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2008 Tornado Season, One for the Record Books

June 11th, 2008 · No Comments

From the Storm Prediction Center WCM Page: The 2008 preliminary tornado count has been climbing dramatically. By most accounts, the year is off to a record start in tornado numbers. It is important to understand that the preliminary count for 2008 is based on Local Storm Reports (LSRs) transmitted by local National Weather Service Forecast [...]

Holiday Travel & Thanksgiving Weather

November 20th, 2007 · No Comments

Wednesday is considered to be the busiest travel day of the year. AAA expects that a record 38.7 million Americans will travel 50 miles or more from home over the five days beginning Wednesday, with roughly 80 percent of those trips by car. Meanwhile, the Air Transport Association forecasts that approximately 27 million passengers will [...]

Enviornmental Blog Action Day & Open Discussion

October 15th, 2007 · 12 Comments

WX-Man’s Perspective is very happy to join other Erie Bloggers, Outside Erie, eriepressible™, and So anyway… (Where I first heard about Blog Action Day), and over 15,000 other blogs world wide on Blog Action Day to talk about the Environment. Whether you are a die hard environmentalist or have serious questions about man’s role in [...]

Is the Southeast Disturbance (99L) just a Bunch of Hype?

September 6th, 2007 · 2 Comments

Alan Sullivan thinks so: Drudge is still linking yesterday’s report about a possible hurricane in the NE US. This was nonsense then, and it is double nonsense now. There is no serious weather offshore, just a weak swirl that will hook back toward the Carolinas, then drift away again. This trivial ocean storm has no [...]

Poll Results: Mar. 1st Tornadoes & Blizzard a result of Global Warming

March 12th, 2007 · No Comments

Selection Votes Yes 60% 18 No 40% 12 30 votes total I know I shouldn’t be, but I am a little surprised that the majority of people think Global Warming had something to do with the March 1st, 2007 tornadoes that ravaged the south, and the winter storm and blizzard through parts of the Midwest [...]