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11 June 2010
The Noisy 11%
There was an article in the New York Times this week that surprised a lot of people. I was happy to see it but not really that surprised. It was a poll that asked the following questions: Yup, 75% of the scientific sample believe that the planet is getting warmer and humans are the cause. Considering what you hear on TV and especially on talk radio in America, that may …
16 Dead in Arkansas Flash Flood (Updated)
There are many similarities to the flash flood that hit Montgomery County, Arkansas last night and the Big Thompson Canyon flood in Colorado in 1976. Both were National Forest campgrounds near streams. 145 campers died on 31 July in 1976 in the Colorado flood. The death toll now stands at 16 in Arkansas. Some are still missing. What Caused It The flood was caused by what meteorologists call an MCS. …
Dan Satterfield has worked as an on air meteorologist for 32 years in Oklahoma, Florida and Alabama. Forecasting weather is Dan's job, but all of Earth Science is his passion. This journal is where Dan writes about things he has too little time for on air. Dan blogs about peer-reviewed Earth science for Junior High level audiences and up.