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September 30, 2004

TYPHOON MEARI KILLS 12: JAPAN
Special Broadcasting Service - Australia
... Meari is the eighth typhoon to batter Japan this year, making 2004 a record storm season. The broader Pacific region has seen 21 typhoons over the same period. ...

Record rain floods basements
New York Daily News - New York,NY,USA
... of Environmental Protection crews worked through the night to unclog drains and flush out sewer lines that overflowed as the storm dumped a record 5 inches ...

LOCAL woman is on-call as a Red Cross disaster relief volunteer
Isanti County News - Cambridge,MN,USA
... She said volunteering and seeing the devastation left by the Siren, WI tornado in June 2001 also influenced her decision to become a Red Cross volunteer. ...

KENERGY Crew Tells Of Devastation And Gratitude
WFIE-TV - Evansville,IN,USA
A crew from the Kenergy Operations Department out of Owensboro, Kentucky has just returned from northwest Florida. They've been ...

September 28, 2004

FLOOD, Tornado Warnings Issued as Jeanne Hits
Washington Post - Washington,DC,USA
... Vehicles are extremely dangerous in a tornado. Park the vehicle, get out and seek shelter in a sturdy building. Avoid seeking shelter ...

PEOPLE report tornado damage
News 14 Carolina - Raleigh,NC,USA
... stories to tell and a lot of work to do. Emergency officials set up a temporary shelter for people in the town's council chambers.

JEANNE heads toward South Carolina
The State - Columbia,SC,USA
... A tornado reported early Monday evening in Newberry damaged half a dozen homes ... County, just west of Columbia, Sheriff James Metts offered shelter at his offices

2004 Hurricane Season May Be Costliest on Record
National Geographic - USA
... Channel. "The official totals are not in yet, but this will likely go down as the costliest hurricane season on record in the US".

A Look at Hurricane Devastation in US
Miami Herald (subscription) - Miami,FL,USA
31 deaths in Florida; an estimated $7.4 billion in insured damage in the state; 12,019 homes destroyed and 19,095 others with major damage, according to Red ...

CRISIS counseling needs grow as hurricane devastation mounts
BP News - Nashville,TN,USA
By Carolyn Nichols & Joni B. Hannigan. KISSIMMEE, Fla. (BP)--After dealing with Hurricanes Charley, Frances and Jeanne within a six ...

RESIDENTS struggle to cope with Jeanne's devastation
Scripps Howard News Service - USA
- INDIAN RIVER, Fla. - The barrier island remained closed to the general public Monday, with streets flooded by Hurricane Jeanne ...

September 27, 2004

JEANNE Leaves Path of Devastation
Ohio News Network - Columbus,OH,USA
The deaths include two people apparently drowned when the sport utility vehicle they were driving plunged into a lake northwest of Fort Lauderdale. ...

TORNADO Tears Through St. Johns County
News4Jax.com - Jacksonville,FL,USA
... pine trees. The tornado passed just 3 miles from the shelter at Pedro Menendez High School, but no problems were reported there.

SEPARATE weather factors combined to produce devastation
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review - Pittsburgh,PA,USA
The historically disastrous storm that hit western Pennsylvania Sept. 17 was spawned by the melding of three separate weather phenomena ...

September 25, 2004

HAITI Copes With Storm Devastation; Deaths Pass 1,000 (Update1)
Bloomberg - United States
... Haiti, already the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere, must cope with the flood devastation on top of daily obstacles like corruption, drug trafficking ...

CHRISTIAN Aid warns of further devastation Haiti
Ekklesia - UK
... But even though Jeanne was downgraded from a hurricane to a tropical storm before it hit Haiti, the devastation it wrought was much greater than in Jamaica.

HURRICANE Ivan's Devastation Hits Close To Home For Sheriff's ...
WJXX - Jacksonville,FL,USA
ESCAMBIA COUNTY, FL -- A sergeant with the Escambia County Sheriff's Office is trying to deal with the devastation from Hurricane Ivan professionally and ...

LOCAL Volunteers Help North Georgia Tornado Victims
WTOC - Savannah,GA,USA
... Without insurance on his chicken houses, he wishes last week's tornado had leveled his home ... A woman in a mobile home left for sturdy shelter down the hill and ...

TORNADO rips through PW
Clarke Times Courier - Berryville,VA,USA
... been through hurricanes before in North Carolina but that this was his first tornado. ... Prince William Chapter of the American Red Cross opened a shelter at Metz

AS of last Thursday, I have a whole new respect for tornadoes.
Franklin County Citizen - Lavonia,GA,USA
... Royston and Carnesville. Just as I walked in the door of the depot the tornado warning siren came on telling everyone to SEEK SHELTER! ...

September 23, 2004

TROPICAL Storm Jeanne leaves more than 500 dead in Haiti
Granma International - La Habana,Cuba
... In this state, a record 1.1 million people were left without an electricity supply ... As the time of writing, the 12th tropical storm of this year’s season ...

ISABEL taught some tough lessons
Richmond Times Dispatch - Richmond,VA,USA
... said. The little riverside community in Surry County took an extraordinary beating from Isabel's record-setting storm surge.

PRESIDENT Surveys Damage in Millvale
KDKA - Pittsburg,PA,USA
... "I just came from Millvale where I saw the devastation caused by the floods of Ivan [and] assure you that we're helping as much as we possibly can to help ...

VOLUNTEERS return from hurricane relief
Modesto Bee - Modesto,CA,USA
... “It was really emotional. You go into a neighborhood and you see complete devastation.�. The ... another. It was total devastation

STRANGERS find shelter in county
Tunkhannock New Age Examiner - Tunkhannock,PA,USA
... Kashinsky said Saturday's shelter was the first to set up since the 1998 tornado at Lake Carey, and that everything was going smoothly.

TALES of the tornado
Loudoun Times Mirror - Leesburg,VA,USA
... I told the kids that the Lord wouldn't save us from one tornado just to have ... down (US) 29 when he saw one of the tornadoes and turned around to find shelter. ...

STORM stories
Loudoun Times Mirror - Leesburg,VA,USA
... As the tornado passed, an old Frasier fir â€" 42 inches at at the base and ... skies lost their way and landed at the Loudoun County Animal Shelter this weekend. ...

September 21, 2004

CAVE Valley residents picking up the pieces
Jamaica Observer - Jamaica
... mind when she returned, for the first time last Tuesday, to the site of the two-storey buildings that had been their home and grocery store - total devastation ...

IVAN'S effects plague the South, Northeast
Houston Chronicle - Houston,TX,USA
PENSACOLA, FLA. - In storm-battered Florida, the Rev. Russell Levenson of Christ Episcopal Church gave his congregation "permission ...

VIRGINIA, Maryland Clean Up after Tornadoes
Red Cross - USA
... when a massive tree fell on their home after a tornado passed through ... Disaster Relief Fund, which enables the Red Cross to provide shelter, food, counseling ...

BUSH surveys Ivan's devastation
Washington Times - Washington,DC,USA
... "The devastation caused by Ivan is terrible. ... As Mr. Bush flew into the Naval Air Station in Pensacola, the devastation wrought by Ivan was clearly visible. ...

'FEAR and looting in the Caymans'
BBC News - London,England,UK
Hurricane Ivan's devastation of the British colony of the Cayman Islands wiped out many people's homes and all their belongings. ... It's total devastation. ...

September 20, 2004

BUSH tours storm devastation
Melbourne Herald Sun - Melbourne,Victoria,Australia
AMERICANS across a huge swath of the eastern US today set about cleaning up after deadly Hurricane Ivan, as President George W Bush arrived in Florida to

TORNADO leaves devastation in Fieldale
Roanoke Times - Roanoke,VA,United States
... them. While some residents took shelter within their homes, others were driving on US 220 when the tornado came through. "I was ...

September 18, 2004

RECORD rain leaves area under water
McKeesport Daily News - McKeesport,PA,USA
... as well. Accuweather meteorologist Ray Martin said the Pittsburgh area took in five inches of rain yesterday alone. Today should ...

TORNADOES Pound Washington Region
Washington Post - Washington,DC,USA
... In a car or truck: Vehicles are extremely dangerous in a tornado. Park the vehicle, get out and seek shelter in a sturdy building. ...

CLANTON City Hall opens shelter for first time
Clanton Advertiser - Clanton,AL,USA
... Collum said the shelter was designed to house people during a tornado and only for a few hours, but in Thursday's emergency he noted exceptions had to be made. ...

TORNADOES, high winds, rain pepper county
Times-Journal - Fort Payne,AL,USA
... By 2 pm, tornado warnings were issued for nearly every section of DeKalb County, while wind speeds increased and ... We are planning to provide shelter until after ...

TORNADO Confirmed In Frederick County
WBAL Channel.com - Baltimore,MD,USA
... Mobile homes and vehicles should be abandoned for more substantial shelter. Avoid windows! In addition to the tornado threat, large hail and damaging winds can ...

HURRICANE Ivan leaves devastation in its wake
Seattle Times - Seattle,WA,USA
By Ellen Barry and Scott Gold. BLOUNTSTOWN, Fla. â€" Hurricane Ivan raked communities in four Gulf states yesterday, spawning tornadoes ...

PANHANDLE dazed by devastation
Miami Herald (subscription) - Miami,FL,USA
... and his neighbor's yard. All across the coastal Panhandle, from Panama City to Pensacola, devastation reigned Thursday. A 60-foot ...

AERIAL Tour Of Panhandle Shows Devastation
WESH.com - Winter Park,FL,USA
Both sides of Interstate 10 in Pensacola were severely damaged by Hurricane Ivan's 130 mph winds and 20-foot storm surge. Half of ...

SCOT has narrow escape from Hurricane Ivan devastation
scottish tv - Glasgow,Scotland,UK
A Scottish woman who hid in her home in Alabama while Hurricane Ivan uprooted fields of pine trees around her has been speaking of her escape from the eye of ...

MSNBC - Camilles devastation haunts survivors
... a lot. Nightly News. Camille’s devastation haunts survivors. As Ivan pushes ashore, memories of historic 1969 storm emerge. The Associated ...

September 14, 2004

WEATHER: Calling Jamaica in wake of devastation
Peterborough Evening Telegraph - Peterborough,England,UK
PETERBOROUGH people with family and friends in Jamaica spoke of their relief today after hearing news from their loved ones. Hundreds ...

EYEWITNESS to devastation
Caloosa Belle - LaBelle,FL,USA
... In those first hours when the enormity of the devastation was just beginning to sink in, Hardee County Public Safety Director William Mulfeld called Hendry ...

September 8, 2004

WEARY 'ground zero' gets state, federal aid
Palm Beach Post - Palm Beach,FL,USA ... people were getting MREs (meals ready to eat), or military rations, one per ... Officials said the Salvation Army, Red Cross and other organizations will start ...

..September 30, 2004

ENJOY area farm activities
The Saratogian - Saratoga,NY,USA
... Road (off Route 29), Broadalbin, 883-8700 (apples, cider and water-powered cider mill, bakery, breakfast buffet, gemstone mining, nature discovery train ride ...(Note: I included this list of activities especially for the gemstone mining. I love looking for beautiful rocks and fossils and artifacts and garage sales and old books.)

Oil shortage or surplus? It depends on type of crude
Turkish Press - Turkey
LONDON, Sept 29 (AFP) - OPEC producers insist there is no shortage of oil despite record prices and although plenty of heavy crude is available, refineries are ...

OUR Solaris
Gateway 2 Russia - Russia
... The headlines in the papers and online are overflowing with all sorts of scenarios for the coming climate cataclysm and catastrophe. ...

NEBRASKA, WWI and the Rapture
Omega Letter Intelligence Digest (subscription) - USA
... And we know that Jesus said of the Tribulation Period which follows the Rapture, that the destruction and death will be so great that, if the days be not ...

FEMA evaluates Marshall County's disaster drill
Marshalltown Times Republican - Marshalltown,IA,USA
... More than 100 firefighters, law enforcement officials, paramedics and other volunteers participated in a nuclear disaster drill at the Marshall County

Solar-equipped firehouse loves to see the sunshine
Helena Independent Record - Helena,MT,USA
At the Baxendale Fire Department, sunny days save money. That's what happens when 24 solar panels and a bank of 16 storage batteries kick into action.

(Note: Various homes with waterfalls and other natural features. I guess I find it ironic that we had these things originally but then we built cities, urban sprawl, erased everything 'natural' to combat nature and now we long to return to it. To bad we had to learn the hard way or should I say we are not yet learning. Urban sprawl is still a curse. When you have 2,000 homes for several miles in every direction and not one store, not one gas station, nothing but houses then there is a critical lack of wisdom both in the designers and planners. It gets even worse when the parks built in remain unfinished and where they just go on to the next product because building 'nature' often does not pay.)

PLAY burglary offense Use landscaping techniques to deter ...
Munster Times - Munster,IN,USA
... encourage that homeowners keep lights on all night long and have lighting on every ... yard does not have a fence or wall, consider planting a natural barrier such

Solar Backpacks
addict3d.org - United States
... battery pack. As in a solar powered house, the battery stores energy so it is available when you need it, not just when the sun is up.

Vecinos: Surviving hurricane season?
Carolina Morning News - Beaufort,SC,USA
... Tornado watch: This means one or more tornados are likely to form. * Tornado warning: A tornado has been spotted and it's time to find shelter immediately. (Note: Espanol translation)

SCIENTISTS watching unusual events near volcano
CNN - USA
... A group of very small, shallow earthquakes, called a "swarm" by seismologists, began Thursday morning and peaked about midday Friday, Pierson said, then slowly ...

A plague on all their houses
The Scotsman - Edinburgh,Scotland,UK
... After six months, and millions dead, trade spread the plague to southern France. ... In England, toffs complained the plague was causing a shortage of servants.

RIDDLE of Japanese 'plague' balloons
Telegraph.co.uk - London,England,UK
American intelligence feared a biological attack spreading plague or anthrax over Los Angeles after discovering in 1944 that Japan was launching large unmanned

DREAM house now a reality
The Morning Journal - Lorain,OH,United States
... 13440 Whitehead, is a Cape Cod-style home complete with recycled carpet made from pop bottles, bamboo flooring in the kitchen and geothermal heating and cooling ...

NURSING college gets disaster training funds
Tampa Bay Business Journal - Tampa,FL,USA
... Air Force Base, Crystal River Nuclear Power Plant and a Superfund site in Tarpon Springs makes the need for coordinated trauma and disaster preparation in west

September 27, 2004

TIGNE Point: Car Free Day - Every Day
di-ve.com - Malta
... "There is a very interesting network of 18th and 19th century tunnels and underground rooms that are an important part of Malta's military history. ...(Note: Many city cores would benefit from a car free zone. Places where people could walk without being run over. Unfortunately we make city cores with buildings that hold thousands. The solution? Vehicles, buses, trains, taxies should be placed in underground tunnels allowing the outside for the use of people)

TOWN seeks to end confusion over name
swissinfo - Switzerland
For centuries, it has been a military stronghold. More recently, underground fortresses have guarded this entrance to the Alps and some of Switzerlandâ(Note: Site where the Roman Christian soldiers were martyred for refusing to worship or give thanksgiving to a false god)

OIL hits record closing price in NY amid supply fears
Channel News Asia - Singapore
NEW YORK : Crude oil futures jumped to a record high closing on the New York Mercantile Exchange Friday, as markets fretted over tight US supplies despite a ...

SURVIVAL saga in plane tragedy
Seattle Post Intelligencer - Seattle,WA,USA
... to a grass landing strip in the Great Bear-Bob Marshall Wilderness Complex, south ... counted on their footprints in the snow to signal their survival, Dupont said

A new potential source of fuel, buried deep underground
Witchita Eagle (subscription) - Kansas City,MO,United States
BY BETSY MASON. WALNUT CREEK, Calif. - (KRT) - Scientists may have discovered a new source of fuel far below the Earth's surface.

LED Lighting provides alternative for neon lighting.
Industrial News Room - New York,NY,USA
... "Our new LED-FLEX lighting looks exactly like traditional neon, but it is so versatile, the applications are virtually limitless," said Rob Cross, VP at Mule

POPEYE was right: Spinach is a great source of energy
Houston Chronicle - Houston,TX,USA
... Spinach-based solar cells would use this technique to provide enough juice to run a ... own case, coated in spinach cells, could recharge the battery constantly on ...

MONTSERRAT volcano: Has it gone quiet?
BBC News - London,England,UK
... The volcano started erupting in July 1995 and the eruption has essentially continued for the last nine years, causing major disruption to this small Caribbean

RED Cross Issues Tornado Tips
WTOC - Savannah,GA,USA
... Creating and practicing a Home Tornado Plan: Pick an uncluttered place where family members could seek shelter: a basement, a center hallway, a bathroom, or ...

WIS Storm Team tornado safety tips
WIS - Columbia,SC,USA
... If you live in a mobile home park, check with your manager to find out where the safest place to take shelter is. ... DO NOT try to outrun a tornado in your car. ...

September 23, 2004

Hurricane Jeanne Heads for US Southeast; Ivan Reforms in Gulf
Bloomberg, United States -... Ivan followed Hurricane Charley, which slammed into Florida's west coast last month, and Hurricane Frances, whose slow march drenched the state with rain.

HOME Security
Westword - Denver,CO,USA
... with a number of clips from cable programs that have interviewed Peden or profiled his home. ..."Massive 45 ,000+ sq. ft. of underground floor-space; high chain-link fence around central complex; 2 high capacity deep wells in power dome," reads the listing on broker 20th Century Castles' website. Mountain views, just 20 minutes from metropolitan area... Many unique possibilities... Serious and capable buyers only." (Note: Anyone want to buy this place for Earth House? Or at least let us have a couple thousand sq ft? Yowsers)

WHAT storms may come
The Massachusets Daily Collegian - MA,USA
... This is not a question of humans ruining the biosphere and rendering it forever unlivable; it is a question of changing the way we live and operate. ...

BLACK and White Photography: Churchill's Secret Underground Bunker ...
Black and White Photography. Churchill's Secret Underground Bunker PADDOCK. More than 40 feet underground in suburban London lies ...

'IT seems like it's the end of the world'
St. Petersburg Times - St. Petersburg,FL,USA
... themselves under backyard oaks and lined up for hours for military rations. ... logistical challenges," said John Edwards of the Salvation Army, which moves (Note: You can read more stories of devastation on my page Aftermath)

IS Global Hurricane Devastation A Sign Of Things To Come
Radio Free Europe - Prague,Czech Republic
The hurricane season in the Caribbean and along the southern and eastern coasts of the United States has caused hundreds of deaths, wrought unprecedented ...

POWER Nearly Restored After Underground Fire
WBAL Channel.com - Baltimore,MD,USA
BALTIMORE -- Baltimore Gas and Electric has reported major progress in fixing underground electrical cables that were damaged after an early morning fire in ...

VOLCANIC ash results in continuation of health advisory at Yokota
Stars and Stripes - Washington,D.C.,United States
... Since the initial eruption, Mount Asama, near the town of Karuizawa, has ... Japan Meteorological Agency’s Karuizawa Weather Station said the volcano, which is ...

BIODIESELS time has come with fuel prices skyrocketing
Mooresville / Decatur Times - Mooresville,IN,USA
... That is a guarantee. The total of Ozone-depleting gunk we have released into the air over the past 200 years is less than the total of one volcano eruption. ...

IRAN sparks nuclear suspicions
MSNBC - USA
... In fact, the US and Israel suspect Iran's secret facilities may be only ... Iran's nuclear program is spread out over many locations, all buried deep underground.

DUPONT Introduces Kevlar Reinforced Storm Room
Azom.com - USA
... When properly installed, the shelter literally acts as a safety net, helping to stop ... ineered to withstand hurricane and tornado wind speeds of up to 250 miles

September 20, 2004

WE'RE talking real 'green' energy
Boston Globe - Boston,MA,USA
... Spinach-based solar cells would use this technique to provide enough juice to run a ... own case, coated in spinach cells, could recharge the battery constantly on

FLOW of information is a 2-way street
The Daily Texan - Austin,TX,USA
... Earlier this year, agents from the FBI and Secret Service from the Austin Joint ... after he filed an open records request regarding the steam tunnels under the ...(Note: Oh the joys of government surveillance. One should remember that today you can dig for truth on the net but find that someone is watching you. I don't mind but I would like to say hello to those who are visiting Earth House. Hope you find what you are looking for. If I can be of any further help to the DOD please let me know. Oh yes, tell the President I said hi)

PUT electric lines underground
Boca Raton News - Boca Raton,FL,USA
... With all the money FPL is raking in, it could make South Florida a lot safer from hurricanes if it prudently started to put transmission lines underground. ...

GOING underground
Newport News Times - Newport,OR,USA
A project to bury utility lines along Highway 101 in downtown Newport is now underway. Most of the work is being done by boring ...

FRANCES powers debate on underground lines
Palm Beach Post - Palm Beach,FL,USA
... The more reliable performance of underground lines shouldn't have been surprising because the same result was apparent last month on the west coast when

STUDY in survival: City men seek to connect with Earth
Billings Gazette - Billings,MT,USA
... School in Utah where he learned many of the primitive survival skills he ... before the Kootenai trip preparing the food that will sustain them in the wilderness. ...

MISSILE defense back on radar
San Francisco Chronicle - San Francisco,CA,USA
... The system's many pieces overlap, theoretically giving the military multiple shots ... Walkways surround the gun barrel underground, packed with multicolored wires

LABORATORY Grows World Record Length Carbon Nanotube
Science Daily (press release) - USA
... scientists working at Los Alamos National Laboratory in collaboration with chemists from Duke University have recently grown a world record-length four ...(Note: This is the first step to creating a cable to outer space. I guess what they call space elevators which can carry freight into outer space easily and cheaply. It will also make other changes in materials science if they can bring the cost down.)

September 16, 2004

GUARDIAN Unlimited | Special reports | Devastation linked to ...
... Devastation linked to global warming Gaby Hinsliff and Robin McKie Sunday September 12, 2004 The Observer Scientists are claiming that the unprecedented ...(Note: Scientists always come up with theories on why these storms happen. Maybe we should ask God if maybe we are the culprits. But oh wait. That's not politically correct is it? Tough!)

HAWAIIAN Volcano Worries Scientists
CBS News - USA
(AP) Mauna Loa is stirring after 18 years of inactivity, and an eruption could devastate the neighborhoods built on the volcano's slopes in the intervening ...

VOLCANO bubbles in Philippines
The Australian - Australia
... imminent. He emphasised that people should stay out of the 6km danger zone around the volcano in case of any sudden eruption. The ...

SURFING the Wave
Astrobiology Magazine - USA
... The triggering factor for this collapse could be another eruption of the volcano, which is predicted to erupt every 25 to 200 years. ...

WHEN You've Lost Your Home: 7 Tips to Finding Temporary Housing ..
PR Newswire (press release) - USA
... Toni Andell, director for Oakwood Worldwide, the world's largest temporary housing provider, has helped victims from the 1994 Northridge Earthquake to 2004 ...

LIFESTYLE choices lead Grimstad to wind turbine
Rochester Agri News - Rochester,MN,USA
... He insulated with biodegradable cellulose insulation and installed geothermal heating and cooling, fluorescent lighting and appliances that use the least ...

CONFERENCE focuses on energy gains
Billings Gazette - Billings,MT,USA
... only known geothermal power-producing areas lie in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming is a prime candidate for direct use, such as home heating and cooling ...

GEAR Junkie: Camp lighting takes a brighter turn with LED ...
Seattle Post Intelligencer - Seattle,WA,USA
... Based on LED lighting technology, the Inferno Flexi-Light and Hornet Flashlantern provide campers with convenient light sources that each can each last up to ...

September 12, 2004

Highway Overpasses as Tornado Shelters: Fallout From the 3 May 1999 Oklahoma/Kansas Violent Tornado Outbreak(Note: I have stopped under an overpass during a large hail-rain-lightning storm and can attest the other danger is cars striving to knock you out of the way in a 'survival' mentality.)

SWISS heritage goes underground to survive
swissinfo - Switzerland The federal archive holds around 54,000 films, containing records of historical and cultural importance dating from the late Middle Ages onwards. ...

USA : Scottevest develops first ever Solar Powered Jacket
Fibre 2 Fashion - India... The jacket's battery can begin powering devices almost immediately after the solar panels are exposed to sunlight. Once the battery ...

VENICE Film Festival Premiere to Wow Viewers with Digital Cinema
DCinemaToday (press release) - Los Angeles,Ca,USA Texas Instruments (TI) (NYSE: TXN) DLP Cinema(tm) technology, the digital cinema projection technology deployed in movie theatres worldwide, will be utilized ...

A 'Golden' retreat in Vineland
Vineland Daily Journal - Vineland,NJ,USA... thumb from," Golden said, adding that her father, now in his 80s, helped build the bridges that cross the stream, as well as the gazebo and tree house on the ...

MAN takes to sturdy shelter in mobile home
Palm Beach Post - Palm Beach,FL,USA ... Davidson and his dachshund, Tiffany, entered the shelter early Saturday night. ... Early Sunday, Davidson said he heard what he thought was a small tornado rip up ...

SEPTEMBER 11 + 3 years: Distributed Data Key to Wall Street ...
Netcraft - UK... attack, including a nuclear event. Data backup, mirroring and transfer are critical elements of these plans. The financial sector's disaster recovery effort ...

FUEL will run out unless other options explored
Danvers Herald - Beverly,MA,United States Can you imagine life without gasoline, diesel fuel or home heating fuel? ... from clean, renewable, infinite energy sources, such as wind or geothermal power.

DOE Selects Team to Develop Combined Heat and Power System for ...
Business Wire (press release) - San Francisco,CA,USA The Department of Energy (DOE) has selected a team of appliance industry leaders to develop a combined heat and power system that will provide more reliable ...

PHILIPS brings colourful sophistication to the life of couch ...
New Zealand Herald - Auckland,New Zealand ... You'll need a clean, white wall for best effect and the lighting will only really ... Philips' Pixel Plus 2 technology appears to do good job of adding depth and ...

ROOFTOP plan to harness wind power
ic Wales - Wales,UK ... and by building sufficient parallel rows of twin power mills along the total length of the tidal flow to meet peak demand, the free energy available during off ...

THE Air Force 5.6 Airborne Holographic Projector
Free Press International - Columbia Lakes,Texas,USA According to the US Air Force, the holographic projector displays a three-dimensional visual image in a desired location, removed from the display generator.

HOLOTOUCH, Atlantex, introduce touchless holographic interface
Control Engineering - Oak Brook,IL,United States Fully functional touchless holographic interface lets operators enter commands and data into a wide range of electronic equipment by simply passing a finger ...

THE real Paris underground awakes
Sunday Herald - Glasgow,Scotland,UK Hugh Schofield digs up a bizarre culture. Paris was once known for its thriving underground film scene, but this is something else entirely. ...

September 9, 2004

UNDERGROUND heat can keep you cool
Japan Today - Tokyo,Japan TOKYO - The exploitation of underground heat for air conditioning in the summer and heating in the winter is gaining momentum in Japan. ...(Note: Though they don't use the word in this article they are referring to geothermal heating and cooling)

NUKING Food
E/The Environmental Magazine - Norwalk,CT,USA... In a microwave oven, the emitted microwaves cause water molecules to oscillate at an extremely high rate, thereby creating heat. The food is cooked from the inside out.(Note: Are they really cooked from the inside out or is that an urban legend?)

HAWAIIAN man fights to reclaim family's land
Honolulu Advertiser - Honolulu,HI,USA ... And they used to leave their rations behind and the young kids used to eat 'em. ... according to the Marine Corps, which had taken over the area from the Army. ...

WIS Storm Team tornado safety tips
WIS - Columbia,SC,USA... If there is no shelter nearby, get into the nearest ditch and lie flat with your hands shielding your head. ... DO NOT try to outrun a tornado in your car. ...

ROOF garden rids plant of bad smell
EastDay.com - Shanghai,China The largest roof top garden in the city was completed recently on top of a slaughterhouse in Changning District in an attempt to disperse the terrible smell ...(Note: What a brilliant idea. Roof garden on slaughterhouse reduces/removes smell.)

ENGINEERING Going 'Green'
Western News - London,Ontario,Canada ... Yanful adds the main thrust will be energy conservation and include such features as a roof garden, solar collectors and solar cells, individually operable ...

CITY begins disaster-training program for terror attacks Police...
San Francisco Chronicle - San Francisco,CA,USA... use weapons of mass destruction -- so-called dirty bombs containing nuclear, biological or ... of earthquake country, already is well-honed in disaster preparedness ...

IRAN nuclear program should not be ignored
The Daily Texan - Austin,TX,USA... A nuclear Iran would be a geopolitical disaster for the United States. It would pose a direct nuclear threat to Israel making the ...

RUSSIAN FM To Israel: Chechnya No, Palestine and Iranian Nukes Yes
TruthNews.com - USA ... Next is Russia's support for the Iranian nuclear program. ... "We share the disaster that hit Russia, which fell victim to a horrible act of terror," he said.

AUGUST was the coldest since '74
Gillette News Record - Gillette WY,USA... August was, officially, the coldest August since 1974 and the fifth coldest ever, according ... 11, we tied a record for daytime low when temperatures dipped to 39 ...

MUCH Needed Rain Hits Area
Marshall County Journal - Britton,SD,USA... National Weather Service out of Aberdeen said that the month of August was the coldest ever for the city of Aberdeen and the third coldest summer on record. ...

LEXUS hybrid SUV orders set record
MSNBC - USA Late summer 2004: Escape SUV, front-wheel-drive version will double mileage to 35-40 mpg in city driving. 2007: Mercury Mariner SUV, no details yet on mileage. .

September 6, 2004

FLEEING might not be the best option in a hurricane
The Free Lance-Star - Fredericksburg,VA,USA ... If I am going to be stranded in a disaster, I would rather it be close to ... coming, what would happen if we were warned of an imminent terrorist or nuclear attack ...(Note: Fleeing long distances should only be a last resort. A better option would be to create many earth sheltered and Crenospheric structures which can withstand heavy winds and rains and other disasters.)

MORE death and devastation
L'express.mu - Mauritius... atmosphere. And there was already permanent winter over most of the planet, so it was much less of a shock to the biosphere. Asteroids ...

NC State engineers patent methods for 3-D nanostructures
Triangle Tech Journal - Raleigh,NC,USA... diodes for economical solid-state lighting. Kopin Corporation, in collaboration with the NC State researchers, has developed high-efficiency LED, known as Kopin ...

EARTHQUAKE Prediction Rumbles Through Kern County
Bakersfield Channel.com - Bakersfield,CA,USA FRAZIER PARK-- -- A prediction that a major earthquake will hit the eastern Kern County desert by Monday may not come true, but experts say an even bigger ...

WYOMING ideal spot for geothermal energy
Billings Gazette - Billings,MT,USA... For the most part, "geothermal" encompasses two forms of energy use - one for electrical generation and one for home heating and cooling.

SOME fear there's nowhere to run
Bradenton Herald - Bradenton,FL,USA... "We lost about 6,000 shelter spaces in Charley," he ... Even the smallest debris, when picked up by a hurricane-spawned tornado, could become a deadly projectile. ...

NEW High School Opens in North Natomas
KXTV - Sacramento,CA,USA... Air conditioner diffuser units include a cooling and heating system that makes use of geothermal tanks under the parking lot.(Note: I think all new buildings should focus on energy savings and the best that technology can offer.)

²ENERGY eureka that's easy as HO
The Scotsman - Edinburgh,Scotland,UK ... with no moving parts and no pollutants to turn the so -called solar hydrogen into ... involve feeding the hydrogen gas into a fuel cell to create a battery where a ...

FINAL Atlas 2 Rocket Orbits Classified US Satellite
Space.com - USA ... Battery concerns with the spacecraft's booster scrubbed its first Aug ... the staging ground for Pioneer 10, the first spacecraft to leave the solar system, which ...(Note: The end of an era in ICBM's)

TEAM takes sting out of wasps
ic Newcastle.co.uk - Newcastle,England,UK... on Cyncopa Way, has a queen wasp which has set up home just underneath some roof tiles. We get there and Audrey Curry and her five kids are out in the garden. ...

HOARDING Helps Pump Up Prices, Say Analysts
Inter Press Service (subscription) - World ... The OCED was created in 1974 as a counterweight to OPEC after the oil embargo by Arab nations during the 1973 Arab-Israel war.

SURVIVAL Menu: Grasshoppers, Roots, Leaves
ScienceBlog.com - USA ... educator astronauts, military pilots, physicians, an astrophysicist, an engineer and a Navy SEAL, did Land Survival Training at the Navy's wilderness site near ...

COLD Fusion Reseach is back in the news
ZPEnergy - USA... scientists built up an impressive body of evidence that something strange happened when ... This team also has evidence of curious mini-explosions on the surface. ...

DIRTY bomb called 'all but inevitable'
San Francisco Chronicle - San Francisco,CA,USA... what he views as the nation's -- and in particular the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's ... heel might be its lack of insurance coverage for such a disaster. ...

September 2, 2004

Hurricane Frances-STUART, Fla. (AP) -- Three-quarters of a million people in Florida have been told to leave their homes by Thursday afternoon as Hurricane Frances inches toward the coast.

Hurricane Frances Strikes Bahamas, Heads Toward Florida's Coast Sept. 2 (Bloomberg) -- Hurricane Frances struck the southeast Bahamas today and moved closer to Florida as hundreds of thousands of residents along the state's coast prepared to evacuate their homes.

KODAK unveils dream displays
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle - Rochester,NY,USA... Kodak researchers invented organic light-emitting diode, or OLED, technology, which produces screens with sharper colors and more consistent viewing angles. .

LESSONS of a lost hiker
Arizona Daily Star - Tucson,AZ,USA... The school teaches skills for travel in remote wilderness. ... She was relatively prepared for a longer trip than she was taking. "I think her survival is a ...

Gemz Corp-The INC products are believed to be the first to use PV Nanofilms, which combine thin photovoltaic films and nanotechnology so they can also work indoors in most lighting situations. (Note: Aimed at the Notebook computer market. and Cell phones but I can see other uses.)

FRESH volcanic eruption sparks panic in eastern Indonesian island
TerraDaily A fresh eruption of a volcano on the eastern Indonesian island of Flores sparked panic among thousands of people living on its slopes for the fourth
time this ...

THE future at home
Business Line - Chennai,India... by integrating power line control and wired/wireless local area network technology. The PLC system controls all `wired' devices like home lighting, heating, air ...

OUR death as white hot blast or cold black virus
Wodonga Border Mail - Albury,New South Wales,Australia... atmosphere. And there was already permanent winter over most of the planet, so it was much less of a shock to the biosphere. Asteroids ...

SUN shines again for green energy -- but some clouds linger
TerraDaily Thirty years ago, as the world reeled from the first shock of soaring oil
prices, the big talk of the time was the shining future of solar, wind and hydro

NEW buildings on list
Wodonga Border Mail - Albury,New South Wales,Australia RAMMED earth buildings at Charles Sturt University at Thurgoona will be listed for heritage protection under a draft heritage plan released for public debate ...

DARK Matters Surround Dark Energy
PR Web (press release) - Ferndale,WA,USA... visible part of defense research is an immense underground of secret ... aerospace consultant to Jane's Defence Weekly, the international military affairs journal. ...

STUDY Finds Electricity Beats Hydrogen for Power Storage/Delivery
Fuel Cell Works - USA... Electricity generated in solar panels or wind turbines would be converted ... by limited range and extended recharging times, advanced battery technologies could ...

ANOTHER Dawn For Solar Power
BusinessWeek - USA Atop the West Wing, he unveiled a $28,000 solar cell system that captured the sun's energy to provide hot water for the White House. .

WHATEVER happened to solar power satellites?
The Space Review - Rockville,MD,USA by David Boswell. At the end of June, a conference about space based solar power generation was held in Granada, Spain. The conference ...

OKLAHOMA, where storms come rushing
The Scotsman - Edinburgh,Scotland,UK... of his life in the Alaskan wilderness and has agreed to oversee the building of the cabin, as well as teaching me many vital lessons about wilderness survival

NUCLEAR Insecurity
KUTV - Salt Lake City,UT,USA... In 2003, Steele says he cited Los Alamos for an unprecedented 45 major nuclear safety violations: "Forty-five ... And they could be precursors to disaster.". ...

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September 2004

LOCUSTS swarm in to threaten rice fields
Independent Online - South Africa
Bamako - The worst locust plague in more than a decade in West Africa has begun threatening a key rice-growing region, Mali's press agency reported on Saturday

NON-CHEMICAL Insecticides Aid Farmers
Deutsche Welle - Germany
... locusts and other enemy insects. The battery is constantly recharged through solar cells, making the device environmentally friendly.

BUGGING Out
CBS News - USA
... not for the vicious Tiger Mosquito which plagues the South.) Once they get close enough, these machines vacuum the bugs into bags where they dehydrate and die.

RESEARCHERS determine cause of mysterious bug bites in southeast ...
Nevada Daily Mail - Kansas City,MO,United States
PITTSBURG, Kan. - A parasite small enough to float on the breeze like dust is believed to be the cause of mysterious bites that started showing up in late ...(Note: The Straw Itch mite is supposedly the culprit. Now I'm not an expert but there is still a huge mystery here. The SIM is raised commercially here in the US as it is a natural predator of the Fire Ant. Also they are not known to bother people unless they are actually handling straw, wheat or or other grain products which is not the case in any of those who received the bites. In one case they were just sitting in a stadium. I'll keep everyone informed in case these bites keep coming)

FAO Warns of Locust Plague in Africa
Voice of America - Washington,DC,USA
... are essential to combat locust swarms that are devastating crops in West Africa, and warns failure to act quickly, could result in a regional plague by the end

September 30, 2004

Calif. Earthquake a Preview of the 'Big One'?
NPR (audio) - Washington,D.C.,United States
Description: A 6.0 earthquake rattled central California on Thursday -- is it a harbinger of the "Big One?" NPR's Alex Chadwick talks with Andrew Michael of ...

September 28, 2004

CALIF. earthquake shakes up Web
CNET News.com - San Francisco,CA,United States
A 6.0-magnitude earthquake rolled through Central California on Tuesday, prompting those within rumbling distance to jump online in search of its location and

September 24, 2004

QUAKE swarm rattles Bodie
The Record-Courier - Gardnerville,NV,USA
Geologist Dave Hill of the US Geological Survey, who has studied the volcano near the Mono County tourist town, told authorities that a swarm of more than 400 ...(Note: Why all these hundreds of mini quakes on the same day hundreds of miles apart? Is magma on the move? Are we heading into another major earthquake session?)

September 23, 2004

September 20, 2004

EARTHQUAKE measuring 6.1 shakes Aleutians
San Diego Union Tribune - San Diego,CA,USA
ANCHORAGE, Alaska â€" A powerful earthquake shook the Aleutian Islands on Sunday, but there were no reports of damage on the sparsely populated island chain. ...

EARTHQUAKE felt in southern Kentucky
WTVQ - Lexington,KY,USA
An earthquake measuring 3.7 on the Richter scale hit at 11:22am (eastern time). The epicenter was near Helton, Kentucky in Leslie County. ...

EARTHQUAKE swarm continues to jolt eastern Sierra
KRNV - Reno,NV,USA
An earthquake swarm continues to shake a sparsely populated area along the eastern Sierra Nevada. Mono County sheriff's dispatchers ...

PLOTTING Earthquake Hazard Data in MapPoint
MP2K Magazine - Chicago,IL,United States
This two-part article by Richard Marsden shows how to use MapPoint to produce maps of earthquake hazards and to overlay recent earthquakes using data from the ...

September 17, 2004

COMING Soon: Your Local Earthquake Forecasts?
National Geographic - USA
One scientist leading Rundle and his colleagues on the quest for new earthquake computer models is Andrea Donnellan. ... The result is an earthquake.

September 13, 2004

SHELBY County epicenter of earthquake
WTHR - Indianapolis,IN,USA
... The US Geological Survey says the earthquake was centered about 4 miles northeast of the town of Fairland. It was felt across much of east central Indiana. ...(Note: Some heard a boom with this.))

September 8, 2004

PREDICTING Earthquake Damage
TechTV - USA... Call for Help.". It's a question not of if but when the Puget Sound in the Northwest will experience a major earthquake.

September 4, 2004

ST. Lawrence County rattled by earthquake
News 10 Now - Syracuse,NY,USA Parts of St. Lawrence County were shaken Friday evening by an earthquake estimated at 2.5 on the Richter scale. The temblor struck shortly after 10 pm. ...

September 1, 2004

MINOR earthquake rattles Douglas
Billings Gazette - Billings,MT,USA DOUGLAS, Wyo. - A minor earthquake rattled east-central Wyoming on Sunday afternoon but apparently caused no damage. The quake brought ...

September 29, 2004

VDOT contests 2 of 32 findings cited by workplace-safety agents
Virginian Pilot - Norfolk,VA,USA
... Wednesday that it has decided to contest two of the 32 citations issued by state workplace-safety regulators after a Hampton Roads Bridge-Tunnel worker’s ...

TREMORS can't shake these walls
Times of India - India
... in Delhi. You would be absolutely safe on a Metro station, inside a tunnel and even travelling on the underground trains. Delhi ...

Around and about London in 18 hours...
Independent Online - South Africa
... a new record for visiting all 275 stations on the London Underground railway network ... They are keeping the details of their route secret, to protect their new

METRO to introduce skylights for underground line
Times of India - India
NEW DELHI: If you have the inexplicable fear of closed spaces and get claustrophobic in subways or basements, hold no such fear in the underground Metro. ...

HELL underground Fire sparks chaos at Penn Sta.
New York Daily News - New York,NY,USA
Tens of thousands of commuters were thrown into an evening rush-hour hell yesterday when a stubborn underground blaze crippled Penn Station.

September 16, 2004

UNIQUE residential, business area under construction in downtown
WATE - Knoxville,TN,USA
Hidden sidewalks and store fronts run beneath the 100 block of Gay Street to Jackson ... Chris McAdoo moved his graphic design company underground two weeks ago. ...

LESSONS learned from Isabel's power outages, tunnel flooding
Virginian Pilot - Norfolk,VA,USA
... Meanwhile, one of the area’s vital links, the Midtown Tunnel between Norfolk and Portsmouth, was knocked out in a different way, with the tube flooded by ...

WATER leak slows traffic through $14.6 billion tunnel
Worcester Telegram (subscription) - Worcester,MA,USA
Gridlock ensued when water began leaking into the northbound lanes of the tunnel, at one of its deepest points, just north of South Station at about 1:45 pm

ARTERY tunnel springs leak
Boston Globe - Boston,MA,USA
Water gushed into the Central Artery's northbound tunnel for hours yesterday from a small breach in the eastern wall, backing up afternoon rush-hour traffic ...

September 10, 2004

BORING can be exciting: Subway tunnel proposal outlined
Pittsburgh Post Gazette - Pittsburgh,PA,USA... how different groups who cooperated to ease traffic and business concerns during a decade of disruptive Fort Pitt Bridge and Tunnel reconstruction, which ..

FRENCH cinephiles going underground
BBC News - London,England,UK... cataphiles", individuals who come down at night, in the dark, through manhole covers and via secret passageways, to make these underground tunnels and caves ...

September 2, 2004

.DRILLING to create an underground observatory
Scripps Howard News Service - USA... They will line the hole with pipe and concrete and insert tools deep underground to create the world's first underground observatory of an active fault, the ...

Eurotunnel-So how do you cross the channel between France and England? By going underground.

STUDENTS to go to court over tunnels, face criminal charges
The Daily Texan - Austin,TX,USA... FBI and Secret Service agents in Austin's Joint Terrorism Task Force questioned Miller after they were alerted of the request. The tunnels below campus ...

TUNNEL operator dares to hope of recovery
The Times (subscription) - London,England,UK... Correspondent. EUROTUNNEL has launched a new recovery plan designed to turn around the struggling Channel Tunnel operator's fortunes. ...

TUNNEL to funnel water to thirsty Beijing
China Daily - Beijing,China... As part of the Beijing-Shijiazhuang section of the middle line, work on a huge inverted siphon and a more than 2,660-metre long tunnel involving a total ...

TUNNEL workers threaten to strike
Sydney Morning Herald (subscription) - Sydney,New South Wales,Australia Workers on all four major tunnels being built around Sydney could walk off the job unless...

UNDERGROUND chapel remembered
BBC News - London,England,UK The story of a miners' chapel - hundreds of feet underground in Swansea - is being told in a radio programme on Wednesday. The show ...

All winners but underground miners come out on top
Ferret - Australia
Engineering professionals in the West's minerals and mining sector have enjoyed across-the-board rate increases since September, according to the latest Ambit ..

September 30, 2004

Drought May Shorten Foliage Season
WISH - Indianapolis,IN,USA
... The main affect of this short-term drought would be some premature leaf fall on some trees, which could lead to a shorter season. ...

September 23, 2004

REFRESHING Drinks of Fresh Air
Wired News - USA
As much as bullets or body armor, rations or radios, an army needs water to survive -- especially when it's fighting in the blistering heat of an Iraqi summer. ...(How about pulling water for the troops from thin air?)

COUNTRY humour shines through drought
ABC Online - Australia
As drought spreads to more than 93 per cent of New South Wales, the black humour of country people is re-surfacing. Marie Hampson ...

DROUGHT Continues for Northwest
WIBW - Topeka,KS,USA
... state. But the drought continues in northwest counties. ... two. But 15 northwest Kansas counties remain under a drought warning or watch. ...

September 21, 2004

WATER Problems Plague Many Communities
WPXI.com - Pittsburgh,PA,USA
The borough still had drinking water available, but there are concerns there may not be enough to fight a fire. Some Etna residents ...

RISING Lake Being Drained Directly Into Underground Aquifer
WFtv.com - Orlando,FL,USA
... They're drilling down through the lakebed, all the way to the underground aquifer, so they can literally drain the lake into the ground and give people who

FIX for desal plant means higher water rates
Tampa Bay's 10 - St. Petersburg,FL,USA
... bays effort to find another water source besides the diminishing underground water supply. ... Commissioner Kathy Castor says there are even more hidden costs in ..

September 6, 2004

DROUGHT may give rise to coal-seam fires
Durango Herald - Durango,CO,USA... "With the continuing drought, we're starting to worry more about coal-seam fires," Knowlton said at a meeting last week to inform home and property owners near ...

DROUGHT crisis to hit migratory birds
ABC Regional Online - Australia The lack of inland water sources due to the drought could prove a death knell for thousands of exhausted and hungry migratory birds. ...