Flooding During a Drought?

The last few weeks in Southern California have been, well, a bit soggy. To those who know the area, it is either Mr. Roger’s Neighborhood or a 1970’s cheesy Leslie Nielson disaster movie. There is nothing between the two extremes as the occasional errant summer...

Environmental Databases: Precipitation

In North Texas, like most areas of the southwest, it has been a dry summer. Drought conditions now covers the majority of the area, and Fort Worth hasn’t seen measurable rain since June. It’s becoming blatantly obvious who has a sprinkler system and who does not. But...

Wildfire Season 2022

The talk of a bad wildfire season is everywhere in the news, as 3 million acres of U.S. land has already been burned this year due to wildfires. With extreme heat warnings across the country and low amounts of rainfall, this summer could be brutal for wildfires. Here...

Hurricane Season

Forecasters at the NOAA are predicting an above average year for hurricanes. “NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center is predicting another above-normal Atlantic hurricane season. Forecasters predict a 60% chance of an above-normal season, a 30% chance of a near-normal...

Early Wildfire Season?

California, especially the southern parts, is famous for its variability in rainfall. The ‘average’ annual precipitation figure is a poor indicator of reality. Most seasons are well below that average, which is raised by the occasional very wet winter. The rainy...

Tsunami Risk Sneak Peek

On the 26th of December, 2004, a massive undersea earthquake measuring 9.2 on the Richter scale resulted in a tsunami with recorded wave heights of 100 feet and resulted in at least one quarter of a million deaths. While an extreme event, the 1964 Alaskan earthquake...