Mar
14
Almost exactly two years after the Japan mega-quake and tsunami, Oregon lawmakers heard the grim news:
It’s only a matter of time before the next mega-quake and tsunami happen off the coast of Oregon, Washington and Northern California. And the damage and devastation–and loss of life–will be like anything we Oregonians and Washingtonians have seen in our lifetime.
Feb
23
The scramble is still on.
Everyone from scientists to neighborhood kids in Chelyabinsk, Russia, are on the hunt for pieces of the Russian Meteorite that exploded with a sonic boom and shattered windows and walls.
Now, what’s known to be left of the Russian Meteor are tiny… Read more
Feb
16
As much as I love Twitter and Facebook–I had to go ‘the real experts’ on this one!
I’ve spent hours reading reports and interviews of folks from various arms of NASA, including the Marshall Space Flight Center and experts at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL).
Here Are Ten Incredible Facts About The Meteor That Exploded Over Chelyabinsk, Russia.
Feb
14
I guess you can call it the meteor explosion ‘heard round the world.’
A falling meteor appears to have exploded (think sonic boom style) about 900 miles from Moscow, Russia. With so much force it reportedly shattered windows.
Video of the meteor exploding over Russia suddenly started trending on twitter.
Still photos and even more meteor video was being shared like crazy on Facebook.
And… Read more
Feb
06
The earthquake alerts I have set-up went crazy as I was finishing my forecast for the 5 o’clock news.
A Magnitude 8.0 Major Earthquake hit an island chain in the south Pacific at 5:12pm Portland time on Tuesday February 5, 2013.
Weird, second quake in the last week that’s disrupted my weather forecast during the 5pm… Read more
Jan
30
A funny thing happened on my way to doing the 5 o’clock weather forecast: an earthquake hit a single mile northeast of Amboy, Washington and was felt as far away as Vernonia in the Coast Range, Sherwood on the metro area’s west side and Oregon City on the metro area’s east side.
I sure didn’t see that one coming at 5:03pm! I doubt you did, either.… Read more
Bruce Sussman has been forecasting Northwest weather since 1994. He is the Chief Meteorologist at Koin Local 6 News in Portland, Oregon and a member of the American Meteorological Society. Bruce graduated from University of Missouri and completed advanced Meteorology studies at Mississippi State ....
