The Weather Warrior

WHERE HURRICANES, TORNADOES, LIGHTNING, BLIZZARDS, AND FLOODS ARE NO MATCH!

EARTHQUAKE! DC area shaken by possible quake

Only been about 25 minutes, and still awaiting confirmation (likely from the US Geological Survey / USGS) on the earthquake that struck the Washington, DC metro area.  I felt it pretty good here in Gaithersburg, MD at around 5:05am this morning.

It woke me up with a bang and then a shutter that gradually decreased in [...]

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Fri, July 16 2010 » DC area weather, Fall 2008, Hurricanes 2009, earthquake, other news stories » No Comments

Regrets: Eastern Mid-Atlantic coverage

November 13th, 2009 at 10:26pm EST
Southern and Eastern Maryland, and Virginia have lots of flooding
I really dismissed this system. Not because I thought it would be significant, but I really didn’t anticipate the level of interest or the people impacted by the storm. It doesn’t always take a hurricane or a tornadic storm [...]

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Fri, November 13 2009 » DC area weather, Fall 2009, severe weather coverage » No Comments

First of the Fall Foliage Photos

October 10th, 2009 at 11:53pm EDT
Local outing yields some decent first photos.
Some early season Fall foliage shots. Be sure to click on the image to view the full size web photo. These are still compressed for the web, but they are much better than what showed up on my Facebook page or on [...]

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Sat, October 10 2009 » DC area weather, Fall 2009 » No Comments

Tragedy in DC (Metro Rail Collision)

Trains collide, reports still coming in.
June 22nd, 2009 at 11:24pm
Today I barely got the chance to pay much attention to the weather. Between errands in Baltimore, and interview with a guest writer at the Gazette Newspapers, and then when I get home, I hear about a terrible crash on the DC metrorail system that [...]

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Mon, June 22 2009 » Business Planning, DC area weather, Jason personal, chase vehicle, summer 2009 » No Comments

Great Inauguration event…Glad I went

Rest and recoup needed after long day on Tuesday.
January 21st, 2009 at 11:55pm
Today was a day for catching up on rest and getting back to a normal schedule. Plus I had to let me feet rest. Yesterday’s trip to Washington, DC to witness the Inauguration of Barrack Obama went very well. I’m [...]

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Wed, January 21 2009 » Historical Events » 1 Comment

Off to party…

Just a quick update
December 13th, 2008 at 6:37pm
I’m getting ready to head off to a fairwell party for a friend who is moving to Alaska (I don’t know if he’ll be able to see Russia from his house though…). Have not been watching too much weather news, as I’m again working on the weather [...]

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Sat, December 13 2008 » DC area weather, Jason personal » No Comments

Not as cold as last night, but certainly cold

Temperatures continue to be below normal in DC area
November 19th, 2008 at 11:55pm EST
Last night we saw temperatures here in central Maryland dip into the low and middle 20s. Tonight it is already getting down into the Mid 30s around the DC area. Lows are expected to in the upper 20s tonight. [...]

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Wed, November 19 2008 » DC area weather, Fall 2008 » No Comments