How Wind Turbines Work (click on) - there is animation at this site, too

June 19, 2006.
German Wind Community.

Riddle :: When wind energy takes over Earth as the dignified energy a civilized society perfers, how do you know which is wind from Earth OR the Wind Turbines?

Now don't look below if you don't want the answer.

Answer :: The wind of Earth is measured at the Wind Turbines. The Wind Turbines won't necessary always open to 100% capacity but the wind driving them will be monitored to adjust the turbines to their tolerance and output.

Antarctica Wind Chime

Click on to animate.

October 9, 2006.
12:00 PM Antarctica

"Baby it's cold outside." (Click on)

The heat on the animation creeps in on The Peninsula from 12 PM to 9 PM, while the solar radiation reaches the ground. Spring has arrived in Antarctica and Winter is on the way. The temperature in Vostok is higher than usual, but, on the 'wind map' (click on) it can be noted at 12 PM there is wind direction that carries warmer coastal air over the Blue Ice.

Morning Papers - concluded

The weather in Antarctica (Crystal Ice Chime):

Scott Base

Some cloud

-22.0°

Updated Tuesday 10 Oct 2:15AM

The weather in Denver, Colorado (Crystal Wind Chime) is (5 minutes ago) is:

Elevation:
5435 ft / 1656 m

Latitude : 37°N to 41°N

Longtitude : 102°W to 109°W

Temperature:
38.7 °F / 3.7 °C
Light Rain Mist

Humidity:
94%

Dew Point:
37 °F / 3 °C

Wind:
Calm

Wind Gust:
3.0 mph / 4.8 km/h

Pressure:
30.24 in / 1023.9 hPa

Visibility:
2.0 miles / 3.2 kilometers

UV:
0 out of 16

Clouds:
Overcast 500 ft / 152 m
(Above Ground Level)


The weather at Glacier Bay National Park (Crystal Wind Chime) is:

Elevation:
33 ft / 10 m

Latitude : 58 degrees, 41 minutes, 44 seconds North

Longitude : 136 degrees, 49 minutes, 3 seconds West

43 °F / 6 °C
Overcast

Humidity:
87%

Dew Point:
39 °F / 4 °C

Wind:
6 mph / 9 km/h from the NNW

Pressure:
30.35 in / 1028 hPa

Windchill:
39 °F / 4 °C

Visibility:
10.0 miles / 16.1 kilometers

UV:
0 out of 16

Clouds:
Few 200 ft / 60 m
Scattered Clouds 1700 ft / 518 m
Overcast 2400 ft / 731 m
(Above Ground Level)

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On a personal note.

There were storms yesterday in Wilmington, North Carolina. The ionic concentration of the storms were so great it disrupted digital cable, phone service and high speed internet.

The last time this happened I left the wireless modem on without realizing it and it was struck by an ionic concentration that blew the circuitry out. It wasn't lightning. There was no flash, only a popping noise. I didn't know what it was at first and yes it was plugged into a power panel/surge protector both at the plug and the wall (redundancy to protect all the equipment against surges) to protect it, but, it wasn't from a power surge. It was from the ionic concentration in the atmosphere and it affected a surge between the wireless antenna. The surge protectors never tripped because it didn't come down the wires. When the new modem came I plugged it into the old wires to see if they were fried and they weren't, the new modem worked perfectly on the old wiring.

You don't have to have a visible electric arch between two antenna in order to short circuit it. The ionic concentration in the atmosphere caused a build up of electricity high enough between the antenna to overload the modem from the antenna and not the electric connections. I could not have come up with a more perfect experiment if I tried. PROOF. NO GUESSING. PROOF. These storms are highly ionic. Nothing like I've ever experienced here before and I've lived here since 1999, through Floyd and Dennis.

I have to shut everything down when these storms come along. It's brutal. I haven't tried starting the car yet during one of these storms, but, I bet the ignition systems are affected as well. This is no joke. I have the blown out modem to prove it.

There be wave crests in the middle of the street, Daddy.

October 7, 2006. Poquoson, Virginia.

Under the vortex in Virginia. 37 North Latitude. Human Induced Global Warming.

October 7, 2006. Poquoson, Virginia.

Deserts in the west and swamps in the east. And we still don't recognize resolutions to stop this insanity in this country. We just let it keep going on and on and on.

"Wait sweetheart, let me get a family picture of the flood."

October 7, 2006. Poquoson, Virginia.

Photographer states :: Bad Nor'Easter / The Rescue


Storm swamps Virginia's capital (click title above)

RICHMOND, Va. - A storm that dropped as much as 9 inches of rain forced the evacuation Saturday of about 100 people in a six-block section of the state capital, caused scattered flooding in the southeastern part of the state and likely contributed to the death of two fishermen.

Ferry service across the James River was temporarily suspended because of high water; one ferry returned to service Saturday afternoon.

In southeast Virginia's Isle of Wight, officials evacuated about three dozen people and reported widespread flooding after at least 8 inches of rain since Friday.

"We have more roads out than we can keep track of," said Don Robertson, a spokesman for the county. "We have some bridges that are out [and] a lot of flash flood conditions."

The bodies of cousins David F. Dryden, 70, and John W. Dryden, 59, were found Saturday in the Poquoson River where it empties into Chesapeake Bay, the Coast Guard said. Their boat was found capsized Friday night in seas with waves up to 5 feet and 50 mph wind gusts, Petty Officer Kip Wadlow said.

The National Weather Service said rainfall since Friday ranged from 4 inches to 9 inches as a storm stalled over the state and a band of rain drenched central Virginia to Hampton Roads.

In Richmond's Battery Park, police went door-to-door to more than 40 homes and apartment buildings to enforce the city-ordered evacuation. A month ago, the area was flooded during Tropical Depression Ernesto, causing $9 million in property damage and the condemnation of 68 properties. More than 250 homes were evacuated then.

The latest evacuation involved about 100 residents, said Britt Drewes, a spokeswoman for the Department of Public Works. An emergency shelter was opened.

"These residents are so sad to see this again," Drewes said. "When the rain started, everybody cringed. There's just frustration."

A broken sewer main fouled the flood waters and brought vermin and snakes into some residents' homes during Ernesto. Forty million gallons of water a day is being pumped from the neighborhood, but that doesn't keep up with the rain, Drewes said.