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Seismology and weather observation are the focus of the largest numbers of SAS members. Carlson attributes this partly to the universal fascination that these topics hold and partly to the existence of a number of other organizations that already exist for people with other interests, like the Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology, for birders, and the Association of Variable Star Observers, which works with astronomers...
...Carlson is currently working with members on a project suggested by an SAS participant to use a sturdy kite attached to a long cable in order to measure physical data about tornadoes. Current tornado measurements are made from trucks that are driven into the prone areas, but are often unable limited because the trucks' positioning is not flexible enough...
Only the best columns are reserved for the 1,200 words Carlson gets every month in Scientific American...
...Carlson has just finished compiling a compact disk with all of the Amateur Scientist columns that have been written since the inception of the series as "The Backyard Astronomer" in 1928. He estimates that he sells 20 copies a day by mail order, and predicts an enormous expansion in sales when the product is picked up by the Ingram Book Group, a major distributor, later this year...
...Carlson says that while there are many smart and serious amateur scientists in America, there are just as many crazy people with delusions of scientific greatness...