Here’s a weather video from the Mojave Desert in California, we’d taken a fine hike in Joshua Tree National Park and found ourselves on the summit of Warren Peak. At the summit there was a righteous wind blowing in from… Continue reading “MOJAVE DESERT RAIN SHADOW”…| CHUCK’S WONDER WORLD
Tonight, 56 years ago, on August 19th to 20th 1969, the remnants of Hurricane Camille deluged Nelson County, Virginia and in the process supercharged the Tye River with high flows and flooding that had never before witnessed. Across the Blue… Continue reading “MASSIES MILL AND THE HURRICANE CAMILLE FLOOD”…| CHUCK’S WONDER WORLD
Missoula, Montana is a college town built on the flat ground flanking the Clark Fork River as it emerges from the Garnet Range and John Long Mountains. In March 2024, I was in Missoula visiting Mountain Press Publishing and its… Continue reading “GLACIAL LAKE MISSOULA: a weather video from the Pleistocene?”…| CHUCK’S WONDER WORLD
This post is an introduction to my new blog- Chuck’s Wonder World. I’m a geology professor at William & Mary; my teaching and field research take me to places from southeastern Virginia to Oman. There’s plenty of geological wonder in this world and my purpose here is to share that wonder in an approachable and scientifically interesting way.| CHUCK'S WONDER WORLD