For some very interesting pictures of the field trip that the Longview Hills Fishing Club took yesterday, just click on the LVH's Fishing Club icon at the left hand column to see more pictures.
Saturday, July 22, 2006
AP nation news - StatesmanJournal.com
This can happen anywhere..RT
AP nation news - StatesmanJournal.com: "NEW YORK (AP) -- A blackout in the borough of Queens entered its sixth day Saturday in the hottest week of the summer with the mayor saying chances were small that the problem could be repaired by the end of the weekend.
Some 15,000 to 20,000 customers - which could be one person or an entire apartment building - still had no electricity Saturday."
AP nation news - StatesmanJournal.com: "NEW YORK (AP) -- A blackout in the borough of Queens entered its sixth day Saturday in the hottest week of the summer with the mayor saying chances were small that the problem could be repaired by the end of the weekend.
Some 15,000 to 20,000 customers - which could be one person or an entire apartment building - still had no electricity Saturday."
AP nation news - StatesmanJournal.com
AP nation news - StatesmanJournal.com:
It doesn't have to be a Tsunami or earthquake to get really serious very fast. RT
"Schnucks Markets Inc., which operates 65 grocery stores in the metro area, said eight were still without electricity Friday. Three of them had to close, and a company spokesman said meat, milk and other perishables were thrown away.
Tens of thousands of people also were without power in parts of southern Illinois that were pounded by storms for the second time in three days. Gov. Rod Blagojevich declared Madison and St. Clair counties state disaster areas.
And Oklahoma City was so hot Friday that a portion of Interstate 44 buckled, forcing the temporary closure of two lanes. "
It doesn't have to be a Tsunami or earthquake to get really serious very fast. RT
"Schnucks Markets Inc., which operates 65 grocery stores in the metro area, said eight were still without electricity Friday. Three of them had to close, and a company spokesman said meat, milk and other perishables were thrown away.
Tens of thousands of people also were without power in parts of southern Illinois that were pounded by storms for the second time in three days. Gov. Rod Blagojevich declared Madison and St. Clair counties state disaster areas.
And Oklahoma City was so hot Friday that a portion of Interstate 44 buckled, forcing the temporary closure of two lanes. "
Thursday, July 20, 2006
AP nation news - StatesmanJournal.com
AP nation news - StatesmanJournal.com: "Almost 500,000 Without Power in St. Louis
By JIM SALTER
Associated Press Writer
AP Photo/JAMES A. FINLEY
U.S. Video
ST. LOUIS (AP) -- Powerful storms with rain and strong winds left nearly half a million homes and businesses without power early Thursday as the region braced for another day of 100-degree heat. Power officials said it could take five days to restore electricity.
The summer storm that tore through the Midwest on Wednesday ripped off a section of airport roof and dumped it on an interstate, blew windows out of a hotel restaurant and baseball stadium press box and injured more than 30 people. At least three St. Louis-area buildings partially collapsed."
By JIM SALTER
Associated Press Writer
AP Photo/JAMES A. FINLEY
U.S. Video
ST. LOUIS (AP) -- Powerful storms with rain and strong winds left nearly half a million homes and businesses without power early Thursday as the region braced for another day of 100-degree heat. Power officials said it could take five days to restore electricity.
The summer storm that tore through the Midwest on Wednesday ripped off a section of airport roof and dumped it on an interstate, blew windows out of a hotel restaurant and baseball stadium press box and injured more than 30 people. At least three St. Louis-area buildings partially collapsed."
NewsGator Online
NewsGator Online: "Robert Benchley
7/20/2006 4:33:21 AM
'Defining and analyzing humor is a pastime of humorless people.'"
7/20/2006 4:33:21 AM
'Defining and analyzing humor is a pastime of humorless people.'"
Deadly Java Tsunami Caused by Slow-Moving Quake
Deadly Java Tsunami Caused by Slow-Moving Quake: "A large 7.7 magnitude earthquake struck offshore of the Indonesian island of Java (map of Indonesia) yesterday, killing more than 300 people and forcing thousands of others to flee."
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Tuesday, July 18, 2006
Search for tuna turns into a struggle for life
Search for tuna turns into a struggle for life: "Search for tuna turns into a struggle for life
SOS - 'Make sure you tell my wife and kids I love them' one man tells two others while desperately holding on to an ice chest in the frigid Pacific Ocean
Tuesday, July 18, 2006
LORI TOBIAS"
SOS - 'Make sure you tell my wife and kids I love them' one man tells two others while desperately holding on to an ice chest in the frigid Pacific Ocean
Tuesday, July 18, 2006
LORI TOBIAS"
Japan Plans 30-Year Supercomputer Forecasts, Japan Planning 30-Year Forecasts for Typhoons, Storms, Blizzards With Supercomputer Help - CBS News
Japan Plans 30-Year Supercomputer Forecasts, Japan Planning 30-Year Forecasts for Typhoons, Storms, Blizzards With Supercomputer Help - CBS News: "The project, to start next year, will harness the powers of one of the world's fastest supercomputers and is an offshoot of ongoing research by the country's science ministry to map global warming trends for the next 300 years."
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NewsGator Online
NewsGator Online: "Arthur Schopenhauer
7/18/2006 3:07:55 AM
'Talent hits a target no one else can hit; Genius hits a target no one else can see.'"
7/18/2006 3:07:55 AM
'Talent hits a target no one else can hit; Genius hits a target no one else can see.'"
Monday, July 17, 2006
''THE VIEW AND BEAUTY OF SOUTH BEACH"
If one would like to take a nice walk and that is handicap accessible, this is the place to go and near by. They have built a wonderful trail, one can take a walker, wheelchair or just take your time and enjoy the beauty of this area. Just park in the South Beach parking lot and the trail starts at the NW corner of the lot, enjoy!
(pictures by Charles/Frida Burke)
If one would like to take a nice walk and that is handicap accessible, this is the place to go and near by. They have built a wonderful trail, one can take a walker, wheelchair or just take your time and enjoy the beauty of this area. Just park in the South Beach parking lot and the trail starts at the NW corner of the lot, enjoy!
(pictures by Charles/Frida Burke)
The below link will take you to the Google Earth Beta download site. It is the program we used to put the above theme picture on the website.
http://www.freewarefiles.com/program_16_168_14398.html
http://www.freewarefiles.com/program_16_168_14398.html
Sunday, July 16, 2006
What we learned
What we learned:
The recent CERT drill was attended by Lost Creek CERT Members Mike Mulligan and Sean Krause. They came at our invitation because we borrowed so many of their ideas from their disaster plan. They also came because, in the larger sense, we are all part of the team that is NEWPORT CERT , which is dedicated to the entire community of Newport.
We wanted them to listen and observe and tell us ways to improve. They found lots of things we could do. They praised what we had done and pointed to several areas where we already had information that we need only to reconstitute. They offered to share computer work ups that will help us get our plan in place far sooner than we could have on our own. We wrote down everything they said and will be training on it as the CERT Team.
Key to the Longview Hills Disaster Plan will be a partnership between our CERT team and The Neighborhood Watch Block Captains and co-Captains. Because Neighborhood Watch Block Captains possess the information about the people they serve in their blocks it is possible for them to find out the status of their neighbors in a rapid response using telephones, cell phones or our new emergency radios and yes even walking next door and checking. Such a response will cut the time to do this by CERT and volunteers from one hour and twenty minutes to just a few minutes. Time saved by finding out where the injured and trapped are will allow the Community Emergency Response Team to react much sooner. The first few moments after the disaster are truly the Golden Moments and are the times when First Aid can do the most good and save the most lives. This is the CERT mantra, “The most good for the most people in the shortest amount of time”.
Your can help evolve our disaster plan by:
The recent CERT drill was attended by Lost Creek CERT Members Mike Mulligan and Sean Krause. They came at our invitation because we borrowed so many of their ideas from their disaster plan. They also came because, in the larger sense, we are all part of the team that is NEWPORT CERT , which is dedicated to the entire community of Newport.
We wanted them to listen and observe and tell us ways to improve. They found lots of things we could do. They praised what we had done and pointed to several areas where we already had information that we need only to reconstitute. They offered to share computer work ups that will help us get our plan in place far sooner than we could have on our own. We wrote down everything they said and will be training on it as the CERT Team.
Key to the Longview Hills Disaster Plan will be a partnership between our CERT team and The Neighborhood Watch Block Captains and co-Captains. Because Neighborhood Watch Block Captains possess the information about the people they serve in their blocks it is possible for them to find out the status of their neighbors in a rapid response using telephones, cell phones or our new emergency radios and yes even walking next door and checking. Such a response will cut the time to do this by CERT and volunteers from one hour and twenty minutes to just a few minutes. Time saved by finding out where the injured and trapped are will allow the Community Emergency Response Team to react much sooner. The first few moments after the disaster are truly the Golden Moments and are the times when First Aid can do the most good and save the most lives. This is the CERT mantra, “The most good for the most people in the shortest amount of time”.
Your can help evolve our disaster plan by:
- Consider helping or becoming a block captain or co-captian for Neighborhood Watch.
- Purchasing an emergency radio (FRS from WalMart $15 for 2) and learn to operate it.
- Read the SET magazine passed out to you during the meeting or exercise.
- Help the CERT team as a volunteer and attend the weekly meetings on Wednesdays at 11:00 am at the clubhouse for training.
AP nation news - StatesmanJournal.com
AP nation news - StatesmanJournal.com: "Three rescued from Pacific hours after boat sank
NEWPORT, Ore. (AP) -- Three Oregon men are alive after spending 6 1/2 hours clinging to an ice chest in 65-degree Pacific Ocean water after their boat sank about 45 miles off the coast, the Coast Guard said."
NEWPORT, Ore. (AP) -- Three Oregon men are alive after spending 6 1/2 hours clinging to an ice chest in 65-degree Pacific Ocean water after their boat sank about 45 miles off the coast, the Coast Guard said."
NewsGator Online
NewsGator Online: "Edward R. Murrow
7/16/2006 10:00:24 AM
'Just because your voice reaches halfway around the world doesn't mean you are wiser than when it reached only to the end of the bar.'"
7/16/2006 10:00:24 AM
'Just because your voice reaches halfway around the world doesn't mean you are wiser than when it reached only to the end of the bar.'"
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