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 […]
The Landfall of Super Typhoon Haiyan
Thursday, November 7, 2013 8:17 p.m. A visible satellite image of Super Typhoon Haiyan as it makes landfall Friday morning Philippine time. Credit: NOAA. A few hours ago, Super Typhoon Haiyan, one of the strongest, and, pending further investigation, quite likely THE strongest tropical cyclone in recorded history not only at landfall but at peak […]
Climate Change and the Election
Sunday, November 4, 2012 ~12:00 P.M. This election season has been pretty intense from both sides. I’ve seen some outrageous, unsupported claims on Facebook from people in support of both Obama and Romney, although I have to admit, I’ve seen more ridiculous posts in support of Romney. I’ve honestly gotten to the point where I […]
Terrible Tempest the Twelfth
October 12, 2012 4:18 P.M. As promised, I’ll give you guys a brief overview of the Columbus Day Storm of 1962 since it has been 50 years since it happened. Unfortunately, I had a seizure before the presentation and was still in the ER when the presentation started. Trust me, I tried to convince those […]
Tropical vs. Extratropical Cyclones
Thursday, September 15, 2011 4:05 P.M. I’m doing what would be Friday’s post today since I will hiking around Mt. Rainier tomorrow. We are now right at or just past the peak of hurricane season, and in a month or so, we should start seeing a more consistent flow of extratropical storms across the Pacific, […]
