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NOAA Media Contact: Greg Hernandez, NOAA (202) 482-3091, Gregory.Hernandez@noaa.gov Aug. 15, 2003 NOAA POSTS IMAGES ONLINE OF NORTHEAST BLACKOUT NOAA today posted online satellite images taken before and after of the historic blackout of the Northeastern United States, which plunged millions of people into darkness. NOAA processed the night lights data taken by the Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP). NOAA archives the data from the satellite. * NOAA image of night lights before the blackout in the Northeastern USA taken Aug. 13, 2003, at 9:21 p.m. EDT. NOAA processed the data from the Defense Meteorological Satellite Program. Please credit NOAA/DMSP.http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories/images/nightlights-081403-0121z2.jpg...

Saw this in the rec.radio.shortwave newsgroup. From: Matt "... As the world waits and watches Iraq, if you've got a shortwave receiver with sideband mode (USB and LSB) you can hear certain military communications related to the conflict including many long-distance GHFS (Global HF System) stations including Emergency Action Messages (EAMs) and Skyking messages which are high-priority messages for air and ground stations. Frequencies to monitor (in the USB mode) include: 4709, 4724, 6712, 6739, 8992, 11175, 11271, 15038 (11175 is a very active frequency most of the time) Shortwave broadcasts from the Middle East that you can hear with...

Heads up. The PETA person who's testimony was featured by Roger Hedgecock on the Rush Limbaugh Show has agreed to beon Howie Carr tomorrow at 3:00PM EST. Howie implied that the guy was surprised that his testimony was aired to Rush's 20 Million strong audience.Bottom line was that he supports, but does not condone, bricks through windows, burning food establishments, etc.,as a way to achieve peace and harmony with nature. For those that missed it, PETA gave money last year to the FBI's #1 domestic terrorist group, the ELF - Earth Liberation Front. As a somewhat regular listener of Howie, ...

Anybody else forced to change channels or turn off the TV when this ad comes on? WHAT WAS the charity for thinking? Look at the response Clinton evoked with that investment bank last spring. Many charities are under fire as it, in their use/fraud/response of the 9/11 terrorist act. Now one is using a convicted perjurer to ask for $$$? I don't get it. WHY do the broadcast corporations run the thing? I'm sure the advertisers that pay for time appreciate, what is probably a "freebie", chasing away potential customers.