Entries from July 2008
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 magnitude-5.9.
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Tags: Earthquakes · Geological Events
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 [...]
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Tags: Weather News
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 EDT Forecast [...]
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Tags: Dolly · Hurricanes · Tropical Weather · Tropics 2008 · Weather News
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 LIFE [...]
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Tags: Discussion · Hurricanes · Tropical Weather
Hat Tip to Ed Roberts who posted this on twitter account: EdRoberts:
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Tags: Bertha · Hurricanes · Space News · Tropical Weather · Tropics 2008 · Weather News