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I never get sad when people abandon Wikipedia. It probably means they got a girlfriend.

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No situation needs the drama that humans bring to it.

I'm actually a really nice person. If you disagree with something I have done, I will be willing to discuss and reconsider my actions. I do not tolerate assuming bad faith or being overly harsh to new editors. But I am also slow to block and quick to forgive honest mistakes.

;Essays

      — See all my essays

My academic background

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I received my Bachelor of Science degree in Physics at Worcester Polytechnic Institute in the spring of 2008. I completed my [http://www.wpi.edu/Pubs/Catalogs/Ugrad/Current/mqp.html Major Qualifying Project] around the same time: a search for sand dune movement on Mars. I hope to turn it into an article at some point (see User:Runningonbrains/Aeolian processes on Mars if you'd like to help).

My main interest, however, is in meteorology, and I do a lot of research on the topic. At Texas A&M University I received my Master of Science in atmospheric science in August of 2011. My research involved baroclinic waves the Martian atmosphere, and my results were published in the Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences.

I currently work as an Associate Scientist at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), working in the Research Applications Laboratory. I work on a bunch of different projects, including work on the operational NWP models, HRRR and GFS-FV3.

As far as my time on Wikipedia, my contributions will mainly be towards meteorology articles (especially tornadoes and other meso- to microscale phenomena), Mars, computer modeling and related subjects. I am the primary maintainer of Portal:Weather, however, I am currently fairly inactive due to my continuing adult responsibilities and recreations. I may become more active one of these days, but I'm probably kidding myself: there's too many things to do in this world that don't involve sitting behind a computer.

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Here's what I've done:

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=[[WP:FA|Featured Articles]]=

;My first two major projects

  • Tornado: Nursed this article from a sloppy stub-like mess to an FA in about 9 months
  • Eye (cyclone): My first FA created from scratch, this one took about 9 months as well, and had major help from User:Thegreatdr and User:Titoxd.

=Tornado articles=

During and after my project to improve Tornado, I created a long list of tornado-related articles.

==Working on these==

=Tornado lists=

Later on, I began a very ambitious effort to make a series of nation-wide lists of tornadoes by state (currently, I've only done two + DC)

;Working on these:

=Other articles created=

Big surprise, more weather-related articles!

  • [https://xtools.wmflabs.org/pages/en.wikipedia.org/Runningonbrains/all All created articles]

=Articles re-written=

  • Annular hurricane: [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Annular_hurricane&oldid=48093860 Before] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Annular_hurricane&diff=65904941&oldid=48093860 after]
  • Tornadoes of 2001: [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tornadoes_of_2001&oldid=135341460 Before] and after
  • Windsor Locks, Connecticut tornado: [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Windsor_Locks,_Connecticut_tornado&oldid=294111954 before] and after {{icon|GA}}
  • Tornado myths: [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tornado_myths&oldid=217066635 before] and after {{icon|GA}}

=WikiProjects=

Was highly active in restarting WikiProject Meteorology, and created a new sub-project WikiProject Severe Weather.

=Portals=

Overhauled the Weather Portal, eventually improving it into a Featured Portal. I am currently actively maintaining this portal.

=Milestones=

  • First edit: [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Hurricane_Katrina&diff=prev&oldid=23681114 Hurricane Katrina talk page]
  • First mainspace edit: [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Life&diff=prev&oldid=23967818 Very silly vandalism] Although this was my friend, not really me.
  • First constructive mainspace edit: [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_Atlantic_hurricanes&diff=prev&oldid=44829346 List of Atlantic hurricanes]
  • First edit under my username: [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Runningonbrains/Kingpage&diff=prev&oldid=44990451 You're not going to believe it, but I started an article in my userspace]
  • 100th edit: [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Runningonbrains/eye&diff=prev&oldid=47304494 Working on userspace version of] my first from-scratch featured article
  • First whack-a-vandal: [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hurricane_Gilbert&diff=prev&oldid=52341543 Hurricane Gilbert]
  • 1,000th edit: [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Hurricane_Camille&diff=prev&oldid=72503789 Discussion on Hurricane Camille's importance]
  • First appearance on WP:MOSTEDITS: [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:List_of_Wikipedians_by_number_of_edits/latest&diff=cur&oldid=147592958 5097 edits!]
  • First Huggle rv: [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Quonochontaug,_Rhode_Island&diff=prev&oldid=264400167 Quonochontaug, Rhode Island]
  • 10,000th edit: [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Rough_Wood&diff=prev&oldid=266886353 Tagging/categorizing new article "Rough Wood"]
  • [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia%3AAdministrators%27_noticeboard%2FIncidents&diff=485441404&oldid=485440099 I am most proud of this edit].
  • [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special%3ALog&type=block&user=Runningonbrains&page=User%3AClueBot+NG&year=&month=-1&tagfilter= Admins make mistakes too].

=Other Contributions=

Gallery of my images

'''Recognition for accomplishments

All contributions...

Works in progress

=My ongoing [[WP:FT|Featured Topic]] projects=

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:{{icon|GA}}1989 Northeastern United States tornado outbreak

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:{{icon|GA}} 1878 Wallingford tornado

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:16px Windsor Locks, Connecticut tornado

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:{{icon|FA}} List of Connecticut tornadoes

:{{icon|GA}} 1878 Wallingford tornado

:16px Windsor Locks, Connecticut tornado

:{{icon|GA}}1989 Northeastern United States tornado outbreak

:16px Four-State Tornado Swarm

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:16px List of Rhode Island tornadoes

:16px List of Maine tornadoes

:16px List of Massachusetts tornadoes

:16px Flint-Worcester tornado outbreak sequence

:16px Great Barrington tornado outbreak

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:16px List of New Hampshire tornadoes

:16px 1821 Great New Hampshire tornado outbreak

:16px List of Vermont tornadoes

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:16px Late-May 1998 tornado outbreak and derecho

:{{icon|FA}} 2006 Westchester County tornado

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:16px Tornado climatology

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:{{icon|GA}} Tornado myths

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Me

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So, about me, huh?

As I said, I have a BS in Physics from Worcester Polytechnic Institute. After graduating, I attended Western Connecticut State University part-time for a year, taking atmospheric/oceanic science courses, before transferring to Texas A&M University's atmospheric science program. I graduated with a MS in atmospheric science in 2011, and in 2012 got a job at the National Center for Atmospheric Research. I've been obsessed with nature, especially meteorology, since I was very young. My first storm experience was in utero, when my mom was in the eye of Hurricane Gloria. At 10 a tornado skipped over my house, downing several trees in my back yard. Among my craziest childhood experiences were sitting outside with a -40ºF wind chill to watch blowing snow, climbing a mountain during a Nor'easter with 60 mph winds at the top, and getting caught in a hailstorm which formed right on top of me. As an adult, I now am lucky enough to live right next to tornado alley, and have been on dozens of storm chases that have yielded so many tornadoes I have lost count.

I also enjoy skiing, hiking, camping, and rock climbing.

Hopefully, someday, I'll get to sit through a good hurricane.

=My randonimity*=

*No, randonimity is not a word, but it sounds cool

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