So as our friends in Chicago freeze (but apparently survived a recent snow storm), much of the Eastern Seaboard has been trapped in a bubble of warm air. A giant trough has plunged down from Alaska into the middle of the country, which has meant that warm air has been coming northward from the south and southwest. (You can see this illustrated in this image we snagged from Capital Weather.) The Post reports the…

Large earthquakes along the Eastern Seaboard are very uncommon (but they do happen from time to time … Charleston S.C. in 1886 and Boston in 1755), making the threat of an earthquake-spawned ocean wave minimal. But that doesn’t mean the danger should be discounted. Tsunamis have hit the East Coast in the past. Philadelphia and the Delaware River (1817, 1884), Long Island (1895, 1871) and other places have seen tsunamis, though destruction was minimal compared…

Weather: Today will be partly cloudy with highs in the 60s as a high pressure system hovers over the Eastern Seaboard. Cloud cover will increase in the afternoon and evening, with a 10 percent chance of precipitation. Taxi Strike Called for Today: A taxi work stoppage we reported yesterday has been called today by a taxi association to protest legislation proposed by Mayor Anthony Williams which would increase the regulation of taxis in the district,…

Good morning, Washington. The weather should be fair with temperatures near 60 degrees. More Details on Fiery Suicide Attempt Outside White House: DCist thought that self-immolation was a tactic limited to Beijing and the most hard-core Falug Dafa protesters. Now, just steps from the White House an FBI terror informant from Yemen set himself on fire out of despair, just days Pennsylvania Avenue in front of the executive residence was reopened to pedestrian traffic. The…