Or, “Dear Mr. blivet 2.0 (if That is Your Real Name), If You Were a Multi-Millionaire Republican, I’m Sure You Would See Things Differently.” Kevin notes [a late interjection: Kevin got this from Looka] this breakdown of Operation Offset, the … Continue reading
Susan helps us all with her list of Hurricane-watching sites concerning Being Educated by Rita. Highly recommended. [later:] It’s a whole lot closer to home for Rafé, who has a highly recommended list up as well.
AKA The Witches’ Thanksgiving (obnoxious ad warning on that second link). (geek footnote: I set this post to appear at the time of the equinox (22:23 UT) in Pacific Daylight time (-700 UT) [archaeoastronomy.com - U.S. Naval Observatory].)
Weather Underground has a Tropical Storm Tracking Map for Rita. James at Spatially Adjusted notes that you can track Rita by selecting “Current Hurricanes” in ESRI’s Hurricane Katrina Disaster Viewer. It is hard to keep track of all these hurricanes … Continue reading
One of the last of the Manila Mafia has jumped ship to, yes, WordPress. Andrea has relocated to Serendipita. Go, Andrea!
This time by Rita… I saw this at Weather Underground via Susan. SEP 21 2005 – 1:20PM CDT The latest RECON reports confirm RITA is now a CATASTROPHIC CATEGORY 5 Hurricane. Center Pressure is down to 920mb, and MAX Sustained … Continue reading
Nazi hunter Wiesenthal dead at 96 [CNN] Simon Wiesenthal, the Holocaust survivor who helped track down Nazi war criminals following World War II and spent the later decades of his life fighting anti-Semitism and prejudice, has died aged 96. (…) … Continue reading
A follow up on the recent coronal mass ejection. Santa posted some fine aurora pictures from Sept 14 at the Univ. of Alaska’s Geophysical Institute Aurora Alerts discussion board. If you have trouble getting that url, Santa also put the … Continue reading
via Eliot Aurora Alert A coronal mass ejection (CME) is racing toward Earth and it could spark a severe geomagnetic storm when it arrives–perhaps tonight (Sept. 14th and 15th). People everywhere should be alert for auroras. (SpaceWeather)
Today is Frodo & Bilbo’s birthday!
