Focus...beep...click. Focus...beep...click. I can imagine how it would sound if I was taking a picture like this with my own digital camera. What I cannot begin to understand (are you with me on this?) is what it must feel like as you look out the window of the International Space Station … [Read more...]
Archives for April 2011
Japan Aftershocks: More Than One-Thousand Aftershocks So Far
The aftershock map to the right is impressive: every dot is an aftershock of the 9.0 mega-quake that rocked Japan and created a tsunami on March 11, 2011. But guess what? This image was created just 24 hours after that quake. By that point there had 'only' been about 100 aftershocks. Now that … [Read more...]
An Interview With KOIN Local 6 News Anchor Jeff Gianola
Did you know Jeff Gianola sometimes does a little dance behind my camera while I'm giving you my weather forecast--to try and make me laugh?  Probably not until now.  Or, how about the fact he's constantly helping local charities, schools and kids during his free time?  He and his wife … [Read more...]
Latest Freeze Dates For Portland, Oregon
As if mid-week hailstorms that hit Oregon and Washington  weren't enough cold for one week. The week ended with a spring freeze most places in the northwest, including many areas along the coast. So honestly, how late should this be happening around here? Let's use Portland as a … [Read more...]
Rare Northwest Storms Drop Inches Of Hail On The Portland-Vancouver Metro Area And Salem
After forecasting in the Willamette area for 15 years, I can count on one hand the number of times I've seen pictures like these where the hail is inches deep. It started with lightning and thunder and then the hail just dumped from the sky. And when each of three different storms was done … [Read more...]
Funnel Cloud Spotted Over Milwaukie
It's a rare site, but April 6, 2011 was the kind of day where things like this could happen. Hail, downpours, thunder and lightning. And above the 1600 Block of McLoughlin Boulevard in Milwaukie, Oregon, Rob Tinner says he took these eerie shots of a funnel cloud. This was related to the … [Read more...]