Showing posts with label weather. Show all posts
Showing posts with label weather. Show all posts
Saturday, August 29, 2026

The Heat Is On, Revisited: The Rivers Run Dry

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It's been a hot one out there. Summer, that is. Record breaking in many ways, as I wrote about in my July 11th post " The Heat Is O...
Saturday, July 11, 2026

The Heat Is On: Sizzling & Sweltering this Summer

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The end of June found Europe sweating, with over the top, record breaking temperatures. According to the World Meteorological Organization ,...
Sunday, January 25, 2026

The Gift of Snow

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Waking up to the Wintery Wonderland is always a gift. The world of white abounds and surrounds. And it is still coming down. I've seen r...
Saturday, November 1, 2025

Hurricane Melissa, Cat 6, Katherine Hayhoe, & What You Can Do

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On Facebook, I follow Climate Scientist Katherine Hayhoe , and I have written about her many times before.* I was particularly struck earlie...
Saturday, November 2, 2024

NOAA's 2024 Billion Dollar Weather and Climate Disasters

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Just like my Leaf Peeping Maryland map I ran across last week, I happened upon another interesting graphic on Justin Berk, Meteorologist...
Saturday, October 5, 2024

Once Again...Trying to Reason With Hurricane Season

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This year's hurricane season is shaping up to be a doozy. We've already seen the wallop and carnage that Hurricane Helene left in he...
Wednesday, April 10, 2024

Visualizing the Ripple Effect of Climate Disasters

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I ran across this amazing data visualization graphic on FutureEarth's Instagram page .  Created by Federica Fragapane (whose entire gall...
Wednesday, January 10, 2024

Riding the Line Between Snow And Rain

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This past weekend we were trying to time a flexible yet sizable drive based on the weather. It would have us going westward through the moun...
Friday, December 29, 2023

Katherine Hayhoe's Inspirational Recommendations for Climate Content

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I subscribe to climate scientist Katherine Hayhoe's weekly newsletter. I've written about Hayhoe in the past , and her interesting d...
Wednesday, October 5, 2022

Feeling the Hurt After Hurricane Ian

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Unless you've been living under a rock this week, you've heard a thing or two about Hurricane Ian. Where I live, we a're getting...
Wednesday, March 30, 2022

Cherry Blossom Season

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Washington, D.C. is a beautiful city in the spring...especially when the Cherry Blossoms pop. I've been fortunate enough over the years ...
Wednesday, September 15, 2021

The Annual #NatureFix & #BlueMind Summer Analysis

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For 4 years now, I've been keeping track of  my hours outside  during the summer. The idea came from the concept of 1000 hours outside b...
Wednesday, July 21, 2021

The Power of the Wind and the Weather

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Two days prior to my wedding (in the wayyyy back machine), we had a "Hurricane Day" off of school (think "snow day") two...
Wednesday, April 7, 2021

Nature Is Part of Our Nature: A Reminder of the Benefits of Being Outdoors

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Spring has sprung and the weather is warming. Thank the Lord almighty! The long winter with the Covid connection on top was getting to be to...
Wednesday, February 3, 2021

A Snowy Day

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I'm sitting here on a Sunday, watching the snow fall in my backyard. It's our first official "real" snow. We had a dusting...
Saturday, September 19, 2020

Blue Mind Days & Hours Outside, Summer 2020

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This is my 3rd summer counting up hours outside , and my 2nd summer monitoring my " Blue Mind Days ."   The former is pretty strai...
Saturday, January 18, 2020

Unseasonably Warm

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I'm writing this outside* in 65° weather, wearing only capri yoga pants and a long sleeve t-shirt. Did I mention it's mid-January?...
Wednesday, March 20, 2019

Happy 1st Day o'Spring

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Ah, the first day o'Spring is upon us: March 20, 2019. Spring Equinox. From this point on, days get longer than the night. Why? Becaus...