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  • “The most terrifying part about getting struck by lightning is what happens to you afterwards”

    Pam Knox

    April 21, 2016

    Following up on my posting from yesterday on lightning, here’s an interesting story from Yahoo Finance on what happens after you get hit by lightning.  After reading it, I think you’ll agree that it is MUCH BETTER not to get hit in the first place.  Note: some of the descriptions and photos in the story…

    Posted in: Climate and Ag in the news, Health
  • Abnormally dry conditions expand in North Carolina and Virginia

    Pam Knox

    April 21, 2016

    The latest Drought Monitor, released this morning, shows that while dry conditions have remained stable in Florida and Georgia, they have expanded in North Carolina and Virginia, going from 19% coverage over the Southeast to almost 35% coverage.  The cause has been the dome of high pressure parked over the Southeast, which prevents rain from…

    Posted in: Drought
  • “11 Crazy Ways The Weather Influences Your Health And Behavior”

    Pam Knox

    April 20, 2016

    Huffington Post published an article online this week describing the ways that weather can affect your health  You can find it here.  How does the weather affect the way you feel?  Do you notice changes in your pets’ or livestock’s behaviors?  I’ve got friends who definitely feel the effects of weather changes on their arthritis…

    Posted in: Climate and Ag in the news, Health, Livestock, Uncategorized
  • Beef Methane Conference will be held May 11-12 in Lincoln NE

    Pam Knox

    April 20, 2016

    While we don’t have as much beef production in the Southeast as there is in other regions of the country, there may still be some folks interested in this upcoming conference on beef production and methane.  Here is the press release describing it. IANR NEWS RELEASE: * Beef Methane Conference is May 11-12 in Lincoln IANR…

    Posted in: Events, Livestock
  • NASA: Why the North Pole is moving east

    Pam Knox

    April 20, 2016

    Last week in many news feeds there was a fascinating story about how the North Pole is moving due to changes in the distribution of weight around the world from melting ice.  NASA’s Jet Propulsion Lab scientists showed that the axis of rotation around which the Earth spins is moving towards the east (I do…

    Posted in: Climate and Ag in the news, Climate science, Uncategorized
  • Lightning hotspot of the US is Orangetree, Florida

    Pam Knox

    April 20, 2016

    According to a recent article in USA Today, the hotspot for lightning in the United States is located in Orangetree, Florida, a few miles southeast of Fort Myers on the southwest coast of the peninsula.  This is based on a new satellite study published in the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society.  Globally, the most…

    Posted in: Climate and Ag in the news, Climate science, Severe, Sources of weather and climate data
  • Temperature for 2016 so far blows previous years out of the water

    Pam Knox

    April 19, 2016

    NOAA reported this week that the latest temperature statistics on global average temperature for 2016 so far put this year far above measurements from previous years.  In their global summary they also noted that March was the 11th consecutive month with a record high temperature for the Earth, reaching a value of 2.2 degrees F…

    Posted in: Climate and Ag in the news, Climate summaries
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