I’m sure the residents of Galveston Texas are wondering how, not to mention why… something like this chose them. It was bad.
But Hurricane Ike could have been much much worse.
Likely not many of us were up at 4:15 to check on things, or you could have seen this live image of the NWS radar from […]
Today I have updated a quick reference page that I first built while living on the South Carolina coast. Lots of interesting imagery and links for further study. Please visit (and bookmark as a favorite) my Atlantic Hurricane resource selector .
Enjoy /;^)
Never really understanding why; I just had always accepted that the SR-71 was the coolest flying machine that ever had been. It was a picture like this one that first clued me in that this was no ordinary aircraft - and that was probably early-1980s. It may be a while before anything this significant flys […]
Our good friend Mike made the journey to Alabama for the weekend.
Traveling all the way from Kingsport TN, Mikey drove over Thursday arriving in time for the RACES/ARES group’s annual picnic on Monte Sano. I took a vacation day to show Mike around town a bit, including the HOSC @ MSFC and the US Space […]
Before leaving the summer/beach theme, I’ll share one more favorite.
I’m always amazed at how powerful is nature to produce such dramatic visions of simple ‘ordinary’ events - like a typical sunrise at the beach. No amount of pixel-twisting, palette-wrenching, post-production finesse could rival the natural beauty of a shot like this. I rarely even adjust […]
I thought the site could use a refreshing picture, during these hot humid days of summer. This is a pair of sunrise surfers in the Atlantic, just off Pawleys Island. The water temperature there this time of day is actually a little warmer than the air temperature. The early sun turns the humid air into […]
