Tornado Chaos

I just thought I’d run through some of the stuff I’d like to have for the 2010 severe season, however due to money issues I’m not sure how much of this will actually happen. First off, a GPS would be good for both navigation and to post to SpotterNetwork. I’d like to do live streaming [...]

Looks like 2010 is off with a bang with yet another round of severe winter weather across Iowa today, this time in the form of freezing rain. Reports coming in from across the state of power lines and trees down with the latest coming in from the Des Moines Register moments ago on their twitter [...]

According to the SchoolNet site we reached a high of 44F today in Madrid. The NWS 7-day keeps us largely at or above the freezing mark into the middle of next week, with the only precipitation forecast being a chance of rain for Wednesday. Hopefully this will be enough to clear the remaining ice and [...]

Yet another winter storm is pounding the region today with winds expected to pick up tonight through tomorrow leading to more blowing and drifting problems. A quick look at the Watches & Warnings as of 4:04 CST. Roads in the Des Moines metro are extremely slick with accidents reported on I-80/35 near Johnston and also [...]

Happy New Year! It’s rediculously cold here still. Unfortunately that means the streets here will remain iced over for the immediate future, no thanks to our city street crew.