Remember all that talk about “Snowmageddon 2019” for Portland, with multiple heavy snows for Puget Sound and the Willamette Valley this week? Well, I hate to break it to you folks, but snowmageddon ain’t happenin’ this year, at least for NW Oregon and SW Washington. Parts of Western Washington still look to receive a healthy […]
Torrential Rain In the Olympics, Drizzle In Everett, And Inadequate Rainshadow Communication
Friday, November 13, 2015 12:57 pm Credit: PRISM Group and Oregon Climate Service. Retrieved from Reddit (yup!) One of the most fascinating things about Pacific Northwest weather is how much our local terrain influences our climate. Just in the state of Washington, we have two mountain ranges that get gobs of snow, a massive ocean off our […]
The Tragedy of Climate Misinformation
Wednesday, September 23, 2015 3:52 pm Albuquerque Tea Party, April 2009 Global warming deniers come in all shapes and sizes. Some are quite bold in their statements, denying any reasonable scientific claim, and instead claiming that global warming is a ‘socialist scam.’ Others are more subtle, claiming that evidence […]
Climategate
Saturday, April 6, 2013 1:16 A.M. I’ve only recently heard of the “Climategate” scandal. Whenever I’d be looking at an online news article that had something about global warming and allowed people to comment on it, a surprisingly large amount of people would bring up the word “Climategate.” Usually, they would juxtapose the mentioning of […]
Our Dilemma
Tuesday, January 11, 2011 8:26 P.M. Thankfully I don’t have this dilemma. Who would possibly want to go to college? I have to make this quick, as additional homework warrants priority, but I just felt like I needed to have a quick note to explain what is going on and all the hype that […]