Weather Break

Click here to listen to episode 775 of Weather Break.
Some studies show that the rates of traffic accidents go up around the country in mid September, and the main reason this happens is because of the increasing problem of sun glare on windshields.  The exact location along the eastern horizon where the sun rises each [...]

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At this time of year, everyone needs to be thinking about protecting themselves from the potentially harmful radiation from the sun.  Ultraviolet radiation can lead to skin cancer and sunburns, but it’s relatively easy to prevent these conditions with a little bit of sunscreen and a [...]

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Click here to listen to episode 754 of Weather Break.
Textbooks describe most of the key gases in the atmosphere — stuff like nitrogen and oxygen — as being “colorless and odorless”.  Even methane or natural gas is “colorless and odorless”– that smell from natural gas is actually an additive that is put in specifically to [...]

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There’s a lot of misinformation out there about what to do when a tornado approaches, but one of the strangest — and potentially most dangerous — misconceptions is the idea that you should open the windows of your house before seeking shelter during a tornado warning.  [...]

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Click here to listen to episode 517 of Weather Break.
As we mentioned on yesterday’s episode of Weather Break, Sunday was the 10 year anniversary of the famous May 3, 1999 tornado outbreak–arguably the biggest tornado outbreak in recent decades. A total of 66 tornadoes struck Oklahoma and Kansas on that day, killing 48 people. [...]

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