Storm moving in on Severance, Colorado. Photo by D.S. Dollman. For the second time in a month Eastern Colorado is tracking a string of...
My grandchildren and I spent an afternoon at the park recently and lost our soccerball. It was a windy day, but we decided to play on the beach in spite of the weather. My grandson, who can kick like Pele, sent the ball into a spin. Then the wind caught the ball and sent...
Iridescence in clouds over the Rio Grande Valley. Photos by Darla Sue Dollman. Each day for five days last week conditions were right for iridescence on the clouds over the Rio Grande Valley in New Mexico and the skies looked like they were filled with peppermint...
Why is it Dry? If you live in the southwest United States, you may be in an area of infrequent precipitation. For example, Phoenix, Arizona gets less than 8 inches of rain per year. Compare that with New York or Chicago, each of which gets over 30 inches. So you may ask yourself “Why...
This article is a special contribution by journalist Kelly Fetty. It’s 10 p.m. on a humid spring night in Texas. To the east of highway 78, flashes of lightning reveal glimpses of a massive thunderhead. A car pulls off the highway. Inside, the...
