A solar-powered airplane is poised to complete its longest flight yet — from Dallas to St . Louis— in spite of stormy weather that threatened this leg of the aircraft's historic cross-country journey.
FRUSTRATED FISHER Ross Fisher is from Surrey, England, so surely he has felt right at home in the dreary weather that has plagued this tournament.
Brighton may be a more fitting comparison, given the dramatic weather that can hit this city, located as it is on an exposed isthmus in the far north-west of Spain.
And it is not just extreme weather that can bring on this sort of conflict.
Somehow the profusion of slugs this year is emblematic of the damp, dark weather that has clung to this small farm since April.
Luckily, along with the blazing hot weather that's going on this July, come a plethora of fresh, leafy greens that can be easily purchased at your local farmer's market or grocery store.
This was weather that might take a few days to blow away.
HONG KONG There are only a few weeks a year when the weather is perfect for outdoor eating in Hong Kong: a brief spell in the spring, before the humidity envelops the city like a wet wool blanket, and an even shorter period in the fall, before the blustery weather that passes for winter in this tropical climate really sets in.
But repairing roads and rail, building modern airports, keeping our broadband and energy grid at world class standards, making sure the sewers don't leak, strengthening the sinews for the extreme weather that is upon us -- this isn't an ideological question.
If the system could weather that storm, optimists say, it can survive this.
