It looked like a tornado from some angles, felt a little like one, but it was not. It was a downburst preceded by a gust front. It was also not to be confused with a derecho or microburst but one thing nobody would deny: it was one violent, roof-removing, tree-toppling wind storm.
A staple for many small and...
It looked like a tornado from some angles, felt a little like one, but it was not. It was a downburst preceded by a gust front. It was also not to be confused with a derecho or microburst but one thing nobody would deny: it was one violent, roof-removing, tree-toppling wind storm.
A staple for many small and regional press outlets has always been columns by nearby hobbyists or academics. An account in the July 20 edition of North Country Now, a small pub in upstate New York, is a sparkling example of how, every once in awhile, bringing on a public-spirited professor to write a column on nature or whatever can pay off big. Aileen O'Donoghue - astrophysicists, radio astronomer, and associate professor of physics at St. Lawrence University - explains in polished and confident...
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