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  • More Ike pics

    10/03/2008 9:35:02 AM PDT · by chuckles · 10 replies · 901+ views
    vanity | 10/03/2008 | chuckles
    More Ike pics.http://www.tpicks.com/pictures%20people%20have%20sent%20me.html
  • THE COMING PERFECT STORM

    10/01/2008 10:23:18 AM PDT · by Joya · 37 replies · 1,160+ views
    Streams Ministries International ^ | September 19, 2008 | John Paul Jackson
    THE COMING PERFECT STORM by John Paul Jackson For those of you who have followed this ministry, you have heard me say more than once during the past eight years that from 2009 or 2010, things will become very difficult. I have been praying and hoping that what I am about to write may be averted. However, I am now concerned that without prophetic people speaking up, we will not play our redemptive part in bringing change for the good. FIVE ELEMENTS OF THE BREWING PERFECT STORM As in the movie The Perfect Storm, the storm I see coming to...
  • Screen Cap of Ike Radar 9/13/08 03:00 EST

    09/13/2008 12:34:34 AM PDT · by Conservomax · 7 replies · 15+ views
    A screen grab I just took after feeding my babies. Never seen a more direct hit in my life, nor have I seen a more well defined storm come through on radar.
  • Hurricane Ike Live Thread III

    09/12/2008 5:12:09 AM PDT · by NautiNurse · 2,862 replies · 554+ views
    NOAA/NHC ^ | 12 September 2008 | NOAA/NHC
    Large and dangerous Hurricane Ike approaching the Upper Texas coast. Mandatory evacuations began in earnest Thursday as an estimated one million coastal residents headed inland. There were widespread reports of gas stations running out of fuel. The National Weather Service posted dire storm surge predictions of 20-25 ft storm surge along the coast and bay heads. Hurricane warnings covered a 400 mile swath of the Gulf of Mexico. Wholesale gasoline prices spiked 30 percent Thursday, or nearly $1 a gallon, out of fear of what Ike might do. Public Advisory Updated every 3 hours Discussion Updated every 6 hours Buoy...
  • Storm could swamp GOP convention

    08/27/2008 2:03:03 PM PDT · by mngran2 · 52 replies · 7+ views
    Politico ^ | Aug. 27, 2008 | Mike Allen & Jonathan Martin
    Planners of the Republican National Convention in St. Paul held emergency conversations Wednesday about what to do if a tropical storm continues on its track as a potential Category 3 hurricane threatening New Orleans. Gustav’s projected path suggests possible landfall on the convention’s opening day — Labor Day. The storm could threaten everything from President Bush’s Monday night address to the broader Republican message of effective government management. Local officials fear a Katrina II — a rerun of the storm that ravished New Orleans and badly damaged Bush’s image. Government forecasters said the target area runs from south Texas to...
  • Storm lifts animals into the air [Pigs ARE flying]

    07/21/2008 11:15:18 AM PDT · by maine-iac7 · 17 replies · 25+ views
    Bangor Daily News ^ | July 21, 2008 | Diana Bowley
    PATTEN, Maine - A "Wizard of Oz"-type storm Saturday produced a "wall of hail" so heavy it pounded pumpkins into mush and a wind so fierce it lifted a dog and two pigs into the air and peeled off a roof on Happy Corner Road, residents said Sunday. No one was injured. The storm, which brought...
  • Heavy rain forecast for storm-hit China

    06/11/2008 5:44:42 PM PDT · by TigerLikesRooster · 5 replies · 2+ views
    AAP ^ | 06/11/08
    Wednesday June 11, 03:05 PM Heavy rain forecast for storm-hit China By AFP Rain storms are forecast for southern China over the next two days after record downpours caused havoc in Hong Kong and nearby Guangdong, triggering landslides and halting traffic, state media says. At least seven cities, home to 1.5 million people, in the coastal province of Guangdong had been hit by continuous rains, with more than 1,500 houses destroyed and more than 150 factories having to suspend operations, the China Daily said. "Guangdong's coastal cities will probably face typhoons or high tides this month, and flooding might be...
  • Magellan Tank Farm Fire - Kansas City, KS

    06/03/2008 9:03:19 PM PDT · by gpk9 · 21 replies · 7+ views
    5-3-08 | George Kelley
    A cloud-to-ground ligtning strike from a severe thunderstom hit a large gasoline storage tank at the Magellan Petroleum tank farm in Kansas City, igniting 2 million plus gallons of unleaded gasoline, rapidly growing into a huge inferno of flame belching over 200 feet in the air. Local authorities have elected to let the fire burn itself out, which is anticipated to take a day or more. The fire is presently contained to the burning tank. Authorites and company officials feel confident the fire poses no danger to other large storage tanks nearby. Video from local news helicopters shows tank walls...
  • BULLETIN TROPICAL STORM ARTHUR SPECIAL ADVISORY NUMBER 1

    05/31/2008 10:40:32 AM PDT · by varina davis · 31 replies · 36+ views
    National Hurricane Center ^ | May 21, 2008 | National Hurricane Center
    BULLETIN TROPICAL STORM ARTHUR SPECIAL ADVISORY NUMBER 1 NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL012008 100 PM EDT SAT MAY 31 2008 ...TROPICAL STORM ARTHUR...FIRST STORM OF THE 2008 ATLANTIC SEASON...QUICKLY FORMS NEAR THE COAST OF BELIZE...ALREADY MOVING INLAND... AT 1 PM EDT...1700 UTC...THE GOVERNMENT OF BELIZE HAS ISSUED A TROPICAL STORM WARNING FOR THE COAST OF BELIZE....AND THE GOVERNMENT OF MEXICO HAS ISSUED A TROPICAL STORM WARNING FROM CABO CATOCHE SOUTHWARD TO THE BORDER WITH BELIZE. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED WITHIN THE WARNING AREA..IN THIS CASE...WITHIN THE NEXT 6 TO 12 HOURS....
  • Myanmar Cyclone: 130,000 May Have Died As Second Storm Gathers

    05/14/2008 4:23:59 PM PDT · by blam · 3 replies · 22+ views
    The Telegraph (UK) ^ | 5-14-2008 | Graeme Jenkins
    Myanmar cyclone: 130,000 may have died as second storm gathers By Graeme Jenkins in Rangoon Last Updated: 11:07PM BST 14/05/2008 The Red Cross said that almost 130,000 people may have perished in the Burmese cyclone disaster, as a second deadly storm gathered off the Burmese coast. There are more calls for the secret military regime in Burma to allow aid workers into the country, following the deadly cyclone. The organisation said that the toll may be 127,990, almost 30,000 higher than the figure estimated by the US embassy in Rangoon. A further 2.51 million people have been left battling to...
  • Is McCain Sailing Into a Storm?

    05/11/2008 1:02:33 PM PDT · by The_Republican · 36 replies · 2+ views
    RCP ^ | May 11th, 2008 | Steve Chapman
    The last couple of months have been springtime in paradise for Republicans: the loveliest of all possible seasons. They have been watching two Democratic presidential candidates in an endless battle to destroy each other -- a process that does not appear to enhance the chance that the eventual nominee will win in November. A recent Gallup poll shows John McCain leading both Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton in a head-to-head matchup. All this before Republicans even begin publicizing the worst that can be said about either of two candidates whose alleged defects provide a supremely target-rich environment. But it's easy...
  • Scientists downplay global warming's effect on hurricanes

    04/05/2008 7:25:04 AM PDT · by devane617 · 18 replies · 9+ views
    MiamiHerald ^ | 04/05/2008 | MARTIN MERZER
    Global warming is not the cause of increased hurricane activity, researchers said, but many more busy -- and costly -- seasons are ahead. ORLANDO -- We're in a busy period of hurricane activity that will inflict unimaginable damage, but global warming is not the cause, leading researchers told the nation's foremost forecasters and other experts Friday. Chris Landsea, a respected researcher and the National Hurricane Center's science officer, told those at the National Hurricane Conference that there is no conclusive evidence that global warming has significantly enhanced or otherwise affected the number or intensity of hurricanes. ''Any trend we see...
  • Several dead after winter storm rages across Europe

    03/01/2008 6:08:19 PM PST · by wolf78 · 7 replies · 88+ views
    Monsters and Critics.com ^ | Mar 1, 2008, 15:49 GMT | DPA
    A late winter storm raged across much of western Europe overnight Friday and through much of Saturday, with winds measuring over 220 kilometres per hour in places, leaving several dead, uprooting trees, cutting off electricity and causing a train crash. In Germany, a high-speed ICE train crashed before dawn Saturday into a tree that fell on a track during a storm raging across Europe, and at least two motorists were killed in other storm-related accidents. The German railways said the engine driver was injured in the collision at Bruehl near Bonn, but the high-speed inter-city express train, bound for Vienna,...
  • Above the Storm

    02/25/2008 5:13:26 PM PST · by AFPhys · 13 replies · 22+ views
    Space Weather.com ^ | February 25, 2008 | Dr. Tony Phillips.
    ABOVE THE STORM: The afternoon sky darkened. Grey clouds billowed to the heavens. Thunder shook the ground and lightning danced overhead. The first droplets of heavy rain were just hitting the ground when the spaceship flew by.... This really happened on Feb. 5th when the International Space Station (ISS) flew over western Africa during an afternoon thunderstorm in Mali:Orbiting Earth 200 miles high at a speed of 17,000 mph, astronauts took the picture using a Nikon D2Xs peering through one of the space station's many windows. It shows an enormous anvil cloud. Anvil clouds form in the tops of thunderstorms...
  • How rushed justice fails our kids (Broken families, broken courts)

    02/10/2008 7:33:09 AM PST · by Technoman · 2 replies · 16+ views
    San Jose Mercury News ^ | February 8, 2008 | Karen de Sá
    It's a typical morning in the court system designed to protect California's children from abuse and neglect: Justice is being strangled by the clock. In this Sacramento courtroom, attorneys spend two minutes on the case of a 3-year-old sent to the children's shelter after being found in a filthy home.
  • Weather Alert (Shelby County, TN area)

    02/05/2008 3:29:46 PM PST · by Ingtar · 308 replies · 138+ views
    http://www.wmctv.com/ ^ | 2/5/2008 | WMCTV
    TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 521 PM CST TUE FEB 5 2008 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... DESOTO COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI... NORTHERN FAYETTE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE... SHELBY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE... * UNTIL 600 PM CST * AT 521 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR WALLS...OR ABOUT 7 MILES WEST OF HORN LAKE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH. * OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO LYNCHBURG...SOUTHAVEN...WHITEHAVEN... SOUTHWEST MEMPHIS...DOWNTOWN MEMPHIS...OLIVE BRANCH...MIDTOWN MEMPHIS...SOUTHEAST MEMPHIS... FRAYSER...GERMANTOWN...COLLIERVILLE... BARTLETT...ELLENDALE... MILLINGTON... LAKELAND...EADS...ARLINGTON...
  • Wintry storm continues to blast Southern California

    01/25/2008 9:32:25 AM PST · by NormsRevenge · 20 replies · 6+ views
    A powerful winter storm that unleashed a thick blanket of mountain snow, heavy rain and at least one tornado pounded Southern California for a fifth straight day Friday. Some areas had received more rain in the storm than they did the entire year before, National Weather Service meteorologist Jamie Meier said, though experts said the moisture would do little to improve local water supplies. By Friday morning, Long Beach Airport had received 2.76 inches of rain, compared to 2.1 inches over the previous 12 months, Meier said. Downtown Los Angeles had received 2.54 inches and Gibraltar Dam near Santa Barbara...
  • Major Storm Causes Swath of Blackouts (at least 8 dead, almost 200,000 without power)

    12/23/2007 1:08:02 PM PST · by Libloather · 31 replies · 11+ views
    Daily Comet ^ | 12/23/07 | CARRIE ANTLFINGER
    Major Storm Causes Swath of BlackoutsBy CARRIE ANTLFINGER Associated Press Writer December 23. 2007 2:10PM Joshua Crowe, 28, uses a push broom to get his car out of the snow on Saturday Dec. 22, 2007, in Wichita, Kan. Parts of Kansas have been blanketed with snow for the second weekend in a row. (AP Photo/The Wichita Eagle, G. Marc Benavidez) MILWAUKEE Highways were hazardous for holiday travelers Sunday and thousands of homes and businesses had no electricity in the Midwest as a storm blew through the region with heavy snow and howling wind. At least eight deaths had been blamed...
  • Storm Could Make For a Soggy Evening Commute(Heads Up Southern Californians)

    12/18/2007 5:26:42 PM PST · by kellynla · 17 replies · 7+ views
    Los Angeles Times ^ | December 18, 2007 | Paloma Esquivel
    A storm rolling in from the Gulf of Alaska could dump as much as 8 inches of snow in Los Angeles County mountains overnight, weather forecasters said this afternoon. A snow and blowing snow advisory for Los Angeles and Ventura County mountains is in effect now until 8 a.m. Wednesday, said Stuart Seto, a weather specialist for the National Weather Service in Oxnard. Blowing snow propelled by gusty winds could make it difficult for drivers to see, he said.
  • NOAA ...Weekend Winter Storm from the Plains to the Northeast... whatyoudoing?thread

    12/15/2007 8:18:52 AM PST · by InvisibleChurch · 129 replies · 29+ views
    NOAA ^ | 12.15.07
  • Storm with possibility of foot of snow spreads through Ohio Valley en route to New England

    12/15/2007 9:59:18 PM PST · by NormsRevenge · 61 replies · 21+ views
    ap on San Diego Union - Tribune ^ | 12/15/07 | Dan Nephin - ap
    PITTSBURGH – As much as a foot of snow fell from the Plains across the Midwest on Saturday, snarling road and air travel, as the second big winter storm in a week barreled through on its way to New England. Tens of thousands of people still lacked electricity after the first storm slammed Oklahoma, Kansas and Missouri earlier in the week. That storm was blamed for at least 38 deaths, mostly in traffic accidents. Winter storm warnings and watches extended Saturday from Missouri across parts of Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York, Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine, the National...
  • Caribbean Storm Death Toll Rises (Olga)

    12/13/2007 2:39:35 PM PST · by blam · 12 replies · 7+ views
    BBC ^ | 12-13-1007
    Caribbean storm death toll rises Parts of Santiago were destroyed by huge waves The toll from Tropical Storm Olga, a rare December cyclone, has risen to 25 confirmed deaths in the Caribbean, officials say. Hardest-hit was the Dominican Republic, where 22 people were killed by floods and landslides. The majority died in the northern city of Santiago, after officials, fearing a collapse of a dam, released water in the already swollen Yaque River. Two people died in the neighbouring Haiti and one in Puerto Rico. The storm slammed into the region on Tuesday - 10 days after the official end...
  • Nature’s fury put on display in SV

    12/02/2007 9:28:20 AM PST · by SandRat · 8 replies · 17+ views
    Sierra Vista Herald/Bisbee Review ^ | Keith J. Allen and Laura Ory
    SIERRA VISTA — There may not have been a Sierra Vista Holiday Parade on Saturday, but there sure was a show of a different sort. Mother Nature blew in late Friday night and early Saturday morning and left her mark through a variety of damage, from toppled trees to a trampoline on top of a roof to air conditioners and coolers blowing off roofs to awnings being twisted by the wind to scattered holiday yard decorations. The wind ripped a portion of the roof off a home in the 4900 block of South Santa Aurelia. And 35-foot-tall Modesto ash crashed...
  • The Silenced Storm (Computer Virus Wars)

    10/24/2007 4:26:17 AM PDT · by Renfield · 8 replies · 33+ views
    Strategy Pate ^ | 10-24-07
    October 24, 2007: The most powerful Internet weapon on the planet is apparently dying the death of a thousand cuts. The weapon in question is the Storm botnet. This was the largest botnet ever seen, and it appeared to be acting like something out of a science fiction story. Last Summer, the Storm network was believed capable to shutting down any military or commercial site on the planet. Or, Storm could cripple hundreds of related sites temporarily. Worse, Storm could have done some major damage in ways that have not yet been experienced. There's never been anything quite like Storm,...
  • Storm worm botnet more powerful than top supercomputers

    09/07/2007 6:31:20 AM PDT · by twntaipan · 152 replies · 2,829+ views
    ITNews ^ | 9/7/2007 | Sharon Gaudin
    The Storm worm botnet has grown so massive and far-reaching that it easily overpowers the world's top supercomputers. That's the latest word from security researchers who are tracking the burgeoning network of Microsoft Windows machines that have been compromised by the virulent Storm worm, which has pounded the Internet non-stop for the past three months. Despite the wide ranging estimates as to the size of the botnet, researchers tend to agree that it's one of the largest zombie grids they've ever seen -- one capable of doing great damage. "In terms of power, the botnet utterly blows the supercomputers away,"...
  • Hurricane Felix live on Aruba webcam

    09/02/2007 7:34:01 AM PDT · by Vn_survivor_67-68 · 14 replies · 3,370+ views
    playa linda resort - aruba ^ | 10-2-02 | playalinda resort webcam
  • Monster storm wreaks havoc along NSW coast [Australia]

    06/08/2007 6:44:28 PM PDT · by BlackVeil · 12 replies · 638+ views
    A significant part of New South Wales has been declared a natural disaster area after a savage storm which has been compared to a mini-cyclone swept through Newcastle, caused havoc on the Central Coast, and went on to lash Sydney. Hundreds of thousands of people are without power, power lines and trees have collapsed onto roadways, buildings have been damaged, roofs have been swept away, motorists have abandoned cars as floodwaters rise and there are reports of snow south of Tamworth. Hundreds of homes across the region have been evacuated. Police are still looking for two adults and three children...
  • ...Tropical Storm Barry forms in the Gulf of Mexico...

    06/01/2007 1:52:04 PM PDT · by varina davis · 3 replies · 323+ views
    National Hurricane Center ^ | June 1, 2007 | National Hurricane Center
    ...Tropical Storm Barry forms in the Gulf of Mexico... at 5 PM EDT...2100 UTC... a Tropical Storm Warning has been issued for the West Coast of Florida from Bonita Beach northward to Keaton Beach...and a tropical storm watch has been issued from north of Keaton Beach to St. Marks. A Tropical Storm Warning means that tropical storm conditions are expected within the warning area within the next 24 hours and a tropical storm watch means that tropical storm conditions are possible within the watch area...generally within 36 hours. For storm information specific to your area...including possible inland watches and warnings...please...
  • Invest 92L is noted in the Yucatan Channel

    05/31/2007 11:10:13 AM PDT · by redfish53 · 10 replies · 531+ views
    NWS ^ | 5/31/07 | NWS
    BROAD AREA OF LOW PRESSURE...ANALYZED 1006 MB...IS LOCATED ABOUT 75 MI SE OF COZUMEL MEXICO. THIS LOW SITS ALONG AN ELONGATED SFC TROUGH WHICH STRETCHES FROM NICARAGUA TO THE SRN GULF. THIS LARGE TROUGH OF LOW PRES IS PRODUCING A BIG AREA OF SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS MOSTLY ALONG AND TO THE E OF THE TROUGH AXIS. THE SHOWER ACTIVITY IS MOST ORGANIZED FROM 16N-23N BETWEEN 79W-87W. KEY WEST DOPPLER RADAR SHOWS SOME OF THIS STRONGER ACTIVITY PULLING N INTO RADAR RANGE. THE OVERALL STRUCTURE OF THE SYSTEM HAS IMPROVED OVER THE PAST DAY OR SO AND FOR THAT REASON...
  • BULLETINSUBTROPICAL STORM ANDREA ADVISORY

    05/09/2007 9:12:50 AM PDT · by varina davis · 12 replies · 687+ views
    National Hurricane Center ^ | May 9, 2007 | National Hurricane Center
    BULLETIN SUBTROPICAL STORM ANDREA ADVISORY NUMBER 1 NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL012007 1100 AM EDT WED MAY 09 2007 ...EARLY-SEASON SUBTROPICAL STORM FORMS OFF THE SOUTHEAST U.S. COAST... SATELLITE IMAGERY AND AIRCRAFT DATA INDICATE THAT THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OFF THE SOUTHEAST U.S. COAST HAS ACQUIRED SUBTROPICAL CHARACTERISTICS. AT 11 AM EDT...1500 UTC...A TROPICAL STORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED ALONG THE SOUTHEAST COAST OF THE UNITED STATES FROM ALTAMAHA SOUND GEORGIA SOUTHWARD TO FLAGLER BEACH FLORIDA. A TROPICAL STORM WATCH MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE WITHIN THE WATCH AREA...GENERALLY WITHIN THE NEXT 36 HOURS. FOR STORM...
  • Atlantic's 1st Named Storm Forms Early

    05/09/2007 9:12:22 AM PDT · by STARWISE · 34 replies · 735+ views
    AP ^ | 5-9-07 | Jessica Gresko
    The first named storm of the year formed Wednesday off the southeastern U.S. coast, more than three weeks before the official start of the Atlantic hurricane season, forecasters said. Subtropical Storm Andrea had top sustained winds around 45 mph Wednesday morning and didn't appear to be much of a threat, the National Hurricane Center in Miami said. Still, a tropical storm watch was issued for parts of Georgia and Florida, meaning tropical storm conditions are possible within 36 hours. "We're not looking at this system strengthening significantly," said Richard Pasch, a senior hurricane specialist at the center. "We're not viewing...
  • Officials Prepare For Storm Threats (Hurricanes)

    04/17/2007 2:35:35 PM PDT · by blam · 17 replies · 329+ views
    Mobile Press-Register ^ | 4-17-2007 | Sebastian Kitchen
    Officials prepare for storm threats Tuesday, April 17, 2007By SEBASTIAN KITCHENCapital Bureau MONTGOMERY -- State and federal officials converged here Monday to prepare for the upcoming hurricane season and to simulate a worst-case scenario -- a slow moving Category 5 hurricane smashing into the coast of Mobile County. Possible improvements for the 2007 hurricane season include increasing fuel reserves for relief efforts, housing pets along with evacuees at the state's two-year colleges, ensuring there are enough generators for key locations such as hospitals, and designating people to drive school bus routes to pick up those who do not leave. Hurricane...
  • Northeast prepares for severe storm

    04/14/2007 1:00:59 PM PDT · by NormsRevenge · 92 replies · 1,852+ views
    AP on Yahoo ^ | 4/14/07 | Heather Hollingsworth - ap
    KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A severe weather system blamed for five deaths plowed eastward out of the Plains on Saturday, leaving snow piled more than a foot deep and rattling the Gulf states with violent thunderstorms. The Northeast prepared for possible coastal flooding. The storm blew across the Plains on Friday, piling snow a foot deep in Kansas and raking Texas with high wind. "I felt my house start shaking like the wind and I ran in here and grabbed my little girl," Amanda Rymer, 21, said in Haltom City, Texas. "As soon as I moved her, the roof fell...
  • Winter assaults spring in N. E., Midwest

    04/04/2007 1:34:00 PM PDT · by george76 · 56 replies · 1,079+ views
    yahoo...The Weather Channel ^ | Senior Meteorologist
    It may look and feel closer to Christmas than Easter in much of the Northeast tomorrow as icy breezes, snow and snow showers retrograde the season. Maine will collect most of the snow, especially the northern half of the state where as much as six inches (additional) may pile up. Snow showers, including lake-effect snow squalls, will be common in most locations north of the Mason-Dixon Line and in West Virginia. The big cities of the Megalopolis will see only flurries, but several inches of snow are possible in and around northwest Pennsylvania and at the eastern end of Lake...
  • Arena odds just got longer

    03/18/2007 9:50:05 PM PDT · by MassRepublicanFlyersFan · 4 replies · 364+ views
    Seattle Times ^ | March 6, 2007 | Steve Kelley
    A little twinge of anxiety always hits the community when the new neighbors move in. What do they do for a living? What kind of music do they listen to? Are they sociable or are they loners? Are they loud? Do they park the chassis of their beaten-up cars on blocks on the front lawn? And do they contribute money to anti-gay groups? Seattle, we have a problem. Seems a couple of the Sonics' new hefty financial backers, Aubrey McClendon and Tom Ward, have been willing to spend backup point guard money to support former Republican presidential candidate Gary Bauer's...
  • Nasty Cyclone (Indlala) Nears Madagascar

    03/15/2007 9:41:50 AM PDT · by cogitator · 6 replies · 187+ views
    This one's got some punch, I think. Not great news for the lemurs.
  • Howard Storm's Amazing Prophecy - Economic Collapse, Civil Unrest (for discernment)

    09/03/2005 7:58:25 AM PDT · by NYer · 79 replies · 1,457+ views
    Spirit Daily ^ | various | Michael Brown
    This is the account of a minister, Howard Storm, from Ohio, who "died" in 1985 from a perforation in his intestines and returned with an account of hell. While he's a minister now (at Zion United Church of Christ in Norwood), at the time he was an atheistic professor, chairman of the art department at North Kentucky University. Storm describes himself as a selfish man who not only didn't believe but detested those who did. Then came the crisis on June 1, 1985, while he was leading students on a trip to museums in Paris. "I needed surgery immediately but...
  • East Braces for Deadly Winter Storm

    02/25/2007 9:02:34 PM PST · by george76 · 46 replies · 1,233+ views
    Associated Press ^ | February 25th, 2007 | DAVID N. GOODMAN
    A huge winter storm plowed toward the East Coast on Sunday after dumping as much as 2 feet of snow in the upper Midwest, grounding hundreds of airline flights and closing major highways on the Plains. Eight traffic deaths were blamed on the storm, seven in Wisconsin and one in Kansas. Utility crews labored Sunday to restore power after the storm blacked out hundreds of thousands of homes and business in Iowa, Illinois, Minnesota, Nebraska and Ohio. One Iowa utility alone had more than 500 miles of power lines down. Moist air the storm system pulled from the Gulf of...
  • Big snow

    02/24/2007 6:14:38 PM PST · by RunningWolf · 55 replies · 891+ views
    Feb 24, 2007 | Self
    I looked like the predicted snow storm was going to amount to naught more than a fizzle all day, but 2" just came down in 30 minutes here in Schaumburg.
  • Major Winter Storm Saturday - Great Lakes Live thread

    02/23/2007 10:55:47 AM PST · by Milwaukee_Guy · 33 replies · 728+ views
    NWS ^ | Friday February 23, 2007 | Milwaukee_Guy
    URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 1219 PM CST FRI FEB 23 2007 ...MAJOR WINTER STORM TO TRACK ACROSS NORTHERN ILLINOIS SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY... .HEAVY SNOW IS POSSIBLE ACROSS SOUTHERN WISCONSIN SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY. THE LATEST SNOW ACCUMULATIONS EXPECTED ARE IN THE 6 TO 10 INCH RANGE. A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE FROM KANSAS TO WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS TONIGHT INTO EARLY SUNDAY...THEN MOVE ACROSS NORTHEAST ILLINOIS INTO LOWER MICHIGAN THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. THIS IS A FAVORABLE TRACK FOR HEAVY SNOWFALL ACROSS SOUTHERN WISCONSIN. A BRIEF PERIOD OF LIGHT SNOW IS POSSIBLE TONIGHT...
  • Blame for I-78 (PA) mess spreads

    02/23/2007 6:10:20 AM PST · by randita · 23 replies · 598+ views
    Allentown Morning Call ^ | 2/23/07 | Christina Gostomski
    From The Morning Call February 23, 2007 Blame for I-78 mess spreads PennDOT, PEMA leaders say county, local officials also at fault. By Christina Gostomski Call Harrisburg Bureau The top brass at PennDOT and the Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency accepted blame Thursday for the state's bungled response to the snow and ice storm that snarled traffic on Interstate 78, but said officials at the local and county levels were at fault as well. At a Senate hearing, Transportation Secretary Allen D. Biehler said ''inaccurate information within the PennDOT family,'' including repeated assurances from local Department of Transportation employees that there...
  • Pennsylvania Guardsmen Help Thousands of Storm-Stranded Motorists

    02/16/2007 4:59:36 PM PST · by SandRat · 16 replies · 525+ views
    WASHINGTON, Feb. 16, 2007 – About 500 Pennsylvania National Guard members were called up to assist thousands of motorists stranded for almost a day on icy highways, a Pennsylvania state official said today. An immense winter storm that paralyzed the Midwest and eastern United States over the past several days caused nearly 24 hours of gridlock involving hundreds of motorists on a 50-mile stretch of Interstate 78 between Allentown, Pa., and Harrisburg, the state capital, Kevin Cramsey, spokesman for the Pennsylvania Department of Military and Veterans Affairs, said today. The road closings “really began Wednesday afternoon and pretty much...
  • (Albany, NY) WINTER STORM HAS BEEN POSTED FOR HEAVY SNOW TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT

    02/12/2007 5:41:01 PM PST · by xcamel · 33 replies · 1,055+ views
    WTEN, Albany ^ | 2/12/2007 | Weather Staff
    Colder and dry air moves in for tonight and Tuesday, so we expect no problems. Tomorrow will start off with some sunshine....then clouds will increasing quickly during the afternoon. A storm system now in Oklahoma will track across the Ohio Valley tomorrow and weaken as it heads towards Western PA. This storm will reform on the Maryland/VA Coastline by Wednesday Morning. The track right now will take the storm slowly Northeastward towards or just east of Cape Cod. This track would produce heavy snow for much of the region. Here's a breakdown on the timeframe of this storm. Light Snow...
  • Computer virus uses European storms to spread quickly

    01/20/2007 2:00:54 AM PST · by TigerLikesRooster · 9 replies · 461+ views
    AFP ^ | 01/19/07
    Computer virus uses European storms to spread quickly Fri Jan 19, 10:47 AM ET A computer virus has made use of storms sweeping across Europe to infect email systems and spread rapidly before dying down, a Finnish IT security company has said. The virus appeared in emails with the subject line "230 dead as storm batters Europe" and attachments bearing names such as "Full Clip.exe", "Full Story.exe", "Read More.exe" and "Video.exe". The programme infects computers when users click on the message. "A significant network attack was launched globally in the early hours of Thursday morning using news of a European...
  • Storms sweep Poland, killing six people (see pictures)

    01/19/2007 11:11:21 AM PST · by lizol · 17 replies · 1,217+ views
    UPI ^ | Jan. 19, 2007
    Storms sweep Poland, killing six people WARSAW, Poland, Jan. 19 (UPI) -- Storms with gusts reaching 75 mph swept Poland overnight, killing six people, damaging buildings and disrupting air and railroad traffic, media said. Storms driven by high winds were moving from the Atlantic Ocean east, leaving at least 32 dead in northern, news reports said Friday. The winds damaged about 600 buildings and and left 800,000 people without electricity across Poland, Polonia Radio said. An 82-foot crane was toppled by strong winds Thursday, killing its operator at a construction site at Katowice in southern Poland. A roof torn off...
  • Europe Mops Up After Storm Kills 41

    01/19/2007 6:33:08 AM PST · by Esther Ruth · 6 replies · 359+ views
    apnews.myway.com ^ | Jan 19, 6:25 AM (ET) | DAVID RISING
    Europe Mops Up After Storm Kills 41 Jan 19, 6:25 AM (ET) By DAVID RISING BERLIN (AP) - Europeans labored Friday to restore services across the continent after hurricane-force winds felled trees, brought down power lines and damaged buildings, killing at least 41 people and disrupting travel for tens of thousands. Berlin's new main train station was shut down after a two-ton girder fell from the side of the glass facade onto an outdoor staircase. The train station was evacuated after the beam plummeted 130 feet Thursday night, but there were no injuries. "I can see maybe the glass falling,...
  • Travel in Europe Disrupted by Wild Storm

    01/18/2007 3:15:00 PM PST · by Esther Ruth · 11 replies · 527+ views
    Breitbart ^ | Jan 18 2:29 PM US/Eastern | TOBY STERLING
    Travel in Europe Disrupted by Wild Storm Jan 18 2:29 PM US/Eastern By TOBY STERLING Associated Press Writer AMSTERDAM, Netherlands (AP) -- Hurricane-force winds and rain lashed northern Europe on Thursday, disrupting air, rail and sea travel for thousands, toppling trees and construction cranes, and killing 11 people, including a 2-year-old boy crushed by a collapsed wall in London. The wind whisked bicycles and trash cans off the streets of Amsterdam and tossed into its fabled canals. A ship was blasted loose from its moorings near Rotterdam into an oil pipeline. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice's plane landed in gusts...
  • Ice Storm Leaves 330,000 in Missouri Without Power

    01/15/2007 6:21:43 AM PST · by rightinthemiddle · 30 replies · 847+ views
    FoxNews ^ | Monday, January 15, 2007
    ST. LOUIS —  Utility crews tried to restore electricity to about 330,000 Missouri households that were still without power following a storm blamed for 21 deaths across four states. Waves of freezing rain, sleet and snow since Friday have caused at least 12 deaths in Oklahoma, six in Missouri, two in Texas and one in New York. Crews hoped to take advantage of moderate weather expected for Monday — including a few lingering snow showers and flurries — to bring power back online before an expected drop in temperatures to below zero Monday night. Most of the outages — a majority...
  • URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY

    01/14/2007 2:38:00 PM PST · by xcamel · 50 replies · 1,298+ views
    NWS | 4:43 PM EST SUN JAN 14 2007 | NWS
    443 PM EST SUN JAN 14 2007: NORTHERN BERKSHIRE-SCHOHARIE-WESTERN SCHENECTADY- EASTERN SCHENECTADY-WESTERN ALBANY-EASTERN ALBANY- WESTERN RENSSELAER-EASTERN RENSSELAER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PITTSFIELD...NORTH ADAMS...COBLESKILL... MIDDLEBURGH...DELANSON...ESPERANCE...DUANESBURG...SCHENECTADY... ROTTERDAM...ALTAMONT...ALBANY...TROY...HOOSICK FALLS ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO MIDNIGHT EST MONDAY NIGHT... ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT... ...WINTER STORM WATCH NO LONGER IN EFFECT... A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT FOR SCHOHARIE...ALBANY...RENSSELAER...SCHENECTADY...AND NORTHERN BERKSHIRE COUNTIES. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO MIDNIGHT EST MONDAY NIGHT FOR SCHOHARIE...ALBANY...RENSSELAER...SCHENECTADY...AND NORTHERN BERKSHIRE COUNTIES. THE...
  • Colorado Digs Itself Out While Louisiana Still Wallows In Self Pity

    01/05/2007 7:57:12 PM PST · by roguejew1965 · 103 replies · 3,108+ views
    MensNewsDaily.Com ^ | 01/05/07 | Ze'ev Haas
    DARWIN ALERT! Funny thing is, the people of New Orleans, the very same people that re-elected two of the most corrupt, incompetent, and inept politicians since the Clintons probably won’t get or understand what this all means. This was emailed to me by a close friend of mine and I felt it deserved to be shared and passed on as more then just another email attachment. This text is from a county emergency manager out in the central part of Colorado after the recent snow storms that struck Colorado and even the wind storms of the Pacific Northwest. WEATHER BULLETIN