CHRISTMAS 2006 :)
More later...:)
WEB CAM FROM TORONTO! LOOK AT ALL THAT
SNOW. I AM JEALOUS OF COURSE!
CHRISTMAS :) AT BEAU'S
Danielle, Daddy, and Tyler :)
Daddy with his Christmas gift
Mother :) opening gifts
Danielle and Tony
Christmas at Beau's - Saturday, January 7th
Mariah, Beau, Tyler, Danielle - Christmas :)
CHRISTMAS AT BEAU'S HOUSE :)
Mother, Beau, and Deena
Had a great evening here at the house! Nice Christmas...a little late but
that is okay ;)
SHADOW ANGEL PROJECT :)
The Rape Crisis Center and Child Watch are BOTH about
out of bears. I gave them 150 bears each (total of 300) back in March.
They are both about to run out. I have these left :) I still need
some more though. Russ bears wants to charge around $12 a piece...that is
a bit high. I emailed them back to see if they could go a bit lower if I
ordered more than 100. Will wait to see what they say.
The remaining bears!
Another Shadow Angel Project
Shadow Angel Foundation Earth Science
Scholarship Requirements
Scholarship Amount
$500.00
Purpose:
Assist a capable undergraduate student majoring in the
Department of Earth Science at any university/college; open to students who are
entering college as freshman during 2006. The scholarship will be awarded after
the student has completed a minimum of 20 semester hours at the said
university/college; selection based on the completion of an essay on why you are
interested in weather/meteorology. Essay must be a minimum of two pages long
and must be mailed to the address below. Applicant is required to fill out
an initial application form which can be requested from
beaudodson@usawx.com. The
application will be emailed to you in the form of a Word Document or can be
mailed to you directly.
Scholarship will only be announced on EasternUSwx and
through notification to Lyndon State College, Applicant may attend the college
of his or her choice. The application process is open to any student who meets
the above stated requirements.
Guidelines:
Awarded annually. Selection will be made by the Shadow Angel Foundation.
Announcement of the recipient of the Shadow Angel Foundation Earth Science
Scholarship will be made in writing to the winner and announced on EasternUSwx
upon the completion of the said requirements. Student will be awarded the
scholarship upon completion of the above requirements.
Students must
submit their essays by May 8, 2006.
Earth Science may include
the following
1. Geology- the study of earth’s structure, formation, and changes on the earth.
2. Oceanography- the study of the earth’s oceans including the living things in
the oceans.
3. Meteorology (including Broadcast Meteorology) - Earth’s air, weather,
climate, and model research/study.
4. Space Science- Stars, planets, and other objects in space (astronomy).
The scholarship is in
memory of my friend Justin Croach
-----so busy around here working on projects. And that is a good thing!
Bird Flu in Turkey...hopefully it has not made the jump
from human to human.
BIRD FLU SPREADING THROUGH TURKEY...
QUESTIONS REMAIN AS TO WHETHER IT IS SPREADING HUMAN TO HUMAN OR JUST FROM
BIRDS...
THE number of suspected bird flu cases in humans rose to at least 32 in Turkey yesterday as British scientists confirmed two children who died last week were infected with the deadly H5N1 virus.
Further tests were being carried out on samples from a third child from the same family who is suspected to have also died from the disease.
Two other children, a five-year-old and an eight-year-old, who are being treated in hospital were also confirmed to have the killer strain of the virus, which has already killed more than 70 people in Asia since 2003.
Officials also confirmed the chickens suspected of causing the outbreak in eastern Turkey had been infected with the same strain of the virus, a particularly deadly form of flu.
Panic that the virus is now beginning to spread throughout the country saw residents besiege local hospitals seeking treatment.
It is believed the three latest victims, from the remote village of Dagdelen near Turkey's border with Armenia, had been playing with dead chickens before they fell ill.
Mehmet Ali Kocyigit, 14, and his two sisters Fatma, 15, and Hulya, 11, were taken to hospital for treatment but later died.
Samples from the sick animals were sent to Britain for testing at the European Commission's community reference laboratory in Weybridge, in Surrey.
In a statement released yesterday, the commission said tests had shown the birds were infected by the H5N1 strain. Preliminary tests by the UN Health Agency had confirmed two of the human deaths were caused by bird flu.
Doctors in Turkey are now treating more than 30 other people, mostly young children, who are suspected of having the deadly virus.
Turkish officials confirmed another child, Yusuf Tunc, from the eastern city of Van, had tested positive for bird flu, along with another patient in the same city.
Another 19 people have been quarantined in hospital in Van after falling ill with flu-like symptoms. A further five were taken to hospital in the southeastern city of Diyarbakir with a similar illness.
A family of seven who travelled from eastern Turkey to the western town of Yalova were also admitted to a hospital in Istanbul. The family, which included five children, were reported to have fallen ill after eating a sick chicken a few days ago in the east of the country.
Four members of another Turkish family in the city of Sanliurfa, on the border with Syria, were being treated in hospital after eating a sick chicken on Friday.
Professor Fatma Sirmatel, from Harran University Hospital, said: "The family had eaten a sick chicken, but we cannot say at the moment that they have bird flu. We put them in the emergency room and they are in quarantine."
The cases confirmed as being caused by the H5N1 virus are the first to emerge in Europe.
The virus has already been discovered in flocks of domestic poultry in Romania, the Ukraine and Turkey.
An international team of experts is now visiting the affected areas in Turkey.
An EU ban on imports from Turkey of live birds and poultry products, imposed in October, remains in place.
The Turkish health ministry said more than 5,000 boxes of the antiviral drug Tamiflu are now being sent to eastern Turkey to help deal with the crisis.
Professor Hugh Pennington, a microbiologist from Aberdeen University, said scientists would be looking for minute changes in the virus that may indicate it is mutating.
He said: "That so many people have fallen ill does not mean the virus is spreading between humans.
"By comparing isolates from both the humans and the birds, it should be possible to spot any differences and this will give a good indication about whether the virus is mutating or not."
The Turkish health minister, Recep Akdaglast, last night said: "There is no indication to suggest we are facing a virus that spreads from human to human."
MORE
The Swiss pharmaceutical company, Roche, is to send Turkey 100,000 packs of Tamiflu, a medicine effective against the bird flu.
According to a written Roche explanation, this pack of Tamiflu should reach Turkey today (Saturday).
The statement reads an emergency state evaluation was made after the bird flu incidences appeared in eastern Turkish city of Van and Roche took action to send 100,000 packs of Tamiflu to Turkey, as 10,000 packs will be received as a donation from the company.
Tamiflu will be delivered to the governorships of all of the 81 cities in Turkey via the Ministry of Health.
Roche had donated 5,000 Tamiflu packs to Turkey after the bird flu emerged
in Manyas.
Okay this story is, well, ironically funny (DO NOT THROW MICE IN FIRE)
Sunday, January 8, 2006
FORT SUMNER, N.M. - A mouse got its revenge against a homeowner who tried to
dispose of it in a pile of burning leaves. The blazing creature ran back to the
man's house and set it on fire.
Luciano Mares, 81, of Fort Sumner said he caught the mouse inside his house and
wanted to get rid of it.
"I had some leaves burning outside, so I threw it in the fire, and the mouse was
on fire and ran back at the house," Mares said from a motel room Saturday.
Village Fire Chief Juan Chavez said the burning mouse ran to just beneath a
window, and the flames spread up from there and throughout the house.
No was hurt inside, but the home and everything in it was destroyed.
Unseasonably dry and windy conditions have charred more than 53,000 acres and
destroyed 10 homes in southeastern New Mexico in recent weeks.
"I've seen numerous house fires," village Fire Department Capt. Jim Lyssy said,
"but nothing as unique as this one."
Turkey's suspect bird flu cases now up to
50...
January 9, 2006
The Paducah, National Weather Service, has had above to WELL above normal
temperatures for the past SEVENTEEN days!!
Here they are
December 23 - +13
December 24 - +10
December 25 - +07
December 26 - +02
December 27 - +13
December 28 - +15
December 29 - +05
December 30 - +08
December 31 - +07
January 1 - +13
January 2 - +24
January 3 - +13
January 4 - +17
January 5 - +06
January 6 - +02
January 7 - +08
January 8 - +20
Insane. Where is winter?
....Working on Shadow Angel Foundation projects. In search of bears at a
decent price! Gund and Russ are the sellers...just trying to negotiate
prices. I REALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLY need them at $10 or less. That is a
sticking point though. I am going to go through the bears I have left
here...for Rape Crisis Center and Child Watch. Joey and I are going to
sort through them.
More later :)
AND IN JAPAN!
Reuters Photograph
13 feet of snow in portions of
Japan! WOW
Forty degrees this evening at 11 p.m. :) Heavy thunderstorms moving into the area. Thunderstorms will continue into tomorrow...heavy at times. Winter? More like Spring.
Heavy thunderstorms with hail moving into the area
Tuesday, January 10, 2006
HEAVY thunderstorms overnight. We have picked up 0.91" of rain! More heavy storms heading this way.
Radar at 11 a.m.
THUNDERSTORMS - SPRING IS HERE!
Things are going well here in Paducah. I have been busy with Shadow Angel projects. That is always a good thing for me. :) I am tired of the weather and wish it would snow. That is no secret though. I am starting to think that I might try and go somewhere next winter for a month or so. Perhaps Vermont? I really need snow to survive! lol :) I know...I know! Weather weenie at heart. A guy has to do what a guy has to do...to get his snow.
I should have an update on the Canadian Heroes Team - soon. We are waiting on the check to arrive. I believe they are very close to having reached their goal of $1000. I will update the totals soon.
Working on the teddy bear project. I still need around 200 bears for the Rape Crisis Center and Child Watch. I have a few here but not enough.
That is all for now :) Raining and storming outside this morning! That will continue through the day.
Bowing of the storm line...across Western Kentucky - IMPRESSIVE for January!
LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH
PADUCAH
STRONG STORMS IN WEST KENTUCKY AT 3 p.m.
Wednesday, January 11, 2006
THINK IT HAS BEEN WARM? This map shows JUST how warm it has been. Red is above normal temperatures...
MUCH ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE NATION!
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ALASKA
Augustine erupts
Light ash could reach Kenai Peninsula, expected to miss Anchorage
Mount Augustine Volcano erupted early Wednesday, sending an ash plume an
estimated 30,000 feet into the Alaska sky.
A pair of explosions at 4:44 a.m and 5:13 a.m. indicated the volcano probably
had erupted, said geologist Jennifer Adleman of the Alaska Volcano Observatory
said. Seismic activity has not continued since those explosions.
The plume advanced north but was expected to remain west of Anchorage, said Bob
Hopkins, meteorologist in charge in the Anchorage office. A flight advisory was
issued for pilots for an area 20 miles east and west of the volcano and about 50
miles north.
Anchorage, Alaska - The Alaska Volcano Observatory is reporting that the
Augustine volcano now appears more likely to erupt in the next few weeks or
months, than go back to rest. At 9 p.m. Tuesday AVO raised the current level of
concern from yellow to orange.
Flights over the volcano this week show that it is emitting increasing amounts
of noxious gases such as sulfur dioxide, which can be precursors of eruptions.
In addition, seismic activity on Augustine remains above normal.
By Steve Newman
UV Hot Spot
New Zealanders are being exposed to about 40 percent more cancer-causing solar radiation than North Americans living at similar latitudes, according to atmospheric scientists. Summertime levels of ultraviolet radiation recorded in the country are so high that it is as if New Zealand has shifted four degrees in latitude toward the equator, and more than 3,000 feet higher in elevation. Scientists at New Zealand's National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research say that while the thinner ozone layer is partly to blame, the country's clean air makes UV exposure even higher, along with being closer to the sun during its summer than North America.
Java Slide Disaster
A landslide on the Indonesian island of Java buried an entire village beneath tons of mud and rock as the number of people dead or missing from days of monsoon downpours climbed to more than 210. One man described watching helplessly as dozens of his neighbors were buried alive in Cijeruk, some screaming "Allah Akbar (God is great)!" as they disappeared beneath the mud. Other victims were either sleeping or performing Muslim prayers at the mosque when the mud, rocks and trees crashed onto the village just before dawn.
Record Hurricane Season
The 2005 Hurricane season broke yet another record when Tropical Storm Zeta formed in the mid-Atlantic. A total of 27 named storms formed from June through the end of December, far more than any other season since record-keeping began in the mid-1800s.
Earthquakes
Parts of the northwest Mexican mainland and Baja California were strongly shaken by a magnitude 6.6 temblor centered beneath the Gulf of California. No significant damage was reported.
Earth movements were also felt in Panama, northwest Venezuela, southern Illinois, southern Portugal, northwest Sumatra and Taiwan.
Hottest Year Ever
Australian Environment Minister Ian Campbell says new data shows 2005 was the country's hottest year on record, providing further evidence of climate change. "It is a huge and serious challenge; these figures add to the weight of evidence that climate change is real and that it's a problem that the world needs to work together to seek to solve," he said. Bureau of Meteorology data shows the average temperature across the country last year was 73.2 degrees Fahrenheit.
California Floods
Days of heavy winter rainfall swamped parts of Northern California's wine country, but vineyard operators insist there was no damage to the region's prized grapevines. They say the vines were dormant and remained secured to trellises despite the rushing flood waters. But many houses, roads and businesses in the Russian River resort area were submerged, as were parts of upscale communities in Marin County. Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger declared 16 counties, including Marin, Sonoma and Napa, disaster areas, opening the way for government assistance for repairing the estimated $200 million in flood damage.
Volcanoes
U.S. geologists say they are puzzled by the volume of lava Washington state's Mount St. Helens has produced in recent weeks. Roughly 10 cubic yards of molten rock oozes from the mountain's crater every three seconds, and scientists can't determine if it is coming from within the mountain or from the depths of the Earth's crust.
Earth tremors from within Hawaii's Mauna Loa Volcano sharply declined during 2005 - a trend that may mean the volcano is less likely to erupt. High seismic activity a year ago led many geophysicists to believe that the volcano could erupt at any time.
Authorities in Vanuatu confirmed all of the 3,000 people displaced by Ambae Volcano last month have now gone back to their homes. An eruption in November poisoned most local water sources with ash.
Deep-Sea Damage
New research reveals that deep-sea fish species in the northern Atlantic
are on the brink of extinction due to large-scale bottom trawling by the fishing
industry. Writing in the journal Nature, lead scientist Jennifer Devine of
Newfoundland's Memorial University says some populations have plummeted by 98
percent in a generation, meeting the definition of "critically endangered."
Following the collapse of open water fish stocks, such as cod, bottom trawling
has become more widespread. The process uses heavy trawls that are dragged
across the ocean floor, destroying coral and other ecosystems.
Bird Flu Mutation of
Concern
Wed Jan 11 2006 22:14:29 ET
Preliminary tests show that the strain of bird flu virus that has hit at least
15 people in Turkey has evolved in a way that could make it somewhat more
hazardous to human beings, the WASHINGTON POST is reporting on Thursday.
The analysis, based on the sequencing of one of the virus's genes, suggests that
at least some of the H5N1 bird flu virus here carries a change in one of its
proteins, according to Michael Perdue of the World Health Organization. That
protein is what lets the virus attach to cells and penetrate them.
``It's a little concerning because the virus is still trying new things in its
evolution,'' said Perdue, who is overseeing the agency's response to the Turkish
outbreak from WHO headquarters in Geneva.
Influenza experts are studying the apparent change to determine its
significance, Perdue said. A spokesman for Britain's Medical Research Council,
which is involved in the research, said it would take a few days to confirm the
preliminary findings.
Developing...
Thursday, January 12,
2006
Lucy :) down in Birmingham
Lucy :) trying to rest - she has such a hard life
:)
Well it was SIXTY degrees today! That makes 20
out of 21 days above normal. Something like that. INSANE winter so
far. Perhaps February will bring me some snow! I can only hope.
Strong thunderstorms likely tonight across the entire region. SIGH
SQUALL LINE PUSHING THIS WAY - 11:30 P.M.
TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF THE AREA...
WILD SPRING WEATHER!
TORNADO WATCH #14
- issued 1150 PM CST Thursday, January 12
EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY
NIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING FROM 1150 PM
UNTIL 600 AM CST AND AFFECTING PORTIONS OF:
EASTERN ARKANSAS
NORTHERN LOUISIANA
THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL
EXTREME WESTERN MISSISSIPPI
Friday, January 13, 2005
0.71" of rain overnight! Lots of thunder and lightning. We had thunderstorms from midnight all the way through 4 a.m.! It is now snowing and the temperature is 37. Light snow and sleet at 1 p.m.
BRIGHT COLORS ARE BIG SNOWFLAKES HERE IN PADUCAH
ALASKAN VOLCANO HUFFING AND PUFFING THIS MORNING :)
OKAY ENOUGH TORTURE ABOUT THE SNOW
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