Category Archives: Weather, Tides & Geography

The physical world around us – weather, tides, and natural land features.

Maybe We Really Can Trust Weather Forecasts

Posted on August 22, 2018 by Mark Zeiger

One of the classic American truisms is that you can’t trust the weather report. We all learned at our parents’ knees that weather forecasts are unreliable, untrustworthy, comically inadequate. Well, maybe in their day, but today one had best believe … Continue reading →

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“Real” Rain

Posted on June 30, 2018 by Mark Zeiger

A recent local news story shocked us: a weather expert told us that we are experiencing a drought. Drought in a temperate rain forest doesn’t look like drought elsewhere. We haven’t had weeks or months of pounding heat or relentless … Continue reading →

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