Earth Changes
Magnitude 3.7
# Date-Time Wednesday, June 04, 2008 at 14:02:42 (UTC) - Coordinated Universal Time
# Wednesday, June 04, 2008 at 08:02:42 AM local time at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location 36.51N 106.35W
Depth 5.0 kilometers
Region NEW MEXICO
Distances 70 km (45 miles) N of Los Alamos, New Mexico
70 km (45 miles) W of Taos, New Mexico
75 km (45 miles) SE of Dulce, New Mexico
100 km (60 miles) NNW of SANTA FE, New Mexico
ANNANDALE - Severe storms that downed power lines and trees across a large swath of the country Wednesday were blamed for three deaths. A woman died Wednesday afternoon when a tree fell on a vehicle in Annandale, a Washington, D.C., suburb, a fire department spokesman said.
Earlier Wednesday, authorities in West Virginia recovered the body of a 20-year-old man swept away while trying to drive his truck through high water. Gov. Joe Manchin declared a state of emergency in at least 15 West Virginia counties after flooding and mudslides closed numerous roads. Some places reported more than 3 inches of rain.
Now, the eruption cycle for Old Faithful is just over an hour and a half.
Shaul Hurwitz with the U.S. Geological Survey spent nine years studying five geysers in Yellowstone including Old Faithful. The study period covered Yellowstone's wettest winter in a century as well as several years of drought.
Hurwitz speculates that the drought decreased Old Faithful's water supply and has lengthened the time between eruptions.
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Red fox pups frolick outside den |
Unusual, unique, rare and exciting wildlife sighting are taking place throughout rural Manitoba this spring. Topping the list is a cougar sighting near Plum Coulee, but that is far from the only interesting report.
Near Deleau, Manitoba, a white-faced ibis was photographed recently. While this is unusual, these birds have been spotted at Whitewater Lake for several consecutive years. Perhaps they are expanding their range.
According to information on the Manitoba Museum of Man and Nature website, the ibis is listed as "accidental" in Manitoba. Sightings are "infrequent and far outside the usual range and includes species recorded once or twice or only at very great intervals."
One person died in flooding caused by thunderstorms during the night in West Virginia.
Authorities in the capital, home to more than 10 million people, had prepared for the unusually high tides with sand bags and wire netting filled with stones following a warning by the World Bank.
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A woman with her son wade through a flooded street in Jakarta June 4, 2007. |
It is significantly colder globally, colder even than the significant drop to -0.046°C seen in January 2008.
The global ∆T from April to May 2008 was -.195°C
UAH
2008 1 -0.046
2008 2 0.020
2008 3 0.094
2008 4 0.015
2008 5 -0.180
Compared to the May 2007 value of 0.199°C we find a 12 month ∆T is -.379°C.
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Reference: UAH lower troposphere data |
He then waved his arms and made the squawking noises until the bird copied him, and eventually took off.
Now it flies at 70ft, and obediently returns when called.
Mr Zammit said: "He never showed any sign of wanting to take off.
"To encourage him to try flying I had to tempt him along with food in the hope that instinct would kick in and he would go up. But for days he just walked alongside me, or occasionally hopped a bit.
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