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Postcards from Fran: Fuel for Fires and Sustenance for Soldiers
This account of Hurricane Fran in Fayetteville comes from Geneva Gray, a graduate research assistant at the State Climate Office. Hurricane Fran wreaked havoc across...
Postcards from Fran: Beyond-Belief Stories from the Coast
These memories from Hurricane Fran along the coast come from news articles written after the storm. North Carolina’s coast bore the brunt of Hurricane Fran,...
Postcards from Fran: A Neighborhood Knocked Down, then United, by Fran
This account of Hurricane Fran comes from Dr. Nancy Schecter, a resident of central Raleigh before, during, and after Fran. In September 1996, our kids...
Then and Now, Fran a Standard-Bearer for Hurricane Destruction
When you think of the ingredients for a damaging hurricane in North Carolina, a few things are likely to make the list: major hurricane-strength with...
Above-Normal Temperatures Continue in August
Again in August, we couldn’t escape the ongoing summer heat, and conditions dried out as the month went on. Sizzling Summer Temperatures Continue The meteorological...
Summer Projects: Hitting Pay Dirt on Soil Moisture
This post is part of a series highlighting the summer projects from our office’s student research assistants. This part of the series is written by...
Summer Projects: An Evaluation of Two Global Climate Datasets
This post is part of a series highlighting the summer projects from our office’s undergraduate research assistants. The author, Kieran Riban, is a junior majoring...