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As I pointed out in one of yesterday’s posts, this year is a very active one for tornadoes, and Georgia is leading the pack of all the states in the number that have been experienced so far. Two questions might come to mind–does this mean we will set a new record in the number of…
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Digg.com has an interesting (if somewhat intense) article about what it is like to be hit by a stroke of lightning. Surprisingly, nine out of ten people survive a lightning stroke, but the lasting physical changes can be unnerving or downright dangerous. You can read it at https://digg.com/2017/what-its-like-struck-by-lightning?utm_source=atlasobscura.
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Yesterday NOAA released their Atlantic Ocean hurricane seasonal outlook for 2017. It shows that the season is likely to be above normal in numbers due to the continuing neutral conditions, which improve the atmospheric conditions that help tropical storms grow. They predict two to four major hurricanes, five to seven total hurricanes and 11 to…
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The Weather Channel posted an article this morning noting that Georgia has had the most tornadoes of any US state so far this year. Through May 25, an estimated 102 tornadoes have touched down somewhere in the state, including a record-setting outbreak in January and the record-setting month of April, when 35 confirmed tornadoes occurred,…
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The latest Drought Monitor shows that the heavy rains in northern Georgia and Alabama reduced drought levels significantly in that part of the region. Less drought relief is shown in south Georgia and Florida, but the cut-off for the map was Tuesday so rain which fell after the cut-off time will probably result in more…
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With just a few days to go until the end of the month, it looks like May 2017 is likely to be above normal in temperature for the Southeast and every individual state except possibly Alabama, although a good portion of Georgia was also cooler than normal. This would make the string of months of…
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According to a new article in the journal Nature, “Satellite temperature measurements do not support the recent claim of a “leveling off of warming” over the past two decades.” Previous claims by those skeptical of the recent trends towards increasing temperature at the surface of the earth (including Scott Pruitt – the new Administrator of…