Earth Science

The Blizzard Living in Southeastern Indiana, most our winters were relatively mild. A normal winter would consist of maybe two feet of snow spread over the entire season and a couple of weeks of zero weather. The rest of the…
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Project  STORMFURY was an experimental research program that was designed to study hurricane modification. It was carried out between 1962 and 1983 by NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration,) and the government agency that preceded NOAA. It was, in essence,…
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Your car can be one of your most expensive and prized possessions. As hurricane season approaches, it is time to start to map out your plan to keep your car safe from damage. Perhaps the most obvious thing you will…
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How a Hurricane Could Decimate the US Economy             In the major oil companies’ identical five-page, boilerplate plans for cleaning up an oil spill nor in any of the EPA feasibility and environmental impacts studies is there any mention of…
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A barograph is an aneroid barometer which has been designed to continuously record measurements of atmospheric or barometric pressure. They were invented in France in the 1840’s and were produced in large quantities in the later part of the nineteenth…
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Although atmospheric scientists have never been able to pin down the exact spot where a hurricane will make landfall more than a day or two in advance, it is not inconceivable that someday in the distant future they will possess…
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After being a 15 year veteran of Gulf of Mexico storms, waterspouts and hurricanes I can speak from experience when I say, “Think quick, think easy, and be prepared”. Tools and supplies you might need to keep on hand. 1….
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Tornadoes are powerful storms. Other than Antarctica, they have been reported in all continents on Earth. As the country of the United States experiences the most tornado frequency yearly (more than one thousand tornadoes on average), in previous years, hundreds…
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Around 2006, many Wall Street investors invested heavily in oil weeks before the arrival of Hurricane Alberto. Many companies placed a multi-billion dollar bet on oil stocks and commodity futures in anticipation of oil price appreciation, only to see that…
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Having grown up in an area of the country (lower East Texas) that experiences both hurricanes and tornados, I have to give my vote to that black funnel as the deadlier of the two. While it is true that hurricanes…
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