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6 March 2007
The Growing Tornado Problem
Last week’s tornadoes remind me that we have a growing problem of tornadoes. Not there are anymore tornadoes now than there were say 50-100 years ago. There may actually be an increase in the future as the planet continues to warm but so far there is no real evidence of an increase in hurricanes or tornadoes as a result of the temperature rises in the last 100 years. The problem …
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.