Weather, Climate, and Other Science Topics
Yesterday, I went for a stroll through through Azalea Way in the Washington Arboretum, a gravel path lined by cherries, azaleas, rhododendrons, and many other beautiful flowers, shrubs, and trees. Azalea Way has a long and storied history – it was first created by the Puget Mill Company in the late 19th century to transport […]
There’s nothing a Pacific Northwest meteorologist likes more than a big windstorm. Flooding rains are interesting, but they make for terrible skiing (something many meteorologists like to do!) and are not nearly as vicious and intense as a windstorm. Snowstorms are awesome because they are so rare, and there’s nothing more beautiful than Seattle with […]
Tuesday, May 26, 2015 6:38 pm On Good Friday, Mary 27, 1964, Southeast Alaska was rattled by a 9.2 magnitude earthquake with a hypocenter some 15 miles below Prince William Sound. The damage throughout the region was simply astounding. 4th Avenue in Anchorage was absolutely destroyed by the quake, but a couple buildings on the […]
Saturday, November 23, 2013 5:43 pm This picture was taken at Joint Base Lewis-McChord last November by YouNews contributer Jilma V.Diaz-Demangue and was retrieved with permission from KOMO’s website. Isn’t that a beautiful picture above? It looks to be some sort of Japanese Maple leaf. I have one of those trees in my backyard, and […]
Monday, November 18, 2013 12:47 p.m. Replace “Capt. John Brown” with “Umbrella,” and you’re set. It’s not like the umbrellas have any choice. Seattlites are not supposed to have umbrellas, let alone use them. Hoodies, ponchos, rainboots, and the like are tolerable, but umbrellas are unofficially forbidden. So imagine my surprise when I walked outside my […]
Tuesday, October 11, 2011 2:28 P.M. Last night, I went walking with some friends around the UW campus just to get a breath of fresh air and get some relief from the plethora of work thrust upon us by our most excellent professors. I knew that showers were in the forecast, but I failed to […]
