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When you fly on a commercial flight, you might notice some bumpiness in the air as you go along your route. This is called turbulence, and it can range from very mild to severe. While it’s sometimes uncomfortable, it is very seldom deadly. The best thing to do is to keep your seat belt buckled,…
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Greenville Online reported this week that South Carolina’s peach crop could be the strongest in years, according to experts from Clemson. Even though they had less chill hours than usual this year due to the warm December across the eastern US, they still got enough to help develop a good crop. South Carolina produces the…
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In the Southeast you’ve enjoyed a wonderful warm, sunny and dry week here. But to our west, our neighbors in east Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas and Mississippi have been inundated with heavy rain which is locked in place by the combination of a cut-off low pressure area to their southwest and a strong high pressure area…
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The 7-day QPF shows that the western portion of the Southeast should get the most rain in the next week. This will occur in two batches. The first event is a continuation of the rainy conditions that have plagued Louisiana, Arkansas and Mississippi this week in association with a cut-off low that is moving very…
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I often get asked if this or that weather event was caused by climate change. In many cases it is impossible to answer the question directly because it depends on a lot of factors. Dr. Marshall Shepherd discusses this question in his latest blog post at Forbes.com here. Some events are easier to attribute to…
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A recent study published in Nature Climate Change shows that six of nine staple crops in sub-Saharan Africa are expected to be able to continue to be cultivated in a warmer climate. Three crops, however, maize, beans and bananas, will most likely no longer be viable in the new climate and will have to be…
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I read an interesting essay this week from July 2015 in Cracked.com describing a first-person experience with an EF5 tornado, in this case the one that hit Moore OK in May 2013. The story really brings home the need to prepare for unexpected disasters and what you can do to prepare for your own bad…