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Sam
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UND Atmospheric Sciences
Undergrad Student and TA
Polar Tundra Superfan

ND/MN WX
Oh good heavens
July 27, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Fun Fact: AMS recommends that their CBM's take a multitude of neighboring sciences during their time in college because often the meteorologists are the only scientists on call at the station. Geology, in particular, for situations like this.
[TV News Studio]

Anchor: We just felt an earthquake, let’s go to our Chief Meteorologist for more info. Jim, what can you tell us?

Jim: Well, I can tell you it wasn’t caused by a cold front, the jet stream, or an upper-level trough. Because I study the sky, not the crust of the Earth, Karen.
July 13, 2025 at 3:04 PM
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With natural disasters on the rise due to climate change and uncertainty in funding for our federal weather systems, I’m thankful Minnesota has taken extra steps to prepare for whatever comes our way.

www.startribune.com/after-deadly...
After deadly Texas floods, Minnesota officials say they are ‘attuned to how bad things can get’
Emergency managers may consider using sirens to warn of flash floods in the future.
www.startribune.com
July 11, 2025 at 1:04 PM
The US Brain Drain begins with the proposed science budgets and ends with more Americans dead than Hitler, Stalin, Tojo, and bin Laden could have ever dreamed of.
July 1, 2025 at 5:50 AM
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OAR: “For FY 2026, NOAA requests a total of $0 and 0 FTE”

open.substack.com/pub/balanced...
BalancedWx Special: NOAA releases its FY26 budget justification document
It's still the OMB budget - but now with all the gory disastrous details
open.substack.com
July 1, 2025 at 3:10 AM
A couple more from Gary, SD because oh my goodness gracious.

#mnwx #sdwx #tornado
June 29, 2025 at 8:30 AM
3 of the supposed 4 or 5 tornadoes we saw today.

1: Clear Lake, SD
2: Near Milbank, SD
3: Near Gary, SD/Canby, MN
#mnwx #sdwx #tornado
June 29, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Amazing tornado near Gary, SD today. W/ @elanazriel.bsky.social #mnwx #sdwx
June 29, 2025 at 3:31 AM
Hurricane and sea ice monitoring canceled? Surely this will have no negative consequences... right?
A huge blow was dealt to hurricane forecasters this week as a critical tool was abruptly terminated by the Department of Defense and NOAA. The immediate discontinuation of data from three weather satellites will severely impact hurricane forecasts this season and beyond. More ⬇️
Critical Hurricane Forecast Tool Abruptly Terminated
U.S. Department of Defense announced Tuesday it would no longer process and deliver data essential to most hurricane forecasts
michaelrlowry.substack.com
June 26, 2025 at 4:16 PM
June 20, 2025 at 2:14 PM
June 17, 2025 at 6:34 AM
Very sad to hear the news in Minnesota, but I am extremely proud of the people in my hometown. Champlin/Brooklyn Park are extremely strong communities. No amount of killing can stop the Twin Cities from speaking out against tyranny. The North Star State shines on.
June 14, 2025 at 11:07 PM
What an interesting fellow
May 29, 2025 at 11:21 PM
There goes NCAR
Science and research should be objective.

This Exec Order is a rant on science the Administration does not like. Following that it seems to promote good research practices (Sec.3, part a)- but alas…

The EO gives a political appointee the power to decide when findings need to be “corrected.”
Restoring Gold Standard Science
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including section 7301 of title 5, United
www.whitehouse.gov
May 28, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Hair stood up after taking this one. #txwx
May 28, 2025 at 2:08 AM
May 26, 2025 at 3:23 AM
Tornado near Akron, Colorado. May 23 2025. Third image is a supercell to the south of us after the TOR. #cowx #wx
May 24, 2025 at 3:51 PM
May 15, 2025 at 10:38 PM
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An outflow boundary swept southward through Texas earlier this morning.
April 25, 2025 at 6:18 PM
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PhD Timeline xkcd.com/3081
April 25, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Step 1: Plummet the market with Tariffs
Step 2: BUY THE DIP BABY!!!
Step 3: No more tariffs
Step 4: SELL! SELL IT ALL!
Step 5: Repeat from step 2 until theres no more money to get.
April 10, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Jet streaks were fun and all, but something new has caught my eye.

Fire weather, prepare to be hyperfixated upon.
March 28, 2025 at 12:36 AM
im so ready to sleep in my own bed again
March 13, 2025 at 7:17 AM
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AMS President-Elect Alan Sealls on CBS: "The more you cut, the less likely the Weather Service is able to keep up with [daily and severe weather]. ... Whether you're looking on TV [or] at a weather app, NOAA is the foundation of all of these forecasts."

Watch: www.cbsnews.com/video/what-n...
What NOAA cuts could mean for weather forecasts, natural disaster preparedness
The Trump administration's latest wave of cuts to the federal government hit the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration last week. Alan Sealls, president-elect of the American Meteorological ...
www.cbsnews.com
March 5, 2025 at 9:02 PM