Tag: JULY-AUGUST 2017

8 essential items to help you survive any storm

For most of us, an elaborate doomsday bunker is overkill. But, when facing down a tornado, hurricane, blizzard, or whatever Mother Nature…

How scientists modeled a deadly tornado with an insanely powerful computer

Supercell thunderstorms are giant tempests with powerful rotating updrafts at their cores—and one out of every four or five spawn tornadoes. Most…

How a backyard weather station works

A wet finger will tell you which way the wind blows, but most of us rely on serially inaccurate apps or spray-tanned…

Park rangers recall their most dangerous encounters with nature

A big part of my job is simply getting familiar with the extreme terrain I patrol. So a few years…