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Very cool. I always like it when animals prove themselves smarter than people think they are.
Wild gorillas seen using tools for first time - Yahoo! News: "Two female gorillas have been photographed using sticks as tools to get through swampy areas, the first time the apes have been seen doing so in the wild, researchers reported on Thursday"
Friday, September 30, 2005
Friday, September 23, 2005
NOLA.com: Hurricane Center
NOLA.com: Hurricane Center: "t's only a matter of time before South Louisiana takes a direct hit from a major hurricane. Billions have been spent to protect us, but we grow more vulnerable every day.
Five-Part Series published June 23-27, 2002 "
Very interesting.
Five-Part Series published June 23-27, 2002 "
Very interesting.
Woods Hole Currents - Digging into Hurricanes
Can you imagine NYC being hit with a Catergory 3 hurricane? Needless to say things would be bad, REALLY bad!
Check this link from out from whoi.edu
http://www.whoi.edu/home/about/currents_v9no3_hurricanes.html
It may have happened and may happen again!
Check this link from out from whoi.edu
http://www.whoi.edu/home/about/currents_v9no3_hurricanes.html
It may have happened and may happen again!
"3 SEPTEMBER 1821 - Perhaps the most destructive hurricane in the history of New York City raised a ten-foot surge of water in just one hour onto the Battery in lower Manhattan—the highest surge ever recorded in New York Harbor. The storm had moved from North Carolina to New York in just ten hours, and hurricane winds were experienced as far west as Philadelphia. Though reliable meteorological records are scarce, eyewitness accounts and historic reconstructions suggest the storm made landfall near Jamaica Bay as a category 3 hurricane. It was the only time in recorded history that New York took a direct hit from an intense hurricane....
Recent research using theoretical models suggests that a modern category 4 hurricane would drown John F. Kennedy International Airport under 20 feet of water and would flood the Holland and Brooklyn-Battery tunnels and the subways."
Thursday, September 22, 2005
HoustonChronicle.com - New canine flu is spreading across the U.S.
If there wasn't enouugh to worry about already.
HoustonChronicle.com - New canine flu is spreading across the U.S.: "Dr. Cynda Crawford, an immunologist at the University of Florida's College of Veterinary Medicine who is studying the virus, said it spreads most easily where dogs are housed together, but it can be passed on the street, in dog runs or even by a human transferring it from one dog to another. Kennel workers have carried the virus home with them, she said.
How many dogs die from the virus is unclear, but scientists said the fatality rate is more than 1 percent and could be as high as 10 percent among puppies and older dogs.
Crawford first began investigating greyhound deaths at a racetrack in Jacksonville, Fla., in January 2004, where eight of the 24 greyhounds who contracted the virus died.
'This is a newly emerging pathogen, and we have very little information to make predictions about it,' she said"
HoustonChronicle.com - New canine flu is spreading across the U.S.: "Dr. Cynda Crawford, an immunologist at the University of Florida's College of Veterinary Medicine who is studying the virus, said it spreads most easily where dogs are housed together, but it can be passed on the street, in dog runs or even by a human transferring it from one dog to another. Kennel workers have carried the virus home with them, she said.
How many dogs die from the virus is unclear, but scientists said the fatality rate is more than 1 percent and could be as high as 10 percent among puppies and older dogs.
Crawford first began investigating greyhound deaths at a racetrack in Jacksonville, Fla., in January 2004, where eight of the 24 greyhounds who contracted the virus died.
'This is a newly emerging pathogen, and we have very little information to make predictions about it,' she said"
Project Starfish
Project Starfish: "Project Starfish is a grassroots effort helping to relocate animals displaced by Hurricane Katrina.
Definitely a good cause!
Definitely a good cause!
Tuesday, September 20, 2005
Pictures
check out some of these really cool pictures from Flickr. This is the my "favorites" directory.
You can also check out some of my own pictures. They are not as good as those above, but I like them anyways. ;)
You can also check out some of my own pictures. They are not as good as those above, but I like them anyways. ;)
Sunday, September 18, 2005
NPR : Storm Deals Historic Blow to Jeff Davis Estate
NPR : Storm Deals Historic Blow to Jeff Davis Estate: "Storm Deals Historic Blow to Jeff Davis Estate"
Have to love the last picture (click trhough to them in addition to listening to the NPR coverage).
Have to love the last picture (click trhough to them in addition to listening to the NPR coverage).
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