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Posted in Earth on Sep 30th, 2004
Here is a link to keep an eye on:
The image here only loads when you load this page. The USDA Forest Service has a webcam observing Mount St. Helens. It should get quite interesting before too long.
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Posted in Technology on Sep 29th, 2004
SpaceShipOne successfully entered sub-orbit again today. If it makes it again in less than two weeks, they win the X Prize. However, their flight wasn’t terribly smooth. Watch this video. See that rolling towards the end? That’s not really planned. Although it’s getting the job accomplished, it seems to [...]
Posted in The Solar System on Sep 27th, 2004
JPL, which I have written about here before, has an orbit simulator for Toutatis. Since this is a time sensitive issue, I have taken a screen shot of what will be happening Wednesday, September 30, 2004:
See the label Toutatis? See how it has a kind of greenish hue shadowing it? That greenish hue is the [...]
Posted in The Solar System on Sep 27th, 2004
Remember the movie Armageddon? A giant, global-killing asteroid, like the one that killed off the dinosaurs 65 million years ago is 18 days away from hitting the Earth. NASA’s been caught with their pants down and needs a new plan to stop the rock. They enlist the help of Harry Stamper (Bruce Willis), an [...]
Posted in The Solar System on Sep 27th, 2004
The largest asteroid ever known to pass near Earth is making a close celestial brush with the planet this week in an event that professional and backyard astronomers are watching closely.
The space rock, named Toutatis, will not hit Earth, despite rumors of possible doom that have circulated the Internet for months. Humanity is very fortunate [...]
Posted in Earth on Sep 27th, 2004
Remember Mount St. Helens?
In May 1980 it literally blew the side of its top off. It was a fantastic sight to see. I’m not sure anyone caught it on video, but there were tons of pictures taken, as the warning came weeks in advance. Only a handful of people who refused to leave died. Other [...]
Posted in Ecology on Sep 24th, 2004
The most expensive project supported by Kentucky’s tobacco-settlement money is changing that. The farmer-owned Commonwealth Agri-Energy ethanol plant in Hopkinsville started quietly last winter but will stage its grand opening today. It covered nearly $10million of its $32.8million cost with grants and loans from the Kentucky Agricultural Development Board….
Commonwealth Agri-Energy plans to convert more than [...]
Posted in Global Warming on Sep 23rd, 2004
Warming May Be Less Severe in Central U.S.
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Anticipated global warming by mid-century may be less severe in the central U.S. than elsewhere in the country, researchers said Tuesday.
Scientists at Saint Louis University and Iowa State used a detailed regional climate model to determine that estimated summer daily high temperatures will not [...]
Posted in Earth on Sep 22nd, 2004
NOAA REPORTS COOL SUMMER, SEVENTH COLDEST AUGUST ON RECORD ACROSS THE LOWER 48 STATES;
RECORD NUMBER OF NAMED ATLANTIC TROPICAL CYCLONES FOR AUGUST
I’m in that “Much Below Normal” category. This was the coldest summer I can ever remember. Tourism was down here, we rely on boating. I only made a couple of trips to [...]
Posted in The Solar System on Sep 20th, 2004
Comet Machholz will possibly be visible this winter. They are practically impossible to predict how bright they will be. I love a good comet, especially in the winter.
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