Colin McCarthy

Iran village records Earth’s highest ever heat index at 82.2°C – What does this mean?

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Iran village records Earth’s highest ever heat index at 82.2°C – What does this mean?

A village in southern Iran has recorded the earth’s highest ever heat index at 82.2°C (180°F) with a dew point of 97°F (36.1°C). This data was recorded by a weather station near Dayrestan Airport and shared by US-based meteorologist Colin McCarthy on Twitter. However, McCarthy added that an “official investigation will need to be completed … Read more

Watch Air Traffic Disintegrate In Real Time From The CrowdStrike Outage

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Watch Air Traffic Disintegrate In Real Time From The CrowdStrike Outage

Air travel in the U.S. is a busy business, one that sees 45,000 flights serving 2.9 million each day, according to the Federal Aviation Administration. Our frenzied skies got a little calmer early Friday morning however, as the CrowdStrike software outage impacted United, Delta and American Airlines—the three largest airlines in the U.S. Airlines Have … Read more