Are November tornadoes rare? Was the November 17th Outbreak abnormal? Understandably, I have seen these questions asked via social media hundreds of times over the last several days. With the recent outbreak of tornadoes on the 17th in Illinois and Indiana that claimed 8 lives many people are confused as to how this can occur …
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Looking Back-Super Storm Sandy
This time a year ago, the East Coast of the United States was dealing with something that is more often experienced on the Gulf Coast. The basic statistics for Sandy are the following, its millibars was 940, as a comparison, Katrina was 920 and Andrew was 922. There were 285 fatalities, the majority of deaths …
Andrea’s Corner: Rain..Rain..Go Away-Historic Colorado Floods
This month there has seen a catastrophic weather situation unfolding in Colorado, the as hasn’t occurred in approximately 100 years, some are calling it a 500 year flood. This is the result of a 14 year drought and 15 months of intense forest fires, something I learned this week, scorched ground can’t absorb water. I …
