Pam Knox
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A friend of mine posted an interesting article from Texas AgriLife about the liability landowners may have from weather-related accidents at https://agrilife.org/texasaglaw/2016/03/21/liability-landowner-blowing-dust-causes-highway-accident/. In the past I’ve been asked to look at multi-year accidents related to runaway controlled burns and their impact on the creation of dense fog. Other lawsuits could involve badly graded drainage which puts…
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Since the President and First Family are visiting Cuba this week, Marshall Shepherd of UGA put together a description of the weather and climate conditions in Cuba for his Forbes.com blog here. One of the interesting things in the article is how much Hurricane Sandy devastated the island nation, well before it hit the New…
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A recent article in Nature Climate Change by UGA scientists Mathew Hauer and Deepak Mishra and former UGA scientist Jason Evans highlights the severe impacts that rising sea level is expected to have on coastal populations in the US (the abstract is here). The scientists show that based on current projections of sea level rise…
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The next couple of nights are going to be quite chilly in northern parts of Alabama and Georgia and frost is likely in higher elevations. Some extension agents have told me that in some areas frost damage to fruit trees is a concern because they are blooming so early this year due to the warm…
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Astronomical spring begins officially when the vernal equinox occurs. This year that happens at 12:30 AM EDT on March 20. So while climatological spring is already well underway (especially this year, with temperatures far above normal), astronomical spring is just starting. You can read more about it at EarthSky here.
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The Climate Prediction Center issued their new monthly and 3-month outlooks for temperature and precipitation this week. They show that for April and April-June, there is an increased chance of above normal rainfall across the Southeast. Temperatures in April have an equal chance of above-, near- or below-normal conditions, while the longer term temperature forecast…
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“Grazing the Net” blog had an interesting story this week about a farm in Texas that goes above and beyond the usual to protect their investment in prime livestock from severe weather. This farm is a breeding facility for champion horses, and they have a number of stallions with a value of up to several…