Don Paul Bits o' Blather on Weather, Climate, & Science Podcast
1) Anniversary of "Snovember." 6 years ago, one of the most paralyzing lake effect storms in Western New York history began.
My recollections of the "Snovember" lake effect event, an incredibly paralyzing storm, impacting the southern half of Buffalo and its eastern and southern suburbs. Up to 7 feet of snow fell to t...Show More
2) A Forecast and a Long Range November/Winter Outlook
3 consecutive record warm days in Western New York and much of the northeast will fade away by midweek as cooler air arrives. Cooler does not = Colder, however. How is November likely to turn out, and...Show More
3) POLITICAL POLLS vs WEATHER FORECASTS: Who has the harder job making predictions?
Overall, most polls performed very poorly again, even after polling companies (they are not owned by "the media") stated they were making corrective compensations for errors committed in 2016. Is poli...Show More
POLITICAL POLLS vs WEATHER FORECASTS: Who has the harder job making predictions?
12:47 | Nov 8th, 2020
4) Mouthwash and COVID...some hopeful potential
In work done at Penn State, there are hopeful indications that judicious use of antiseptic mouthwashes and rinses may produce a significant lessening of COVID transmission from the mouth and nasophary...Show More
5) COVID and the Weather-Not What We Thought
We may be in the midst of an electoral debacle, but COVID rages on, unimpeded by the election--for now. It turns out weather affects human behavior, which can have a drastic impact on contagion one go...Show More
6) Beyond the Pandemic, a Warming Climate Continues to be a Grave Threat to Humanity
It's understandable why, in the midst of the disastrous pandemic, a warming climate psychologically may take a back seat in many minds. But the threats of ongoing and increasing warming are not going ...Show More
7) Cold in the NE, Lousy Football Weather for Buffalo Sunday, Notable Warmup Develops Next Week
A general forecast and extended outlook locally in Western New York and for the eastern US, with a notable moderating trend developing by Wednesday...and LASTING. Also, a quick look at national Electi...Show More
8) An Angry Scientific Rant (without hollering)
Vanderbilt's elite School of Medicine has done a definitive study on the rate of hospitalizations and the wearing of masks. How can there still be so much mass ignorance and prejudice against science ...Show More
9) Zeta, Wintrier Weather by Friday, but Sno' Big Deal in WNY
Strengthened Hurricane Zeta, now at 100mph as of 1pm CDT, makes landfall in SE Louisiana late Wed afternoon, producing storm surge, wind, and some flooding damage. Damaging winds may reach as far NE a...Show More
10) Early Season Snowfall for the Northeast and Western New York?
The remnant low from Hurricane Zeta (likely to make landfall later Wednesday night near SE Louisiana as a Category 1 hurricane) combining with a non-tropical low which has brought heavy, blowing snow ...Show More