Storm chasers in Iowa were left wondering if they had gotten a little too close for comfort after a tornado they just called in destroyed a building right in front of them on May 21. Video from StormRunner Media shows the powerful tornado touching down as they track it near Creston. As the circulation crosses […]
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Michigan gas prices drop 8 cents, good news for eclipse chasers
Michigan’s gas prices have been going up and down lately, and on Monday, the average fell 8 cents from a week ago, dropping to $3.54 a gallon — good news for anyone traveling to and from a spot in the solar eclipse path of totality. Gas prices are still 9 cents more than it was […]
Eclipse chasers urge others to start preparing for the big one
Mar. 31—Some people chase fire trucks. Some pursue tornadoes. But Santa Fe’s Michael Zeiler and Polly White track a different kind of phenomena — a total solar eclipse. One is due to cut a wide swath in the skies above North America on April 8, ranging from the Pacific coast of Mexico, through parts of […]
Strongest solar storm since 2017 hits Earth but leaves aurora chasers in the dark
The sun erupted on March 22 at 9:45 p.m. EDT (0145 GMT on March 23) with a powerful X-class solar flare and unleashed a barrage of super-hot plasma towards Earth in what is known as a coronal mass ejection (CME). The energetic onslaught hit our planet at 10:37 a.m. EDT (1437 GMT) on Sunday, March […]
Eclipse chasers, astronomers preparing for April’s once in a lifetime solar event
The first total eclipse to be seen from New York in nearly a century is around the corner, and local astronomers are over the moon for the phenomenon with activities and discussion centered around the annual event. The sun and the moon will finally visibly cross paths in New York for the first time in […]