MONDAY As a part of its ongoing “Face It: We Are Probably All Going To Die or at the Very Least, Suffer Immeasurably” Series, Politics and Prose kicks off the week with a visit from Stephen Flynn, author of The Edge of Disaster, which, apparently, we are teetering on (cf. “all going to die,” “suffer immeasurably”). Also: CSI: Miami is on tonight! 5015 Connecticut Avenue, NW, 7 p.m. TUESDAY The art of letter writing is…

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…

If you were worried about being swept out to sea during your Outer Banks beach three-day weekend, it seems that for the time being, you’re safe. Hurricane Frances seems to be dead-set on striking between Miami and Cape Canaveral. Forecast models differ, but Capital Weather seems to think that data for one model that takes the storm up into the Carolinas is flawed. So unless you’re going to Fort Lauderdale this weekend, things should be…

You may want to reconsider your Outer Banks Labor Day beach weekend. Don’t cancel them just yet, but watch out. It appears that the region could be under threat next weekend from a powerful tropical system currently to the northeast of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. Hurricane Frances is a powerful storm with winds of 120 mph, and the storm is likely to increase in strength. Capital Weather thinks it could increase to a…