August 2005
I made it back home...yay :) Always nice to be home. Sue and I
had a wonderful trip and I am glad that I was able to participate in the Ohio
Training Course.
I just got my camera back from having its lens cleaned! Some of my Florida
photographs were in there. I will post a few from Hurricane Dennis.
The squall line approaches...the first band
A few minutes later it is even darker
First rain-band with heavy rain and lightning
Red Cross Shelter...Merritt Brown Middle School
Shelter where Joey and I stayed for three days
Me sitting in the shelter in Panama City, Florida.
Joey in the shelter reading a book...
The sky went from LIGHT to DARKNESS in minutes as the squalls moved through
One minute this
Then this
Then Darkness and squalls
Panama City - Red Cross Shelter
It was soon after this that we left for Paducah because of grandmother being
sick.
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Monday...
Working on Red Cross projects.
NASA
TELEVISION :) YAY FINALLY! I am
excited. Now I can watch everything live as it happens at the space
center.
FINALLY GOT NASA TV here at the house!
YAY this is something I wanted for the media room
since I moved back here to the states.
!!!HEROES UPDATE!!!
These are the teams and the money that HAS been turned in already!
1. First Hero -
Grandma Blanche $1000.00
2. Team Justice
- $0.00
3. Team
America
- $60.00
4.
Shadow Angels -
$150.00
5. Team Canada
- $100.00
6. Team Reds
- $150.00
7. Team Birmingham - $0.00
8. Team Murray - $0.00
Paducah Area’s Heroes will:
Tuesday, August 2nd, 2005
Well it is going to be HOT HOT HOT again. :( I was enjoying the cooler weather. Oh well it lasted for a little bit at least. Got me through the weekend! Loved it...every minute of it! :) heh
I finally broke down and bought the equipment for Power Point. I have been wanting to get that for awhile. I can use it for Shadow Angel projects and for Red Cross presentations. I am anxious to learn how to use it. Shouldn't be all that difficult. Something new to play with and will certainly come in handy now! I should try and at least put it all together today. heh
Mother and I went out to eat last night. We ended up at Crackle Barrel. She talked a lot about Mariah and the current situation with her.
Otherwise...hmmm what else is going on :)
Lots and lots of Red Cross stuff. I have plenty to keep me occupied and my
mind occupied for the near term. I suppose that is always a good thing.
I really want to squeeze Mt. Washington into this mix. Just don't know
when to do that.
It has been one heck of a year so far. So many things have changed around
me...it seems like everyone and their brother has been sick from something.
I was hoping everyone would have a healthy year but that isn't working out.
I guess we should all count our blessings. It can always be worse. I
am thankful that everyone has been able to be together again. I really
don't know how we would have all made it...freedom is a great thing.
UPDATED TUESDAY NUMBERS...
These are the teams and the money that HAS been turned in already!
1. First Hero -
Grandma Blanche $1000.00
2. Team Justice
- $0.00
3. Team
America
- $130.00
4.
Shadow Angels -
$150.00
5. Team Canada
- $100.00
6. Team Reds
- $150.00
7. Team Birmingham - $0.00
8. Team Murray - $0.00
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LIGHTNING STRIKES TORONTO AIRPLANE WHILE IT WAS TRYING TO LAND IN AN INTENSE THUNDERSTORM
AIR FRANCE FLIGHT 358 CRASH LANDS AT PEARSON AIRPORT AT 4:03 P.M.
MORE THAN 300 PEOPLE ON BOARD - ALL SURVIVE!!!
TORONTO PLANE CRASH...22 Injured
CNN is reporting a Air France airbus has
skidded off the runway, crashed and
burned in Toronto in a thunderstorm. No fatalities as of 6pm...witnesses
have reported that the storm was very severe at the time and some strong
shear was present at the time.
RADAR AT THE TIME OF THE CRASH - BIG STORMS IN THE AREA
THUNDERSTORMS RAKING THE AIRPORT AT
THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT
CNN
MSNBC
CNN
24 Injuries Reported
CTV.ca News Staff
Describing the terrifying moments before an Air France passenger jet crashed at Toronto's Pearson International Airport, one survivor says the plane lost power before it hit the ground.
One of the passengers aboard the Air France flight 358 from Paris, France to Toronto Tuesday afternoon, Oliver Dubos, told CTV News there was no other warning before the crash.
"We didn't know at all what was happening. Really, we think the crew was as surprised as we were that we had to make an emergency landing," Dubos said.
"We had absolutely no insight or hint that the landing would be difficult," he added, noting there was some general concern due to the pelting rain at the time. "We just knew it would be a bit hard because of the weather."
Just moments before the landing, however, Dubos said the lights on the plane went out.
"The plane was going extremely fast and the power shut down completely, but we thought that was because of the rain ... Then we could feel were off road, and then it was really, really scary."
Once the plane ground to a halt some 200 metres off the runway, Dubos says there was a mad rush to flee.
"We were really, really scared that the plane would blow up because there were lots of flames," he said. "Everyone was running very hard to get out of there."
According to Ahmed Alatava, who was also aboard AF358, the weather during landing made everyone nervous.
When it first appeared the landing was a success, Alatava said, a short-lived sigh of relief swept through the plane.
"When he come to land in the airport, everybody is clapping to the captain.... but after that we felt bump, bump, bump ... then through the window I saw fire."
Eventually, the Toronto resident said, the crew opened an emergency exit and he joined others leaping out to safety.
"Everybody lost his documents, his money and other stuff," he added, also unsure of how many passengers managed to escape with their lives.
In a press conference less than three hours after the crash, Greater Toronto Airports Authority officials said all the plane's passengers are believed to have escaped alive.
Wednesday, August 3, 2005
MORNING SPACE WALK
Astronaut Begins Historic Spacewalk to
Repair Shuttle
HOUSTON Aug. 3 -- Discovery
astronaut Steve Robinson began a historic spacewalk Wednesday to remove two
loose pieces of heat shielding in the first-ever repair of a space shuttle in
orbit.
This is an artist rendition of what it looks like and
where the astronaut will be located as he
repairs a few damaged tiles on the space shuttle.
Fox News Photograph Capture of the astronaut as he
approaches the belly of Discovery
Astronaut underneath the shuttle repairing damaged
tiles...view from his helmet cam!!!!!
SPACE WALK 2005
Space Shuttle Discovery
Space Shuttle Discovery
Looks like everything went well this
morning! Amazing to watch these pictures from space! Crazy images.
Pretty kewl though to see them underneath the space shuttle doing repairs like
that.
Wednesday Night...
I noticed a few days ago that there has been a string of small quakes at Mount St Helens. I read this story tonight. Sounds like the volcano is remaining active.
Earthquakes At Mount St. Helens Collapse Dome
August 1, 2005
By BERNARD CHOI / KING 5 News
MOUNT ST. HELENS, Wash. - The rumblings at Mount St. Helens have been so strong,
the lava dome has collapsed. Scientists are trying to figure out what's behind
the recent string of stronger-than-normal quakes at the volcano.
In the last 24 hours, the seismograph has recorded three earthquakes with a
magnitude at or near 3.0, and these quakes are shaking things up inside the
crater. St. Helens is at it again, shaking and rattling and sending the
seismograph needle into overdrive.
Compare a printout of the mountain at rest and of St. Helens in the last several
weeks, and you'll notice a striking difference. "At least one 3.0 magnitude
quake everyday." What do these rumbles mean? Are they a preview to the next big
one? Experts are not sure.
They do know the quakes are shaping and reshaping
the mountain, specifically the lava dome in the heart of the crater. Each time
the dome protrudes out to a certain size, a quake comes along and the dome
collapses, making way for another dome to grow.
"Now, anytime during this process, it's possible to get an actual explosion."
And this is a process of the mountain slowly rebuilding itself. Each dome fills
up the crater some more, and the mountain is showing no signs of slowing down.
"It's gone on longer than I thought it would. I
thought it would have stopped this last spring." This mountain-rebuilding
process usually happens in spurts. After all, it stopped in 1986 and didn't
start up again until last fall.
At this rate, experts say the lava dome would refill the crater in two or three
decades. Park rangers at Mount St. Helens say contrary to rumors, the Johnston
Ridge Observatory is still open despite the recent earthquakes.
IMAGE BEFORE THE COLLAPSE
AFTER THE COLLAPSE
Thursday, August 4, 2005
Going to be a LONG couple of days around here. Lots to do for Red Cross and the like.
Thursday Afternoon...
Well one of my friends had surgery today and everything went great. So that is good news all the way around!
TROPICAL WEATHER
AN EXTREMELY ACTIVE TROPICAL SEASON. THERE HAS NEVER BEEN A SEASON SO ACTIVE THIS EARLY IN THE YEAR SINCE RECORDS HAVE BEEN KEPT.
WATCHING A TROPICAL DEPRESSION THIS AFTERNOON THAT COULD BECOME A TROPICAL STORM IN THE NEXT DAY OR TWO. THIS WOULD BE HURRICANE IRENE. THIS STORM COULD BECOME LARGE AND DANGEROUS. THE EXACT TRACK IS UNCERTAIN. THERE IS A CHANCE THAT IRENE COULD POSE A THREAT TO LAND.
STAY TUNED ON IRENE
BULLETIN
TROPICAL DEPRESSION NINE ADVISORY NUMBER 1
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
5 PM AST THU AUG 04 2005
...AND YET ANOTHER TROPICAL DEPRESSION IN THE ATLANTIC...
AT 5 PM AST...2100Z...THE POORLY DEFINED CENTER OF NEWLY FORMED
TROPICAL DEPRESSION NINE WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 12.7 NORTH...
LONGITUDE 34.5 WEST OR ABOUT 695 MILES...1115 KM...WEST OF THE
SOUTHERNMOST CAPE VERDE ISLANDS.
THE DEPRESSION IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 12 MPH...19 KM/HR.
THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE DURING THE NEXT 24
HOURS.
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 30 MPH... 45 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS. SOME STRENGTHENING IS POSSIBLE DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1009 MB...29.80 INCHES.
REPEATING THE 5 PM AST POSITION...12.7 N... 34.5 W. MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST NEAR 12 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 30 MPH.
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1009 MB.
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
11 PM AST.
FORECASTER AVILA
Friday, August 5, 2005
HOT HOT HOT HOT...but some relief MAY be on
the way. Showers and thunderstorms are approaching from the north and
northwest. This is along a cold front - weak cold front.
Saturday, August 6, 2005
Well all good news around today. A bit perplexed sometimes...but that seems to be an everyday thing! heh Hot weather here. Thunderstorms possible today.
Monday, August 8, 2005
Yawn...
Tired this morning. We did get some big thunderstorms yesterday. We picked up about 0.55" of rain in less than an hour. Lots of heavy downpours and lots of lightning. Some isolated severe storms moved through Western Kentucky and Southern Illinois. Hot and humid weather continues. It has been a long summer.
Space Shuttle was supposed to land this morning but weather prevented it from doing so. The landing is now schedule for tomorrow.
Busy Busy with Red Cross disaster work. We are making progress! We are currently in the planning stages of a big event for September. We are going to try and bring together the disaster agencies to do an event on the riverfront. The fire department would bring their smoke house...we would bring our ERV...the police are going to bring the bomb squad robot...and so on. I believe we may try to do this during the BBQ Festival.
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One day I want a big field with nothing but SUNFLOWERS in it :) I know I am weird...
I found this photo on the internet :) WORKS FOR ME! lol
TIME FOR A CHANGE :) TURN THE PAGE
