Sep 9, 2017
Some Hurricane Science
Hurricanes are the topic of choice this year given Harvey's record-breaking destruction of the Texas coast and the unusual position of three concurrent North Atlantic hurricanes tracking as I write this. Given…
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Sep 6, 2017
Irma is Not Category 6, but Could be
As Hurricane Irma continues to gain strength, some have started calling it a category 6 hurricane. The problem with this is the scale only goes up to 5. There are 5 hurricane…
Sep 6, 2017
Maryland Watershed Stewards
I was recently appointed to the Howard County Watershed Stewards Academy's Advisory Committee and yesterday was my first meeting. I wanted to take a minute and discuss this program and the value…
Sep 4, 2017
Making the Things You Buy Better
For reasons too complicated to get into, I am taking a course in environmental chemistry. And that means I will be writing about it occasionally here. Because that's the kind of thing…
Sep 3, 2017
Editorial on Texas Flooding in the News and Record
The Greensboro News and Record picked up the article I wrote for The Conversation in 2015 and ran it as an editorial. While it is two years old, nothing has really changed.…
Aug 31, 2017
Audio from The Attitude Interview
So everyone, as promised, here's the audio from this afternoon's interview on The Attitude with Arnie Arnesen. I am in the first half. I haven't listened to this all the way through,…
Aug 29, 2017
Listen Live on Thursday, 8/31
I'll be on WNHN Concord, at 12:10 in the afternoon (EDT) to talk about the National Flood Insurance Program with Arnie Arnesen. You can listen live at this link or if you…
Aug 28, 2017
Notes on the Moon Treaty
I talked about the Outer Space Treaty a couple of days ago and I would like to expand upon the theme by discussing the Moon Treaty, formally known as the "Agreement Governing…
Aug 24, 2017
Confederate Soldiers Were Not United States Veterans
Hi, you're at this page because you said that Confederate veterans are United States veterans. You might even had suggested they were pardoned by Congress. This would probably be in response to…
Aug 23, 2017
No, the Maryland Flag Does Not Have Racist Roots
I usually write longer explainers, but it's not even necessary this time, because that's how wrong the Baltimore Sun is this time. ::embed{href="http://www.baltimoresun.com/features/baltimore-insider-blog/bs-fe-maryland-flag-confederate-20170803-story.html"} The flag comes from the arms of the Cecil…
Aug 21, 2017
Some Fun Facts about the Moon and Sun
In a few hours, many of us will get to see a rare total eclipse of the Sun. Total eclipses are rare because a very tight alignment of the Sun, the Moon,…