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MSN published a slideshow of their picks for top photos of rare weather events this week. You can see the slides here. I see a lot of weather photos on my Facebook feed as well as in other places, and these are definitely some good ones. Enjoy!
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This Day in Weather History‘s Facebook page showed a photo of Tropical Storm Esther on September 20, 1061 as taken from the TIROS satellite. As far as I can tell, this is the first time that a tropical storm was identified first by satellite. Here’s the text accompanying the image: “September 20th, 1961 – On…
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Even though you might have a lot of complaints about how hot the summer this year has been, there is at least one place in the United States that had had it worse. The Weather Channel provided a list today of the five places that they think were the most unbearable this summer. Number 2 is…
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Do you get worried when you are flying and the airplane encounters some turbulence? Do you tighten your seatbelt and say a little prayer as the bumps get bigger? While very few planes crash because of in-flight turbulence, it sure can make flying uncomfortable. Unfortunately, some recent research indicates that as the atmosphere warms up,…
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Many of you may remember the iconic image of the Six Flags roller coaster sitting in a pool of water caused by the tremendous flooding that occurred west of Atlanta on September 19-21, 2009. After a week of rainy conditions, a deluge fell overnight on September 20-21, bringing 15 inches or more to a few…
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The heavy rains that hit Baton Rouge LA and surrounding areas have really hurt farmers in the area, according to a recent article in AgWeb here. The rain caused corn to lodge, making it impossible for combines to pick up from near the ground. Losses to corn were estimated at $11 million. Grain sorghum was…
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The Panhandle Ag e-News blog posted a useful article on the impacts of the recent tropical storms on crops in the Southeast. In the article they point out that while many crops are already in the process of being harvested, other crops that were planted late as part of a double-cropped system or were planted…