Dr. Barb Mayes Boustead

Preorders for WILDER WEATHER are open! They are super helpful for the publishers to know about book demand, so if you've been thinking about it, don't wait! open.substack.com/pub/wilderwe...

I spent last night writing about Trump's waterfront land grab in DC. Things are crazier than I thought, and MAGA has the National Park Service seriously gaslighting the public over it. 🧵

For the first time on record (since 1980): 2026 has experienced a billion-dollar disaster from all 7 types of U.S. weather and climate events. ⚠️Just between January and September: 27 separate extreme weather events with a price tag of $1B or more have occurred.

My amazing mom - my kid’s Nonny - died a year ago today of heart failure. I miss her every day and still reach for the phone to text or call her about all the things- owies, kid achievements, sports, what we’re protesting. Been a tough year. Love you mom.

Kiddo, 6th grade, is learning to play euphonium. Picks it up to casually practice. After finding a few notes, he yells, “Fire in the hole!!!” and blasts a noise out of it as loudly as he can 😅. And that, dear readers, is how I became certain that he is truly a low brass player at heart. 🤣🤣🤣

In case you were wondering who else is full of bull 💩 when they denied, deflected, and dismissed climate change.

Well, it rained last night. 5.47” at our house, to be precise. We are fine, and the neighborhood is mostly good (a few wet basements). But wow, there was a lot of flash flooding around the Omaha metro last night!

This is what NC12 looks like after the Nor'easter. This 1,000-foot section was damaged worse than any storm since Hurricane Sandy 14 years ago, NCDOT says. www.accuweather.com/en/weather-n...

100-year anniversary of the infamous "Great Miami Hurricane", which made landfall in the early morning hours of September 18, 1926. news.miami.edu/stories/2026...

Testing something. Femmes, chime in if you have had a horrible time sleeping this week - 3 AM wake-ups, disturbances, unsound/restless sleep, unable to fall asleep, waking up extra early, etc.

Ok, spotters and chasers, time for a refresher. One spinny thing = vortex More than one spinny thing = vortices There is no such thing as a “vortice.”

Climate pollution kills. It costs trillions of dollars per year. The Climate Convention is a ratified treaty. Under Article VI it is binding Constitutional law. The Supreme Court & ICJ recognize the duty to prevent this harm. This is a criminal abuse of office. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/13/c...

She's right, of course - keep talking about your books! I wrote Wilder Weather: What Laura Ingalls Wilder Teaches Us About the Weather, Climate, and Protecting What We Cherish. Nonfiction book that draws from Laura's experiences (she lived through a lot!) to apply to weather/climate now and future.

One week before the centennial of the Great Miami Hurricane landfall... here's a new figure for the webpage: The 1926 hurricane had approximately 6 times more energy than King and 4 times more than Andrew at their landfalls in southeast Florida. Details at bmcnoldy.earth.miami.edu/tropics/miam...

The Undulator🦸 One of the superheroes of the earth's crust (12%) the weathering of quartz and other silicates is known as the earth's thermostat given its consumption of atmospheric CO2 #MinCup26

I am a proud Central Mich alum, and our most hated rival was Western Mich. Cars were tipped over when they played each other in the 90s. I grew up rooting for Michigan and still do most of the time. That clock was 100% at 0:00 before the ball was touched. I feel bad for WMU. Highway robbery.

A timely reminder that even if it isn't hot in your (my) backyard, it's hot in the bigger picture.

Introduce yourself with 10 acts you've seen live: Eagles Billy Joel and Elton John (each solo and together) Tim McGraw and Faith Hill (Tim solo and both together) Coldplay Imagine Dragons Pentatonix George Strait Jackson Browne Boz Scaggs Justin Timberlake

New from @vantortech.bsky.social. Absolutely astonishing images of the China-Nepal Gyirong Port/Rasuwagadhi border post. Literally nothing is left. (Before 19 April, After 27 Aug)

Dolly Parton dies aged 80 – researchers celebrate her contributions to science | Nature

Make it so.

I feel like we should all wear sparkle and rhinestones this week in honor of Dolly (in addition to donating in her memory, playing her songs, and watching her movies).

Noooooooo!! 😭😭😭😭 Dolly Parton was one of the most unselfish humans ever, funding everything from literacy to health. Born in poverty, died in generosity. Our world loses some of its shine without her. www.bbc.com/news/live/c0...

Imagine caring this little about humans. Pro-life my 🐐. Eat 🐴 💩.

Imagine having a leader who listens to critique/criticism, admits he's wrong, and changes his behavior.

So proud to announce that Women Writing the West has awarded WILDER WEATHER the 2026 WILLA Literary Award Winner in Scholarly Nonfiction! I am joining outstanding company from 2026 and years past. www.womenwritingthewest.org/awards/the-w...

The Trump administration wants to add brass wind instruments - trumpets, trombones, tubas, etc. - to the list of goods subject to Section 232 tariffs. That's right. The administration wants to tariff brass wind instruments on (checks notes) ... national security grounds. My latest for @piie.com.

New estimate of Elon Musk’s death toll just dropped www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

Heat burst at the house this morning!

🚨🚨🚨According to NOAA NCEI, July 2026 was the warmest month on record for the Contiguous U.S. - beating out July 1936. This is devastating for climate deniers, who love July 1936 as a faux counterfactual. More importantly, it is devastating for all of us. 🔥🔥🔥

"As long as we burn #fossilfuels without limits, #wildfires will do the same in our forests, cities, and towns." time.com/article/2026... #wildfire

We got you. Stay hydrated, New York.

Come and see me tomorrow (Friday 8/7) from 1-4 PM at the Laura Ingalls Wilder museum in Pepin, WI! I'll be signing books and answering any of your weather/climate questions.