Next A Little After Next Weekend?

As promised, this Memorial Day weekend has brought the first widespread and record 90s throughout the Eastern US just as folks enjoy the ‘unofficial start to summer’. We also saw not the first but second named tropical storm of the season which made landfall in South Carolina yesterday. When was the first? Remember that rare […]

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Powerful Thunderstorm Complex Spans A Continent With Lightning Striking Dozens!

Powerful Thunderstorm Complex Spans A Continent With Lightning Striking Dozens!

For the majority of Ireland and the UK it’s been a fine, dry and pleasant bank holiday weekend but as for mainland Europe, lightning has filled the skies causing dozens to be struck from Paris to Warsaw. In Paris 11 people we’re struck by lightning while celebrating a birthday in a park while in Germany several we’re struck […]

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PHOTO’S: Climb To The Top Of Buachaille Etive Mòr – Stob Dearg (Glen Coe)

PHOTO’S: Climb To The Top Of Buachaille Etive Mòr – Stob Dearg (Glen Coe)

Up and away at 5.30am sharp on Friday 20 May, I set off for Glen Coe and the iconic Buachaille Etive Mor Stob Dearg. One of Scotland’s most famous and photographed munro’s. This mountain never fails to catch my eye on my frequent drives up to Fort William. Having arrived at 7.15am, the popular and often congested Altnafeadh layby was empty. Before […]

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