This week is Winter Weather Awareness Week. It’s hard to think about the hazards of winter weather when the mercury continues to stay at or above 50°. But, as we hardy Midwesterners know, the weather can change on a dime. And it did just that in 1940. On November 11, 1940, one of the deadliest [...]
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Taurids, Leonids, and Geminids, Oh My!
Those of you spending time outside around Midnight these past couple of weeks have been treated to a great display of shooting stars thanks to the Taurid Meteor Shower. You may not have seen that many meteors an hour during the Taurids, but the few you saw likely were real fireballs — often slowly streaking across the sky [...]