Mississippi’s average COVID count has more-than-tripled since Election Day

I noticed an alarming stat today when The Mississippi Department of Health released their daily COVID numbers update: We had more cases tallied in one day than in the whole first month tallied cases in…

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2020 Atlantic Hurricane Season: An exaggerated example of an unnerving trend

As we get toward the end of a long – and I mean LONG – Atlantic Hurricane Season, I wanted to pause for a moment and reflect on the trend we are seeing in the…

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Wx Info: Answering “We made it to the end of the Greek Alphabet, now what?!”

The 2020 Atlantic Hurricane Season has been rather active. So active that we just had Hurricane Zeta. I’ve heard from a good number of folks asking “We made it to the end of the Greek…

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From Climate Change to COVID-19: Science takes time, trust the process

A lot of people, when they have an idea about how something works, say, “I have a theory….” But they don’t. People who say, “I have a theory…” often just have a hypothesis. Theories take…

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2020 Orionid meteor shower in the South – look East(ish), then up

If you are looking to catch a glimpse at a few passing meteor streaks, try to find the constellation Orion in the night sky, then look up. What you’ll see Head out after midnight, or…

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Not Wx: Keeping time and the names for the Days of the Week

The other day, I was considering changing back to “Standard Time” in a few weeks and I started thinking about all of the abstract ways humans think about Time. Not to get too into the…

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VIDEO: Space Station flies over Laura as Tropical Storm

Hurricane Laura made landfall as a strong Category 4 Hurricane. It has sustained wind estimated by the NHC at 150mph at the time. The destruction was catastrophic, some places will never be the same. Before…

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