Monday, November 19, 2012

Dr. Robert Simpson Turns 100




Happy 100th Birthday to Dr. Robert Simpson! He is best known for his work as director of the National Hurricane Center (1967-1974), and co-developer of the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale. However, this only scratches the surface of all Dr. Simpson has contributed to meteorology and especially tropical meteorology. A TRUE LEGEND!


Here is an excellent story by USA TODAY on Dr. Simpson:




Also...  Here are a couple other good links about Dr. Simpson:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Simpson_(meteorologist)

http://pielkeclimatesci.files.wordpress.com/2010/03/ppr-250.pdf

Saturday, November 10, 2012

10 Years Ago Tonight!



10 years ago tonight, I learned a lot about chasing in the Deep South at night. Moral of the story, DON'T DO IT unless you have a lot of training/experience!

Here is a blog post I wrote about it on the 9th anniversary, which will take you to a link of the 8th anniversary post with the chase account... 

http://ldctstormchaser.blogspot.com/2011/11/november-10th-2002.html

Friday, November 9, 2012

The "Other" La Plata, MD Tornado


La Plata, MD Supercell - April 28th, 2002


People forget this tornado! Only focus on 4/28/02... RT @wxhistorian 11/9/1926: Maryland's deadliest #tornado killed 14 at LaPlata. #weather

16 died (mostly children) according to these two sources. Very interesting/powerful reads if you like historical weather, especially in the Washington DC region...


Wednesday, November 7, 2012