by Paul Douglas | Jun 11, 2019 | Paul Douglas, Weather
Canadian Breeze Helps Us Keep Our Cool I’m happiest when I’m not apologizing about the weather. Which is all I’ve been doing since mid-January, when our weather went off the rails. The haves have more, the have-nots have less. Income inequality? Yes,...
by Paul Douglas | May 31, 2019 | Paul Douglas, Weather
America’s tornado drought is officially over. The last few years have been relatively quiet, with few large, violent tornadoes. In 2018 there were no tornado-related deaths in traditional Tornado Alley, stretching from Texas to Iowa. But so far in 2019, 31...
by Paul Douglas | May 31, 2019 | Paul Douglas, Weather
Easing Into a More Summer-like Pattern? Entrepreneur. Noun. “Person who operates a business, taking on greater than normal financial risks.” Farmers are America’s original entrepreneurs, taking on significant risk with uncertain returns. Lately...
by Paul Douglas | May 30, 2019 | Paul Douglas, Weather
Lessons From The Recent Tornado Swarm As of yesterday 549 tornadoes have been reported across the USA in the last 30 days. Local National Weather Service offices have issued 973 tornado warnings, the most in any month since April of 2011. America’s tornado...
by Paul Douglas | May 29, 2019 | Paul Douglas, Weather
A Much Warmer Front Next Week? What keeps me up at night? A wetter pattern making it harder for America’s farmers to feed the world. Hurricanes intensifying rapidly before reaching the coast, catching some off guard. And tornadoes touching down late at night,...
by Paul Douglas | May 28, 2019 | Paul Douglas, Weather
Rain? May As Well Go Shopping… I was up north last weekend, chatting up a shop owner who filled me in on a dirty little secret. “Nobody wants to say it out loud, but rainy weekends are good for business. If people can’t get on the lakes they...
