Harold Brooks
@hebrooks87.bsky.social
Research meteorologist-tornadoes and forecast evaluation. Weather impacts. Volleyball referee-NCAA/PAVO, NFHS, USAV. Mathcounts competitive math coach.
Harold Edward Brooks is an American meteorologist whose research is concentrated on severe convective storms and tornadoes, particularly severe weather climatology, as well as weather forecasting. .. more
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Harold Brooks
@hebrooks87.bsky.social
· Jun 30
Yes.
Harold Brooks
@hebrooks87.bsky.social
· Jun 30
The agencies have to write a budget that conforms to whatever administration is in power says priorities and dollar amounts are.
Harold Brooks
@hebrooks87.bsky.social
· Apr 30
I believe so
Harold Brooks
@hebrooks87.bsky.social
· Apr 30
And we got the record as of 9 AM. Now 8th wettest calendar month with 12.22. June 1904 is at 12.33, then May 2017 12.49, October 1983 13.18.
Harold Brooks
@hebrooks87.bsky.social
· Apr 28
Possible, but tough. Need 2.89.
Harold Brooks
@hebrooks87.bsky.social
· Apr 16
Deaths in the 3 May 1999 Oklahoma City Tornado from a Historical Perspective
Abstract The 3 May 1999 Oklahoma City tornado was the deadliest in the United States in over 20 years, with 36 direct fatalities. To understand how this event fits into the historical context, the rec...
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This is the original. Brooks and Doswell (2002) doi.org/10.1175/1520...
Harold Brooks
@hebrooks87.bsky.social
· Feb 23
Thank you.
Harold Brooks
@hebrooks87.bsky.social
· Feb 21
Not sure if you read it, but it's basically because of procedural changes, not changes in weather.
Harold Brooks
@hebrooks87.bsky.social
· Feb 16
They'd just like NWS to stop issuing almost all forecasts. Collect data and run models is their view of the mission for the weather side of NOAA.
Harold Brooks
@hebrooks87.bsky.social
· Feb 16
They've been advocating for this for 30 years and one was nominated to be NOAA administrator in ~2018.
Harold Brooks
@hebrooks87.bsky.social
· Feb 15
The Myers brothers. They're significant donors to Republicans in Pennsylvania. Most of the other private sector companies want the NWS to continue providing the forecasts they provide.
Harold Brooks
@hebrooks87.bsky.social
· Feb 1
It's putting some responsibility on the reckless chasers. You want to violate traffic laws in an emergency situation? Become a real first responder.
Harold Brooks
@hebrooks87.bsky.social
· Jan 31
Explore Census Data
data.census.gov
That is weird. The top level is gone, but data.census.gov is as functional as usual.
Harold Brooks
@hebrooks87.bsky.social
· Jan 31
data.census.gov
Census is fine on my computer. I'm looking at the 2023 Physical Housing Characteristics (S2504) for manufactured housing numbers now. data.census.gov/table/ACSST1...
Harold Brooks
@hebrooks87.bsky.social
· Jan 31
Too late. I've downloaded some of the old tornado injury/death studies and guidance for how to do natural disaster death data collection, but the SVI was gone a few hours ago, if not a lot longer.
Harold Brooks
@hebrooks87.bsky.social
· Jan 31
An issue is if they haven't actually received the money, they can't disburse it. They may have, although they only have 6 more weeks of money.
Harold Brooks
@hebrooks87.bsky.social
· Jan 31
If you were a shark and swam near me, I wouldn't stop you from going anywhere you wanted to go.
Harold Brooks
@hebrooks87.bsky.social
· Jan 31
Never heard of Fallout 4
Harold Brooks
@hebrooks87.bsky.social
· Jan 31
What is this "Constitution" thing you talk about? I don't Old Ironsides can't make the voyage to DC.
Harold Brooks
@hebrooks87.bsky.social
· Jan 31
What about all the other days?
Harold Brooks
@hebrooks87.bsky.social
· Jan 30
Not really. It's more of we won't have to go through the hassle associated with firing you because you've already agreed to quit this year. Firing people might lead to prolonged process and possible litigation. Encouraging people to quit avoids that.
Harold Brooks
@hebrooks87.bsky.social
· Jan 30
I really don't see why people couldn't be paid. Currently, employees who are on administrative leave are paid. The only issue here is the length of the admin leave, which is much longer than standard. You've just set your separation date and we pay until then, but you're on admin leave.
Harold Brooks
@hebrooks87.bsky.social
· Jan 30
First American airliner crash with fatalities since 2019. PenAir 3296 in October 2019 from Anchorage to Unalaska had a fatality in a crash on landing.
Harold Brooks
@hebrooks87.bsky.social
· Jan 30
Congress has appropriated the money for this fiscal year. It's there. All it is is regular pay. It's not a buyout. It's normal separation from federal employment, but put on Admin Leave until the end of the FY or until you find a job with activities related to your federal job.
Harold Brooks
@hebrooks87.bsky.social
· Jan 30
There's a great deal of "preserve as much of our ability to carry out the mission" as we can. Our responsibility is to public service, even when leadership (at any level) loses sight of that.
Harold Brooks
@hebrooks87.bsky.social
· Jan 30
I know what "work to rule" means. I don't know what it means in context of research scientist. I'm already on "Maxi-Flex" time, so 80 hours in 2 weeks. Take breaks and lunch as desired. Schedules depend on who I'm working with, e.g., start work early for European interactions.
Harold Brooks
@hebrooks87.bsky.social
· Jan 29
It's illegal for federal employees to strike in the US. I'm not sure what "work to rule" would mean for someone like me, a research scientist, but we're a niche part of the employees. The things that would get limited would be used to say "Government can't work", the Republican strategy for years.
Harold Brooks
@hebrooks87.bsky.social
· Jan 29
I had cereal for breakfast, so that I could get by with only a spoon.
Harold Brooks
@hebrooks87.bsky.social
· Jan 29
I didn't realize it was new.
Harold Brooks
@hebrooks87.bsky.social
· Jan 29
<8% of government workers work for USPS. There are more civilian employees in DoD.