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Have you stocked up on milk and bread? Do you have a generator? If not, then you may not survive the great Blizzard of 2008. The TV people say it is gonna get worse and that people must be careful. After all, snow causes accidents. Just one flake can cause massive amounts of accidents and […]

Today is one of those days where severe weather is expected across Alabama. The Storm Prediction Center has placed northern Alabama under a moderate risk of severe weather for Thursday, which usually means there is a pretty good chance of tornadoes, hail, or strong winds.  Schools are sending kids home early.  When I was a […]

It gets hot around here in August.  This August has been especially hot, for it has been 100 or more degrees for over a week now.  Fortunately, it is not very humid (humidity has been around 15-20%), so it does not feel as bad outside as it would normally during the summer, but it has […]

The National Weather Service is changing the Fujita scale to reflect the fact that weaker winds than previously thought can topple homes and turn ordinary objects into projectiles.
An F-5 tornado under the enhanced Fujita scale would have winds of at least 200 mph instead of 261 mph.
A note from the official website:
The Enhanced F-scale still […]