Rain of Biblical Proportions
This is how it looked earlier on this morning at the I-35 highway at Lexington Exit when the rains had started to taper down.  The highway resembles a river, with the water almost reaching the top of the overpass. A deluge of rain came down this morning on the city of San Antonio, TX, so [...]
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Chilly New England – Heating Up Central USA (5 common tornado myths; incredible footage from Moore EF-5)
Looks Like a Holiday First let me compliment you on your lawn! Never greener. Flowers are popping up nicely, water in our lakes, farmers breathing a big sigh of relief as the drought eases statewide. No drought in the metro; we’ve gone from 67 percent of Minnesota in severe/extreme drought back in early April to [...]
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5.7M Earthquake in CA, Indy Forecast, Holiday Weekend Travel Troublespots
Earthquake Last Night Earthquake reported last night in Northern California.  Tremors were felt as far south as San Francisco.  From the USGS:   From KGO: “A magnitude 5.7 earthquake was widely felt as it rattled Northern California Thursday night, breaking dishes and shaking mirrors off walls. But authorities said there were no immediate reports of [...]
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NOAA Hurricane Prediction: Busier Than Average (will NOAA technical failures impact forecast accuracy?)
Ill-Timed Warm Front For Upper Midwest     My barber, Hurricane Heidi Rusch, was brutally blunt: “my clients are DISGUSTED by spring, Paul. They’re so sick of cool and wet they don’t even want to talk about it!” It’s been a tortured spring, and I’m keeping weather-expectations for the first unofficial holiday of summer low, [...]
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