Yesterday around 4:00 pm some very strong winds slammed into Chapin. The National Weather Service looked into the cause and concluded that the winds were not from a tornado, but rather from a strong thunderstorm. Here's the tweet: Here's the…

In a simulated exercise, NASA wanted to see if we had the technology to stop an asteroid from hitting earth.  Here is the summary from the businessinsider.com article. Space agencies around the world took part in a NASA simulation of…

Below is a plot of the average temperatures here in Columbia since 1970. The average temperature has warmed almost 3 degrees. Climate Scientists tell us this is a direct result of human activity increasing the concentration of greenhouse gases in…

Tesla produces electric cars, which is a good step towards eliminating the need for fossil fuel use in transportation. But to truly eliminate fossil fuels from the whole process, the electricity that is used to charge the batteries in these…

We haven't had to discuss drought in the Midlands in quite some time. As you know, January and February of this year were plenty wet. But it's been dry for a few months now. So the Midlands - and most…