Meteorology Β· NEXRAD Β· 7 Federal Feeds
Autonomous monitoring for the Sierra β fires, floods, quakes, air quality, severe weather β across seven federal data streams on a free runner. MetPy Skew-T and Py-ART NEXRAD tools. Posts to @SierraNevadaWX.
Follow @SierraNevadaWX βMeteorology Β· FORTRAN Β· Retro
A Pacific Northwest mountain-weather monitor written in GFortran β amber-phosphor vintage-computing aesthetic, live on GitHub Pages. Because why not FORTRAN.
View dashboard βMeteorology Β· 4 Stations Β· Open-Meteo + NWS
A NOAA-ops-center-style dashboard monitoring four Western stations β Lakewood, Groveland, Reno, and Death Valley β updated every 15 minutes. Wind compass, pressure trend, NWS alerts, air quality, moon phase. Storm-chaser instrument panel, built for $0.
View live dashboard βSnowpack Β· SNOTEL Β· NASA MODIS Β· Webcams
Real-time Mt. Rainier snowpack intelligence β 7 SNOTEL ground stations, NASA MODIS satellite snow cover with 14-day cloud fallback, and 6 live NPS webcams. Nine panels, hourly, forever. "You don't chase the mountain. The mountain chases you."
View live dashboard βHydrology Β· USGS Β· Sierra Nevada
Eight USGS gages across the Tuolumne, Merced, Stanislaus, and Big Creek watersheds β live flow with historical spaghetti charts on a Leaflet map.
View dashboard βHydrology Β· COBOL Β· Retro
A Sierra Nevada streamflow monitor written in GnuCOBOL β green-phosphor vintage-computing aesthetic with a live GitHub Pages dashboard. Yes, COBOL.
View dashboard βVolcanology Β· KΔ«lauea Β· USGS HVO
Real-time KΔ«lauea eruption tracker β lava-lake activity, SOβ emissions, and episodic fountaining via USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory feeds. Updated every 6 hours.
View dashboard βHazard Β· Volcano Β· USGS Β· USACE
Volcanic lahar hazard monitor β rainfall and stream-sensor data on Pacific Northwest volcano flanks via USGS and Army Corps of Engineers feeds.
View dashboard βMachine Learning Β· Paleontology Β· Nevada
A Random Forest trained on the terrain signature of every known Triassic ichthyosaur locality in central Nevada, scoring where to dig next. Formation-stratified model, LiDAR-validated, 50 priority targets. They ruled the Triassic seas β this finds where they're buried.
View on GitHub βMachine Learning Β· Megafauna Β· PNW
Split-ecoregion Random Forest predicting Pleistocene mammoth and mastodon fossil localities across five states. It called its shot: target E02 was ranked #1 before an active Columbian mammoth dig was confirmed at that exact pixel. Three methods, one answer.
View on GitHub βSeismology Β· USGS FDSN Β· Cascadia
Pacific Northwest earthquake tracker β USGS M2.5+ events, depth, intensity, and aftershock-sequence analysis on an interactive dashboard.
View dashboard βBaseball Β· Mariners Β· MLB Stats API
Early Data & Game Analytics Report β an automated Mariners & Rainiers dashboard built with pybaseball, mlb-statsapi, and nightly GitHub Actions.
View dashboard βDay-by-day logbooks from the road and the water β research sidebars, maps, and the small absurdities of going places.
The Amsterdam & London Logs Β· The Koningsdam Logs Β· Aimeeland
Read the journals βGrowing up in Groveland, California β Gold Rush country on the road to Yosemite. The Iron Door Irregulars, Hippie Bro and the duct-taped Datsun, Crazy Irvin, and long roads east to Mono Lake and the desert.
Daff Dome Β· Frank's Keys Β· Hippie Bro Β· The Long Way Around
Read the collection βTwo years at the oldest junior college in Texas, 1988β1990 β a Sierra-foothills kid eighteen hundred miles from home in German farm country. Public Enemy down the hallway, Lone Star at nine in the morning, and a dorm since erased from the map.
Deep in the Heart of Texas Β· The Quest Β· The Vikings of Brenham Β· & six more
Read the stories βTrue stories from a Seattle life β the radio, the basement studios and the bars, the years after the foothills.
The RV Has Spoken Β· The Gnar-BQ
Read the stories βTales from the graveyard shift at the Westin Seattle β the doormen, the bellmen, the after-hours crew, and the beautiful chaos of hotel life.
The Cantina Β· Elmo Β· Room 1331
Read the stories βOne rubber duck, the American West, and the tradition of Duck Duck Jeep. ~5,500 words of literary fiction, currently in submission.
The Sun Β· Longreads
Read the fiction βEverything here is free to read. If something stuck with you, you're always welcome to buy me a beerπΊ — most likely spent on something strange and wonderful from the tap log at Peaks & Pints here in Tacoma. No pressure, and thank you for reading.