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crime
The Rain Explains Why Fewer People Are Slain
The New York Times conducts its own analysis and concludes that, in New York City at least, more rainy days means fewer homicides. However, given the ongoing depressing Year Without a Summer around these parts, there's no discussion of suicides. More »
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By John CookComment by Colonel Mustard: It's hard to stab somebody and keep your umbrella straight at the same time. 4 Responses | Other threads
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pic of the day
One Day of Not Rain
[A lifeguard on one of New York City's beaches, taken earlier this month, when it was remarkably not raining. Via Flickr user H E T's I Hate/Love NYC 09 gallery]
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Comment by cheap_sunglasses: I know little to nothing about photography. What effect/equipment/film was used to create the grainy image and the imperfections on... 3 Responses | Other threads
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june gloom
The Year (Still) Without a Summer
Last week you scoffed with your sarcastic "boo hoos" and reminded us it's still technically spring when we said 2009 is shaping up to be The Year Without a Summer. Are those of you on the East Coast convinced yet? More »
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Comment by BookishLookish: I have this new dress, it is low-cut and is made out of layers of fabric so gossamer-y and beautiful... 9 Responses | Other threads
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weather
The Year Without a Summer
No, it's not you. The weather in New York City has been a foggy, soggy, cloudy, sunless slog through what is supposed to be a beautiful, joyous June. Blame it on fucking El Niño. More »
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By John CookComment by snugbug: West Coast behaving equally weird this year: we've had uncharacteristic "June gloom" weather in LA all this month.. Have YET... 3 Responses | Other threads
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parks & procreation
Nice Weather Means It's Naked Time
What a gorgeous New York weekend that was! 80's and sunny. Were you one of the many, many people that filled both Central and Bryant Parks with your naked selves? Photographic evidence after the jump. More »
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Comment by Gaucho85: Indeed... very gay Gawker... why no lesbian pictures? what do you have against lesbians... please?? O_O 14 Responses | Other threads
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weather
Snowstorm Panic At Bauer Publishing
We hear Bauer Publishing just summoned its entire staff to the office in a frantic effort to get ahead of the coming New York snowstorm. Bad weather + Media depression = panic! More »
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By Ryan TateComment by javysan: Please, oh PLEASE let the DOE shut down the schools. I don't want to go in... 4 Responses | Other threads
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pic of the day
Wintertime, and the Livin's Easy
[Some folks playing basketball in New York's unseasonably warm weather yesterday; image via Getty]
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Comment by uninspired: Shooting baskets with 50 mph winds must be interesting. 5 Responses | Other threads
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weather
AP: British Can't Handle a Little Snow
Hitler bombed London for two months straight and the Brits stiff-upper-lipped themselves back to work, but a foot of snow has destroyed the morale of those once-proud people. More »
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By PareeneComment by Aaron Altman: Meanwhile, in America, we're getting weather forecasts from groundhogs. 11 Responses | Other threads
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La Niña Gives Us a Smooch
A satellite image from the National Weather Service shows a storm system—maybe caused by our ladyfriend La Niña?—that appears to be giving us here in the Northeast a big, lipsticky kiss. [via Gothamist]
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Comment by bytememehard: Looks like she's trying to work a little tongue in there. 7 Responses | Other threads
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weather
After warm Sundance, hail falls in Atwater Village. [Atwater Newbie]
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pic of the day
Weathering The Storm
[People in Chester, PA attend a cold, wet rally today for presidential hopeful Barack Obama, who gave his speech in the pouring rain, wearing jeans and sneakers; image via EMMANUEL DUNAND/AFP/Getty Images]
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Comment by izzyrowlands: Jeans and sneakers are only the beginning. That's the first sign of this guy not being presidential, more to... 10 Responses | Other threads
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weather
Global Warming Increases Intensity Of Hurricane Coverage
Why do we anthropomorphize the weather? The standard convention of naming large tropical storms began as way to simply keep track of multiple simultaneous events, but it also has the unusual side effect of allowing people to believe that the storm is literally out to get them. Hurricane Ike is currently "ravaging" South Texas with his "ferocious" winds and "roaring" floodwaters and will soon spread his "wrath" across the whole Gulf Coast. This time it's personal! More »
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Comment by Dashiell Bennett: FYI, I'm pinch-hitting for Spiegelman all day today, so you can send gossip, suggestions, hate mail and confessions, right to... 5 Responses | Other threads
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weather
Doomsday
A summer rainstorm just enveloped Manhattan. In this 2006 photo, the clouds reach so low that Midtown looks to be on fire.
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By Nick DentonComment by Zorica: @SarahHeartburn: These photos were the reason I started checking Gawker regularly, back when I lived abroad. Today's rainstorm is the reason... more » | Other threads
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weather on the ones
Happy June Heat Wave!
Guess what? It's brown-out season! Power outages are expected across the Upper East Side tonight. DisasterReadyNYC—the scariest site on the Internet?—recommends filling your bathtub with water. Ha ha ha that won't protect you from the looters and Cloverfield monsters! NOTHING CAN. An Upper East Side hospital sent the following warning to its staff today, in case you need to hear it from Con Ed themselves: More »
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By PareeneComment by slimceagirl: no more suggestions. I'm too slow for you...and I don't get it. maybe lambchops? more » | Other threads
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culture wars
God Smites Dirty Hippie For Reading 1984, Fox Reporter Believes
The blow-dried, plastic smile-bearing Fox 5 reporter asks Jared Crystal what happened. Jared, the very cultural opposite of the reporter in his ponytail and "Republicans For Voldemort" T-shirt, explains that he was simply sitting in his car, reading 1984—an ordinary night—when a tree limb came crashing down! A scary situation! The reporter grimaces at the disheveled man with the disastrous car. "Reading 1984, and look what it got you!" the reporter says. "Next time read something more easy and calm!" Jared graciously blames Arbor Day, rather than punching the reporter in the face. Click to watch the underlying tension of the media's culture war in action.
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Comment by In Other News...: @Youll be sayin no, no, no, no, no: One and the same, friend. more » | Other threads
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death
Deadly Spring's First Victims Make Fox Anchor Positively Giddy
Fox News morning anchoress Gretchen Carlson is so thrilled about the arrival of Spring that she can't stop smiling, even when delivering the news of 13 deaths from severe weather. "Guess what—it's the first day of Spring! Whoo-hoo!" she exclaims over an aerial shot of a flooded house. She almost regains her composure: "But it's not so great for some people in the country." Amazing clip, after the jump. More »
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By PareeneComment by Steverino Begins: "Guess what? It's the 11th of September and a beautiful clear sky day! But it's not such a good day... more » | Other threads
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things we actually like
Snow!
It's snowing! We are vaguely aware that this is an inconvenience to people who need to go to the airport and such, but we don't care, we love it. Winter days without snow feel a hundred times more miserable. Celebrate New York's proverbial white blanket before it all turns into a mess of disgusting slush with this atmospheric clip of the gentleness that falls from the heavens. Suggested listening material: "Taking Tiger Mountain" by Brian Eno, Vince Guaraldi's "Skating" song from A Charlie Brown Christmas, Sinatra's "Sleep Warm" if you are feeling emo, or that easy-listening classic "Steal Softly Thru Snow" by Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band. -
new york times
'Times' Building Shock: It's Cold!
The gorgeous new New York Times building is not just a rat-infested danger to pedestrians—it's also freezing cold! Exec editor Bill Keller emailed the troops earlier on this freezing, snowy Tuesday: "We raised this with the building services people Sunday when the temperature dropped, and they are on the case. Basically, cold air is leaking into the podium side of the building through the open loading dock and elevator shafts." UPDATE: We hear... that Page Six and the New York Post library were also freezing cold yesterday, with the temperature eventually measured at 39 degrees. Which is a real problem, considering how many staffers there are cold-blooded reptiles (zing!). Please send in any and all additional tales of newsroom frostbite. [Radar]
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By PareeneComment by famousauthor: Is Renzo Piano really the name of that architect, or did some PR firm make that up so he could... more » | Other threads
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maps
Killer Tornadoes Attack Only Clinton Country
Gawker video guru Richard Blakeley MASHED-UP two of the New York Times' interactive newsmaps: one showing the deadly path of Tuesday's tornadoes, the other showing which Democratic candidates won which states on Super Tuesday. The results: does God hate Hillary? (And note: Obama won Alabama, but Hillary won each county in that state with a recorded death from Tuesday's storms.) Click to enlarge map. [NYT, NYT]
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new york times
High Wind Advisory! Approach 'NYT' Building With Care!
Uh oh...there's a high wind advisory in New York today! Gusts up to 50 mph! Use extra caution! Especially if you find yourself in the vicinity of the New York Times building in Midtown. Seriously, watch your head, that skyscraper sheds parts like no tomorrow. Send us reports of any injuries please! After seeking medical attention, of course. Ahem. -
nyc
A January Without Snow
This month will be the first January in 75 years without measurable snow in New York, according to the National Weather Service. Meteorologists say one can't jump to conclusions based on one season's data, but snowfall in New York City has declined in the last one hundred years, as global temperatures have increased. (Upstate, near the Great Lakes, seems to be an exception.) After the jump, a gallery, a photographic reminder of the snowbound city. Piles of slush are so much more romantic in faded black and white. More »
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By Nick DentonComment by exleysdavenport: ah. pre e-mail and pre-internet and pre-cell phones and pre-gawk..aw, nevermind. nice post. sad environmental situation. '96 ( or was... more » | Other threads
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celebrities in peril
It may have ice-snowed yesterday but Jennifer Garner escaped unscathed. [NYP]
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weather on the ones
BREAKING! IT IS HAILING IN BROOKLYN. UPDATE: OMG HAIL IN THE EAST VILLAGE!
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larry and lucy
Gale-force winds bear down on Googler's wedding
In the neutral parlance of stormtrackers, the pattern of rain and winds now hitting the British Virgin Islands is just a "tropical disturbance." But I have to think Google cofounder Larry Page, who married Lucy Southworth yesterday on Richard Branson's Necker Island, is more than disturbed by it. Gale-force winds and heavy rains will make it difficult if not impossible to shuttle from island to island, and conditions may be unsafe for helicopters and small private jets to take off. Hundreds of celebrity guests and top Google executives may well be stranded. More »
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By Owen ThomasComment by BogusPocus: Well, they can at least rest in the fact that many cultures believe bad storms on a wedding day mean... more » | Other threads
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defamer
Did you and your Malibu property somehow survive the wildfires intact? Well, time to pack up your private petting zoo and temporarily move it inland, because here come the floods, the mudslides, and, if meterological predictions hold up, a 50 percent chance of the kind of frog deluge that hasn't hit the Southland since 1999. [LAT] -
weather on the ones
SNOW DAY SNOW DAY SNOW DAY
Hey everyone it's snowing! In, like, the Bronx. And Jersey maybe? Anyway, some schools are delayed! And if you haven't left for work yet you might as well skip it. Because snow!! Somewhere or other. Not really out where we are, but still.
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please.kill.us
You No Longer Need Rely On The Trick Knees Of Old Men To Figure Out The Weather
Tired of know-it-all meteorologists telling you what the weather might be like today? Sick of their uppity "scientific forecasts" and "Doppler maps"? Why not let the internet predict the weather! Thanks to a new World Wide Web site called "Cumul.us" (see what they did there?), now you can! The wisdom of crowds will tell you if you need a jacket! Or "the wisdom of clouds"! (DO YOU SEE WHAT THEY DID THERE?) More » -
the poors
Apparently Bay Ridge is the new Ninth Ward! "Two months after a tornado ripped through southwestern Brooklyn, a sign with 'Vacate' in red letters still hung from the front door last week, keeping Ashraf Eshra and his family from moving back in.... 'The mayor's office came, FEMA came, and nothing happened,' Mr. Eshra said. 'FEMA said we can do nothing until you get settlement from insurance.'" [NYT] -
charts and graphs
Which New York Newspaper Has The Most Accurate Weather Forecasts?
Each morning we wake up, open the front door, grab the newspaper, look at the forecast for the day's high temperature, and dress based on that forecast. (Occasionally we also shower.) And every day, around noon, we find ourselves complaining that we're too hot because the paper was completely wrong. So we asked Intern Mary to track the weekday results of the city's three major papers and the New York Sun against the actual high temperatures over a two-week period. She also looked at the online predictions, for those of you who get your news that way. Her findings may surprise you!
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never forget
We Need Another 8/8
Yesterday, Philadelphia Daily News columnist Stu Bykofsky wrote an absolutely atrocious column that suggested the country needed another terrorist attack like 9/11 to better unite those of us who survived it. But is Bykofsky missing the point? Of course he is. There's a greater threat that those of us who live here in New York are faced with. It's a threat that we've become apathetic and complacent about. Now we must say: "No More. Here We Stand." More »
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mta powerless against water falling from the sky
"With weather forecasters predicting flash flooding and heavy thunderstorms in New York City, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority faces the possibility of additional service shutdowns Friday as it struggles to clear tracks of debris left from Tuesday's flood and readies the system to handle more rain." Our commute seemed fine this morning, but we get up pretty early. And guess what? It's STILL SLIGHTLY RAINING. [NYS] -
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By abalkComment by I Don't Get It: I wonder what color the shag carpet on the dash and ceiling were. more » | Other threads
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traffic and weather together
It's sunny and a little muggy out there. My train seemed fine early this morning, but apparently the E, F, and R lines are running slow. Also, there's some bus re-routing, but who the hell takes the bus? As for bridge and tunnel crossings, um, I don't know. Check the radio or something. -
apologies
That Really Was A Tornado In Brooklyn
Dear Brooklyn: Like a sugared-up 11-year-old, you're always claiming things. Sometimes it's "That dirty Pole touched me in a bad place." Sometimes it's "We invented electroclash and it's good!" A lot of the time your outrageous claims have to do with babies and how great life is and the joys of microbrewing beer. You know: Lies. Over the years we've started to ignore you—which meant when you came to us yodeling about a tornado yesterday, we smiled, nodded and backed away. I guess it's just hard for all of us to tell your "personal" truth, the James Frey kind of truth, from the actual truth sometimes. Maybe you should go back to your "great apartment" and think about that? More » -
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By ChoireComment by bombed_pop: @ellagood: they tape all the segments and just replay all day--'cept today, they are kinda live. What sux is... more » | Other threads
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By abalkComment by NotAndersonCooper: Homeless because of sad alcohol and drug-fueled spiral or homeless by way a sub prime mortgage? more » | Other threads
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