Severe
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On Twitter today, I found a reference to an interesting set of National Weather Service reports that describe past extreme weather events, including a number in the Southeast such as large hurricane events like Michael and Katrina and tornado outbreaks such as the major outbreak of 2011. These reports are geared toward both describing the…
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Outside magazine had an excellent article this month on surviving extreme weather when you are outside, whether hiking, boating, or just going about your normal business. They cover tornadoes, lightning and thunderstorms, dust storms, blizzards, and flash floods. So if you have plans to go camping, hiking, or other outdoor activities this fall and winter,…
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Have you ever been in a flash flood? Here is a terrifying 12-minute video of four adventurers who were canyoneering in Zion National Park and got caught by a flash flood forming waterfalls over the side of the canyon. They were not watching the radar carefully and they thought they would be safe where they…
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According to a recent study published in Eos, researchers mining data from the National Lightning Detection Network found a 32% decrease in lightning counts across the Lower 48 states in May and June 2020 compared with previous years. The researchers are not sure why this decrease was so high but suggest it may be linked…
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This week is Deaf Awareness Week. In recognition of the importance of getting severe weather warnings to all citizens, NOAA has put together this list of resources for those who are deaf or hard of hearing, including information on NOAA weather radios with visual and vibrating alarms. You can check it out at https://www.weather.gov/wrn/dhh-safety.
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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 you need to understand what…
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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. One of the projects that…