More photos of the ongoing pyrocumulus cloud coming off the #MountUnderwoodFire on Vancouver Island south of Port Alberni. Photos from Semiahmoo Spit in Blaine, WA, from 8:30-9:15 PM Monday. #bcstorm #ShareYourWeather @yvrwxwatcher.bsky.social

💰 The New Yorker puts a number on it— $3.4 billion That’s how much Trump & his family have profited from his presidency, estimates David Kirkpatrick. (Mentions my reporting too.) www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

#ICYMI: Kristi Noem, while governor of South Dakota, supplemented her roughly $130,000 salary by secretly accepting $80,000 donated to a political nonprofit she was affiliated with, records show. She never disclosed this income on federal ethics forms.

I also recommend the resources curated by @skepticalscience.bsky.social. For example, this list is categorized by type of argument (it's not real, it's not humans, it's not bad, etc.) and each response has many links to the original peer-reviewed science. skepticalscience.com/argument.php...

The Frequently Asked Questions section of the 4th US National Climate Assessment, written in 2018, has many relevant responses to claims made above. All USGCRP websites have been taken offline, but you can still download the PDF here and go to page 1443: repository.library.noaa.gov/view/noaa/19...

If you'd like to offer comments on the misleading & error-ridden US federal report, "Critical Review of Impacts of Greenhouse Gas Emissions on the U.S. Climate," the link to do so is below. Comments are due by Sept 2. Pls see next post for links to resources that debunk the claims in this report.

A flower from my garden from me to you.

See Tsunami.gov for the most up to date information on a Tsunami Watch for the West Coast.

Are we great yet? Twice in a week? I was in an ATC recently, hearing a radar operator argue with a pilot. The private pilot wanted to do his own thing, and the controller rightfully shot him down and said no, several times, very forcefully. Safety is #1 he said. www.bbc.com/news/article...

100% agree. I am in the warning business, and lead the Montana EAS Committee for several years. I have no idea what any of these "missing people" alerts are. I get that loved ones want to stop a loss from happening to others, but it's gotten out of hand. www.thewarnroom.com/post/missing...

NOAA/NWS is soliciting comments on the potential future use of Bluesky social media. Let your voice be heard. www.weather.gov/media/notifi...

Randomly running into your adult child at #DIA at 145 am after not seeing him since last summer is priceless. Not all extended flight delays are bad!!!

Interview 2 of 4 I've done this week. www.kgw.com/article/tech...

I wish airlines had an age limit in exit row seats. I have little confidence in an emergency with an elderly woman who may weigh 80-90 lbs in getting us out safely. :( I know this is discrimination, but my safety doesn't outweigh their comfort. She's barely 5'5, leg room shouldn't be an issue.

I'm not sure I could've written my account so quickly, but I'm grateful he did. These stories are heartbreaking, but give us lessons to learn from. www.texasmonthly.com/news-politic...

I really dislike my voice, but the message is important enough to share. 🫶 I learned today that a 45+ year family friend lost their niece (similar age to me) in the Guadalupe River floods. 😢😢 www.kptv.com/2025/07/10/n...

Camping locations near rivers often have really bad reception. Your cell phone should alert for a Flash Flood Warning, if you haven't gone in and disabled it. This isn't about forecasts and warnings, it is about communication and action. www.forbes.com/sites/marsha...

All I'm seeing is massive layoffs. Are any companies Massive Hiring? How many of you got a great new job this year? I know of one. Just one. Are we great yet?

Bryan Kohberger has agreed to plead guilty to murdering four University of Idaho students as part of a deal with prosecutors to avoid the death penalty, multiple media outlets reported.

Wonderful final chase day in North Dakota as my US Storm Season winds up. These images from Bismarck this evening. See all my photos and videos from this season via www.severestorms.com.au

I feel you little Lexmark copy machine. I feel you. 🫶

#ADT, just let me cancel my service w/o explaining every reason why, and then having yet another tech mansplaining how a new smoke detector is better than the 3 year old system that has never worked right is better. I have wasted $2500 on your monthly service for 3 years. 1/

Yay!! www.pbs.org/newshour/pol...

Kicking off the Blown Away Short Course at the 52nd @ametsoc.org Broadcasters and Digital Media Conference. #AMS #BlownAway

Want to have a "Fortified Roof" on your new build (especially in Hurricane Country)? Here's how! vimeo.com/271122117

All set up and ready for the Blown Away short course at the @ametsoc.org Broadcasters Conference in Boise tomorrow!! Room 110D, come say hi, even if you aren't in the course!

I'm **paying** a company to remove my info off data broker sites. They have been so for nearly a year, and yet there are always new ones popping up. I was stunned how many sites had any personal data on me...my data should not be for someone else's profit!!!

This is the view of the strong storm moving into Canadian, Texas a short time ago. Watch live via: www.youtube.com/@DanielShawA... @NWSAmarillo #txwx

Another one of those nasty physical + transition risk clashes... Droughts cut hydropower availability -> more fossil fuel power generation -> ++particulate matter in the air -> 10k people excess mortality www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Another big FU from Harvard… free online courses on the US government, the US constitution, civic engagement, and more. pll.harvard.edu/subject/gove...

My latest Forbes dot com writing was inspired by a conversation with friends at a post graduation cookout. It synthesized a challenging "aha" moment for me as a meteorologist and public scholar. Hope you will give this a read and would love your thoughts too www.forbes.com/sites/marsha...

I will give one of the talks, and I hope if you’ve ever been funded by a US government grant, you will do the same. Everyone else, please turn in.

#MSH45 | 8:32 a.m. The ground shudders. A M5.1 quake hits beneath Mount St. Helens. The bulge collapses outward. Within seconds, a lateral blast surges through the disintegrating slope. 7 miles north, Gerry Martin describes what he sees—until the radio goes silent.

Two years ago I met an amazing scientist @carolynpnw.bsky.social Here's her story, of almost being on Mount St Helens the morning of the eruption, but colleague David Johnston, sent them home, knowing it wasn't safe to be there. He perished 11.5 hours after she left. www.opb.org/article/2025...

#MSH45 | The Blast Let's back up for a moment. 3.3 billion cubic yards of rock and ice crashing downslope, the landslide buries the North Fork Toutle Valley in debris up to 600 feet deep. Behind it, A turbulent cloud of ash, pumice, superheated gas, and pulverized rock.

Just nooooo www.11alive.com/article/weat...

May 18 | Morning | #MSH45 The rising sun bathes Mount St. Helens in soft light. Some are awake, such as photographer Gary Rosenquist at Bear Meadow. At Coldwater II, David Johnston radios Bob Christensen back in Vancouver, reporting clear skies, brisk air, and no sign of sulfur gas.

#MSH45 | May 16, 1980 At 5:35 a.m., a sharp magnitude 4.7 quake jolts the trailer and equipment at Coldwater II. In his logbook, observer Harry Glicken notes the event. "ARISE!" Seismic activity remains intense—seven quakes above magnitude 4.0+ shake the volcano today.

3 days until she erupts!

Amen

After posts about ongoing threats to weather, felt I should share some perspective in a related area I also have experience with, namely emergency management. I'm concerned about trends there as well, particularly shifting of the burden more to states and locals. open.substack.com/pub/balanced...

If you've just joined and need to catch up on this day-to-day look back, start here. 👍 If you want the full deep dive history, go back to January 1 😉

Me: Panics if the Christmas Office Party gift I receive is maybe more than $10. President: $400m plane, sure, no problem.

Dad hanging out with mom and the kids on Mother's Day. 🫶

Hmmm, really? "One of the leading causes of sexual violence over the last 4 years has been the invasion of illegal aliens at our southern border. " I was sexually assaulted, twice, in college by white males who were US citizens. 1/2 www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...

The probationary employees NOAA terminated received yet another ridiculous letter today. This spurred me to write about the damage that has already been done to federal science - and how Americans aren't going to realize what they've lost until it's gone. open.substack.com/pub/balanced...

Had a medical appt today. Was asked a lot of questions about my exposure to livestock and farm animals in the last 2 weeks. #nothingtoseehere