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 since Feb. 2003
 WX - Telegraph abbreviation for weather often used with Morse code
 The Wire - Name once given to the telegraph

Have a good Memorial Day…

I promised to post pictures I took of the damage left behind by an F4 tornado in Moore, OK on May 8. The pics were taken on May 10, but I’ve just developed and scanned ‘em. The first three were taken on Interstate 35 just south of Interstate 240. The last was taken at I-240 and Sooner:

Odd patches of tall grass knocked down has a couple, their neighbors and a National Weather Service meteorologist stumped

The same ultra-low-frequency sound waves that whales and elephants use to communicate over long distances have been harnessed in a novel tornado-detection network being tested by Boulder researchers. More here.

Baseball-size hail fell in Denton County, just north of Dallas-Fort Worth.

Pic: Cool ring around the sun from SpaceWeather.com