Both Colorado State & NOAA independently increase seasonal Hurricane numbers

Because: 2020. Am I right? This morning, NOAA released their update to the seasonal prediction for tropical activity in the Atlantic basin. The numbers aren’t “incredibly” higher, but the increase does mean there is a…

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8/3/20 COVID Update: Georgia Tech offers ‘percent-chance’ of meeting someone infected

This won’t be a super-detailed post, but rather just a heads up that I stumbled across a new way to figure out the “threat” of meeting someone infected with COVID-19 while I’m out and about.…

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8/1/19 COVID Update: July was deadliest month yet, nearly half of Georgia kids camp infected, and CDC with new tips

While the spread of COVID-19 seems to be nearly out of control in some places, in others things are starting to get back to normal. In Mississippi, like a handful of other places in the…

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Tropical Storm Isaias Hispaniola, toward Bahamas

Tropical Storm Isaias took a while to finally form, but it is now cruising right along and through parts of Hispaniola. You can see the brighter colors, indicating the more robust convection, blossoming nearer to…

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Falsely yelling ‘Fire’ in a theater: How misinformation, confirmation bias make informing the public about COVID-19 so difficult

A good friend of mine, Ivory Hecker, down in Houston recently had one of her videos pulled from Facebook. Like most of us when facebook fails us, she went to Twitter. The most alarming thing…

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7/28/20 Tropical Update – PTC9 / Isaias organizing, moving toward Puerto Rico

The National Hurricane Center continues to monitor Potential Tropical Cyclone Nine. The storm is likely going to be named Isaias in the coming days. It isn’t forecast to be near Florida and the Bahamas until…

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NHC issues advisories for PTC Nine, eventual Isaias, for Caribbean Islands

The National Hurricane Center has now designated “Invest 92L” as “Potential Tropical Cyclone Nine.” The change in name will only be temporary. The NHC is trying to issue advisories for some of the islands as…

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7/28/20 AM COVID Update: Study suggests weather forecasts struggle during pandemic, Teens may be important spreaders, Smart Watches may ID COVID early

You guessed it: I’m still not a doctor. And, if I’m being honest, I never wanted to be one. Ever. The hours, the stress, the mental fatigue. I couldn’t do it. Oh sure, I’ll go…

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