Perspectives
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
The environment and public health…and poverty
“I know that the Lord secures justice for the poor and upholds the cause of the needy.” – Psalm 140:12...
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
You be the judge.
Here’s a story that’s making the rounds: Belgian town may sue over soggy weather forecasts. According to NPR and other...
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
The 2012 AMS Summer Community Meeting…final reflections
The 2012 AMS Summer Community Meeting closed something like 24 hours ago. Most if not all of the participants have...
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
What makes a nation weather ready?
“Be silent, or say something better than silence.” – Pythagoras[1] “The problem with communication is the illusion that it has...
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
State of the Sectors
“If we could first know where we are, and whither we are tending, we could then better judge what to...
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
S.W.O.T.!
Sunday’s the eve of the 2012 AMS Summer Community Meeting, which this year is being held in Norman, Oklahoma. The...
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
Summertime
Alfred Lord Tennyson tells us that in spring, a young man’s fancy lightly turns to thoughts of love. Well, I’m...
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
A climate change forecast…and by analogy, yet.
In meteorology, a sure prescription for trouble is to stick your head above the foxhole and venture a climate change...
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
Tropical storm Ernesto and climate change (respectively) make landfall
Two news stories in recent days, despite their parallels, evoke differing public reactions. The first? Tropical storm Ernesto, having grazed...
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
Weather Services for the Nation: Becoming Second to None
Earlier today, the National Academy of Sciences/National Research Council released the second report from its Committee on the Assessment of...
