OK...as I sat here last night watching the weather forecasts, in great anticipation, of another storm hitting New England in three(3) days I contemplated on what I should do! Naturally, as we all know, it may be...
opinion by jefhow22 | 2 wks ago 83 views | 28 recommendations | 6 comments
I've been monitoring the LA Station Fire from afar these past days (week or so), its amazing what one can "see" from the Internet with a little GoogleEarth and Weather Underground (www.WunderGround.com ). Those of us with a bent toward earth science in the modern times...
opinion by SteamGeek | 8 wks ago | updated 8 wks ago 226 views | 4 recommendations | 3 comments
At the 2009 Knoxville Nationals traditionally held at Knoxville Raceway in Knoxville, Iowa, Donny Schatz captured his fourth consecutive title. Schatz has not lost a Knoxville race since 2006. The race was originally scheduled to take place yesterday, but was postponed until...
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Hurricane Felicia that peaked as a Category 4 hurricane in the Pacific Ocean last week lost strength and turned into a tropical storm before its scheduled landfall near Hawaii on Sunday. As a precautionary...
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A steel plate lodged into a sewage pipe has caused millions of liters of sewage to flow into the Ottawa River. 6.5 million liters of raw sewage flooded into the river before city crew were able to remove the...
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" MANILA - Heavy rains have triggered a landslide that killed a 4-year-old girl and her grandmother, a disaster-response official said. Disaster-response administrator Joey Marco says two hours of rain loosened the...
the rains this season seem to be the best and worst the citites have ever seen.....mumbai,delhi, orissa and now dhaka...the heaviest rain in 53 years has disrupted life in a large way and claimed lives....please...
(photographs by Elidio)for more photographs http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/slideshow/4815125.cms?imw=460 "Mumbai braces for highest tide in 100 years" "MUMBAI: Nearly 200 people have been evacuated from coastal...
" BHUBANESWAR: Five more persons died on Sunday in the torrential rains in Orissa taking the toll to 33, even as heavy downpour due to a fresh low pressure over the sea triggered floods in many parts of the state. While two persons were swept away in Rana river in...
A photo feature of the Mumbai rains with headlines from newspapers...i will update as and when i receive new pictures....that would help us track the situation.... These...
By, Uwe Paschen. It is Chiba Day here in Narita, Chiba, Japan. Tomorrow my wife will not have to go and teach in Narita and I have no field work due to much rain and flooding nor any meetings in Tokyo. In...
created by Paschen | 20 wks ago | updated 15 wks ago 720 views | 88 recommendations | 41 comments
[Update -- May 25] David Reutimann won the postponed NASCAR Coca-Cola 600 Race. The race was delayed until Monday afternoon yesterday due to precipitation on the track. Today, the race was completed but cut short by more rain, going down in history as the shortest Coca-Cola...
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The South Carolina Myrtle Beach fire that started on April 22 is still burning; it has destroyed 20,000 acres and not enough rain has fallen to help firefighters put out the flames. About an inch fell in the last few...
created by amyjudd | 26 wks ago | updated 26 wks ago 193 views | 14 recommendations | 1 comment
A tornado has touched down in Birmingham, Alabama, has downed major power lines and trees and could cause flooding in the area. Tornado warnings are in effect for the rest of the day. Many strong storms are reported...
created by amyjudd | 36 wks ago | updated 36 wks ago 578 views | 18 recommendations | 2 comments