Accumulating snow has invaded the Rockies and high plains as of this morning and a cold front continues to march to the South and East ushering in frigid temperatures. Heavy snow is falling in the Rocky Mountains and portions of the Dakotas. Temperatures have plummeted by 50 degrees in some locations with wind chills in …
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Frigid Cold..Snow..and Ice. Winter is back with a vengeance
A dip in the jet stream will allow the coldest air of the season to come down into parts of the Central United States starting mid-week. A cold front will move through the Southern Plains by Friday December 6th bringing winter along with it. Dangerous life threatening temperatures will be in place over parts of …
Photo of the Day: “Comfortable End”
A sunset near Buffalo Oklahoma over an old abandoned building. Storm chasing is surprisingly more calm than many are led to believe. In fact, most chases end in scenes like this void of any storms at all. For me, storm chasing is just as much about relaxation as it is the adrenaline rush. Zach Roberts …
“Oklahoma Swirl”
A tornado dances above the treeline in near Willow Oklahoma on March 18th 2012.
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Andrea’s Corner: Bless You Squared: Allergies
That’s a joke my summer algebra instructor says whenever someone sneezes twice in a row or “bless you cubed” if it’s three times in a row. If some of you haven’t figure it out yet judging by the Benadryl in your cabinet (or Zrytec, Claritin, etc…), the pile of used Kleenex’s at your house, in …
Zach’s Corner: Historic Tornado Series-The Bridge Creek-Moore Oklahoma Tornado May 3rd, 1999
May 3rd 1999…mention this date to any resident of Oklahoma and you are sure to get a look of sorrow and fear. Tornadoes in Oklahoma in the spring are not an unusual thing. Natives of Oklahoma have become accustomed to the annual ritual of tornado sirens, and most understand that they live in the heart …
Andrea’s Corner: Keep Our Children Safe-Tornado Shelters & Schools
In the State of Oklahoma there is a debate over storm shelters and safe rooms in schools. Mostly over the price tag, but surprisingly enough, over the need. In a pool of Oklahoma residents only 75% were in favor of putting safe rooms/storm shelters in schools. My question is…what’s wrong with the …
Andrea’s Corner: Sinkholes-Swallowing Chunks of Earth
You have got to see this… I read this story this morning and watched the video, this is a freaky video. There is a 24 acre sinkhole in Louisiana and it “burped” and sucked down a bunch of trees. The sink hole is man-made and has been there since August of last year. In …
Andrea’s Corner: Remain Strong-The Moore Oklahoma Tornado
It is said by people who tally such things that there are around 1000 tornadoes annually in the continental U.S., and that the recent EF5 tornado in Moore, Oklahoma was only the 59th such tornado since 1950. That’s an average of less than one per year, meaning that this unimaginably powerful type of tornado is very, …
