Weather, Climate, and Other Science Topics
In this blog, I’ll touch on what I’ve interpreted as widespread, sensationalized coverage of Hurricane/Tropical Storm/Tropical Depression/Post-Tropical Storm Florence. While Florence has absolutely been the highest-impact U.S. landfalling storm since Hurricane Maria devastated Dominica and Puerto Rico, the media has also been dramatically exaggerating the storm’s effects. There are some fragrant examples of fake news, […]
Hurricane Florence is currently just offshore the North Carolina coast, and North Carolina is absolutely getting hammered as she slowly trudges onshore. As you would expect, the coast has been the hardest hit thus far and has been ravaged by life-threatening storm surge, hurricane-force winds, and multiple flash flood warnings, but gusty winds are occurring […]
Hi all! First off, let me apologize profusely for not being more punctual with this blog. I’ve been very busy with work over the weekdays, and this past weekend, I was out tuna fishing some ~40 miles off the Columbia River. We didn’t exactly knock ’em dead… we only caught one tiny 6 pound tuna, […]
