What’s really behind Madame Pele’s fortune or fury? Even if you do not compete as an athlete in distance triathlon racing, you may know the town of Kailua-Kona, Hawaii from the yearly Ironman broadcast of athletes from around the world slogging through a 2.4 mile swim, a 112 mile bike, and then a marathon run…
On the afternoon of April 26th 2023, the Atlantic coastline of Florida saw a somewhat rare severe weather event more reminiscent of the Central Plains with supercell storms building southward along the coast, bringing high winds and large hail. Given it’s warm water sources on both sides of the state, large hail events in Florida…
Hurricane Nicole made landfall just south of Vero Beach, Florida in the early hours of Thursday, November 10th as a rare, late-season Category 1 hurricane with sustained winds estimated at 75mph. Significant beach erosion was observed hundreds of miles away from landfall, well up into the Daytona and Jacksonville areas. So how did a relatively…
by Kate Looney with imagery by Kate Looney and Mike Godsey The first major coastal storm of the fall season took shape over the Chesapeake Bay on October 16th with a swath of moderate to strong E/SE winds building ahead of the storm and a powerful W/SW blast shaping up on the backside of the…