er coats and invest in snow shovels.
Lickety Split beat seven other worms Saturday in the finals at the 35th annual Woolly Worm Festival in Banner Elk. The victory meant the worm would be the official forecaster for the upcoming winter. "It's going to be cold and snowy and a few other things," said Roy Kreger, known as Mr. Woolly Worm.
The caterpillars have black and brown bands, with one color sometimes dominating the other. Folklore says black is associated with snowy weather, while brown is an indicator of mild conditions. The bands called for snow and below average temperatures for the first five weeks of winter. The next six weeks will be average to below normal, with unusual cold in the 12th week and more snow predicted for the final week, according to Burleson's observation. Read more.
Military enforced H1N1 vaccination???
According to CNN, the Pentagon is “to establish regional teams of military personnel to assist civilian authorities in the event of a significant outbreak of the H1N1 virus this fall, according to Defense Department officials.”
The Pentagon is already planning on the number of troops to be deployed,.
with a view to supporting a mass vaccinaiton program. This decision to mobilise the Armed Forces in the vaccination campaign is taken in anticipation of a national emergency. Although no national emergency has been called, the presumption is that a national public health emergency will occur, using the WHO Level 6 Pandemic as a pretext and a justification.
Other countries, including Canada, the UK and France may follow suit, calling upon their Armed Forces to play a role in support of the H1N1 vaccination program. Read more.
Are Sinkholes and Seismic Activity related?
Starting around 6:00 a.m. Thursday, extra seismic activity occurred, according to two USGS monitors
in the area, monitors #LA03 BHZ GS and #LA09 BHZ GS, the same two monitors that have previously
recorded sharp seismic activity increases more than the others, according to the helicorder graphs.
At 6:40 a.m. Thursday, parish officials stated, “Hwy. 70 was periodically closed earlier due to an unusual flare at Crosstex. We’ve received inquiries about a well being in fire."Read more.
Oil Spill Cleanup Options
In light of the 2010 BP disaster in Gulf of Mexico and the 2011 Exxon oil spill in Yellowstone river, Mike Chung at Penn State along with colleagues have been working on a solution to recover oil spills by employing polyolefin-based oil super-absorbent polymer (oil-SAP) that exhibits high oil absorption capability (up to 50 times of its weight), fast kinetics, easy recovery from water surface, and no water absorption.
The researchers claim that the new oil-SAP technology will drastically lower the damaging effects of oil spills on the environment, while also providing a cost effective method for retrieving the oil spilled in oceans. Also, the gel can then be shipped to refineries where the oil can be extracted and put to use – around 19 litres of oil can be recovered from a pound of the gel material. Read More.
Tips for Creating Budget Friendly Disaster Kits
Think budget constraints will keep you from creating a kit? Think again! I happen to be the sovereign of savings, a dignitary of discounts, rollback royalty, queen of all things clearance and, well, you get the idea.
I don't believe in paying full price for anything if I don’t have to. As a self-proclaimed bargain bounty hunter, I’m going to share a few ideas to make sure that, regardless of your budget, you will be able to prepare an emergency kit that will protect your family as well as your finances. Click here for six budget friendly planning tips.
Modern Day Noah's Ark
The main reason guests would flock to the Ark Hotel would be its ability to save them from a natural disaster of Noah proportions. That’s because the futuristic building has been designed to withstand floods caused by rising sea levels.
The floating behemoth is a ‘biosphere’ conceived as a safe, self-contained haven.Branded as a green, self-sustaining environment for guests, the shell-shaped hotel would withst