Sunday, April 28, 2013

Wilbur Jones




Wilbur Jones is an amazing man! Truly an inspiration! Of course his experiences with the 1935 Labor Day Hurricane were beyond epic (185mph + winds, 15 foot surge, surviving in a box car with a two foot air bubble on top), but his 101 years on this earth are so much bigger than this historic storm. He was friends with Arnold Palmer, knew Robert Trent Jones (Bobby Jones), flew in bombers over Europe during WWII, survived the Great Miami 1926 Hurricane in Coral Gables, and so much more... What a great day!

Saturday, April 13, 2013

Friday the 13th Cooperton, OK Tornado




One year ago today I saw this BEAST...

A large tornado passes in front of myself/Joel Young about 2-3 miles south of Cooperton, OK on highway 54 around 7:30pm. Friday the 13th strikes again! (4/13/12)  ©GregNordstrom 2012

Thursday, April 11, 2013

2013 Atlantic Hurricane Season Forecast


EXTENDED RANGE FORECAST OF ATLANTIC SEASONAL HURRICANE ACTIVITY AND LANDFALL STRIKE PROBABILITY FOR 2013 (CSU):  



Also, here is Joe Bastardi's forecast for the upcoming hurricane season...  

http://www.weatherbell.com/2013-Hurricane-Season-Forecast

Video:  http://www.weatherbell.com/

*I definitely agree with Joe that we have entered a period similar to the 1950's.  Cold PDO + Warm AMO...  Also, pure statistics tells us the major hurricane landfall drought is likely to end this year for the US.  Last major hurricane to strike the US...  Hurricane Wilma in 2005

Monday, April 1, 2013

1925 Tri-State Tornado Paper




This is an AWESOME read...  Highly recommend!

- Meteorological Analyses of the Tri-State Tornado Event of March 1925

http://www.ejssm.org/ojs/index.php/ejssm/article/view/114/88