Mali is allowing France to use its airspace to take on insurgents, a move that purportedly angered militants, prompting some to storm a gas field in eastern Algeria and take hostages.
Seasoned storm trackers provide critical field data that can't be gleaned from high-powered Doppler radar, veteran meteorologists say.
What is important to note is that no matter what their mission, meteorologists studying storms in the field contribute to the storm-observing process.
The National Severe Storm Laboratory, which does a lot of field research, is located there for a very good reason.
Professors at the University of Oklahoma's School of Meteorology strongly discourage their students from storm chasing and rarely bring them into the field for research unless it's part of a well-planned, coordinated project.
Despite the slick field and poor conditions on a storm-hit night, the Spaniards looked superb with their footwork and passing on their way to a seventh straight win that left them unbeaten in 17 games.
Every day since the storm, our relief workers have been out in the field offering help to first responders, health care providers and shelter officials.
This has encouraged literally hordes of nonmeteorologists -- many of whom who do not understand storm structure or behavior -- carrying cellular phone cameras into the field.
Or what an insurance agent in the field does to pre-assess potential damage from an oncoming storm.
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After working with his father that day in the aftermath of the storm helping injured people, Gareth said he plans to go into the medical field.
The real challenge is figuring out whether a particular storm or flood was due to climate change or natural variables, said Chris Field, founding director of the Carnegie Institution's Department of Global Ecology.
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Most of the meteorologists I know who were out in the field that day are represented by the dots south and east of the storm circulation.
The Red Storm, meanwhile, shot just 32 percent (20 of 63) from the field, and leading scorer D'Angelo Harrison, who entered the game second in the conference averaging 19.7 points, was limited to two points and missed all nine of his field goal attempts.
Dr Anthony Speier, director of Disaster Mental Health Operations in the Louisiana Office of Mental Health, says his 600 field counselors have made 800, 000 contacts with people in the year since the storm.
Mike Bettes, an anchor and meteorologist for The Weather Channel, felt the storm's ferocity when it picked up his crew's truck and tossed it 200 yards into a field.
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