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Western Fires – Oklahoma Ice Storm – “Zeta” Threatens New Orleans. Why Most Flood Risk Isn’t Disclosed
Nothing to Fear In Today's Weather Report "The wise man in a storm prays to God, not for safety from danger, but for deliverance from fear" wrote Ralph Waldo Emerson. Unless you've been living in a cave (where can I sign up?) you realize the next few weeks will be...
August Iowa Derecho Now Costliest Thunderstorm in History
The August Iowa derecho is now the costliest thunderstorm in history. The thunderstorm 'decided' it wanted to evolve to take the form of what is known as a derecho as we woke in the mid-morning hours of Monday, August 10th. We are re-writing weather history. So let us...
NASA: Warmest Global September Since Late 1800s
Frost, Freeze and Flakes? Here We Go "Cold! If the thermometer had been an inch longer we'd have frozen to death" wrote Mark Twain. I'm not suprised or offended temperatures are tumbling. Considering the sun is as high in the sky today as it was back on February 24 we...
How Tropical Storms Turbocharge Hurricanes To Come – No Correlation Between October Cold Snaps and Winters That Follow
Adaptability Is A Key 2020 Coping Skill "Man plans, God laughs" a Yiddish proverb insists. Yep. Making plans is so 2019. Plan B? More like Plan Z. All of us are scrambling, improvising - doing what we can to keep things going. As an entrepreneur I've discovered (the...
Growing Season Two Weeks Longer Since 1970 – Was “Delta” America’s 17th Billion Dollar Disaster of 2020?
80s Were Nice, Now Cue the Cold Fronts All weather, like politics, is local. What will happen in my yard, my neighborhood, my hometown? With major media 7-Day Outlooks are tailored for large metropolitan areas, where most people live. It's not fair, but this is our...
Major Hurricane Delta Heading Toward Louisiana – Record for Fewest U.S. Lightning Deaths in 2020?
Growing Drought Here While "Delta" Threatens It's 2020 so I'll ask a question with no apparent answer. "Can the weather ever be too nice?" September was glorious and this week has been a balm for the senses. Low 80s today? But a weather winning-streak of sunny days...