Tornadoes & the Virus
Adding insult to injury my worse fear has come to the surface. As we are supposed to be locked in our homes due to the virus now bad weather comes into the picture. A tornado moved through Jonesboro, Arkansas, on … Continued
The World Population & Covid19
Looking at the figures yesterday on the world population I found that there are more than twice as many people now than when I was born in the 1950s. We have over 7.8 billion humans we share the earth with … Continued
Severe Weather Awareness Week
Yesterday you may have heard your city sirens go off at 1 pm for the Michigan Statewide Tornado Drill. Due to Covid, we haven’t had our Skywarn classes across the state which teaches pretty much all the aspects of storm … Continued
Weather History
Weather History March 22 1938: Temperatures soar into the 80s during one of the warmest March days in Lower Michigan. Grand Rapids ties their record high for the month at 82 degrees and Lansing sets a record for the … Continued
Happy Thoughts
This is Chippy one of the three chipmunks who visit my bird feeders every day, they love the sunflower seeds and corn I put out. He is becoming tame enough to approach to keep a closeup photo. Not much bothers … Continued
Thunder & Lightning
We are coming into the time of year when storms producing thunder and lightning become more prevalent. Florida is the lightning capital of the United States. The top five activities that have the most lightning deaths are fishing, camping, boating, … Continued
Positivity – Free Resources
Positivity is the practice of being or tendency to be positive or optimistic in attitude which in these times may be hard to assume with all that is going on. We are being bombarded from the left, right and middle … Continued
Un spring like March(s)
With it now officially spring I thought I would look at some past years where March was not all that spring like. First off March 1965. The winter of 1964/65 started off with a colder than average December. … Continued
Fun things to do at Home
I am trying to keep things on a happier note here at the Weather Center even though stuff seems frightening around the world. The Lions aren’t helping matters with their recent trades which are bent on failure for another season. … Continued