Yes, sea levels are rising. They have been rising for at least a century and a half at the same rate. Latest data continues to show no change in the rate of sea level rise .

From the New York Times . An excerpt: Dr. Christy has drawn the scorn of his colleagues partly because they believe so much is at stake and he is providing legitimacy to those who refuse to acknowledge that. If the models are imprecise, they argue, the science behind them is compelling, and it is very likely that the world has only a few decades to stave off potentially catastrophic warming. Two comments: The reporter got this exactly right. The models (which are nearly worshipped by some in climate 'science') make bad forecasts. As one reasonable (yes, they exist!) climate scientist wrote to me (GCM = global climate model; GISS = NASA's climate model): I agree: all or virtually all of the climate models have shown warming even though no warming has occurred for seventeen years. He is surprised by the lack of skill in forecasting climate 15 years into the future. I'm not, since we have no consistent skill forecasting the climate 15 months into the future. Secon...

You see darkness at first because the power has failed (security cameras have batteries). It takes the tornado mere seconds to wreck the building.

Here is the latest amount of rain, in addition to normal rainfall, needed to break the drought. And, seven inches of rain are forecast in the drought area over the next five days.

We often talk about the urgent need to bring clean water to the underdeveloped parts of the world. Here is a great story about the working being done by Rotary International in Africa .

Storms are rapidly developing south of I-80. The watch is in effect until midnight.