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More Trump Budgeting

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On May 27, 2017
Another target of the Trump budget is weather forecasting and research. Because who needs to know more about where a tornado might strike, the path of a hurricane, or an oncoming blizzard? The main U.S. weather forecasting model, which has fallen behind the European model in its accuracy, has been called a “national embarrassment.” In […]

The Smell of Rain

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On April 2, 2013
I’d always wondered why rain smelled so good after a dry period. I first noticed this in the summer growing up in Oregon, when it doesn’t rain. Then in September it would rain and it would always smell like this. And then it always smelled that way in New Mexico. Love it. Now I know […]

Winter Storm Hitler

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On February 8, 2013

So as you may know, the Weather Channel decided to start naming winter storms this year. The only reason for this is to ratchet up the panic and increase ratings. Unlike hurricanes, which are named by

Republican Climate Policy

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On August 13, 2012
I suppose that maybe this was a misspoken statement, but it certainly seems to fit with the rest of the Republican response to Obama to blame the national drought on the president. Not the response, the drought itself. And who doubts that a certain segment of American society believes the drought is God’s response to […]
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Blizzard

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On March 7, 2008
One of the great things about living in the Pacific Northwest (at least the parts where people live) is that it only snows roughly 1-3 times per year, and doesn’t stay very long when it does. This means that snow takes on the quality of a novelty, which makes up in part for the difficulty […]
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