Nancy Gaarder

Midwesterner. Former newspaper reporter. Author of ‘Nebraska Weather. ‘ If I'm outdoors, I'm happy. ‘

[Nancy Gaarder @gaarder]

Ugh. I miss the days when America was great.

[Troy Kimmel @troykimmelwx]

Finally we're hearing from local @NWS WFOs what has been quietly circulating over the last few weeks. A @NWS reorg underway now with absolutely NO invited input from the NWS partners. This is unacceptable.

[Adam Kinzinger (Slava Ukraini) 🇺🇸🇺🇦 @AdamKinzinger]

Important

[Nancy Gaarder @gaarder]

@atrupar If she testifies again, I hope the Dems don’t take her bait and instead drive forward with their questions.

[Nancy Gaarder @gaarder]

@heymooly @CHRISBURBACH You have been an awesome addition to The World-Herald, and its news pages will be the poorer for your departure.
All the best, Molly!

[Nancy Gaarder @gaarder]

@MarkHertling Well of course it is.
They are playing chess, and we think it’s checkers.

[Nancy Gaarder @gaarder]

Iowa, like Nebraska, allows building in flood plains.
Both states have seen repeat catastrophic flooding in the last 20-30 years.
(PS this is true of every state. Developers love floodplains bc they are cheaper to build on)

[Acyn @Acyn]

Nunn: I'm from a small farm state. When we get decimated by tornadoes, we expect the rest of the country is going to come to our assistance... But we also need to be asking, we don't want to continue to pay hundreds of billions to a situation that finds itself…

[Nancy Gaarder @gaarder]

@samdknowlton Yes! The Taste of War.
Immensely relevant. Ranks alongside The Prize for its capacity to inform my understanding of the world.

[Nancy Gaarder @gaarder]

@NE_Examiner Congratulations @asanderford ! This is great news for Nebraskans, too! Looking forward to seeing where your leadership takes the Examiner!

[Nancy Gaarder @gaarder]

@asanderford The Apple doesn’t fall far from the tree - I don’t know a journalist who works harder, longer hours than you.
And that’s after my 40 years in the biz.
You, like your grandparents, represent the best of us.

[Nancy Gaarder @gaarder]

@ChrisDunkerLJS We have similar issues in Omaha-the underlying problem requires regulatory changes (federal level?) governing where stop signs & speed bumps can be installed.
We also need speed cameras bc police are outmatched by speeders.
Regs haven’t kept pace with worsening traffic habits.

[Nancy Gaarder @gaarder]

@OWHsports @EvanBlandOWH Uz

[Nancy Gaarder @gaarder]

We had a warning like this in Nebraska in 2019, and sadly, too many people didn’t believe it.

[Tim Buckley @TimBuckleyWX]

Everybody in Western North Carolina should read this.

From @NWSGSP #ncwx #scwx

[Nancy Gaarder @gaarder]

@vince_powers @RickRuggles

[Nancy Gaarder @gaarder]

@TracyJGarland2 @matthewjdowd I see you!

[Nancy Gaarder @gaarder]

Until the late 1990s, Omaha was home to a massive lead refinery that emitted tons of ‘bioavailable lead’ into the air.
Wouldn’t it be a fascinating to find out if educational outcomes improved and unusually high special Ed/delinquency rates dropped for those born after that?

[Jeff Rigsby @JeffRigsby2]

It also predicts violent behavior in adulthood.

Some people think the fall in US crime rates in the 1990s was partly caused by the ban on lead paint and the phaseout of leaded gasoline, which both began two decades earlier.

Lead has damaging effects on other organ systems too.

[Nebraska Appleseed @neappleseed]

Urge your senator to oppose cuts for the top personal and corporate income tax rates. This would do little to nothing for most Nebraskans, while depleting revenue needed to reduce property taxes, and jeopardizing education funding. #NELeg https://t.co/TfjdnBennY

[Nancy Gaarder @gaarder]

Omaha is one of these cities.
Point of clarification-in terms of this summation— the effort is not due to global warming’s heavier rainfalls.
But yes, success is more difficult to accomplish bc of our now wetter world.
These projects were forced on cities by Clean Water Act.

[Yale Environment 360 @YaleE360]

Hundreds of U.S. cities rely on sewer systems that combine stormwater with sewage.

Facing heavier rainfall, many are building holding tanks, tunnels, and pipes to manage tainted stormwater, but such projects are costly and can take decades to complete.
https://t.co/HFpGN9Q8IO

[Nancy Gaarder @gaarder]

@PeteFestersen Thank you Pete!
We are so grateful to the city for helping NE Omaha after our 100 mph June windstorm.
The far more widespread July storm reinforced the importance of city workers! Public works and Parks have been key to getting us back on our feet.
Whew!

[Nancy Gaarder @gaarder]

@ryanhanrahan Wow, Omha had a microburst June 25 that was devastating. Winds clocked around 100 mph. Ugh.
Then this week we had an equally strong bow echo move through and there’s terrific damage everywhere.
It feels like the end times — all the mangled trees and damaged homes.

[Chancellor Dr. Joanne Li @UNO_Chancellor]

Mavericks, Campus Recreation is opening its doors for those who are still without power, including access to showers and microwaves. Students, staff and faculty can use their MavCards at the H&K Building this weekend during its hours from 10am - 6pm to access these resources.