by Paul Douglas | Sep 19, 2022 | Weather
Climate Change May Make Pandemics More Common. With permafrost melting what can possibly go wrong? Here’s an excerpt from WebMD: “The likelihood of an extreme infectious disease epidemic – similar to the COVID-19 pandemic – could triple in the coming...
by D.J. Kayser | Sep 12, 2022 | Weather
National Weather Forecast On Monday, a slow-moving area of low pressure in the Great Lakes will bring showers and storms – some with heavy rain. Storms will be possible into the Eastern United States along and ahead of the cold front extending from that...
by Paul Douglas | May 27, 2021 | Weather
May you live in interesting times, the proverb goes. I suspect it’s not a compliment. It may snow a little today, a few fat snowflakes amid chilling sheets of rain. Unusual? You ‘betcha! The record for latest flakes at MSP is May 28, 1965. The reality: snow has been...
by Paul Douglas | May 13, 2021 | Weather
Better Than Average Fishing Opener Weather ”Fishing is not an escape from life, but often a deeper immersion into it” wrote Harry Middleton. Sorry Harry, it is an escape and that’s OK. A chance to put down your phone and give your brain a break sounds good to me. Even...
by Paul Douglas | May 12, 2021 | Weather
It’s May, As In It MAY Warm Up It’s May. As in it MAY be nice. Or it MAY snow a little. Or Flood. Or tornado. May is manic and momentous, a meteorological gateway drug to summer. I’m a summer guy, but there is something to be said for May, before the bugs, jungle-like...