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Barry Lynn

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Saying Goodbye

Saying Goodbye

I feel as though I am suspended in time, drifting; perhaps time will briefly stop, and then I will begin to move again. You see, I am waiting for my...

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Barry Lynn

Another Medicane

Another Medicane

After a wet but fast-moving rain on Shabbat, we appear to be entering at least a week of unsettled, if not very rainy weather. I remember visiting...

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Barry Lynn

The Storm Called “Proportionality”

The Storm Called “Proportionality”

Where I come from, there were winter storm watches, flood watches, and tornado watches. There were no missile watches. However, since moving here, one...

11.03.2026 30

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Barry Lynn

The Perfect Storm

In 1991, The Perfect Storm formed off the coast of New England — the merger of a hurricane and a Nor’easter. Each one dangerous on its own....

03.03.2026 40

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Barry Lynn

Purim or Purim Spiel (Can it possibly snow?)

It’s beautiful to watch snow falling. Sometimes you have to travel far to see it. But every so often — not often — snow falls in the Jerusalem...

25.02.2026 60

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Barry Lynn

Severe Weather Potential Late Late This Week

23.03.2025 50

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Barry Lynn

Are those snowflakes?

31.01.2025 30

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Barry Lynn

Snow there and snow here?

Our weather group, “Israeli Winter Weather” is a small group of persons somewhat obsessed with making it snow (myself, Yaakov Cantor, and Jonathan...

08.01.2025 20

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Barry Lynn