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- New Poster Print AvailableDue to (I'm not kidding) HUNDREDS of request for a poster print of our Hyannis Supercell panorama from May 20th ealier this year, I'm pleased to announce that we have put the amazingly gorgeous image in the inventory of our store on Zazzle.com. Buy direct from our Zazzle store and save, while also be able to immediately select from dozens of great […]
- Storm Chasing Lecture at Hamilton CollegeLast week I had the honor of being invited to Hamilton College in upstate New York to give a lecture to a group of students and members of the community.
- Missing Boy and Colorado BalloonWe’re dealing with a high volume of phone calls and emails at the moment due ...
- Russian Roulette in Tornado AlleyMy storm chasing tour guest come from all over the world and to a person who is visiting Tornado Alley for the purpose of chasing storms, they sometimes go home with the feeling that a person must be mad to live here. From their point-of-view, if the weather cooperates with the tour during their visitation - they'll see extreme weather at its best, or s […]
- Global Warming isn’t CoolGlobal Warming is big business. And no matter which side of the aisle you stand on you can point your finger at various companies and industries about their influence in shaping policies in regard to Global Warming. If you're a believer then you're going to point your finger at the oil and automobile industry and say they are trying to prevent the […]
- Cloudy with a Chance of MeatballsGet ready for Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs from Columbia Pictures and Sony Picture Animation! It will be the most delicious event since macaroni met cheese. Inspired by the beloved children's book by Judi Barrett, the film focuses on a town where food falls from the sky like rain.
- Southern States Receive Rain & FloodsA slow moving system centered over Texas appears to not be in a hurry to go anywhere fast. The lingering system is bring rain and flooding to much of the southern states and even into the central plains. The Norman, OK WFO has issued Flood Watches for most of central Oklahoma as periods of heavy rain are dumping up to an inch per hour in some areas.
- Old Farmers AlmanacWhile at the bookstore that bares my family name the other day I picked up an interesting book that has been published annually in September since 1792 – The Old Farmer’s Almanac (OFA).
- Hurricane Fred in 3DNASA's TRMM Satellite is providing meteorologist with a lot of unique opportunities to study tropical rainfall rates, and tropical cyclones. TRMM (Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission) has an on-board radar that can scan storms with incredible accuracy from space.
- Tornado Kills at least 17 in Argentina, BrazilBUENOS AIRES - A violent storm described as a freak "tornado" killed at least 17 people in the southern part of South America and punched hundreds of houses off their foundations Tuesday, officials said.
