Friday, December 13, 2013

A waste of state resources

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Over and over, of late, we hear about state legislators in diverse states around the US passing laws to allow school-sanctioned prayers (and...
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Tuesday, December 10, 2013

Inevitable uncertainty in weather forecasting

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A recent blog I read made an effort to explain probability in weather forecasting.  From my perspective, it fell rather short of an explana...
Thursday, December 5, 2013

Thoughts on the passing of Nelson Mandela

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Listening to the many tributes to Nelson Mandela today, following his death at age 95, I was reminded of how fortunate the world has been to...
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Tuesday, December 3, 2013

The myth of professional versus amateur chasers

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It's not uncommon to hear storm chasers described as either professional or amateur chasers.  There might be a very, very tiny fraction ...
Tuesday, November 26, 2013

My tribute to ShockNet Radio and RJ Evans

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As we come to the end of ShockNet Radio on 29 November, there's a great deal of sadness associated with its going off the "air...
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Sunday, November 24, 2013

Company principles and success

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A recent conversation with a friend has reminded me of something that often leaves me scratching my head in amazement.  His story concerned ...
Friday, November 22, 2013

Causes for the weather community to get behind

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A never-ending story in the field of tornado hazards is the miserable construction practices that characterize so much of American frame ho...
Thursday, November 21, 2013

A failed "slippery slope" argument

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Some of my conservative friends, opposed to granting equal rights to the LGBT community, made the prediction that if we give in to homosexua...
Monday, November 18, 2013

Another tornado outbreak - Second thoughts about chasing?

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The November 17th tornado outbreak, affecting mostly some small towns in Illinois, is an example of several things.  As bad as it was, it co...
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Saturday, November 16, 2013

Why do you atheists care about what we believe in?

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The question is often posed to atheists on social media, "Why do you care about what we believe in?  Why don't you just keep your n...
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Saturday, October 26, 2013

Driving away from tornadoes in urban areas - a bad idea

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As I posted here , there have been some tornado situations of late where people have received bad advice from public and private sources reg...
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Thursday, October 17, 2013

Recognition awards

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This has been my year for awards, it seems.  In June, at the European Severe Storms Conference in Helsinki , Finland, I was honored with the...
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Friday, October 11, 2013

Public tornado shelters - Not necessarily a good idea!

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I understand perfectly why folks would favor public tornado shelters.  If there were public tornado shelters, then no one would have to str...
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Tuesday, September 17, 2013

Follow-up on the Colorado Floods

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It's come to my attention that the NWS forecasts for the major flash flood event in Colorado failed to anticipate the disaster that was ...
Monday, September 16, 2013

Thoughts on the Colorado floods

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In the late summer/fall of 1976, I had graduated with my doctorate and was working at the National Severe Storms Forecast Center (an earlier...
Wednesday, September 11, 2013

Immigration – responsibilities

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It’s a really big decision to make – to leave the nation in which you were born and move yourself (and your family) to a different country. ...
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Monday, September 2, 2013

More on the EF-Scale controversy

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I've already had to answer several questions regarding the EF-Scale, so I feel the need to say more on this topic. It is true that mob...
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Saturday, August 31, 2013

Operations versus science - the case of Storm Data

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Recently, something of a brouhaha developed over the rating of tornado intensity on the so-called EF-Scale.  But there have been some impor...
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