A 2.9 magnitude earthquake has just hit upstate New York. Governor Cuomo's office has just released a statement: "We have reports of a 2.9 magnitude earthquake just west-southwest of Altamont, New York. Although this was a mild earthquake, out of an abundance of caution, I have ordered immediate inspection of nearby infrastructure, including a NYPA inspection of the Blenheim-Gilboa Dam in Schoharie County." Updates to follow. more ›

A look at some of this week's noteworthy television: more ›

Reuters is reporting that today New York was named "the U.S. city most vulnerable to a rat attack as warmer weather and aging infrastructure fuels rodent populations across the United States." At least we don't have to worry about earthquakes (yet)? more ›

Get your creepy crawly on with two potentially frightening movies out this weekend. Yet another '80s horror staple is getting the remake treatment with Dave Meyers' , that it's ill advised to piss off Sean Bean. That Brit is one menacing looking dude on screen. more ›

Londonist prepares a Happy Birthday bath for Buddah this week and then things get all cliched. A madman goes on a rampage while axe-wiedling and London's mayor warns an American diplomat to avoid the kitchen if the heat bothers him so much. more ›

DCist helps us make more sense of the world this week. Posts like this concert review are the reason for Scott Stapp. DCist also enumerates the reasons for playing ultimate frisbee, Condi’s tight buns, their love of a local convenience store, and their jealousy of a person in Seattle calling the city. more ›

Alexi Lalas, President and General Manager - MetroStars more ›

Stefanie Iris Weiss, astrologer, co-author, Surviving Saturn's Return more ›

Sure we don't get them very much in our fair city, but if anyone else has seen the TLC's disastrous earthquake forecast, we could be screwed. Those nice quaint townhouses on your block ain't gonna shimmy with the quake and will likely just crumble away. But let's not be too alarmist here. The last quake we had in the city was on January 17, 2001 when a 2.5 "rocked" the city. The quake's epicenter was allegedly on 82nd and 2nd Ave (Gothamist used to enjoy some Chinese food and Blue Hawaii's there at Empire Wok). The last earthquake in New York State was on August 27, 2003 and only measured at a 2.2. more ›

Mostly cloudy with a high of 80. The thunderstorms will roll in overnight / tomorrow AM (Weather.com says you can expect them around 7 in the morning). more ›

It was twenty-four years ago today that Mount St. Helen blew its top. Literally, the top 400 meters (~1300 ft) of the mountain was blasted away in the eruption. The ash and smoke that blew into the stratosphere, turned the skies dark and lowered the local temperatures. 270 square miles of forest was destroyed (NYC is 321 square miles). The eruption was accompanied by a series of earthquakes that caused the north side of the mountain to collapse. The heat of the eruption caused the snow and ice on the mountain to rapidly melt, causing mudslides that buried the Toutle River Valley to an average depth of 150 feet. The area around the volcano was declared a national monument and scientists have been observing the slow recovery of the devastated area. more ›

On May 28th, the new Roland Emmerich film "The Day After Tomorrow" hits theaters, and it's already got NASA and NOAA talking. The film is the story of the new Ice Age. A paleoclimatologist (a scientist who studies the ways weather patterns changed in the past), tries to save the world from the effects of global warming... The plot focusses on New York, but the entire world is experiencing catastrophic hurricanes, tornadoes, earthquakes, tidal waves, and floods while the temperature suddenly drops severely. more ›