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Among the impacts that Hurricane Matthew had on the Southeast coast were some impacts that the surge had on historical sites in the area. There are a number of forts in the area, many of them along the coast or just inland along rivers that were also affected by rising storm surges. Here are a…
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The State Climate Office of North Carolina put out a report this morning summarizing some of the impacts of Hurricane Matthew on North Carolina. You can read it at https://climate.ncsu.edu/climateblog?id=215&h=37a460a0.
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Just in time for the Hurricane Matthew floods, CoCoRaHS announces that they have transitioned their Drought Impact Reporter to a Condition Monitoring reporter. Now you can report both drought and flood conditions at your location. You might wonder who uses these reports. Well, they provide valuable information to the folks who are producing the Drought…
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NOAA reported last week that this past September was the 9th warmest on record. For southern Florida, it was the warmest on record. For the year to date, it was the second warmest on record, second only to 2012. You can read more in their monthly climate summary at https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/summary-info/national/201609.
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Did you know that you can use cricket and katydid chirps to estimate the temperature? Dolbear’s Law is the formula from the late 19th century that can be used to accurately estimate the temperature based on the number of chirps a cricket emits. Basically, crickets chirp faster when it is warm than when it is…
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There will be a lot written about Hurricane Matthew in the coming weeks and years. Here are some early summaries about records set by Matthew as well as review of some of the devastation caused by the store. Many people are returning home to their coastal houses today to find out the fate of their…
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The US Environmental Protection Agency has announced the release of a new Adaptation Resource Center for looking at the impacts of climate change in the US. You can find it at https://www.epa.gov/arc-x. According to the web site, EPA’s Adaptation Resource Center (ARC-X) is an interactive resource to help local governments effectively deliver services to their communities even…
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