Struggling to Categorize an Epic Tornado Outbreak
The numbers practically defy comprehension: 327 people killed in a single day; nearly that many reports of tornadoes that fateful...
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
Making Mom Proud
It’s Monday, but not just any Monday. It’s the Monday after Mothers Day. We all know that Mondays are challenging...
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
Mom(s)
We owe them! Or, if you’re reading this and you are one…they owe you! (Never liked that we-they stuff.) And...
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Thinking about the unthinkable – 2011 style
Half a century ago, a young man by the name of Herman Kahn burst into national and international prominence because...
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Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee hearing entitled America’s Natural Disaster Preparedness: Are Federal Investments Paying Off?
Today I was one of four witnesses at a Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee hearing entitled America’s Natural Disaster...
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Blowing the levee…as American as apple pie.
“There are two primary choices in life; to accept conditions as they exist, or to accept the responsibility for changing...
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Rafting fire ants: role models for surviving troubled times
There’s nothing like a great scientific detection story. But a great bit of scientific sleuthing that also carries an embedded...
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Tornadoes! Now coming to a city near you…
As I write this, Tuscaloosa and Birmingham are reeling from earlier blows today. Huntsville is hunkered down. The DC area...
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Vive le différence!
Day 3 of the AMS Washington Forum? It’s all about making a difference, through the mastery of “difference.” Huh? What...
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More on the AMS Washington Forum
Day 1 of the AMS Washington Forum provides a look at where things stand – with the Congress and with...
