Here's a list of my favorite "bookmark" links by category. I'll update this on irregular occasion as I learn about cool and/or important new stuff, and as sites change URLs. Comments? Updates? Send me e-mail.

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NOTE:Storm Intercept Forecasting outgrew the Hotlist in 1997-98 and became separate web pages. Tropical Weather became its own page in 2004. Bizarre Bazaar has been discontinued for lack of upkeep.

Current Norman Weather (at SPC) == Norman Rainfall Totals (at my place)

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ABOUT STORM OBSERVING

Storm Chase Ethics by Al Moller

Storm Chasing with Safety, Courtesy, and Responsibility by Chuck Doswell

StormTrack Storm Chaser Homepage - Internet clearinghouse for storm chasing information

The Online Storm Chasing FAQ

Stormeyes -- the art and spirit of Great Plains skyscapes

Jon Davies' disturbing essay on his encounters with law enforcement on the 5 May 93 SW KS chase

What's the best slide film for storm chasing?

Personalities in Chasing, an essay by David Fogel

Richard Bedard's Online Tornado Museum. Order his book if you don't have it. It's well worth the price.

For the lighter side of the storm observing scene, see (in)Famous Storm Chase Vehicles

CURRENT AND FORMER STORM INTERCEPT PARTNERS WITH WEB PAGES (alphabetical):

    Jack Beven. Check out his nice 7 May 97 Tornado Chase Account == Betsy Abrams and Matt Crowther == Pete Banacos == Steve Corfidi == Charles "No Relation" Edwards == RJ Evans == Dave Gold == Steve Goss == Ryan Jewell == Jim LaDue == Jim Leonard == Kevin Polston == Chris Porter == Bobby Prentice == Gene Rhoden == Daphne Thompson == Rich Thompson == Elke Edwards == Mark Yoder ==

Who pursues storms? Here's a list!

HISTORICAL and OTHER WEATHER INFO

The Online Tornado FAQ - just as the title says!

Latest SPC Severe Weather Logs - preliminary

Online SVRPLOT interactive by John Hart

The Tornado Project - tornado history, climatography, records and documentation

Cool Images from Storm Prediction Center

Clickable surface obs map -- find out the weather near you!

Plot severe weather records on your own PC after downloading SeverePlot 2 software by John Hart of SPC

Lightning striking a commercial plane on takeoff in Osaka, Japan.

Hurricane Andrew damage photos, satellite pictures, and wind analyses from NHC

Roger Edwards' Hurricane Andrew Photo Gallery

Hurricane Andrew satellite imagery and track from U. Hawaii

6 Jun 90 Albion IL tornado pictorial chronology (spectacular but SLOW!) Seveer Storms Hazard Analyses from Harold Brooks (NSSL) -- ***EXCELLENT!!!***

13 May 95 Roseville IL tornado page by Steve Jascourt

19 Apr 96 Central Illinois tornado outbreak page by UIUC

19 Apr 96 Central IL tornado chase and event summary by Roger Edwards

19 Apr 96 Central IL tornado chase summary by Gil Sebenste

18 Jul 96 Oakfield, Wisconsin tornado, an excellent meteorological discussion and chase documentary by Steve Jascourt

Radar imagery from the 19 APr 96 I-72 supercell showing a very complex mesocyclone evolution and "flank jump"!

V.O.R.T.EX - the Verification of the Origin of Rotation in Tornadoes EXperiment

Roger Edwards' 1993 Missouri Floods Photo Gallery

OUSCAMS -- the OU Student Chapter of the AMS

Worldwide Web Cameras -- a great way to check on weather around the globe -- or around the USA!

story and another story about lightning striking Lee Corso's ESPN rental car at the cancelled Virginia Tech/Georgia Tech game

COOL WEATHER SCIENCE

National Severe Storms Laboratory

V.O.R.T.EX - the Verification of the Origin of Rotation in Tornadoes EXperiment

NEXRAD Operational Support Facility

Oklahoma Weather Center, including CIMMS, CAPS, OCS, and WFO OUN

Several cool pages featuring Martian cloud formations: from Solarviews, and on 4 Hubble Telescope pages: 1, 2, 3, 4. Thanks to Phil Metzger at NASA-KSC for those great links.

Optical Transient Detector: a lightning detector in orbit

Sprites & jets - electrical discharges above thunderstorm complexes - cool and interesting!!!

Lightning strikes to transmission lines - unique lightning photo gallery from PTI (check out "The Hit")

Alistair Fraser's examples of Bad Meteorology

A fascinating article from Scientific American on an extreme paleoclimatic ice age unearthed in the geologic record.

Dust Devils on Mars. Cyclostrophy is not limited to the Third Planet.

Plot your own severe weather records using SeverePlot 2 by John Hart of SPC

OTHER SCIENCE SITES

Reuters science news

GEOLOGY

    VOLCANOES: Current Activity (UND) == Latest Activity (Smithsonian) == MTU Worldwide Index == UND Volcano Index (UND) == Smithsonian Index == CAMS: St. Helens, Bezymianny, Etna, Etna, Klyuchevskoy, Popocatepetl, Pu`u `O`o, Réunion, Sakurajima, Shiveluch, Stromboli ==

    EARTHQUAKES: USGS US Map == USGS World Map ==

    GEOLOGIC SURVEYS & MAPS: About.com state map list == AK GS == AK maps == AR GS == BC maps == MN GS == NM GS == OK GS == SD maps == USGS maps == WA maps (interactive!) == WY GS == YT maps ==

    REGIONAL GEOLOGY SITES: Flint Hills == Kansas River ==

    LOCAL GEOLOGIC SITES & CLUBS: Dallas == Denver ==

    OTHER LINKS: Geologist's Lifetime Field List == TX Links == CO Overview == Paleomap Animations ==

GEOGRAPHY

Degree Confluence Project

    MAPPING: MapQuest == TerraServer == DeLorme == USGS Texas Maps == Worldwide Relief & Bathymetry == Coastal-underwater Topo == Federal Lands & Indian Res. ==

    GREAT PLAINS: Minnesota Prairie SNAs == Texas Prairie Rivers == USGS Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Ctr. == UNL Center for Great Plains Studies ==

SPACE & ASTRONOMY

    AURORA: STD Aurora Monitor == Planetary K ==

    NASA MISSIONS: Cassini - Saturn == Stardust == Mars Exploration-Rover == Mars Pathfinder == Galileo (Jupiter) == Voyager Interstellar ==

OCEANOGRAPHY & MARINE

    GEN. LINKS: Woods Hole Institution == NOS ==

DALLAS COWBOYS
& NFL

YOUR 5-TIME SUPER BOWL CHAMPIONS

    NEWS about America's Team: Team site == Ft. Worth Star-Telegram == Dallas Morning News (subscribe)

    FORUMS: cowboys-forum.com == Red Zone == Ft. Worth Star-Telegram == Silver Star

    HISTORY: Team site

THE LOWER 29

    NFL NEWS: ESPN == Sportsline == NFL.com == FOX ==

    FANTASY NFL: Sportsline+NFL.com == Fantasy Football Jungle == Sporting News == NFL Freaks |

OKLAHOMA SOONERS
& College

OKLAHOMA SOONERS

    NEWS: Team site == Daily Oklahoman (subscribe) == Sportsline == Dallas Morning News (subscribe)

THE UNFORTUNATE REMAINDER

    COLLEGE FOOTBALL NEWS: Sportsline == ESPN == FOX ==

OTHER SPORTS SITES

GEN. SPORTS NEWS: Sportsline == Sporting News == ESPN == FOX ==

OTHER FAVORITE TEAMS:

    DALLAS STARS: Team site == Dallas Morning News (subscribe) ==

    TEXAS RANGERS: Team page == Dallas Morning News (subscribe) == Joe Siegler forums ==

    DALLAS MAVERICKS: Team page == Dallas Morning News (subscribe) ==

    FLORIDA MARLINS: Miami Herald ==

HISTORY & TRIVIA: Football Helmet Project ==

FISHING: Saltwater Sportsman == Field and Stream == TX saltwater fishes == FL freshwater ==

WEB SEARCHING

Google - vast reach and most timely updates

Yahoo - best categorical search engine, well-organized

AltaVista - great for detailed string searches for specific links

Excite web search by subject

Lycos - a decent web searcher

Dogpile -- searches the searchers

MISCELLANEOUS ROGELIO

OUTDOORS:

    Craig Blacklock - phenomenal outdoor photographer, specializing in Lake Superior

    Clyde Butcher - a Florida icon and one of the few great outdoor photographers with a striking sense of sky

    Adam Clark Vroman - late, great Southwestern outdoor photographer with sweeping sky scenes

    Favorite Places(alphabetical): Big Bend == Biscayne Nat'l Park == Black Hills incl. Crazy Horse Memorial and Devils Tower == Blue Ridge Parkway == Caprock Canyons == Capulin Volcano == Cimarron Nat'l Grassland == Enchanted Rock == Everglades == Flint Hills == Keweenaw Peninsula == Nebraska Sandhills == Oregon Coast == Outer Banks == Padre Island Nat'l Seashore == Palo Duro Canyon == Pennekamp Coral Reef == Pictured Rocks == Plumas Nat'l Forest == Pukaskwa NP amd nearby Lake Superior PP (Ontario) == Rocky Mountain Nat'l Park == Salt Plains == San Juan Mountains == Wichita Mountains == Wind Cave NP

    US Fish and Wildlife Service

    Birds of Prey Foundation - rehabilitating avian raptors back into the wild

NEWS (some subscriptions):

The Dallas Morning News == OKC Daily Oklahoman == Denver Post == Drudge Report == Fox News == Ft. Worth Star-Telegram == KC Star == Miami Herald == Norman Transcript ==

COMPUTER STUFF:

    The biggest and best Shareware page on the 'net.

    Are you "politically correct"? Then support diversity and make any web page understandable by translating it into new dialect -- redneck, jive, et al.!

    Why America Online Sucks - and why I left AOL long ago (but this page needs an update!)

FAVORITE CHOW HALLS:

    These places have given me memorable dining experiences -- for all the right reasons, and also have websites or good reviews online. Most are local, a few are regional chains. In either event I highly recommend them.

    Ausländer (German) - Fredericksburg, Texas

    Aw Shucks (seafood) - Dallas

    Captain's Tavern (seafood) - South Miami, Florida

    Cocina de Mino (Mexican) - Norman/OKC, Oklahoma

    Downriggers (seafood) - Port Angeles, Washington

    Estes Park Brewery (casual American) - Estes Park, Colorado

    Freemason Abbey (seafood) - Norfolk, Virginia

    Hereford House (steakhou$e) - Kansas City, Missouri

    Hu's on First (Chinese/Thai) - Winnipeg

    Misal of India (Indian) - Norman, Oklahoma

    Perry's (seafood) - Key Largo, Florida

    Pietro's (Italian) - Dallas

    Royal Bavaria (German) - Moore, Oklahoma

    Rustica (Italian) - Portland, Oregon

    Snuffer's (burgers) - Dallas

    Squid Row (seafood) - Islamorada, Florida

    Stephenson's Apple Farm (BBQ/American) - Independence, Missouri

    Sven and Ole's (pizza) - Grand Marais, Minnesota

    Texas Land and Cattle Co. (steakhouse) - Dallas and Lubbock, Texas

    Three Crabs (seafood) - Dungeness, Washington

    Whale Harbor Inn (seafood buffet) - Islamorada, Florida

    Winstead's Diner (50s) - Kansas City, Missouri

    Woody's Wood-fired Pizza (pizza) - Golden, Colorado

LONG ARM OF THE LAW:

    Speed Traps national listing

    Police Cars national listing

    Interactively find detailed demographic and crime statistics by ZIP code

GOVT. and SOCIOPOLITICAL:

    U.S. House of Representatives

    Look up your US senator or representative interactively (by ZIP code) thru Zipper

    Flat Tax Home Page from Rep. Dick Armey - not perfect, but much better by simplicity than the present overwhelming mess!

    A rising Republican star and the only vocal supporter of the Storm Prediction Center in Congress: JC Watts

    , which is not contradictory to

    Our nation's Declaration of Independence and Constitution, with Bill of Rights

    Family Research Council

    National Review

      Favorite Columnists and Commentators: Brent Bozell == William Buckley Jr. == David Horowitz == Thomas Sowell == Cal Thomas == George Will == Walter Williams ==

MEDICAL:

    Cancer information resource

MAPPING, LOCATING:

    TIGER Map Service Interactive Gazetteer from the US Census Bureau -- a wonderful public-domain mapping image source!

    MapQuest Interactive Atlas

    Locate people interactively

RADIO:

My favorite radio stations

  1. KPLX Dallas - Flex your Plex...OOPS! Now 99.5 "The Wolf", but same great country
  2. KKNG Oklahoma City - huge classic country library.
  3. KQRC The Rock Kansas City. This station rocks, and helped make living there more tolerable.
  4. KBCO Denver - unmatched variety
  5. The Bone Dallas - Best classic/hard rock station (was Merge-93dot3 Alt-Rock...we'll miss ya).
  6. The Peak 96.5 Denver - Nice 80s & 90s collection.
  7. Spinner.com - Select your own online playlist.
  8. WBAP Ft.Worth - news/talk stalwart.

WEBCAMS:

    LISTINGS/MENUS:
  1. WEBSITES: EarthCam == U. Michigan == WeatherMatrix ==
  2. PLACES: Alaska == Austria W == Canada == Florida Keys == USA == World ==

    DALLAS: TXDOT javascript menu == Stemmons Freeway/AA Center == Carrollton == Coppell == Dealey Plaza == Downtown (sub) == Fair Park == Garland == High Five video looking E == High Five video looking WNW == Jesuit HS == Love Field (sub) == Plano == SMU ==

    OTHER (LESSER) CITIES (lived/visited): Ada == Amarillo == Ames == Anchorage == Ardmore == Austin == Boston == Boulder == Carcross == Chickasha == Chicago == Cimarron KS == Cleveland == Comanche TX == Denton == Denver S == Duck NC == Fargo == Galveston == Grand Forks == Houstink == Kansas City == Keystone / Lake McConaughy NE == Liberal == Lincoln NE == Little Rock == Midland == Midlothian == Moore OK == Norfolk NE == Odessa == OKC NW == Pierre == Pine Ridge SD == Pittsburg KS == Ponca City == Port Aransas == Portales == Portland OR == Richmond == Sacramento == San Antonio == Sault Ste. Marie == Seattle == Seward == Tampa == Tulsa == Wall SD == Wichita ==

    VOLCANOES: St. Helens == Bezymianny == Etna == Etna == Klyuchevskoy == Popocatepetl == Pu`u `O`o == Réunion == Sakurajima == Shiveluch == Stromboli ==

ASSORTED UNCATEGORICAL CRUD:

A favorite hangout since the early 80s: Paperbacks Plus, used bookstore in East Dallas

Any trip to Portland OR must include half a day or more to get lost inside Powell's Books

Dallas skyscrapers web pages

Re-live the 80s in many ways at TripletsR Us

Kelley Blue Book: Look up the value of your old heap

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