After much of Floyd County was devastated by large amounts of rain which caused many areas to flood, the Floyd County School System has announced that it will be opening several of its schools for warming stations.
On March 1, the Floyd County Schools District announced that it would be opening five of its schools for warming stations which will be open beginning Tuesday, March 2 from 9 am until 4. According to Superintendent Danny Adkins, students, families and community members are welcome and those schools will include the following:
⢠Betsy Layne High School
⢠Duff-Allen Central Elementary
⢠Prestonsburg Elementary
⢠Prestonsburg High We know we will have students and staff who may need assistance and we ask that if you would like to help, please contact one of our Family Resource Center directors, Adkins said.
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Rating tornado warnings charts a path to improve forecasts
A funnel cloud from a tornado in Kansas on May 24, 2016, inside the United States’ so-called “Tornado Alley.”Lane Pearman/Flickr
The United States experiences more tornadoes than any other country, with a season that peaks in spring or summer depending on the region. Tornadoes are often deadly, especially in places where buildings can’t withstand high winds.
Accurate advanced warnings can save lives. A study from the University of Washington and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration describes a new way to rate and possibly improve tornado warnings. It finds that nighttime twisters, summer tornadoes and smaller events remain the biggest challenges for the forecasting community.
Credit: U.S. Army
The U.S. Army uses NIST’s PROFISSY computer program to help understand the performance and calculate the maximum charging pressure for this automatic fire extinguishing system, which protects the crew in an armored ground vehicle from explosive fires.
Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have developed a new, interactive spreadsheet that will help the U.S. military extinguish aircraft and vehicle fires using the latest environmentally friendly chemicals.
While it may sound old-school, the spreadsheet is actually an upgrade of a NIST computer program that has helped protect valuable military assets and lives for several decades, despite being based on the vintage operating system MS-DOS.
Detroit’s average spring temperatures trending warmer
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meteorological spring (
astronomical spring, formally called the vernal equinox, begins March 20).
For climatological purposes, we use the calendar months of March, April and May for our spring statistics, and
global warming is having an impact on those stats.
Check out this short video (above) it’s less than a minute and won’t waste your time.
And I repeat the promise I have made for
decades here at Local 4: I will only present to you rigorously verified scientific facts, and never accept ANY information from advocacy groups. Trust me: I’ve received plenty of it over the years (some of it so untrue, misleading and sensationalistic that it made me angry), and all of it goes into the trash.
Conservation Comment: Nations need to address climate change
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A hydrogen pumping station for hydrogen-powered cars stands on June 10, 2020 in Berlin, Germany. Hydrogen, which lends itself as a means for storing energy produced by renewable energy sources, is to become an important part of Germany s overall renewable energy plan. Photo / Sean Gallup/Getty Images
A hydrogen pumping station for hydrogen-powered cars stands on June 10, 2020 in Berlin, Germany. Hydrogen, which lends itself as a means for storing energy produced by renewable energy sources, is to become an important part of Germany s overall renewable energy plan. Photo / Sean Gallup/Getty Images