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It’s tough to make predictions, especially about the future. – Yogi Berra (?[1]) The confluence of three events this past week shapes this post: At age 90, former New York Yankee catcher Yogi Berra passes. My generation knew him as … Continue reading →

Praise be to you, my Lord, through our Sister, Mother Earth, who sustains and governs us, and who produces various fruit with coloured flowers and herbs    – Saint Francis of Assisi This sister now cries out to us because … Continue reading →

“Out of the heart, the mouth speaks.” – Jesus (Matthew 12:34) “Love doesn’t erase the past, but it makes the future different.” – Gary Chapman[1] Joel Achenbach has written an interesting piece you can find online at the Washington Post, … Continue reading →

The 2014 Natural Hazards Workshop is underway; it’s the 39th in a distinguished series, and remarkable in several respects. Held in Broomfield, Colorado, it brings together researchers from the natural sciences and social sciences. It then mixes these two groups … Continue reading →

“I’m a boat owner, and I’ve learned that whenever something goes wrong on the boat, it’s my fault.” – J. Michael Hall Being AMS President confers few perks, but one of them is selecting a theme for the Annual Meeting. … Continue reading →

This graphic, from Mike Smith’s blog, may look like a jumble to you. But to meteorologists, it’s a thing of beauty. It’s a so-called spaghetti chart or diagram (wonder where they got that name?) made by juxtaposing different numerical forecasts… … Continue reading →

“False facts are highly injurious to the progress of science, for they often endure long; but false views, if supported by some evidence, do little harm, for everyone takes a salutary pleasure in proving their falseness.” – Charles Darwin Call … Continue reading →

“Let someone else praise you, and not your own mouth; an outsider, and not your own lips.” Proverbs 27:2 (NIV) These are troubled times for U.S meteorology, and for U.S. meteorologists. There’s a full litany of woes. Vital weather-satellite programs are … Continue reading →

The most moving moments on this trip to Rwanda? These three topics win by a mile. The story threads are loosely woven together. You can see the narratives running through the photographs on the Downtown Baptist Facebook page but you … Continue reading →

“Linear problems are all the same. Nonlinear problems are all different.” – Robert Hooke (1918-2003) My father, a mathematician, once shared this offhand remark, at a time when I was still in school. He certainly wasn’t claiming this to be … Continue reading →