Debris from tsunami to reach West Coast, join Great Pacific Garbage Patch
The Great Pacific Garbage Patch will soon include debris from the Japanese tsunami, while one million to 2 million tons of lumber, construction material, refrigerators, TVs, fishing boats and other fragments from Japanese coastal towns make their way Ultimately, Maximenko said, tsunami debris will join garbage floating in a gyre between Hawaii and California produced [...]
Read MoreDeadly tornadoes pound Midwest
I bet the older survivors of this week's tornadoes in the US are wondering what's happened to the Mother Nature of childhood memory? Well, it turns out that February tornadoes are not that unusual: bad February tornadoes Tornadoes. Posted on February 29th, 2012 by Wendy Harman. Our friends at the Weather Channel are documenting reported [...]
Read MorePhish to play Atlantic City's Bader Field over three days in mid-June
By Sam McDonald Nobody does tour announcements like Phish. This afternoon, the band unveiled its summer schedule with a video showing drummer Jon Fishman training and preparing for the musical run. I don't want to spoil any of the surprises, The band Phish is coming to the Saratoga Performing Arts Center for three nights this [...]
Read MoreThe Monkees' Davy Jones, dead at 66
Davy Jones, singer for the 60's supergroup The Monkees, apparently died Wednesday morning at Martin Memorial Hospital in Martin County, Florida. No official cause of death was given, but the celebrity website TMZ said a Davy Jones — lead singer of The Monkees — died after suffering a heart attack this morning TMZ has learned. [...]
Read MoreTornado that hit Downstate Harrisburg, killing 6, given E4 rating
Feb 29 (Reuters) – At least 10 people were killed by a tornado that struck the southern Illinois town of Harrisburg early on Wednesday morning, a spokeswoman from Illinois Emergency Management Agency said. The Saline Feb 29 (Reuters) – At least 10 people were killed by a tornado that struck the southern Illinois town of [...]
Read MoreBranson, Mo.: Storms damage country music resort town, kill 9
Officials in Branson are asking those who'd like to send donations or volunteer to help clear debris to wait for an official announcement on how to do so. That's according the the Branson, MO Recovery facebook page. Stay tuned to KSPR.com for the The National Weather Service has confirmed an EF2 tornado touched down near [...]
Read MoreThe Great Pacific Garbage Patch to get hit with debris from Japanese tsunami
Then, instead of continuing down to California, the debris is expected to circle back around through the Hawaiian Islands between 2014 and 2016 before joining the mother of all debris fields, the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, which extends across at Though the book's premise — an island of garbage twice the size of Texas in [...]
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