VIDEO: Explaining tornado formation during severe weather

If you’ve ever wondered how tornadoes form during a severe thunderstorm, now is your chance to learn! Here is the video lecture from GHY326 during the 2020 Spring Semester at USM. This 30-minutes video talks…

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Polar Vortex induced Gulf Coast wintry weather potential is exactly that – just a potential

Sometimes I’m not sure if certain people commenting on my facebook videos are dropping ‘hot takes,’ just there to be rude, or genuinely frustrated because they actually don’t understand what I am trying to explain.…

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Wx Info: Don’t use semi-trucks to shield smaller cars during severe weather

The title says it all. And yo umight be asking, “Nick, what are you even talking about?!“ And that is a great question. I turns out that someone has some pictures of some semi-trucks surrounding…

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Christmas Star shines tonight, a close asteroid passes in January

A once-in-a-lifetime event is happening tonight. I’m sure you’ve already heard about it. But I don’t know if anyone has really broken it down to explain just how special it is. The “Christmas Star” will…

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Mr. Tornado – an American Experience film

PBS presented a fantastic documentary on Tetsuya Fujita – the man behind the Fujita scale. For those who are curious, “Ted” Fujita moved to the United States from Japan. And used his background in engineering…

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