Greetings everyone. Thanks so much for stopping by. The past week has seen a couple of episodes of severe weather, but the season’s just beginning. Our review of severe weather preparedness continues this week. Along with other interesting science reads we have the latest US Drought Monitor update, so let’s get started.
- Many of you have gardens that you carefully tend to each year. With climate change in mind, how could that affect your gardens?
- Speaking of plants, many species have a daunting challenge ahead of them in their adaptation to climate change.
- In case you missed it, the World Meteorological Organization has released their State of the Global Climate report for 2023. Chances are very good that, regardless of where you live, the information in this report will affect you.
- Here’s a very concise overview of the WMO State of the Global Climate report.
- Here’s the latest update on the US Drought Monitor. Several of the northern and central plains states have seen an uptick in drought conditions along with Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas. The latest fire weather outlooks can be found at the Storm Prediction Center website where they are updated daily.
This week we’ll continue our review of severe weather and tornado safety and preparedness information with a look at NOAA weather radio. Many lives have been saved by these inexpensive and widely available devices, especially in tornado or flash flooding events. Here’s the National Weather Service’s NOAA Weather Radio web page with all of the details you need to know.
Let’s review very important and potentially life saving tornado safety guidelines. Here’s an excellent 20 page PDF document from the National Weather Service: “Thunderstorms, Tornadoes, Lightning…Nature’s Most Violent Storms.” Here’s another detailed look at tornado safety you should read carefully. There are many misconceptions regarding taking shelter from a tornado. The following infographics should clear up any confusion.
The following infographic speaks for itself. While it addresses winter weather, it is certainly applicable year round regardless of the weather or climate in your region.
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