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TORNADO WATCHES/WARNINGS/SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MID SECTION

A Tornado Warning was up until 11:30 CST for Central Audrain County in Central Missouri, NE Callaway County in MO and Montgomery County in East Central Missouri.  Take Cover Now.   This storm was 7 miles SE of Fulton and moving North at 30 miles per hour.   St. Louis is under a tornado watch until 2 am on March 11th, 2010.   New Orleans is also under a tornado watch.

TORNADO WATCHES FROM ST. LOUIS TO NEW ORLEANS 3/10

World’s Worst Weather !

Mount Washington Observatory has been monitoring the elements at one of the planet’s most extreme places.   Mount Washington is a rocky, windswept summit in New Hampshire with bitter cold, dense ice fog, heavy snow, and record wind gusts.   The Observatory sits at 6, 288 feet and has earned the title of the Worst Weather on the Globe.   I am writing this at 6:59 pm West Coast Time, 9:45 pm at Mount Washington, NH.  The temperature at 9:45 pm on March 4th, 2010 is 9.9 degrees with the wind out of the NE at 39.5 miles per hour making the wind chill 14.9 degrees below zero.  Burrrrrrr

NOTE: New Hampshire’s Mount Washington has LOST its distinction as the place with the highest wind gust ever recorded on Earth.    It used to be 231 miles per hour at Mount Washington, NH.  A panel from the World Meteorological Organization was reviewing extreme weather and climate data and they turned up a 253 mile per hour gust on AUSTRALIA’S BARROW ISLAND during CYCLONE OLIVIA IN 1996.

WIND AND DRIVING SNOW ARE COMMON AT THE HIGHEST PEAK IN THE NE U.S.

MOUNT WASHINGTON, NEW HAMPSHIRE

Huge Waves Kill 2 on Cruise Ship in the Mediterranean Sea

BELOW: THE FRIGHTENING YOUTUBE VIDEO OF THE ACUAL WAVES HITTING THE LOUIS MAJESTY: WATCH THE 2ND VIDEO DOWN AND NOTICE THE DARK AND STORMY SKY IN THE BACKGROUND! THERE WERE REPORTS OF 60 MILE PER HOUR WINDS IN THE AREA AT THE TIME, THIS WAS LIKELY THE CAUSE OF THE 26 TO 30 FOOT WAVES CRASHING INTO THE SHIP.

ABOVE: ALSO YOUTUBE VIDEO OF ONE OF THE ACTUAL WAVES HITTING THE CRUISE SHIP:

Greek and Cypriot officials said, freak tsunami-like waves measuring 26 to 30 feet high ploughed into a Mediterranean cruise ship, sweeping 2 passengers to their deaths and injuring many others.

This horrific tragedy unfolded Wednesday March 3rd, on the Louis Majesty, owned by Cypriot.  The waves developed near the French port of Marseilles with 60 mile per hour wind in the area and a dark and stormy sky.   Witnesses say, the walls of water appeared from nowhere breaking glass windshields in the forward section, as you see in the 1st youtube video above.  The ship returned to Spain after the tragedy.

There were nearly 2,000 people on the cruise ship, 1,350 passengers and 850 crew. The casualties were very serious, one German and an Italian passenger died, at least 6 others were injured.

The Louis Majesty was built in 1992 and it can house 1,790 passengers.  The entertainment, dining and recreation onboard are of high caliber.  There are 6 elevators in the ship, 6 international resturants and 9 lounges.

LOCATION OF KILLER WAVES

ABOVE: THE LOUIS MAJESTY CRUISE SHIP

AP REPORT ON THE LOUIS MAJESTY:

Vertical Express for MS

VERTICAL EXPRESS FOR MS @ CRYSTAL MOUNTAIN WASHINGTON FEB. 26-28 2010

Here’s a great email from Dan ! This sums up the weekend and donations.

Hello Everybody!!!

We had a fantastic weekend at Crystal Mountain with the Vertical Express for MS!!!!!

We had sun, snow, sun, snow and a really great show(ing)!

25 teams of 3 competed and have raised over $41,000 (so far!!) to help people with MS.

We have challenged all teams to a race to raise $9000.00 by March 22.  The first team to get there will win a complimentary trip for all 3 team members to our Annual Awards ceremony in Vail April 15-18.

Any team that gets to $15,000 by March 22 will also get to go.

The top 6 fundraising teams are: Team Crystal, Crystal Mt. Ski Patrol 2, Powder Hounds for MS, Team Share, Wolfe Patrol & MSFits.

If you’d like to make a tax deductible donation to support any of those teams (or any other team) please visit:     http://www.active.com/donate/VEMScrystal10

Our online Auction with 95.7 KJR-FM is closing tonight at midnight. Thank you to Jay Kelly, Kevin Ebi and all the folks at KJR-FM!!!.  Please stay up late (or make an unbeatable bid right now) because we still have some awesome (an affordable) stuff available at:http://www.957kjrfm.com

20.9″ of Snow, The Total in Central Park in New York City as of 7pm 2/26/10

More of Jose Salvador’s GREAT snow photos in New York City !!!

36.9″ IN CENTRAL PARK FOR FEBRUARY 2010, THIS IS THE ALL TIME MONTHLY RECORD SNOWFALL FOR NEW YORK CITY !  IT BREAKS THE ALL TIME SNOWIEST MONTH FOR CENTRAL PARK.  THE OLD RECORD WAS 30.5″ SET BACK IN MARCH 1896.

THE 36.9″ OF SNOW IN FEBRUARY ALSO BREAKS THE OLD RECORD SNOWFALL IN FEBRUARY OF 27.9″ SET IN 1934.

ALSO, ON MY BROTHER’S BIRTHDAY, FEBRUARY 27TH, 2010, A RECORD DAILY SNOWFALL OF 11.5″ WAS ALSO SET AT CENTRAL PARK.  HAPPY BIRTHDAY !!   THE OLD RECORD FOR FEBRUARY 27TH WAS 8.4″ IN 1991.

Queens 11 to 20″ Totals/Suffern in Rockland Co. 18.2″/ Montauk, way Eastern Long Island 1.5″ only/ Islip 8.5″/Southampton 5.3″/Bergenfield, NJ 21.0″ / Elizabeth, NJ 13.0″/ Secaucus 18.5″

New York City's West Village 2/26/10

JOSE SALVADOR'S PHOTO IN NEW YORK CITY 2/26/2010

Jose Salvador’s Photos of the Record NYC Snowfall 2/25 & 2/26 2010

NYC RECORD HEAVY WET SNOWFALL 2/26/10

Sandy Point, WA

SANDY POINT SUNSET IN FEBRUARY 2010

TREE FALLS, KILLING A MAN IN CENTRAL PARK IN NYC

The snow in New York City has been so heavy and wet that trees are beginning to fall in the NYC area.  Jose Salvador- The FOX 5 10 pm producer says the weather is being blamed on the death of a 56 year old man.  It happened when a tree branch came crashing down in Central Park near East 67th Street.  The weight of the snow is being blamed for the death.  Also, a tree came down on a bronx express bus, no one was injured in that incident.

A TREE FELL ON A BUS IN NYC 69th & 5th 2/25/2010-Thanks Rosanna Scotto for the photo !! Luv you!

Northern New Jersey

Train Station New York

Trees Falls due to the heavy wet snow

The Snow is Very Heavy and Wet !

FORECASTED SNOWFALL TOTALS HIGHER AROUND NYC AND LONG ISLAND

Jose Salvador and Lisa Cabrera

I wish I could ride out this big NYC Snowstorm with you guys !  Jose, keep getting those amazing 10 pm ratings and good luck tonight.  Lisa take pictures of the baby in the snow Please !  -Luv Jim

Jose Modeling

LISA CABRERA

JOSE SALVADOR

UPGRADE: Winter Storm Warnings for New York City and Philadelphia into Friday 2/26

WINTER STORM WARNINGS IN NEW YORK CITY & RAIN FOR EASTERN LONG ISLAND

New York City(Manhattan) including the Bronx, Staten Island, Brooklyn and Queens:  All are under a WINTER STORM WARNING from 6am Thursday 2/25 until 6 pm Friday 2/26.  Snow is now expected to develop around the morning rush and continue into Friday.   The current forecast shows the heaviest and steadiest snow should fall from mid morning on Thursday into Thursday evening.  7 to 13″ with locally higher amounts are likely, especially in the higher elevations N & W of New York City.  A foot is likely again in New York City.  Believe it or not, Eastern Long Island may only see rain as milder Atlantic air moves into the strong low pressure area.

StormTotalSnowFcst FROM NOAA 12.5" POSSIBLE FOR PHILADELPHIA FRIDAY

StormTotalSnowFcst FOR NEW YORK CITY 12.5" POSSIBLE FRIDAY & RAIN WAY EAST