Wx Info: What is the Karrie Meter, how it came to be, where it will go next…

It turns out that the Karrie Meter has gained a lot of traction during the last seven years. In fact, we are coming up on the seven year anniversary of its unveiling. But not everyone…

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Wx Info: Connecting tornadoes directly to Climate Change is misleading

Climate Change is happening. Humans are not helping. Our activities are making it worse. There is no reasonable way to deny that when faced with the overwhelming evidence. I always laugh and say ‘no one…

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Over-alerted but under-informed: “Alert Days” blitzing through local TV stations

Article summary from ChatGPT: “The article “Over-Alerted but Under-Informed: Alert Days Blitzing through Local TV Stations” discusses the overuse of “alert days” by local TV stations, which can lead to viewers becoming desensitized to them…

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Video: Storm chaser Mike Olbinski shares a TON of amazing storm footage

Vorticity 3 (4K) from Mike Olbinski on Vimeo. The video really needs zero introduction. However, some background. Mike is a fantastic photographer and videographer. Sure, he is a great storm chaser, too. But man, oh…

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Forecast: “Rain. Because we are in Oregon. And when is there not rain?”

KBVR-TV, the campus TV station at Oregon State, was one of my favorite places to test my broadcasting skills. And it looks like, for current students, not much has changed. I’m not sure if Tanis…

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