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Severe Flood Potential From Ida Reaches Mid Atlantic – Wildfire Evacuations in Lake Tahoe
Why September May Offer Year’s Best Weather ”September tries its best to have us forget summer” wrote English philosopher Bernard Williams. I love all the seasons (and the fact that Minnesota HAS 4 seasons) but September is my favorite month of the year. Days are...
Soggy Remains of “Ida” Spark Severe Flooding Well Inland – Mandatory Wildfire Evacuations Lakes Tahoe Area
I’m OK With A Quiet Spell of Weather Most days I’m just a bewildered spectator trying to connect the weather-dots. Right now I’m amazed by how much of America is either on fire or underwater. And weather models have consistently underestimated the ferocity of...
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Dropped Humanity’s Report Card
Earlier this month, after systematic and thorough review, we got the latest update from The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). The authority on the climate crisis. It is a part of the United Nations and the World Meteorological Organization (WMO). Their...
Weather Weirding: Flood Potential In a Drought – Water Haves and Have-Nots Across USA
A Risk of Flash Floods During a Drought ”Papa, tell me the story about the year we had floods during a drought?” Well Jordan, the year was 2021, and it was bone-dry. Parts of Minnesota were on fire. Farmer were worried, even the trees were stressed and losing their...
Power of NOAA Weather Radio – Drought Busting Rains – Anatomy of a Deadly Flash Flood in Tennessee
My NOAA Weather Radio Alarmed Me During the wee hours of Tuesday morning I was momentarily convinced we were under attack. Alarms blaring, a strobe light flashing in our bedroom. After unplugging the alarm clock it dawned on me that my NOAA Weather Radio was going off...
Deadly Flooding Legacy of “Henri” – Southwest’s Most Important River is Drying Up
Putting a Few Dents In Our Drought Mother Nature is extra-loopy this summer. Now that it’s late August the pattern looks like something I’d expect to see in early June: waves of warm fronts lapping north, each one accompanied by an outbreak of mostly nocturnal...