by Paul Douglas | Jul 15, 2020 | Blog
Today: Just Another Minor Meteorological Miracle “How complicated and unpredictable the machinery of life really is” wrote Kurt Vonnegut. I mean who, save for a few prescient epidemiologists, predicted today’s precarious state of the world? Weather...
by Paul Douglas | Jul 14, 2020 | Blog
Hot Here – Pretty Much Hot Everywhere It’s a genuine summer sizzler out there across the USA. Meteorologists should be serving towels with their sauna-like outlooks. According to Climate Central, NASA and NOAA data shows 2020 as the second warmest year on...
by Paul Douglas | Jul 10, 2020 | Blog
Billion Dollar Weather Disasters Increasing According to NOAA, America has already experienced 10 billion dollar weather disasters. 2020 is the 6th consecutive year America has experienced 10 or more weather and climate disasters. Since 1980, the years with 10 more...
by Paul Douglas | Jul 9, 2020 | Blog
On The Northern Edge of Discomfort There is too much news, much of it lousy. Most days I’m relieved to talk about the weather. Last summer we tried to avoid drowning (it wouldn’t stop raining). This summer is being served medium rare. We may wind up with...
by Paul Douglas | Jul 8, 2020 | Blog
Turning Up The Volume On The Heat Denial of facts. Ignoring experts. Cherry-picking data to fit an agenda. Covid-19 or climate change? Yes. According to NOAA, average annual weather/climate damage in the U.S. has quadrupled since the 1980s. A new paper at AAAS, The...
