A Union Pacific Corp. rail crane removes debris surrounding a damaged rail bridge over the Platte River in La Platte, Nebraska, on Sunday, March 24, 2019. The deluge that devastated so much of the Midwest over the last week could be a preview for one of the worst years for flooding in the U.S., according to federal weather officials. (Photo: Daniel Acker/Bloomberg)
Every uptick in wind speed along the Gulf of Mexico shoreline is of enormous interest to Mike Eilts.
Eilts, senior vice president for weather at DTN, a Minnesota-based analytics firm, knows that an unexpected cold front in Louisiana, nudged southward by a jet stream unsettled by global warming, can push rising winds into the Gulf, putting dozens of floating oil rigs at risk.
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