I’m a weather nut, and I think I make that pretty clear. I enjoy storms and watching hurricanes spinning in the Atlantic. I think I share one thing with all those who are weather freaks like me though. We don’t enjoy watching what happens afterwards. Yesterday’s tornadoes were devastating to many people. Some families went [...]
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On April 26, 1991, I was a 14 year old high school freshman. I was moving out of the child-like fear of storms and beginning to have more interest in what made these things happen. The year before on March 13, a massive F5 tornado and struck the city of Hesston, KS, causing a massive [...]
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UPDATE: I heard from the chief of police today. He said in an email, “Please tell your friends and neighbors about the sirens being an outdoor warning system and that their sounding does not indicate that a Tornado is imminent. It means ‘Take shelter and monitor weather media.’” I disagree, but if that’s the city’s [...]
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As both an armchair meteorologist and armchair theologian, I would like to make the following observation. Weather is God’s way of telling humanity that we have no idea how things work. We may think we do, but sometimes God simply decides to throw a wrench in the works. My evidence for this follows. This last [...]
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I’m actually going to leave my opinion of global warming out of this. Al Gore and the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change have won the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize. I think it’s pathetic and here’s why. According to Alfred Nobel’s will, which established the five Nobel prizes, the Peace Prize should be awarded “to [...]
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My weather station is back up and operational now. The temperature may still be off a little, but if I get time this week I’ll fix that. Just click the Weather Underground image over on the right side of the screen to see it.
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I just hope it’s right, though I’m not quite sure how you would quantify “tons”. I’m expecting a deluge. Hopefully I’m not disappointed.
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Got this from Drudge this morning. A group called the Heartland Institute wants Al Gore to debate one of their experts on global warming. Al won’t have anything to do with them. A quote from one of Al’s people. “The debate has shifted to how to solve the climate crisis, not if there is one,” [...]
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EthicsDaily.com writer Robert Parham tosses out this little gem of an article about how those of us who don’t feel that global warming is as big of a threat as it is being made out to be are “deniers” and should be called out for it. I’ve got problems with several parts of his article, [...]
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This slideshow is simply amazing to see. Popular Mechanics does a phenomenal job with this. I’ll be buying their August issue.
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