Don't worry, the video will repeat the carnage.
*Previously: Video of Mike Ditka humiliating himself.
*Buy Mystery Science Theater 3000 boxed sets.
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Showing posts with label weather. Show all posts
Video of kite surfer getting tossed like a rag doll by Tropical Storm Fay
Don't worry, the video will repeat the carnage.
*Previously: Video of Mike Ditka humiliating himself.
*Buy Mystery Science Theater 3000 boxed sets.
Foggy day in Dubai
I highly recommend you check out the high-res version.
*Or maybe this is the original photo?
*Previously: Dubai skyline is every stylish sci-fi film come to life.
This month marks the 50th anniversary of the world's biggest recorded tsunami
July 9, 1958, a chain reaction that began with an earthquake and featured a rock slide created a wave that struck Alaska and swept away trees as high as 1720 feet (524 meters) above sea level. Maps, photos, survivor accounts here. Via.
*Previously: Photos of Chile's Chaitén volcano erupting AND creating lightning.
*Previously: Photos of Chile's Chaitén volcano erupting AND creating lightning.
Video of a 747 being struck by lightning on takeoff
Second blast, 45 seconds in
The plane's ok because its hull forms my new favorite thing, a Faraday cage. Via.
The plane's ok because its hull forms my new favorite thing, a Faraday cage. Via.
Photos of Chile's Chaitén volcano erupting AND creating lightning
The Daily Mail says:
Flickr link.
Flickr link. (High-res.)
Flickr link.
As clouds of toxic ash and dust tower into the sky, they ionise the air, generating an explosive electrical storm. Colossal forks of lightning spark around the noxious plume as it spews from the volcano's crater, creating an image of raw, terrifying energy - as if the air itself were ablaze.
Now, the worst-case scenario is the collapse of the volcano accompanied by a "pyroclastic flow" - a devastating super-eruption of scorching dense gas and molten rock that would roll down the mountainside at 100mph or faster, incinerating and flattening all in its wake.
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Flickr link. (High-res.)
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Global temperatures have not risen since 1998
The World Meteorological Organization's secretary-general, Michel Jarraud, told the BBC it was likely that La Nina would continue into the summer.
This would mean global temperatures have not risen since 1998, prompting some to question climate change theory.
But experts say we are still clearly in a long-term warming trend - and they forecast a new record high temperature within five years.
Link.
Global warming is beginning to sound a lot like the warning I heard all the time in the 90s, that an earthquake was going to split California from the rest of the US. In fact, they made more than one movie about it.
My theory is that many people HAVE to have some kind of apocalyptic threat hanging over their heads. Right now, some believe it's Muslim terrorists and others believe it's global warming. (Previously it was nuclear armageddon, or Y2K, or the "Big One" or SARS or bird flu or the UN's New World Order or...)
Meanwhile, you can't beat this headline:
Lloyd's warns of a lack of natural disasters
Lloyd's of London warned yesterday that an absence last year of natural disasters or man-made accidents was putting pressure on firms to reduce premiums in 2008.
Link.
Cue very small violin.
Southern California wasn't icy during the Ice Age
The current issue of Natural History magazine had some interesting information: even when great ice sheets blanketed much of North America, the climate in Southern California (except for snowcapped mountain peaks) can best be described as Mediterranean.
Even during the Ice Age, Southern California looked something like this:
Image by William Stout.
Even during the Ice Age, Southern California looked something like this:
Image by William Stout.
Geometric rainstorm
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Originally uploaded by Krislj
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