As we approach the first days of August, it will be hard to realize that summer is well on its way and those vacation plans need to be made. Hopefully, you have been able to enjoy some of the nice weather we have had. Summer heat this year is widespread.The weather headlines are all about the ...
I am always fascinated by how weather has played such a role in so much of history. Fires and storms continue to make the daily news, and looking back in history it has always been that way.Today, it蘑菇视频 the fires on our hillsides in the west and the storms rolling through our midsection. No ...
As we approach the beginning of another Hurricane season, it might be prudent to apply what we have learned from one of our earliest weather forecasters.Long before radar, satellites, and El Nino, and even before the invention of the barometer in 1643, an explorer named Christopher Columbus had ...
I live in a wooded area and spend a great deal of my time outdoors on the bike trail or hiking the valleys and hills of Ohiopyle State Park. Every so often, I like to enjoy a different outdoor experience and take an urban hike, usually in a nearby small town or in Pittsburgh.Last week, I had ...
As a kid growing up in Southwestern Pennsylvania, I can remember my parents talking about the Flood of 1936. Water covered the entire downtown section of Pittsburgh and flooding was widespread.In 1950, we had the Big Snow. I was just a kid but I remember it well. In 1972, Hurricane Agnes ...
The Mississippi River is often considered the greatest river in the United States. The Mighty Mississippi has the third largest watershed in the world, receiving rain and snow that falls on 32 of our states. Its network of tributaries shuttles water from these states to the Gulf of Mexico. ...
