How does your property insurance cover severe weather? Or does it? There are often policy statements that can limit or deny coverage for certain kinds of damage caused by extreme weather. If you live in an area that is affected by severe weather (which is almost all of us), then…
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Because of the pandemic this year, a number of our Atmospheric Science students were not able to go to their planned summer internships and research experiences. Instead, my husband and I hosted a summer class for the students which allowed them to study a variety of weather- and climate-related topics….
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As TS Laura continues its path through the US and turns towards the east over the next couple of days, the Southeast will continue to be in the right front quadrant of the storm. That means that there will be ample fuel for rain showers and some potential isolated severe…
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With all of the thunderstorm activity we have been having, many people have noted the high frequency of lightning. But there are a lot of misconceptions about lightning that may make people’s behavior in thunderstorms more hazardous. EarthSky presents five myths about lightning and why they are false here.
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I’ve been following the story of the terrible derecho in the Corn Belt and how it has affected farming there. Here is a story from Farm Progress that gives more detail about how the crops were affected and how things like the corn variety and stalk strength made a difference…
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While in the Southeast we have had problems with livestock after some recent hurricanes like Matthew, I don’t usually think about it in terms of bad weather in the Midwest. But the terrible derecho that they had last week has provided some interesting stories about how producers there are dealing…
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As I am sure you all know, the severe derecho that blew through the Midwest a few days ago has caused tremendous damage to the area, which is part of the Corn Belt and one of the main agricultural areas in the US. While it is too early to estimate…
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