Weather, Climate, and Other Science Topics
As I was writing my previous blog on the 7/12/2019 Three Lakes earthquake, I kept getting sidetracked and found myself writing about the mechanisms behind earthquakes in general (perhaps that’s the reason why this blog is so late to get out!) And while there’s so much more I’d like to cover, like the different types […]
Before I was interested in meteorology, I was fascinated by volcanoes. Even as early as preschool, I would religiously watch my many volcano VHS tapes, and I’d make my parents read this book to me. I was particularly fond of the Hawaiian volcanoes because the lava was so colorful, so my 5-year-old self was beyond […]
May 7, 2015 12:28 pm I still remember the Nisqually Earthquake of 2001. Ironically enough, we had just finished an “earthquake drill” when our second-grade teacher shouted “Earthquake! For real!” We all immediately bolted under our desks, not necessarily because we were concerned about falling debris, but because we just liked bolting under desks. You […]
