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Film, Nature, Science/Nature, Weather

Film: How to Build a Tornado

by JOHN ADAMS • 03/03/2015

Winter as Seen from New Bedford, Massachusetts

by JOHN ADAMS • 03/02/2015

We’re not alone in wanting spring temperatures —

Friday Poll: Snow or Cold?

by JOHN ADAMS • 01/09/2015

I asked this simple question in poll in 2013, and the weather this week inspires a return to the question: what would be your preference, snow or cold? Snow or Cold?

Enjoying the Snow

by JOHN ADAMS • 11/29/2014

A Case Against Umbrellas

by JOHN ADAMS • 11/22/2014

Dan Bransfield makes A Case Against Umbrellas. See what he finds — A CASE AGAINST UMBRELLAS from Dan Bransfield on Vimeo.

Friday Catblogging: A Cat’s First Time on Snow

by JOHN ADAMS • 11/14/2014

Via Cat Owner @ Imgur.

Friday Poll: Whitewater’s First Accumulated Snowfall of the 2014-2015 Season

by JOHN ADAMS • 11/14/2014

What do you think – when will we see at least one inch of accumulation on the ground? Friday Poll: Whitewater’s First Accumulated Snowfall of the 2014-2015 Season

Great Lakes Almost Completely Frozen

by JOHN ADAMS • 03/05/2014

NOAA/NASA Yesterday March 4, the Great Lakes hit 91 percent ice cover, according to the Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory. That’s the most ice since the record of 94.7 percent was set in 1973, the lab said in a statement. Via Almost Completely Frozen, Great Lakes Near Record @ LiveScience.

Animals, Holiday, Weather

Happy Groundhog Day 2014

by JOHN ADAMS • 02/02/2014

The scene from Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania earlier today, when Phil the Groundhog predicted six more weeks of winter —

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Snow Rollers in Ohio

by JOHN ADAMS • 01/28/2014

Via Rare snow phenomenon rolls up in Ohio.

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A New Kind of Great White

by JOHN ADAMS • 01/07/2014

Behold, the stupendous, astounding, gigantic… snow shark! (I’ve even added an exclamation point – fitting here, I think.) Watch the latest video at video.insider.foxnews.com

Poll, Weather

Friday Poll: Whitewater’s first accumulated snowfall in the 2013-14 season?

by JOHN ADAMS • 11/22/2013

Here’s a new, third-annual version for 2013-14 of a poll I’ve published since 2011. When will Whitewater see her first appreciable snowfall? (Let’s say that an appreciable snowfall is at least one inch.) Comments are available, including for those outside the city who’d like to predict for their own communities. My guess for Whitewater: December…

Animals, Weather

Ice Cream Eating Woodchuck

by JOHN ADAMS • 04/12/2013

You may understandably have some disappointment with Punxsutawney Phil’s forecasting ability this year (over 81% of FW poll respondents said he was criminally liable for bad forecasting). Well, groundhogs and woodchucks are the same animal (Marmota monax), and you might want to see how contrite this groundhog/woodchuck is about his erroneous prediction from February. He’s…

Beautiful Whitewater, City, Good Ideas, Local Government, Weather

Walk the City

by JOHN ADAMS • 03/19/2013

Spring will arrive soon. Whitewater, Wisconsin is a small town. Even more conveniently, it’s a small town with an easily-walked, accessible downtown, west-side business district, and compact neighborhoods. In a time of warmer weather, there will be fitting opportunities to explore the city on foot. Whitewater’s full-time leaders – and especially her city manager —…