Of the 2011 Southern tornado outbreak, April 27th particularly stands out. A total of 199 tornadoes occurred in a 24-hour period leading to 316 fatalities. That not a misprint. 199 …
I’m driving along the two-lane highway 40 in Northeast Alabama. A few of hours earlier Tony Lyza and Ryan Wade, tornado researchers at the University Alabama, Huntsville, are giving me …
Nice write up by David Allison about how air conditioning has fueled Atlanta’s economic growth. Ask anyone what has driven Atlanta’s economic growth in recent decades and they’re likely to …
On a Friday in July of 1986, tornadoes touched down in the suburbs of the Twin Cities in Minnesota. A KARE News11 helicopter caught one of these tornadoes on video, …
Featured image from Kansas City District U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Flickr CC). Strewn debris from the EF-5 tornado that struck the Joplin, Mo., area, shown June 14, 2011. By …
Legendary blues singer, Alger “Texas” Alexander was born in Jewett, Texas, north of Houston in 1900. In 1934, Alger composed and sang with his big, deep voice the Frost Texas …
For the last several months, I’ve found myself on a quest. One that as a marine biologist I didn’t expect to find myself on, but that has origins long before …
Conway rests almost square in the middle of Arkansas. In the early 90’s when I attended college in this Southern town there were fewer than 30,000 people. Outside of the …
A siren goes off in the distance. It’s not stopping and the anxiety I feel rises with every second it continues. That sound, a warning, signals conditions are “right” for …
