History
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From my husband John Knox (also a meteorologist) who grew up in Birmingham AL, in a recent Facebook post, including photos from AL.com: “27 years ago Tuesday, a terrible tornado in Huntsville, Alabama. November is the time of a secondary peak in tornado activity in the Southeast, climatologically speaking. This is because the ingredients for…
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In addition to terrible effects on livestock, crops and farmers, floods can affect many other things as well. I was interested to read this story about how a famous painting in Florence, Italy, has been restored and redisplayed at its museum 50 years after it was damaged by a strong flood. You can read about…
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Today is the anniversary of the sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald, a large ore-carrying freighter that crossed Lake Superior in a strong mid-latitude cyclone (low pressure center) and foundered just before reaching a safe area. The ship disappeared from radar and was found later at the bottom of the lake. All 29 sailors aboard the…
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While it’s tough to make hay this year in drought-stricken parts of the Southeast, it is still interesting to read about how they make hay in other parts of the world. Here is a fascinating story about wild hay making in the Swiss high valleys from House of Switzerland: https://houseofswitzerland.org/swissstories/history/wild-hay-making-fascinating-swiss-tradition.
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The “This Day in Weather History” Facebook page showed an interesting weather graphic today which lists the number of hurricanes which made landfall in the United States during each president’s term. The graphic is from Colorado State University, which noted that so far, “Barack Obama had the fewest U.S. landfalling hurricanes of any 2-term U.S. president…
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Many introductory physics classes show this classic bridge collapse, due to a bridge that was built to be too flexible and which collapsed in high and gusty winds after oscillating wildly back and forth in the Tacoma Narrows in Washington State. You can read about the event and the science behind it at Wikipedia here…
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Here are some fun facts on Halloween tornadoes from ustornadoes.com. No worries about tornadoes today with strong high pressure over the Southeast! https://www.ustornadoes.com/2013/10/28/halloween-tornadoes-the-spooky-historical-facts/.