http://www.databasin.org/blog/rss en http://www.databasin.org/blog/2010/10/05/planning-extreme-weather-events <div class="field field-type-text field-field-centers-page"> <div class="field-label">Centers Page:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Climate Center </div> <div class="field-item even"> Aquatic Center </div> </div> </div> <p><img height="176" align="left" width="250" alt="Oregon tornado image" src="http://databasin.org/sites/default/files/Oregon Tornado.gif" />As I was sitting in the office one fine June day in 2009 watching a severe weather cell steamroll its way through the Willamette Valley, I couldn&rsquo;t help but marvel at its awesome, enveloping presence and destructive potential. My officemates and I were first alerted to its impending arrival by the rapid darkening of the skies to the East and South of us.</p><p><a href="http://www.databasin.org/blog/2010/10/05/planning-extreme-weather-events" target="_blank">read more</a></p> http://www.databasin.org/blog/2010/10/05/planning-extreme-weather-events#comments Climate Change Ecosystem & Landscape Species & Biodiversity Threats disaster planning extreme events natural resource management NOAA species conservation The Black Swan unpredictability weather Tue, 05 Oct 2010 17:07:54 +0000 jeremiah 129 at http://www.databasin.org