Attempting to develop new Tropical ‘Threats’ Scale

I’m no Herbert Saffir or Robert Simpson, but I do like thinking outside the box and challenging myself with trying to find order in chaos. Truly, I think that is why I love meteorology so…

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Revisiting Gulf of Mexico water temperatures impact on SE severe weather potential ahead of next week’s potential threat

There is another threat for severe weather coming up this next week, but so far deterministic model guidance has been slow to develop any specific outcomes that feature a potent severe weather setup while the…

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Clearing COVID-19 Confusion – info straight from medical researchers about mutations, vaccines, and transmissibility

You know me, I like getting my scientific information straight from the people that are hands-on doing the science. That is why I get all of my COVID-19 information from Harvard, Mayo Clinic, Imperial College,…

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Mr. Tornado – an American Experience film

PBS presented a fantastic documentary on Tetsuya Fujita – the man behind the Fujita scale. For those who are curious, “Ted” Fujita moved to the United States from Japan. And used his background in engineering…

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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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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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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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