Wednesday - August 24, 2011
I thought it was me
I must be becoming an isolationist or something. Yesterday was another day I spent doing things, without the TV or radio on, and no surfing on the internet. It seems sometimes that I spend my life online, so I’m taking a break from it. So when my wife came home and said “Hey, did you feel the earthquake?” I was a bit taken aback. Yes, I’d felt something yesterday at about 10 to 2, but I hadn’t realized it was an earthquake. No. I had, but I’d dismissed that thought. It didn’t feel like an earthquake ... Mr. Experience there, having been in exactly 1 minor trembler before.
I don’t remember enough of my geology to say whether it was P-waves or Rayleigh waves that struck here, but what we did get lasted about 5-10 seconds. It felt like the chair I was in was starting to tip backwards, in several pulses. My first thought was that it was me; was I having a heart attack or a stroke or some inner ear issue? Not that I’m given to any of those, it’s just that this earthquake was silent. After that I thought, hey maybe this is an earthquake, I hope the concrete slab floors we’re on can take it. But then I dismissed those thoughts entirely; this is New Jersey and we don’t have earthquakes. Guess I should have listened to my Inner Californian.
I was at work in the grocery store the night that the last real earthquake struck this general area, when the local Ramapo Fault had a bit of a slip back in the early 80s. That quake may not have lasted as long as this one, but the sensation was completely different. And it was unbelievably loud. It sounded like a helicopter the size of a freight train was landing on the roof. The floors were jumping up and down. No question that it was an earthquake; I knew so instantly. I remember that I was in the back of the store by the meat counter, and that I took about 5 steps and was out the front door. And that place was a full size grocery store, not some little bodega.
This time around we got a bit of rolling of the ground instead of vertical shaking. Half a dozen or so pulses that felt like the floor was tipping away a bit. Then it was over. No buildings collapsed, no windows shattered, nothing fell off the shelves or countertops here. It didn’t make a sound. So I promptly forgot about it and went back to whatever I was doing ... oh yeah, still mucking about with spreadsheets on the PC.
Magnitude 5.8 Earthquake Hits Virginia, Sends Shockwaves Throughout East Coast
An unusually strong magnitude 5.8 earthquake struck central Virginia Tuesday afternoon and sent tremors along the East Coast, which prompted office buildings from Washington D.C. to New York to be evacuated.
There were no immediate reports of injury or serious structural damage.
The earthquake struck near Mineral, Va., more than three miles below sea level, the U.S. Geological Survey said. Mineral is town 83 miles from D.C. and has been known for its seismic activity, but seldom produces a substantial earthquake.
At Reagan National Airport outside Washington, ceiling tiles fell during a few seconds of shaking. Authorities put all flights on hold.
A spokesman for Washington National Cathedral said at least three of the four pinnacles on the central tower have fallen off and the central tower appears to be leaning.
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New York also felt tremors from the earthquake.
Buildings in New York City shook briefly and the FBI building was evacuated. Flights resumed at John F. Kennedy International Airport and Newark Airport, where control towers were previously evacuated. Evacuations were demanded as north as Canada.
Federal officials say two nuclear reactors were taken offline near quake site in Virginia; there was no damage reported. Indian Point, a power plant in New York, said on Twitter that there are no issues at the facility.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) said in a statement that it is monitoring the situation and in “close contact” with federal and state partners.
The East Coast gets earthquakes, but usually smaller ones and is less prepared than California or Alaska for shaking.
When the quake struck, President Obama was just starting a round of golf on Martha’s Vineyard, where shocks were also felt. He led a conference call with emergency chiefs later in the afternoon.
The ground quaked as far south as Charleston, SC, and north of New Hampshire, experts said. The epicenter was estimated to be a little less than four miles below the Earth’s surface. Concern over aftershocks remained, although officials assured the public that the chance of any devastating temblors was slim.
In Manhattan, where the quake registered just over 2 on the Richter, business came to an abrupt halt.
It figures, right? Whenever anything happens, Obama is playing golf. Because that’s about all he seems to do.
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Permalink • Saturday - July 30, 2011
A Bigger Punchline
... and the old joke concludes “and she slapped her hands together and said “I TOLD you not to park the truck in front of the house!!”
Massive iceberg blocks the town’s harbor : “Big Berg Blocks Boats”
An impressive iceberg arrived in Newfoundland’s Goose Cove in mid-July. “Icebergs float in from Greenland,” said the photographer, Gene Patey. This one briefly blocked the town’s harbor before breaking apart and melting, “but the fishermen took their chances.”
The Northern Peninsula’s international reputation as ‘Iceberg Alley’ continues to grow as more than a dozen gargantuan blocks of ice float down from Greenland. The largest, a chunk calved from the Petermann Ice Glacier, is yet to appear around the tip of Newfoundland however it was last seen off Battle Harbor on the Southern Labrador coast, yesterday.
A few miles away in St. Anthony, the icebergs are coming down in droves. Locals are making some quick summer money taking tourists out to see them. It’s a very good year for icebergs. Goose Cove and St. Anthony are towns on the northern end of the island of Newfoundland, which sits at the east end of the Bay of St. Lawrence where the St. Lawrence River empties into the sea. Maine, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia lie to the southwest, Labrador to the north. St. Anthony bills itself as the “iceberg, whale, and moose capital of the world”, and locals report that there was still snow on the ground as of last month; “it has been a cold summer thus far”. That isn’t too much of a surprise; the ice cold Labrador Current runs along the south side of the island, keeping the warmer Gulf Stream current far out to sea. And the continental shelf is quite abrupt there, so it is possible that the iceberg in the picture is not shelved, but floating.
That same Labrador Current should push the icebergs into the waters off the coast of Maine in another month or less, assuming they don’t all melt on the way as they usually do.
More interesting stuff in the same neighborhood: Did you know that Canada is less than 16 miles away from France? Seriously. You can take a ferry back and forth. Within the “12 mile circle” is the tiny island of St. Pierre. This is not a territory of France but an actual part of France, even though the area is called “Collectivité territoriale de Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon”. They use the Euro as currency, they have their own time zone, their electricity is 220v just like in France. They probably only have one shower on the whole island, just like France.
I leave it to you to debate why this summer is such a great one for icebergs. These ones come down from Greenland. Climate change, higher thermal activity from the Greenland hotspots, just random fluctuation, more seismic activity causing more calving, Eskimos being naughty with crowbars, etc?
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Permalink • Monday - June 06, 2011
Chilean volcano erupts
You might be watching this on TV but I’m posting it anyway ... Mother Nature.
Watch, now the planet savers led my Mr Bore will add this to their catalog of of doomsday predictions.
Whatever
When all hell breaks loose: Lightning tears the sky apart above the glow of the Chilean volcanoBy DAILY MAIL REPORTER
Last updated at 1:04 PM on 6th June 2011
Flames reach up to the heavens as lightning flashes criss-cross the sky.These extraordinary images show the full force of Mother Nature as a Chilean volcano erupts for the first time in 50 years.
Ash has been thrown six miles up into the sky and the South American government has ordered the evacuation of thousands of residents.
Winds fanned the ash toward neighbouring Argentina, darkening the sky in the ski resort city of San Carlos de Bariloche, in the centre of the country, and its airport has also been closed.
Bunch of spectacular time lapse photos and story HERE
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Permalink • Tuesday - April 26, 2011
$7 Gas
How’s that for jobs “saved or created”? Out of control EPA wants to put the Dunes Sagebrush Lizard on the Federal Endangered Species List, and you know what that will mean.
If the Dunes Sagebrush Lizard is declared an endangered species, it could devastate oil and gas production in the Permian Basin for at least two years. Critics believe this proposal is an entirely politically motivated move to hurt the energy industry in America.
The listing of the Northern spotted owl as a threatened species has killed logging and created ghost towns in the Northwest – and the owls are still in decline after 20 years of protection. The ESA protection of the delta smelt as a threatened species created unemployment of more than 40 percent in the San Joaquin Valley – until the votes of two congressmen for Obama’s health care bill turned the water back on – temporarily. (Suddenly the fish weren’t so important.) Unfortunately for the owls and smelt, they’re not getting the needed population boost, but the unemployment figures of the loggers and farm laborers has increased significantly.
The Obama administration wants us to believe that they will really focus on jobs and the economy. The announcements and “pro-business” staff members are just window dressing. While no one is looking, they’re continuing the job-killing policies. On December 14, the Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) announced that the Dunes Sagebrush Lizard “faces immediate and significant threats due to oil and gas activities and herbicide treatments.” As a result, they propose it be listed as “endangered”—under the Endangered Species Act (ESA)—which starts the clock for a 60-day public comment period. Hoping no one would notice, the proposal was announced during the throes of the holiday season. We, the public, need to take notice.
If the lizard receives the ESA listing, oil and gas development will be virtually stopped for those that have not yet signed the CCA and no new exploration will be allowed—which means even higher prices at the pump. As we’ve seen with the closing of the Alaska pipeline, the less supply we have, the higher the price. If the economy’s really important, wouldn’t Washington want to keep prices low for the consumer and to help recovery? An ESA listing will also block potential wind farms and solar installations. The news release states that “Habitat loss and fragmentation” is due to the “creation of roads and pads, pipelines and transmission lines.” Transmission lines are needed to get the renewable energy from “out there” where the land is to “in here” where the people are.
The endangered species we should all be concerned about is “the job.” The economy of this entire portion of the country is dependent on ranching/farming and the extractive industries. Take them away and you take jobs away. The region will become the victim of policy-induced poverty.
SANTA FE - U.S. Rep. Steve Pearce, R-2nd District, says he sees a threat in the desert, a tiny reptile that can destroy jobs if the federal government lists it as an endangered species.
Critics of Pearce, a Republican who is weighing whether to run for the U.S. Senate next year, counter that he is trying to whip up a furor against environmental laws to advance himself politically.
In the middle of this debate is the dunes sagebrush lizard. A dusty brown, this lizard grows to no more than 3 inches and is so rare - limited to stretches of southeastern New Mexico and west Texas - that most humans will never see one. The dunes sagebrush lizard lives in dunes covered by shinnery oak. Its habitat is shrinking, and the U.S. government has listed it as a candidate for “endangered” status since 2001.
The state of New Mexico already lists the dunes sagebrush lizard as an endangered species, making it illegal to kill or harm the animal. But state protections are slim compared to those a federal designation would provide. Under the Endangered Species Act, the U.S. government could restrict oil drilling, grazing and use of off-road vehicles to protect the dunes sagebrush lizard.
Its range covers Chaves, Eddy, Lea and Roosevelt counties. Most of that habitat is federally owned, controlled by the U.S. Bureau of Land Management. In addition, the lizard lives in four counties of west Texas.
Pearce, focusing on the reptile this week in town meetings throughout the 2nd Congressional District, said people would be put in peril if the federal government classifies the dunes sagebrush lizard as “endangered.”
“Most of the oil and gas jobs in southeast New Mexico are at risk,” he said. “In the ‘70s, they listed the spotted owl as endangered and it killed the entire timber industry.”
MIDLAND (Texas)- The sagebrush lizard has ended up on the radar of many oil companies locally, that’s because it may end up halting production.
The Permian Basin Petroleum Association will be having a public rally on Tuesday in protest of the dunes sagebrush lizard being added to the endangered species list.
Texas Land Commissioner Jerry Patterson and Congressman Michael Conaway will be speaking alongside Ben Sheppard, President of the Permian Basin Petroleum Association, about the hindrance this will force on the area.
The rally is scheduled at 5 pm Tuesday at the Midland Center. On Wednesday, the official hearings will be held by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service at 6:30 pm at the Midland Center.
Public comment is welcome.
I’m sure a few hundred thousand emails to the EPA and to US Fish & Wildlife Service couldn’t hurt. Be polite, but be firm. People, jobs, and country first. Insignificant little animals last. Let them adapt, or perish. If West Texas oil production comes to a screeching halt, or if the drilling companies have to apply for, pay for, and then include the expense of dealing with the EPA’s CCA regs, that is going to drive the price of American crude right off the charts. Which is exactly what Ocommie and his gang o’ thugocrats want.
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Permalink • Thursday - April 07, 2011
another quake for japan
Don’t know if you folks are seeing anything in the states yet. I suppose you might.
This just came from the Mail about 20 minutes ago.
Tsunami warning issued after 7.4 magnitude earthquake strikes off coast of Japan
By DAILY MAIL REPORTER
Last updated at 4:59 PM on 7th April 2011Huge aftershock strikes SAME underwater spot as original March quake
Warnings of two metre wave over 300 miles of coastline
Fukushima Nuclear plant evacuated
A tsunami warning has been issued in Japan after 7.4 magnitude earthquake struck the North Eastern coast.The Japan meteorological agency has issued a warning for a wave of up to two metres after the night time eruption, 25 miles underwater off the coast of Miyagi prefecture.
The alert is for coastal areas already torn apart by last month’s tsunami, which is believed to have killed some 25,000 people and has sparked an ongoing crisis at a nuclear power plant.
The latest quake occurred around 90 miles from Fukushima.
A spokesman for plant operator Tokyo Electric Power Co. said workers at the Fukushima Dai-ichi plant are safe but that it had evacuated two workers there and seven at a sister plant to the south that was not badly damaged.
Paul Caruso, a geophysicist at the U.S. Geological Survey in Golden, Colo., said the new quake struck at about the same location and depth as the March 11 quake.
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Permalink • Thursday - March 24, 2011
“Nothing can stop the Honey Badger…”
It’s the narration that really makes this video!
Note: not for the squeamish! Animals kill and eat other animals, all to the lisping narration of ‘Randall’.
I keep picturing ‘Randall’ in San Fransisco seeing ‘nature raw in tooth and claw’ for the first time. “That’s disgusting!”
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Permalink • Tuesday - March 15, 2011
A volcano has erupted in Japan.
Found only a few minutes ago ....
As if an earthquake, tsunami and potential nuclear meltdown weren’t enough… now disaster-ravaged Japan suffers a volcanic eruption
By JOHN MCDONNELL* Hundreds flee as ash and rock shoots two miles into air
* Not yet known if eruption is result of Friday’s earthquake
* Explosion shattered windows four miles away
A volcano has erupted in Japan, compounding the problems in the disaster-ravaged country.
Following Friday’s megaquake and resulting tsunami which took the lives of thousands along the east coast, the Shinmoedake volcano in south-western Japan erupted yesterday, sending ash and rock over two miles into the air.
The explosion shattered windows as far as four miles away, adding to the terror the country has suffered over the past few days.
An area of over a mile around the volcano, located in the Kirishima range on the southern Kyushu island, was evacuated and hundreds fled as roasting hot ash rained down from the mountain.
A volcano warning at level three out of five is currently in place, but that could be increased since it is believed a dome if lava is now forming in the crater.
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Permalink • Friday - March 11, 2011
33 FT. TSUNAMI HITS JAPAN … OFFSHORE QUAKE AT 8.9
For the ppl who boot puters before TV and haven’t seen this ... I was posting something else when this came across the news site.
MAPS,VIDEO, STILL PHOTOS AND SOURCE
This is an 8.9 quake in Japan.
The earthquake, measuring 8.9 on the Richter scale and said to be ‘one of the great quakes’, sent ten-metre waves surging inland after striking at 2:46pm local time. Five people are reported dead so far. The tsunami struck off the coast of Sendai in the north-east.
Here’s the YT video BUT .... you can’t hear the English translation as it’s buried under Japanese speech. It’s that way in my case anyway.
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Permalink • Thursday - September 16, 2010
fine dining? don’t think so. near death experience for young girl and death cap mushrooms.
How old does this girl look to you?
In the paper, she looked a bit older then on line pix. Anyway ... I wonder if people are now gonna say that it’s a bit of a miracle because the Pope is visiting the UK. One of these things can kill and she downs two. And lives to tell.
Sometimes friendly folks, like to bring things from their veggie patch. Like one of our neighbors. Brought over this huge cabbage last week. He probably grows too much and doesn’t want to waste. Yeah. I’m that cynical. Anyway, I politely refused the offer. First, I don’t want to encourage any further acts of garden generosity. Second, it has to come from a proper super market like Tesco, wrapped in plastic. That’s how food comes. It doesn’t grow on trees and especially doesn’t come from the ground. Can’t fool me. Places like Tesco and Sainsbury and Iceland have this magic place where all this nice stuff comes from, already safely wrapped. And they kindly hold the stuff for all the ppl that require the sustenance thus wrapped, untill we come by to pick it all up. Ain’t that nice of em? Would your MIL do that for you? And for a small but worth it fee, they will even deliver it right to your door. Heck, they didn’t even have that service in Palm Desert, CA. Where was I? Oh yeah.
The young lady is damn lucky to be alive. Really she is.
Honey, next time you want a snack, go to Tesco. Waitrose isn’t bad either.
Girl wolfs down TWO death cap mushrooms and survives to tell the tale
By Andrew Levy
A 12-year-old girl has survived after accidentally eating two mushrooms which were poisonous enough to kill an adult twice over.
Lucy Adcock fought for her life in hospital after she ate two death caps while on a bike ride, having mistaken them for ordinary field mushrooms.
The schoolgirl, who suffered liver failure, yesterday told how she felt ‘lucky’ to be alive. Doctors were astonished that she not only pulled through but may have escaped without any lasting problems.
One death cap mushroom is normally enough to kill an adult. Those who survive often need liver or kidney transplants.
Of her ordeal Lucy said: ‘I realise I am lucky because they are so poisonous. I was really ill. It was horrible.’
Her mother, Tania Smith, 42, said: ‘It is hideous to be told by doctors that your daughter may not make it. When I realised what she had eaten, my heart sank.
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Permalink • Thursday - September 09, 2010
JAWS 3 ?
For other larger shots ....
Some darn good photography and stunning shots.
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Permalink • Monday - September 06, 2010
Jonathan Livingston Seagull ……….
Welcome back. I think.
Had other plans for first post till I saw this. Nice photography and I really enjoy this sort of thing.
I believe this is the second time in a matter of months that this has happened. That is, a smaller less lethal winged warrior has landed on another bird of prey.
Maybe it happens a lot more but there are no cameras to capture the moment.
Whatever, I never tire of this.
Eagle is ambushed above for his supper above Norwegian fjordBy Mail Foreign Service
Last updated at 11:44 AM on 6th September 2010This is the moment a brave seagull decided to take on an eagle mid-flight in a battle for fish.
Soaring over the Norwegian fjords the sea eagle was not expecting trouble as it scanned the deep water below for a meal.
With its razor sharp beak and talons the huge bird of prey swooped down for its catch of the day.
However, before it could grab the fish, it was subjected to an astonishing attack by a seagull which landed on its back.
HERE for the final chapter ...
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Permalink • Saturday - April 17, 2010
More bothersome volcanoes
Question though, are cruise ships and shipping also effected by this big bad cloud of Icky?
- Rich K
First it was just an ash cloud. Then came the pumice ...
Carol sends in one of those emails, a Snope-able story with lots of pictures. Hey, who cares, because it’s about volcanoes, which seem to be giving old Peiper fits lately. Him and a few hundred million other folks over there. So here’s the bottom line Rich: SOMETIMES THERE IS NO ESCAPE. One kind of volcanic eruption or another, they can get ya if they want to.
Luckily, the one in Iceland right now is just a bit of crusty cloud. So far. These pics show the next step. A next step. Doesn’t always happen this way. Is it coming? Who can say? But remember that this is the place that formed Surtsey back in 1963, and that eruption lasted three and a half years!.
Iceland - it’s just like Hawaii, only without the nearly naked natives, the surf, the nice weather, the sunlight, the tropical paradise, the pig roasts and other great food, or the poi. And you won’t get leied there either.
Anyway, here’s Carol’s ”Journey To Adventure” style email.
A yacht was traveling in the south Pacific when the crew came across a weird sight. Look at these photos and try to imagine the thrill of experiencing this phenomenon.
A BEACH?
NO! This is not a beach
It is volcanic stones floating on the water.
WHERE IS THE VOLCANO?
UNBELIEVABLE SITE SO I TOOK SOME MORE PICTURES. NO ONE WOULD BELIEVE IT.
THE WAKE OF MY SHIP
STAY ON THE EDGE OF THE WATER.
Then this was spotted, ash & steam rising from the ocean.
And, while we were watching…
A plume of black ash...HUGE CLOUD. COVERING RED EVEN THIS FAR AWAY
THEN THE SKY TURNS BLACK WITH ASH AND THE OCEAN GOLD WITH THE SUN’S REFLECTION
OUT OF THE OCEAN MOUNTAIN PEAKS ARISE?
MORE ERUPTIONS ASH AND CLOUDS
THE MOUNTAIN PEAKS RISE HIGHER WITHIN MINUTES
A brand new island formed…
CREATION OF MOUNTAINS
Can you imagine the thrill of being the first & only people to see a new island being formed when there was nothing there before?
You don’t hear the term Nuée Ardente much anymore. Instead we get told the more technical pyroclastic ash cloud. While both terms refer to the almost the same thing - the dark, roiling, fire filled cloud of rapidly expanding and descending poisonous death shot forth from an eruption, “pyroclastic ash cloud” lacks the romance of the earlier term. Up close and personal, volcanoes are evil things straight from Hell. But from space, or from miles and miles away at sea (and upwind too!) they are awesome and beautiful. Nuée Ardente also means the cloud that goes up in the air, though strictly used it does not apply to the current situation in Iceland.
Best part of college was taking Geology and studying volcanoes. Funnest and 2nd easiest class evah!
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Permalink • Thursday - April 15, 2010
well isn’t this another fine mess Iceland has got us in to. My rights are being violated. I demand..
Listening to the radio report, and there is a chance this might continue to next week. Nooooooooo! It can’t do that. Oh yeah? Who are you? I’m a volcano. I can do whatever I want. Why? Were you planning a flight next week? Ah, hahahahahahaha.
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No flights until 7am: UK airport terminals deserted after giant volcanic ash cloud turns Britain into a no-fly zone
By RAY MASSEY, LIZ HAZELTON and CHARLOTTE SPRATT
Last updated at 5:00 PM on 15th April 2010All British airports now closed - and will not reopen until at least 7am tomorrow
Thousands of people stranded after ‘unprecedented’ lockdown
Icelandic volcano STILL erupting - which means closure could go on for days
Families returning to UK after Easter break face travel chaos
Impact on British travellers ‘worse than 9/11’
Demand for Eurostar tickets soars with Europe poised to close more airports
FIRST TIME IN 200 YEARS. SEE MORE HERE
[Drew: This is the first time in 200 years that the volcano has erupted through the Eyjafjallajokull glacier. Free caulk to the first person who can actually pronounce “Eyjafjallajokull”. Volcanologists are worried that a nearby sister volcano may also go off, as usually happens.
A bigger worry is Katla, which in the past has erupted in tandem with Eyjafjallajokull. The last major eruption took place in 1918, and volcanologists say a new blast is overdue.
‘So far there have been no signs of the reawakening of the Katla volcano, but a lot of things can still happen, so we are monitoring it quite closely,’ Einarsson said.
UPDATE: Flight ban extended until Friday, maybe longer!
Air traffic control service (Nats) said its next review would be at 0230 BST but the situation was “not improving”.
Medication
The volcano’s eruption is intensifying, and the wind direction is expected to continue bringing clouds of ash into UK and European airspace for some time to come - safety group Eurocontrol said the problem could persist for 48 hours.
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The UK’s airspace restriction was the worst in living memory, a spokesman said.
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Volcanic ash is expected to reach ground level over the UK, starting in Scotland on Thursday evening before moving south over the course of the night.
Health Protection Scotland said those with existing respiratory conditions such as chronic bronchitis, emphysema and asthma should ensure they have any inhalers or other medications with them.
I’d say get a dust mask or a respirator ASAP. Stay indoors and hope it rains.
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Permalink • Tuesday - September 29, 2009
The mouse that roared: Real-life.
This is one of those things that make ya feel good and wonder how it’s possible to also have so damn much hate and evil in the world.
The tiny mouse stands proudly on its hind legs, stares defiantly into the eyes of the cat just inches away and lets out its loudest squeak.
By Daily Mail Reporter
29th September 2009Stunned at the bravado of its would-be prey the prowling pusscat meekly slinks off, tail between its legs.
This was the real-life Tom and Jerry scene which greeted Wendy Rothwell in her backyard in Swavesey, Cambs recently.
The fearless rodent proved he was no scaredy-cat as he astonishingly squared up to his large opponent and refused to budge - giving a new slant to the game of cat and mouse.
‘It was incredible, the little mouse stood up and seemed to be roaring at the cat,’ said Mrs Rothwell,
‘The cat was much bigger than him and could have killed him at any moment but he didn’t seem to care.
‘He seemed to be prepared to do anything to protect his home. He must be the bravest field mouse in the country.’
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Not that very many people ever read this far down, but this blog was the creation of Allan Kelly and his friend Vilmar. Vilmar moved on to his own blog some time ago, and Allan ran this place alone until his sudden and unexpected death partway through 2006. We all miss him. A lot. Even though he is gone this site will always still be more than a little bit his. We who are left to carry on the BMEWS tradition owe him a great debt of gratitude, and we hope to be able to pay that back by following his last advice to us all:
It's been a long strange trip without you Skipper, but thanks for pointing us in the right direction and giving us a swift kick in the behind to get us going. Keep lookin' down on us, will ya? Thanks.
- Keep a firm grasp of Right and Wrong
- Stay involved with government on every level and don't let those bastards get away with a thing
- Use every legal means to defend yourself in the event of real internal trouble, and, most importantly:
- Keep talking to each other, whether here or elsewhere
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Oh, and here's some kind of visitor flag counter thingy. Hey, all the cool blogs have one, so I should too. The Visitors Online thingy up at the top doesn't count anything, but it looks neat. It had better, since I paid actual money for it.
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