The flood waters in Manila are slowly subsiding. Family members who traveled to Manila yesterday for business reported that most of the roads were clear, but that the garbage and mud from the floods were all over the place. Some of the roads remained blocked, including major highway “underpasses” that were now lakes of water.
Several […]

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It is now a little over two years to the tenth anniversary of 9/11 and when that doleful event comes round can there be any doubt that we will have to say that the terrorists have won a victory beyond their wildest imaginings?  In the immediate aftermath of the attacks on New York and Washington […]

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No, I’m not quoting the well worn joke: World ends, women and minorities affected most.
I’m just observing how the economic downturn is affecting those in our area of the Philippines.
One of my medical journals (registration required) says the World Health Organization is worried that the worldwide recession will result in people chosing to wait for […]

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In another excerpt from the ABC interview, she who would be vice president engaged in more truth twisting and old fashioned political mendacity. Speaking with ABC’s Charles Gibson, the GOP vice presidential nominee emphatically insisted she had never denied humans’ role in driving climate changes across the globe.”Show me where I have ever said that […]

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Before Katrina, Before Ike, Even Before Hurricanes Had Names
The Great Hurricane of 1886 Helped Wipe Indianola Off the Map

ABOVE: Indianola, Texas
With Hurricane Ike bearing down on the Gulf Coast of Texas, most people are unaware of a similar storm: the great hurricane of 1886. That storm hit not only the area known as […]

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The people of New Orleans have learned their lesson it seems. A lot of people decided to ride the storm out when Hurricane Katrina hit them three years ago and no one quite expected the disaster it brought with it. New Orleans was practically wiped off the map. Looking at it from an aerial view […]

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Is anyone surprised? President Bush may not make the Republican National Convention, and from the looks of things they probably don’t need him.
It looks like he’s learned his lesson. The hard way. If you remember what happened in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, Bush and team were fast asleep. It could have been because their […]

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Mayor Ray Nagin of New Orleans has announced that he has issued a mandatory evacuation beginning first with the Westbank at 8 am and then the East bank by noon Sunday.
“You need to be scared. You need to be concerned,” Nagin said Saturday at a news conference. “You need to get your butt out of […]

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The list of species that global warming zealots claim will be wiped out by climate change is long: Antarctic penguins; Arctic polar bears; Australia’s koalas; British dragonflies …   
But in what could be a case of Darwinian evolution in action, the BBC reports that “great tits cope well with warming.” Presumably, great tits won’t do […]

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BURMA is the small country situated in South East Asia, and it is sandwich between China and India. The country is blessed with rich natural resources including Oil & Gas, However 45 years of mismanagement by the Military Junta Government, the Burma is listed as the one of the most poorest countries on this earth.
On […]

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BURMA: The poorest nation on this earth has been hit by the most deadliest Cyclone of 2008 at May 2 unknown and unprepared, and facing the worst disaster the world have never seen before.
And yet the infamous (in-fact the most infamous) Military Junta Government is really quite busy with the REFERENDUM to approved self written […]

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THURSDAY, MARCH 27, 2008
Saipan Earthquake at 6:07AM Thurs 3-27-08
While sitting here at the computer I began to feel a moderately strong tremor. My fishing rods lean against the wall in my office/den/computer room and they began to sway and dance a bit. There was a rumbling noise. A deep, long period vibratory feeling, more than […]

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The City of Evansville and Vanderburgh County Indiana are experiencing what is called a “100 year rain.” As of 10 a.m, Evansville Regional Airport had received a record-breaking 6.52 inches of rain. The single greatest rainfall on record for Evansville was 6.5 inches, set on Oct. 6, 1910. The Ohio River is at 37 feet […]

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AFTER nearly 8 inches of rain, ditches, creeks overflowing
Last night, the Vanderburgh County Indinana Commission and Evansville Mayor Weinzapfel declared a “Local Disaster Emergency” for Vanderburgh County and the City of Evansville.
This action was taken due to concern for the high number of water covered and impassable roads in both the city and county. With […]

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In Oklahoma, the joke was that you could tell an Okie because he was the one standing outside during the thunderstorm…yes, I know about storm radio, and our town had a siren, but unless you wanted to spend half your time in the shelter, you watched the sky, especially when the clouds were dark, and […]

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Call the FBI….Call Homeland security… Call the X Files….call ArtBell…
A fourth cable has been cut, this time off the coast of the UAE, disrupting communications in Qatar.
Qatar Telecom (Qtel) said on Sunday a cable was damaged between the Qatari island of Haloul and the UAE island of Das on Friday, the fourth reported in the […]

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While the USA primaries move forward in the world’s most powerful and successful democracy, Kenya continues to experience political violence (now over 600 dead) following flawed presidential elections.  The world stands by helpless as Kenya’s incumbent party and tribe crushes the opposition.  Readers might recall that the Great Rift Valley in Kenya is reputedly where […]

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Written by Dave Dalton

This column also appears in the Tuesday, 30 October 2007 issue of the Sentinel student newspaper of Kennesaw State University in the Atlanta metro area.

I have never before seen an issue that would allow me to smack so many people at once! With the next 871 words I intend to […]

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The next shortage for the United States that some predict? Oil? Gold? Food?
How about water. Those living in parts of many western states already know this as old news, but it’s something new to many parts of the country.
Three states: California, Texas and Forida account for over a quarter of all the water used in […]

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Alfred Nobel is spinning in his grave right now.
When I saw the headline on my daily email from TheScientist.com, “Calling all charlatans” I thought the article was going to address the Nobel Peace Prize having been awarded to Al “I founded the Internet” Gore. You know, the guy with the carbon footprint that is […]

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As a tropical depression stumbling across central Mexico, the last mischief that the former category 5 hurricane might pull is flooding in Mexico City. No hurricane has ever remained organized and popped out the west side of the mountainous center of Mexico into the Pacific.
While damage to Jamaica, Martinique and the Yucatan Peninsula includes major […]

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You’ll recall just a couple days ago when I mentioned how a Y2K bug had contributed to several years of false climate data, and how the hottest year on record was actually back in the 30’s.
Well, check this out:
A Washington, D.C., resident recently came across a 1922 article that revealed early signs of climate change.John […]

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Any time I read anything having to do with mishaps involving snorkelers or divers, my interest is piqued. I’m a certified diver and have had a few little “incidents” of my own. 
Recently, I read about an attorney from Toledo, Ohio, who is now recuperating, grateful he still has a leg after fighting off a shark […]

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No doubt about it, summer is here, and with it, what for some could prove to be a deadly heat wave.
The National Weather Service (www.nws.noaa.gov) issued a heat warning for parts of California just in time for the 4th of July. As weekend sun worshippers headed out for beaches and other standard July 4th activities, […]

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For years a certain loveable radio talk show host (whose talent is on loan from God) has said that it’s arrogant and presumptuous to think humanity has had any impact on the Earth’s temperature. It looks like he was right.
The argument that proponents of the man-based global warming theories present is so seductively simple that […]

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The official seasonal drought outlook issued by the National Weather Services predicts an easing but not a break in the regional drought:

The Outlook calls for some improvement for the severe drought covering much of the Southeast, although drought should persist well into summer. The areas with the best odds for improvement include the Gulf Coast, […]

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Pickin’ Up the Pieces Relief Corps has a chance to help build new homes for two families made homeless by Hurricane Katrina.
Yes, that Hurricane Katrina. Almost two years ago.
Pickin’ Up the Pieces has a donor lined up to purchase materials for the house — but the donation has strings.
The money has to be claimed by […]

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Following an almost rainless winter, and a fire season extended from last year through what should have been the rainy season, California gardeners might be excused if they were grim and humorless.
The adage goes When life gives you nothing but lemons, make lemonade.
Gardeners, with the help of Roger’s Gardens, can turn the current drought to […]

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After a series of deadly tornadoes swept through her state last weekend, Kansas governor Kathleen Sebelius said today that the war in Iraq has created gaps in the federal government’s ability to respond to natural disasters. The tornadoes caused 10 deaths, and virtually destroyed the small town of Greensburg, KS.

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Ravaged by a series of dangerous tornadoes overnight, residents of a small Kansas town were on watch as a new system of strong storms left a trail of destruction Saturday night.
Nine people were killed and more than 50 injured when a series of tornadoes swept through southwest Kansas Friday night.
Tornadoes were reported to the National Weather Service […]

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