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Stu Ostro of the Weather Channel posted a set of the most amazing weather images from 2018 at the end of the year. If you have not had the chance to view them yet, take a few minutes to see some of the spectacular views of weather from earth last…
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One of the stories I noticed over Christmas break was a detailed story from the Florida Center for Investigative Reporting on the lingering impacts of Hurricane Irma, which hit Florida in 2017. Even though it has been a long time since the storm hit, some of the more vulnerable populations…
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Here are two recent stories that sum up the year in Georgia agriculture. WSB described the gut-wrenching losses due to Hurricane Michael in some parts of the state as well as impacts from frost on peach farmers here. Then the Atlanta Journal-Constitution described the impacts of Hurricanes Michael (and Irma…
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While the Southeast is not known as a big producer of alternative energy such as wind energy (other than along the coast and the mountains, the winds are not strong here), we do have one thing that is very valuable from an energy perspective–sunshine! Even though our humidity and cloud…
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I am a sucker for beautiful images of earth as taken from high altitudes, so you can see the wonderful patterns of water and geology on the surface. You can read a story about a new photo essay here that shows the impact of water on the landscape and see…
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I am not a big user of weather apps on my cell phone because I don’t have a lot of memory for storage, but most of my meteorology friends are big consumers of weather information via app and computer. Popular Mechanics just posted a list of their top seven weather…
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Here is a really interesting article from Weather Underground about the controversy over which weather extreme kills more people. I’ve heard both sides of the story, and now I know why it’s not agreed upon–they are using different databases that count deaths in different ways. How you collect data (any…
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