This is a story about a “chase” in the desert that went from fun to GREAT SCOTT. It all turned out okay, but it was… [Read More]
Unravelling Death Valley’s 134 Temperature Record, Part 3 Hot Temperature Comparisons
UPDATE, August, 2016 This part remains incomplete — sorry about that. I have been working on Part 4, which will help me with the remaining… [Read More]
February 25, 2014 Record Dry Spell About to End
The final week of February, 2014, has begun, and the gentle hills and open fields around Thousand Oaks, Westlake Village, and Agoura are still a… [Read More]
November 17, 2013 Lost iphone tale
This write-up was posted originally on my Facebook page on November 7, 2013: I think I will share my “lost iphone” true story. Three days… [Read More]
July 21, 2013 Masters Thesis is Online
Attention all weather and climate nerds: as you may know, I have studied Death Valley’s record temperature of 134F from July 1913, and determined that… [Read More]
June 30, 2013 Death Valley hits 128F!
Below is a pic by an observer at the Death Valley NP weather station in Furnace Creek, CA. It shows a temperature of 128F on… [Read More]
June 1, 2013 Strange, Surreal, and Sad
(written in March, 2014 and published on March 9, 2014) It is early March, 2014, and I am almost finished with the accounts and photo… [Read More]
December 28, 2012 Probability of article on Comet ISON causing consternation
I decided to add a new category to Stormbruiser. It is called “BLOG”. I would not have known what a “blog” was 20 years ago. … [Read More]