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Storm Chasing Lecture at Hamilton College

Brian Barnes — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 02:47:36 +0000

Last week I had the honor of being invited to Hamilton College in upstate New York to give a lecture to a group of students and members of the community.

Missing Boy and Colorado Balloon

Brian Barnes — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 21:10:34 +0000

We’re dealing with a high volume of phone calls and emails at the moment due ...

Russian Roulette in Tornado Alley

Brian Barnes — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 02:08:37 +0000

My storm chasing tour guest come from all over the world and to a person who is visiting Tornado Alley for the purpose of chasing storms, they sometimes go home with the feeling that a person must be mad to live here. From their point-of-view, if the weather cooperates with the tour during their visitation - they'll see extreme weather at its best, or sometimes at its worst. But, in reality most people that live throughout the Great Plains have never seen a tornado and most never will.

Global Warming isn’t Cool

Brian Barnes — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 02:40:37 +0000

Global Warming is big business. And no matter which side of the aisle you stand on you can point your finger at various companies and industries about their influence in shaping policies in regard to Global Warming. If you're a believer then you're going to point your finger at the oil and automobile industry and say they are trying to prevent the truth from getting out. If you're a non-believer than your going to point your finger at the carbon credit and "green" industries and companies such as GE and say they are trying to use fear-mongering techniques to scare us all into buying their products.

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs

Brian Barnes — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 05:06:17 +0000

Get ready for Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs from Columbia Pictures and Sony Picture Animation! It will be the most delicious event since macaroni met cheese. Inspired by the beloved children's book by Judi Barrett, the film focuses on a town where food falls from the sky like rain.

Southern States Receive Rain & Floods

Brian Barnes — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 20:33:26 +0000

A slow moving system centered over Texas appears to not be in a hurry to go anywhere fast. The lingering system is bring rain and flooding to much of the southern states and even into the central plains. The Norman, OK WFO has issued Flood Watches for most of central Oklahoma as periods of heavy rain are dumping up to an inch per hour in some areas.

Old Farmers Almanac

Brian Barnes — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 23:45:43 +0000

While at the bookstore that bares my family name the other day I picked up an interesting book that has been published annually in September since 1792 – The Old Farmer’s Almanac (OFA).

Hurricane Fred in 3D

Brian Barnes — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 12:14:20 +0000

NASA's TRMM Satellite is providing meteorologist with a lot of unique opportunities to study tropical rainfall rates, and tropical cyclones. TRMM (Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission) has an on-board radar that can scan storms with incredible accuracy from space.

Tornado Kills at least 17 in Argentina, Brazil

Brian Barnes — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 08:58:40 +0000

BUENOS AIRES - A violent storm described as a freak "tornado" killed at least 17 people in the southern part of South America and punched hundreds of houses off their foundations Tuesday, officials said.

Hurricane Fred Forms in the Atlantic

Brian Barnes — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 03:52:58 +0000

Tropical Storm Fred strengthened into a hurricane over the east Atlantic Tuesday. The National Hurricane Center's track forecast will quickly push Fred to the north allowing the hurricane to steer clear of any land.