Hurricane Marco Rubio?

Forget about Andrew, Sandy or Katrina. How about Marco Rubio, Michelle Bachmann or Rick Perry? It seems that an environmental group, 350 Action, has organized a petition drive to urge the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) to name hurricanes and tropical storms after political leaders who deny the existence of climate change. The WMO normally names hurricanes using a pre-determined alphabetical list which gets recycled every six years.

In addition to the petition, 350 Action has also released a video, which shows fake news reports about hurricanes named after climate change deniers.

As of the writing of this blog post, the online petition had more the 40,000 signatures.

On the Mississippi

Check out my short clip..."On the Mississippi" http://t.co/BlwpHfJaUd via @youtube #MississippiRiver #StLouis #GatewayArch

— Joel Wells (@animule) August 10, 2013

Indiana's Borders in an Alternate Universe

Imagine if Indiana's eastern boundary with Ohio was 50 miles further to the east and simultaneously, its western boundary with Illinois was extended 50 miles further to the west.

If this unlikely scenario ever became the case, Indiana's population would more than double. This huge influx of people would arise from including the population of Cook County (Chicago) in Illinois and the Cincinnati area in Ohio comprising Hamilton County, Butler County and Warren County.




Indianapolis, which is now the most populous city in Indiana, would suddenly rank number three under this new border arrangement.

I don't think there is any other state that holds this somewhat dubious distinction.