Central Plains heat breaks records; Tornado slammed Kansas town 50 years ago, killing 77; 4 hurricanes revealed Florida’s flood potential; CITGO, WeatherWave promote new weather alert service; Great aurora and moon pictures at SpaceWeather; Scientists hope laser rivals energy found at center of the sun; Monument to creationism sparks evolution debate; Lightning strike update
Central Plains Heat Breaks Records: Temperatures in Kansas towns hit 101, 102
Not much to say other than it was a hot weekend in Central and North Texas! Highs at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport on Saturday and Sunday: 99. Helping move my in-laws into their new Fort Worth home over the weekend: priceless! (It was cool … just not in a literal sense)
Tornado Terror: A half-century later, hearing “Udall” can still make meteorologists break into a cold sweat as a tornado slammed the Kansas town on May 25, 1955, killing 77 people and injuring 250. Full story
Other Weather News: Four hurricanes revealed Florida’s flood potential
CITGO teams up with WeatherWave to promote new weather alert service: Voice generated weather alerts for subscribers’ mobile phones
Space News: SpaceWeather.com, as usual, has received some great images of auroras and the moon*
*This one might be my computer’s background image for the next few days…
Science News: Scientists hope laser rivals energy found at center of the sun
Monument to creationism sparks evolution debate
Lightning Strike Update: I have a small update to my Friday the 13th lightning strike post. Neighbors revealed to me that a home on our street was hit by lightning early Saturday morning the 14th, and all electronics were fried — even the air conditioner. Other homes had electronics zapped, including my next-door neighbor. I hope they all are able to replace their lost items quickly, especially my one neighbor! When we all first moved onto our street in 2003, a lightning strike on our street sparked a fire a few homes down from mine. Original post from Aug. 12, 2003 here…
Top 5 WXnation.com city weather and webcam pages visited on Sunday: 1. New York City 2. Detroit 3. Indianapolis 4. Vancouver 5. Boston … and on Saturday: 1. Minneapolis 2. Vancouver 3. New York City 4. Boston 5. Orlando … See the top 20 so far this month in the center column of our home page.
