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Texas is Burning (Again)
2011.09.07 at 23:52
The Texas Forest Service has responded to 172 fires over 135,051 acres in the last seven days. Of the 254 counties in Texas, 251 are reporting burn bans. Parts of the state have seen less than two inches in the last eleven months, and we’re heading into what’s normally a dry part of the year. […]
Maps for Cool Kidz
2011.09.04 at 09:42
Vicky J. writes weekly about maps for The Awl in a series called “Fun With Maps”. Read it.
Time-Lapse Weather Imagery: 2010
2011.08.02 at 03:40
Ken Hardy’s time-lapse video of satellite weather images for the lower 48 during 2010: 2010 US weather radar and satellite animation from egb13.net on Vimeo.
Drawing Water
2011.08.01 at 10:16
Artist David Wicks’ “Drawing Water”: “Drawing Water is a constructed landscape shaped by the relationship between where water falls and where it’s consumed within the United States. It builds images to expose the reality that water is channeled, pumped, and siphoned to locations far from where it falls. Although the paths are imagined, Drawing Water […]
Baseball, Radio, and Pretty Maps
2011.08.01 at 09:32
A couple of weeks ago, Tim Wallace at Bostonography posted a discussion of the very nice maps he’s made of the listening areas of Yankees and Red Sox radio stations.
Post Office Closings in Texas
2011.07.28 at 23:37
The U.S. Postal Service has slated over 200 post offices for closure in Texas, part of a system-wide move that could shutter 3,700 offices across the country. The facility in my tiny hometown is one of them. The red bits in the first map represent zip codes in Texas with post offices at risk. Named […]