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3 January 2010
Stunner of a Sunset in Christchurch Sunday Night
and here it is: Ann and I are off to pick up our Antarctic Clothes this afternoon! US military Plane South early tomorrow.
28 December 2009
Packing Like I'm Heading to the South Pole! (Oh wait- I am!)
So what DO YOU pack when you’re headed to the very bottom of the world?? Little clothing surprisingly! Most of my winter clothing will not suit for Antarctica and instead when I get to Christ Church, I will be outfitted with the polar clothing. I did spend 50$ on special long underwear. I will be given much heavier long johns when I get to Christchurch but this is for those …
3 December 2009
Get The jab, and learn What a semi-colon means before you accuse scientists of fraud.
I have a pile of things that I’ve wanted to write about, but it’s been a busy time with a family illness. That said, here are some great pieces of good Science I have run across this week. All are worth a look. First of all a salute to the ROYAL SOCIETY by the BBC in the form of an audio visual slide show. Mouse on the pic below to …
6 November 2009
Tomorrow is Carl Sagan Day
Tomorrow marks the first annual Carl Sagan Day. It will be held at Broward College in the Miami area of Florida. It will be celebrated by people around the world however, by simply pausing to reflect on the life of a man who brought the wonders of Science to millions. Sagan worried a lot about scientific literacy. To have a functioning society, where the public makes thoughtful decisions on everything …
28 January 2009
Gamma Ray Bursts and the End of The World
Anytime I find some great science lectures online, I try to write about them here. Well, I have found a new one and it gets an A+ from Dan! Alex Filippenko is an Astronomer and a Professor at the Univ. of California Berkely. He has been named Best Professor on Campus four years running, and after you watch his talks at Princeton, you will know why. He did three public …
31 August 2008
Hurricane Update (video)
I have a screencast update on Hurricane Gustav. It was recorded at 12:30 am (0530Z). I’m still getting used to this software, and it will get better. This is a chance for you to get an in depth look at what I am seeing in the maps as I go through the forecast process. Video is here: GUSTAV UPDATE On the brighter side of things. Meteorological Summer ended at midnight!! …
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.