Winter Weather Advisory in effect from February 12, 10:00 PM EST until February 13, 10:00 AM EST At Providence, snow likely after Thu 12am, changing to sleet, freezing rain, and rain by 4am, becoming all rain by 7am, ending around 12pm. Thu afternoon high temperature 45°F. In the metropolitan area, expect a fraction of an […]
Winter Storm Warning in effect from February 8, 07:00 PM EST until February 9, 01:00 PM EST At Providence, Winter Storm Warning cancelled as of 3:41am EST: “Significant accumulating snowfall has ended.” All precipitation will end by 8am. In the metropolitan area, expect 3 – 5 inches with accumulation probabilities: at least 0.1in near 100%, […]
Winter Weather Advisory in effect from February 6, 07:00 AM EST until February 6, 07:00 PM EST At Providence, snow likely Thu 7am – 3pm, likely changing to sleet by 12pm, to freezing rain by 2pm, and to rain before ending. Heavier snow and greater accumulation is expected to the north and west. In the […]
Winter Weather Advisory in effect from February 2, 07:00 PM EST until February 3, 07:00 AM EST At Providence, snow likely Sun 8 pm – 3am, ending before sunrise. Heavier snow and greater accumulation is expected to the north and west. In the metropolitan area, expect 1 – 2 inches with accumulation probabilities: at least […]
At Providence, chance of snow Wed will not exceed 35% 12-4am, then chance of rain will not exceed 25% 11am-4pm. Temperatures will exceed the freezing point after 6am, precluding possibility of snow, with afternoon high reaching 43°F. Wind will be stiff, sustained 15MPH with gusts to nearly 30MPH throughout the day. In the metropolitan area, […]
Winter Storm Warning in effect from January 19, 01:00 PM EST until January 20, 07:00 AM EST At Providence, precipitation will begin as rain Sun 4pm and change to snow between 6pm and 8pm before ending Mon 2am. A Winter Storm Warning is posted Sun 1pm – Mon 7am for north and west of Providence, […]
What will work be like in the future? Will people be replaced by artificially intelligent robots? If that happens, what kind of work will be left for people to do? And will universal basic income be necessary for survival? The scariest part of these questions is not about potential trends in the future, but rather […]
No free man shall be seized or imprisoned, or stripped of his rights or possessions, or outlawed or exiled, or deprived of his standing in any other way, nor will we proceed with force against him, or send others to do so, except by the lawful judgment of his peers or by the law of […]
Preface (2024) Looking back on my essay after 24 years, finishing this preface the day before Election Day in 2024, I am struck both by how prescient my original thoughts were and how shocked I would later be by the end stage of Trumpism, utterly horrified by the attack on the Capitol on January 6, […]
At Providence, afternoon temperature is expected to reach as high as 80°F around 2pm on Halloween day, but for trick-or-treat in the early evening will slowly cool to 75°F by sunset at 5:38pm and further to 70°F by end of twilight at 6:08pm. Chance of precipitation will be near zero. While unlikely to break the […]