Major Tornado Risk in Large Area Through Tonight
By Paul Yeager, author of Weather Whys: Facts, Myth, and Oddities On the heels of deadly tornadoes on Sunday evening (including the devastating Joplin, Missouri, tornado) and on Tuesday and Tuesday...
View ArticleHeat Wave for Tens of Millions of Americans
By Paul Yeager, author of Weather Whys: Facts, Myths, and Oddities Here’s a quote that sums up the weather well: “Is it hot in here, or is it just me?” Uncle Sam, July 18, 2011. Currently, there are 15...
View ArticleDangerous October Snow Storm
By Paul Yeager, author of Weather Whys: Facts, Myths, and Oddities The stage is being set for a rare, dangerous, and damaging major early-season winter snow storm in the Northeast and mid-Atlantic...
View ArticleVery Dangerous Weather–Snow Squalls
One of the things that I talked about in the book (Weather Whys: Facts, Myths, and Oddities) is that a relatively innocent sounding forecast of “snow showers” can lead to some of the most dangerous...
View ArticleEuropean Death Toll Over 500 in Cold Outbreak
I know the news here is very US-centric, but it seems as if the incredible cold outbreak in Europe is not getting nearly enough coverage considering the scope of the on-going disaster. As of today (Feb...
View ArticleGlobal Stats, Update on Eastern Europe Weather Disaster
By Paul Yeager, author of Weather Whys: Facts, Myths, and Oddities Image of Romania snow--courtesy of Reuters via Capital Weather Gang blog I don’t know about you, but sometimes I long for the old...
View ArticleMajor and Potentially Damaging Winter Storm Coming–in Late April!
By Paul Yeager, author of Weather Whys: Facts, Myths, and Oddities After a winter that was much less snowy than might have been expected, a major and potentially damaging winter storm will affect parts...
View ArticleSandy Verus the Original Superstorm
By Paul Yeager, author of Weather Whys: Facts, Myths, and Oddities I always try to be respectful when talking about extreme weather events because of the resultant tragic effects, so I want to make...
View ArticleGlobal Warming and Hurricane Sandy
By Paul Yeager, author of Literally, the Best Language Book Ever and Weather Whys: Facts, Myths, and Oddities I’m not a climate change denier. I’m certainly not a political conservative (far from it!),...
View ArticleBiggest Weather Events of 2012
By Paul Yeager, author of Literally, the Best Language Book Ever and Weather Whys: Facts, Myths, and Oddities I find it amusing how we can turning anything into a top-10 list at this time of year; it’s...
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