Weather, Climate, and Other Science Topics
This will be a quick post (spoiler alert: it’s not), as my work starts relatively early (4am!) and sleep is one of those things in life you don’t want to skimp on. But I felt obligated to at least give you a brief warning about the cold, windy weather on tap for tomorrow morning so […]
I don’t know about you, but I thoroughly enjoyed our sudden switch to cooler weather on Saturday. I was in Seattle for a weekend of boat chores and band practice, but even more fun than pressure-washing our boat was having all my windows open Friday night and feeling a strong, westerly, marine breeze suck all […]
Saturday, October 17, 2015 4:01 pm Beach erosion by Pacifica, California due to storms during the 1997-1998 El Niño event. Credit: USGS With all of this talk about the “Godzilla” El Niño of 2015, it’s important to remember that an event of this magnitude is not unprecedented. Back during the 1997-1998 winter, we saw the largest El Niño on […]
Wednesday, August 21, 2013 4:17 a.m. You ever have a night where no matter how hard you may try, you just can’t fall asleep? Well, tonight is one of those nights. I worked 5-6 hours straight before this on a citation guide for the employees at WeatherOn (but I’ll incorporate it into this blog as […]
Sunday, August 18, 2013 11:38 P.M. Hey everybody. Sorry for not posting for a while… I had a seizure several nights back and screwed up my sleeping schedule, so I’ve just been really unorganized for the last few days. I’m totally fine now. Regular readers of this blog know I have epilepsy, and I talk […]
Friday, August 9, 2013 1:35 P.M. Flash Flood in Gobi, Mongolia in 2004 – Uploaded by Wikimedia User QFL247 It would seem as though the current watches and warnings posted around Washington contradict each other. How can you be at risk of forest fires and flash floods at the same time? Rain mitigates the damage done by fires, […]
Friday, August 9, 2013 2:09 A.M. (Yikes!) I was absent the past week for a fishing trip in Canada and knew that Washington was expected to receive some rain. At the time I left, forecasts were calling for over an inch of rain in areas of Western Washington and perhaps up to FIVE INCHES in parts of the […]
Saturday, October 6, 2012 4:02 P.M. It’s been a pretty boring run, but we are approaching the end I love running, but I absolutely hate treadmills. With a treadmill, you don’t get the relaxing breeze in your face, you don’t get to explore new places around the city, and you are in constant danger of […]
