Mississippi’s average COVID count has more-than-tripled since Election Day

I noticed an alarming stat today when The Mississippi Department of Health released their daily COVID numbers update: We had more cases tallied in one day than in the whole first month tallied cases in…

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Decent shot of cold potentially settles South to begin December

Remember how I said, “around Thanksgiving” was the likely going to be our first shot of real cold air? I think the first time I said that was back around Election day. I made a…

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Not Weather: That time I tried out for the Amarillo Venom indoor football team

When people ask me: “What is the most fun you’ve ever had?” I often talk about being a kid and riding my bike to wherever, or playing basketball, or even playing video games. But as…

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2020 Atlantic Hurricane Season: An exaggerated example of an unnerving trend

As we get toward the end of a long – and I mean LONG – Atlantic Hurricane Season, I wanted to pause for a moment and reflect on the trend we are seeing in the…

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Tropical Storm Eta still pegged to turn, drift toward northern Gulf Coast

I think it is a funny coincidence that the one tropical system with the name that is an acronym for “estimated time of arrival” is the tropical system that is taking the most indirect path…

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11/9/20 PM Update: Tropical Storm Eta to turn, drift north toward northern Gulf Coast by weekend

It is an ugly, small, and not very angry storm. But that doesn’t mean it won’t cause problems. Just ask Florida. Tropical Storm Eta is in the Gulf trying to reorganize itself in the face…

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Looking Back: Five years ago today, “Nick did the sports” for the first time – a story

 I can’t believe it has been five years since I got an opportunity to anchor “The Endzone” (now called “GameTime”) on WDAM. I found the video today while sifting through some old files looking…

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11/5/20 Eta update: Since we are all getting good at waiting…

Who is with me? A vote for dissipation is a vote for sanity! I’m being told, ‘that isn’t how any of this works, Nick’ Drat. Well, then, let’s get right to the update… From the…

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11/4/20 Update: Eta forecast to slither its way north into Gulf

Eta is a shell of its former self, however it is still dropping copious amounts of precipitation across Central America. Nicaragua and Honduras are still expecting another foot of water – maybe more – in…

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