UPDATE: It is being registered as a 5.4 Magnitude quake. For all the news on the Los Angeles quake click here for Google News Updates. It wasn’t as large as it was estimated to be after it occurred. The last earthquake of this size to occur in this area was back in 1987 with a [...]
Entries from July 2008
5.4 Magnitude Quake Shakes Los Angeles
July 29th, 2008 · 2 Comments
Tags: Earthquakes · Geological Events
July 29th is Rain Day
July 29th, 2008 · 1 Comment
I have to give a hat tip to my good friend Dr. Rus Jeffrey for this nugget of information. 174 mils almost due south from where I used to live in Erie, PA is the town of Waynesburg, PA. This town in Southwestern Pennsylvania celebrates the fact that it receives rain about 82% of the [...]
Tags: Weather News
Hurricane Dolly Now a Category 2
July 23rd, 2008 · No Comments
Will try to post more when I get home, when one looks at the pressure falls over the past 5 to 6 hours one could make the argument that Dolly was at category 2 strength about 3 to 4 hours earlier. National Weather Service Page on Hurricane Dolly From the National Hurricane Center 11 am [...]
Tags: Dolly · Hurricanes · Tropical Weather · Tropics 2008 · Weather News
Hurricane Dolly to Make Landfall Wednesday
July 23rd, 2008 · No Comments
From the National Hurricane Center 5am EDT Public Advisory: …DOLLY STRENGTHENS AS IT APPROACHES THE COAST… A HURRICANE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE COAST OF TEXAS FROM BROWNSVILLE TO CORPUS CHRISTI…AND FOR THE NORTHEASTERN COAST OF MEXICO FROM RIO SAN FERNANDO NORTHWARD TO THE BORDER BETWEEN MEXICO AND THE UNITED STATES. PREPARATIONS TO PROTECT [...]
Tags: Discussion · Hurricanes · Tropical Weather
Hurricane Bertha From the International Space Station
July 11th, 2008 · No Comments
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Tags: Bertha · Hurricanes · Space News · Tropical Weather · Tropics 2008 · Weather News
