I never get sad when people abandon Wikipedia. It probably means they got a girlfriend.
1947: A category 4 hurricane struck Fort Lauderdale, Florida, killing more than 50 people and causing more than $100 million in damage.
2013: Hurricane Manuel, the costliest Pacific hurricane on record, made landfall near Culiacán, Sinaloa, Mexico, killing 169 people and causing more than US$4 billion in damage.
1914: A tropical storm, the only tropical cyclone of the 1914 Atlantic hurricane season, dissipated over coastal Louisiana. This was the least active Atlantic hurricane season on record.
2017: Hurricane Maria, one of the strongest Atlantic hurricanes on record, made landfall on Puerto Rico near its peak intensity, killing 64 people directly and causing catastrophic damage that left the entire island without power. This lack of power would eventually lead to 3,000 more deaths in the coming months.
1909: A major hurricane made landfall near Grand Isle, Louisiana, bringing a severe storm surge that killed hundreds of people.
1948: A hurricane, the strongest in 13 years to hit Florida, made landfall near Chokoloskee, killing 3 people in the state.
1815: One of the most powerful tropical cyclones ever to strike New England came ashore along the coast of Long Island, causing major damage across several states and killing 38 people.
No situation needs the drama that humans bring to it.
I'm actually a really nice person. If you disagree with something I have done, I will be willing to discuss and reconsider my actions. I do not tolerate assuming bad faith or being overly harsh to new editors. But I am also slow to block and quick to forgive honest mistakes.
I received my Bachelor of Science degree in Physics at Worcester Polytechnic Institute in the spring of 2008. I completed my Major Qualifying Project around the same time: a search for sand dune movement on Mars. I hope to turn it into an article at some point (see User:Runningonbrains/Aeolian processes on Mars if you'd like to help).
My main interest, however, is in meteorology, and I do a lot of research on the topic. At Texas A&M University I received my Master of Science in atmospheric science in August of 2011. My research involved baroclinic waves the Martian atmosphere, and my results were published in the Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences.
I currently work as an Associate Scientist at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), working in the Research Applications Laboratory. I work on a bunch of different projects, including work on the operational NWP models, HRRR and GFS-FV3.
As far as my time on Wikipedia, my contributions will mainly be towards meteorology articles (especially tornadoes and other meso- to microscale phenomena), Mars, computer modeling and related subjects. I am the primary maintainer of Portal:Weather, however, I am currently fairly inactive due to my continuing adult responsibilities and recreations. I may become more active one of these days, but I'm probably kidding myself: there's too many things to do in this world that don't involve sitting behind a computer.
During and after my project to improve Tornado, I created a long list of tornado-related articles.
Later on, I began a very ambitious effort to make a series of nation-wide lists of tornadoes by state (currently, I've only done two + DC)
Big surprise, more weather-related articles!
Was highly active in restarting WikiProject Meteorology, and created a new sub-project WikiProject Severe Weather.
Overhauled the Weather Portal, eventually improving it into a Featured Portal. I am currently actively maintaining this portal.
Recognition for accomplishments
List of Rhode Island tornadoes
List of Maine tornadoes List of Massachusetts tornadoes
Flint-Worcester tornado outbreak sequence
Great Barrington tornado outbreak
So, about me, huh?
As I said, I have a BS in Physics from Worcester Polytechnic Institute. After graduating, I attended Western Connecticut State University part-time for a year, taking atmospheric/oceanic science courses, before transferring to Texas A&M University's atmospheric science program. I graduated with a MS in atmospheric science in 2011, and in 2012 got a job at the National Center for Atmospheric Research. I've been obsessed with nature, especially meteorology, since I was very young. My first storm experience was in utero, when my mom was in the eye of Hurricane Gloria. At 10 a tornado skipped over my house, downing several trees in my back yard. Among my craziest childhood experiences were sitting outside with a -40ºF wind chill to watch blowing snow, climbing a mountain during a Nor'easter with 60 mph winds at the top, and getting caught in a hailstorm which formed right on top of me. As an adult, I now am lucky enough to live right next to tornado alley, and have been on dozens of storm chases that have yielded so many tornadoes I have lost count.
I also enjoy skiing, hiking, camping, and rock climbing.
Hopefully, someday, I'll get to sit through a good hurricane.
*No, randonimity is not a word, but it sounds cool
