Putting Out Fires with Meteorology
San Diego Gas and Electric has embarked on an ambitious weather-monitoring effort that should warm the hearts of meteorologists–whose help...
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
Living on the real world: We’re Earthlings, till death do us part.
“Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, refuses to go away.” sometimes attributed to Philip K. Dick,...
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
Getting real.
“Civilization exists by geologic consent, subject to change without notice.” generally attributed to Will Durant “And I saw that all...
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
The AMS Summer Community Meeting: ending in a good place!
The last of the out-of-town participants have pulled out of town by now. Our State College hosts, including AccuWeather, Penn...
Sit Tight: You Might Be (Over)-Warned
On his blog this week, Mike Smith, CCM (and an AMS Fellow) discusses the common air passenger’s frustration with seat...
Perspectives
A Community Living Up to Its Name
by William Hooke, AMS Policy Program Director Last-day thoughts from the AMS Summer Community Meeting this week. From a post...
Perspectives
A New Role for a Venerable Institution
by William Hooke More thoughts on this week’s Summer Community Meeting, from the AMS project, Living on the Real World...
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
A new role for a venerable institution.
Robert White, former head of the Weather Bureau (back in the 1960’s), and the first NOAA Administrator, tells the following...
Perspectives
Public and Private: More Thoughts from the AMS Summer Community Meeting
by William Hooke, AMS Policy Program Director A post from the AMS project, Living on the Real World Back in...
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
(Still more on) private- public-sector collaboration
Back in the 1990’s, while still working at NOAA, I was once part of a two-day U.S.-Japan bilateral discussion in...
