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Meteorologist, retired hunter of hurricanes, aviation, board gamer, World of Warcraft (HuntsTheWind) CAUTION: by following, you agree to be subjected to random puns! All opinions are mine and mine alone.
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It's a Town Hall Called Malice! Bonus/Catch-Up DORK TOWER TUESDAY! Raucous new strip up now, at the Mothership! www.dorktower.com/2025/03/04/1... Repost/Reblog/Repeat, please and thank you!

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That cup of Starbucks coffee in front of you? It cost you more than you paid all last year for NOAA and the forecasts, warnings, and data it provides.

submitted 4 hours ago • 0 comments

When your career becomes the subject of an Onion post, things are not boding well.

submitted 3 days ago • 0 comments

This post has become even more horrifyingly relevant in the last month.

submitted 27 days ago • 1 comment

Meteorology codes were developed when every character of bandwidth was precious. They, like Fortran and COBOL, will outlive us all! Hope he does a TAF next! 😀

submitted 80 days ago • 0 comments

As one with a propensity for punning, I definitely feel seen! :-)

submitted 82 days ago • 0 comments

To paraphrase TS Eliot, the naming of storms is an interesting matter. And so is the retirement of those names. With the end of the 2024 season, here's a talk about just those topics: www.youtube.com/watch?v=FYnb...

submitted 86 days ago • 0 comments

Played Inventors of the South Tigris on Friday evening for the first time. Very crunchy game - lots going on. Will definitely take a while to figure out how to score well at it.

submitted 92 days ago • 0 comments

Now that hurricane season has concluded, I get a short respite at work. But after the holidays our Atmospheric Rivers flying season will ramp up big time. Contrary to what many think, aerial weather reconnaissance is an almost year-round mission.

submitted 92 days ago • 0 comments

Seems fitting for a meteorologist to have an account here - though my job is busiest when the skies are the exact opposite of blue!

submitted 106 days ago • 0 comments