Category Archives: Natural Events

Scientists discover massive ring around Saturn

By doris | Published: October 7, 2009

Full Story at CNN.com The ring’s orbit is tilted 27 degrees from the planet’s main ring plane. The bulk of it starts about 3.7 million miles (6 million km) away from the planet and extends outward another 7.4 million miles (12 million km). Its diameter is equivalent to 300 Saturns lined up side to side. [...]

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India launches satellite for ocean study

By doris | Published: September 24, 2009

Full Story at CNN.com NEW DELHI, India (CNN) — India on Wednesday launched a second satellite to study oceans. The cube-shaped Oceansat-2 will monitor the interaction between oceans and the atmosphere, as part of climate studies, according to the country’s main space agency. The satellite, launched from India’s southeast coast, carried six nanosatellites from European [...]

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Greenland’s frozen landscape warming up

By doris | Published: September 23, 2009

Full Story at CNN.com Delicious,” he says, kissing the tips of his fingers on one hand, making the universal sign for good tasting food. William tells me he went out on a boat with some friends a few days ago and shot the whale. I’m not sure how I feel about this. Welcome to Greenland. [...]

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Telescopes to show universe soon after Big Bang

By doris | Published: August 20, 2009

Full Story at CNN.com (CNN) — It may not be possible to travel back in time, but seeing stars and galaxies as they looked millions or even billions of years ago is no problem thanks to telescopes, the closest thing we have to time machines. Now, astronomers are holding their breath to see what they’ll [...]

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Tropical Storm Claudette makes landfall in Fla.

By doris | Published: August 17, 2009

Full Story at msnbc.com PENSACOLA BEACH, Fla. – Tropical Storm Claudette made landfall on the Florida Panhandle early Monday, making it the first named storm to hit the U.S. mainland this year. Even before its arrival, Claudette dumped heavy rains in some areas Sunday. But it was not expected to cause significant flooding or wind [...]

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Nature’s fireworks on display

By doris | Published: July 6, 2009

Full Story at msnbc.com On the Fourth of July, the United States celebrates its independence with picnics, parades and of course, fireworks such as these seen exploding above the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. In honor of the holiday, we’ve cobbled together a collection of nature’s best fireworks displays. Click the “Next” button above to [...]

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Sydney first major city to mark Earth Hour 2009

By doris | Published: March 28, 2009

Full Story At news.yahoo.com SYDNEY – The floodlit cream shells of the famed Opera House dimmed Saturday as Sydney became the world’s first major city to plunge itself into darkness for the second worldwide Earth Hour, a global campaign to highlight the threat of climate change. From the Great Pyramids to the Acropolis, the London [...]

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Meals sent to Ky., Ark. had recalled peanut butter

By doris | Published: February 5, 2009

Full Story At Yahoo! News LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Officials on Thursday warned victims of last week’s ice storm not to eat peanut butter packets from emergency meal kits distributed by the federal government because they had been recalled for possible salmonella contamination. The kits were shipped to Arkansas and Kentucky to help feed some of [...]

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Mixed Reviews For FEMA’s Kentucky Response

By doris | Published: February 3, 2009

Full Story At  CBS News (CBS/AP) In the first real test of the Obama administration’s ability to respond to a disaster, senior Kentucky officials are giving the federal government good marks for its response to a deadly ice storm. Yet more than 300,000 residents remained without power Monday and some areas had yet to see [...]

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Crippling Ice Storm Sweeps Heartland

By doris | Published: February 2, 2009

Full Story At  CBS News (CBS) The digging out continued across much of the heartland Sunday after a crippling ice storm last week killed at least 42 people. Nearly 700,000 people in five states are still without power, including hard-hit Kentucky, which has mobilized its entire National Guard, reports CBS News correspondent Hari Sreenivasan. Kentucky [...]

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Avalanche survivor: ‘We did everything we could’ for buried

By doris | Published: December 31, 2008

Full Story At CNN.com (CNN) — Wiping tears from his cheeks, a man who survived avalanches that killed eight snowmobilers in western Canada said Wednesday that he and two others tried to save their friends but eventually left the mountain because of the threat of more slides.Jeffrey Adams says he freed himself and helped free [...]

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Sarah Palin’s daughter Bristol has a son, TrippEaston Mitchell

By doris | Published: December 30, 2008

Full Story At  Los Angeles Times Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin’s daughter Bristol Palin and her boyfriend Levi Johnston are proud new parents of a baby boy, according to People. His name is Tripp Easton Mitchell Johnston, says Colleen Jones, Bristol’s grandmother’s sister. “We think it’s wonderful,” said Jones, the sister of Bristol’s grandmother Sally Heath. [...]

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6 bodies found, 2 people missing after Canadian avalanches

By doris | Published: December 29, 2008

Full Story At CNN.com (CNN) — The bodies of six of eight snowmobilers missing after avalanches in southeastern British Columbia have been found, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police said Monday.Authorities found six bodies a day after avalanches in British Columbia, Canada. Authorities found six bodies a day after avalanches in British Columbia, Canada. Searchers will [...]

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VIDEO: Iceland Puffin Threatened

By doris | Published: December 8, 2008

Full Story At VIDEO: Iceland Puffin Threatened December 5, 2008—In Iceland’s remote Westman Islands, warming weather is threatening a beloved mascot: the Atlantic puffin. Video by Public Television’s Wild Chronicles, from National Geographic Mission Programs

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9 Feared Dead In Calif. Copter Crash

By doris | Published: August 6, 2008

Full Story At CBS News CBS/AP) Nine people are missing and feared dead in the crash of a helicopter that was carrying firefighters over a Northern California forest, officials said Wednesday. The helicopter was carrying 11 firefighters and two crew members when it went down Tuesday night in the Shasta-Trinity National Forest, according to the [...]

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7-Square-Mile Ice Sheet Breaks Loose in Canada

By doris | Published: July 30, 2008

Full Story At ABC News A chunk of ice spreading across seven square miles has broken off a Canadian ice shelf in the Arctic, scientists said Tuesday.Ice ShelfA chunk of ice is shown drifting after it separated from the Ward Hunt Ice Shelf off the north coast… ExpandA chunk of ice is shown drifting after [...]

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5 struck by lightning in NJ, 1 dead

By doris | Published: July 28, 2008

Full Story At 6abc.com: SANDY HOOK, N.J. (AP) – July 27, 2008 (WPVI) — Severe weather turned deadly in New Jersey on Sunday, as lightning strikes killed one man and injured four other people in separate incidents. The lightning was contained in a series of strong, fast-moving thunderstorms that roared through the region, socking the [...]

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Tropical Storm Cristobal brushes NC coast

By doris | Published: July 20, 2008

Full story at The Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Tropical Storm Cristobal skirted the North Carolina coast Sunday, dumping heavy rain and churning up rough surf, but so far sparing the seaboard of any severe weather. The storm was forecast to head away from the Southeast coast Monday, a prospect that pleased a fishing [...]

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