The Rooster

"Cock-A-Doodle-Do"

"Okeydoke"

How much snow does it take to break glass?

January 31, 2006.

A lot. More than one can shovel away from the doorway to get to the broken pane and more than can be moved away from the glass wall.

Where do you put the snow once it has been percipitated against the house?

The driveway? Who cleared that? The street? Who cleared that?

Snow is an insulator as long as it doesn't crush the house.

Nowhere to run, nowhere to hide. The evacuation plan for the helicopters might be the same answer as Katrina. A hole in the roof.

How many snowballs does it take to break a glass?

January 31, 2006.

This snow had no velocity, only weight.

Boscochiesanuova (Verona), Italy.

Photographer states :: Almost 2 meters of snow felt during last snowfall, the hugest since 1985 here in northern Italy/

Now. Realize this. What happens when the heat from a home has no place to go except out a broken window. What do you do? Place a wood panel against the broken pane and reinforce. Let's home while you are displacing the weight back out the window other panes don't break in the process. The best solution is to think igloo and turn the heat down and dress warm.

You don't believe me? This picture is called "Stuck."

January 31, 2006.

Boscochiesanuova (Verona), Italy.

Photographer states : Almost 2 meters of snow felt during last snowfall, the hugest since 1985 here in northern Italy

The roof escape has to occur before the collapse of the structure and/or there is more snow than can be moved aside to leave the house.

January 31, 2006.

Boscochiesanuova (Verona), Italy.

Photographer states :: Buried house and Beric hills on the background. The hills on the background belong to vicenza, a historical city near Venice.

Snow can cut off oxygen. Avalanche equipment in a home that allows people to breath under snow might be an interesting addition to the Global Warming Survival Gear.

January 30, 2006.

Astoria, Oregon.

Photographer states :: 3 trees are on the ground.

January 30, 2006;

Astoria, Oregon.

Photographer states :: My neighbors beautiful Victorian. After the high wind last night.

Morning Papers - It's Origins

Missing in Action - January

1st

1966 KIRKSEY ROBERT L. MOBILE AL
1968 DENNISON JAMES R. ROCHESTER NY LOST AT SEA
1968 HANLEY TERENCE H. GARDINER ME
1968 HERRIN HENRY H. JR. WEST SPRINGFIELD MA
1969 CLACK CECIL J. CHESTER SC

2nd

1966 MAC LAUGHLIN DONALD C. BALTIMORE MD
1967 MENGES GEORGE BRUCE MAPLE HEIGHTS OH REMAINS RETURNED 08/80 BY INDIGINOUS
1970 BROOKS NICHOLAS G. NEWBURGH NY REMAINS RETURNED 02/03/82
1970 FRYAR BRUCE C. RIDGEWOOD NJ
1970 LINDSTROM RONNIE G. DULUTH MN
1970 WEST JOHN T. BALTIMORE MD

3rd

1968 ANDERSON ROGER D. DAYTON TX 01/12/68 ESCAPED
1968 BEAN JAMES E. COX'S CREEK KY 03/14/73 RELEASED BY DRV ALIVE IN 98
1968 ELLIS BILLY J. ELIZABETHTON TN
1968 ESTES EDWARD D. MARIONVILLE MO 03/14/73 RELEASED BY DRV ALIVE AND WELL 98
1968 LANCASTER KENNETH R. SILVER SPRINGS MD
1971 AYRES JAMES H. PAMPA TX
1971 HOLGUIN LUIS G. OXNARD CA
1971 MAGEE PATRICK J. ALDER MT
1971 OMELIA DENNIS W. SMITHFIELD NC
1971 OKERLUND THOMAS R. SEATTLE WA
1971 PALEN CARL A. DUBUQUE IA
1971 PARSONS MICHAEL D. RENO NV
1971 RHODES FERRIS A JR. GREENWOOD SC
1971 STRATTON CHARLES W. DALLAS TX
1973 SCAIFE KENNETH DOYLE JOHNSTOWN PA
1975 RAWLINGS JAMES REFNO 2050 REMAINS ID 07 FEB 94

4th

1968 MINNICH RICHARD W. COLLEGEVILLE PA REMAINS RECOVERED 12/04/85
1969 LANE MITCHELL S. ALBUQUERQUE NM
1969 NEELD BOBBY G. ALBUQUERQUE NM
1973 JOHNSTON STEVEN B. MUSKOGEE OK

5th

1967 STRATTON RICHARD A. (DICK) QUINCY MA 03/04/73 RELEASED BY DRV ALIVE AND WELL 98
1968 ANTON FRANCIS G. WILLINBORO NJ 03/16/73 RELEASED BY DRV ALIVE AND WELL 98
1968 BRIGGS ERNEST F. DEVINE TX NO SIGN OF CREW
1968 FOULKS RALPH E. RIDGECREST CA REMAINS IDENTIFIED 12 JAN 93
1968 FANTLE SAMUEL SIOUX FALLS SD 09/30/77 REMAINS RETURNED BY SRV
1968 GALLAGHER JOHN T. HAMDEN CT NO SIGN OF CREW
1968 HAMILTON DENNIS C. BARNES CITY IA NO SIGN OF CREW
1968 HARTNEY JAMES C. FORT LAUDERDALE FL 07/77 SPECIAL CHANGE REMAINS RET ID 11/20/89
1968 JONES WILLIAM E. FORT WORTH TX REMAINS RECOVERED 08/14/85
1968 LEWIS ROBERT III HOUSTON TX 03/05/73 RELEASED BY PRG ALIVE IN 98
1968 PFISTER JAMES F. JR. INDIANAPOLIS IN 03/05/73 RELEASED BY PRG ALIVE IN 98
1968 SCHULTZ SHELDON D. ALTOONA PA NO SIGN OF CREW
1968 SCHWEITZER ROBERT J. ORELAND PA 03/14/73 RELEASED BY DRV DECEASED
1968 WILLIAMSON JAMES D. TUMWATER WA NO SIGN OF CREW
1970 BURNES ROBERT WAYNE EDMOND OK
1970 ROBINSON LARRY WARREN RANDOLPH NE
1971 CRAMER DONALD M. ST LOUIS MO

6th

1967 MULLEN RICHARD D. CHICAGO IL 03/04/73 RELEASED BY DRV ALIVE AND WELL 98
1971 MILLER CARLTON P. JR. MELROSE MA
1973 LINDAHL JOHN C. LINDSBOURG KS

7th

1966 CALLANAN RICHARD JOSEPH CONCORD CA
1966 GREENLEY JON ALFRED FARGO ND
1968 BREWER LEE 01/08/68 ESCAPED
1968 NELSON STEVEN N. 01/21/68 ESCAPED
1968 ROHA MICHAEL R. CA 01/21/68 ESCAPED DECEASED 25 MARCH 97
1968 STONE JAMES M. MIAMI FL
1968 TRUJILLO ROBERT S. SANTA FE NM
1969 WELSH LARRY D. KANSAS CITY KS
1970 HOFF MICHAEL G. ORANGE PARK FL
1970 OCHAB ROBERT HOLLIS NY

8th

1968 BIFOLCHI CHARLES L. QUINCY MA
1968 CANNON FRANCES E. PHOENIX AZ 09/68 ON PRG DIC LIST REMAINS RETURNED 08/14/85
1968 FISCHER RICHARD W. MADISON WI
1968 HARKER DAVID N. LUNCHBURG VA 03/05/73 RELEASED BY PRG ALIVE IN 98
1968 SMITH HALLIE W. PORTLAND OR
1968 STRICKLAND JAMES H. DUNN NC 11/05/69 RELEASED
1968 WILLIAMS RICHARD F. (TOP) SAN LEANDRO CA 09/27/68 ON PRG DIC LIST REMAINS RETURNED 08/14/85
1971 CURRY KEITH R. SALEM WV
1973 BUSH ELBERT W. JACKSON MS REMAINS RETURNED 1996 ID'D 10/04/99
1973 DEANE WILLIAM L. ORLANDO FL REMAINS RETURNED 1996 ID'D 10/04/99
1973 KNUTSON RICHARD A. HALLOCK MN REMAINS RETURNED AND IDENTIFIED 11/95
1973 LAUTERIO MANUEL A. LOS ANGELES CA REMAINS RETURNED 1996 ID 10/04/99
1973 STINSON WILLIAM S. GEORGIANA AL REMAINS ID'D 11/03/99
1973 WILSON MICKEY A. MOUNTAIN VIEW CA REMAINS RETURNED 1996 ID 10/04/99

9th

1966 SCHIMBERG JAMES P. CEDAR RAPIDS IA REMAINS RETURNED 12/22/98
1966 WILLIAMS THADDEUS E. MOBILE AL REMAINS RETURNED 12/22/98
1968 DALY JAMES A. JR. BROOKLYN NY 03/16/73 RELEASED BY PRG DECEASED
1968 GREEN NORMAN M. WASHINGTON DC
1968 IRSCH WAYNE C. TULSA OK
1968 NEWTON WARREN E. CANBY OR
1968 PHIPPS JAMES L. MATOON IL
1968 RAMOS RAINIER S. BELLINGHAM WA
1968 REHE RICHARD R. LONG BEACH CA 01/68 DIC ACCORDING TO DALY
1968 SYKES DERRI CHICAGO IL 10/68 DIC ACCORDING TO DALY
1968 WATKINS WILLIE A. SUMTER NC 11/05/69 RELEASED
1969 BYRD HUGH M. JR. BEREA KY
1969 O'BRIEN KEVIN FARMINGVILLE NY

10th

1967 GAULEY JAMES P. RINGWOOD OK
1967 STOVES MERRITT III BIRMINGHAM AL
1968 HOPPER EARL P. JR. GLENDALE AZ EJECTION PROBLEMS CRASH
1968 HALL KEITH N. GRAND FORKS ND 03/14/73 RELEASED BY DRV ALIVE AND WELL 98
1969 SPROTT ARTHUR R. JR. DELRAY BEACH FL
1970 ALLEN WAYNE C. TEWKSBURY MA REMAINS RETURNED 09/90 ID'D 04/91
1970 CROSBY HERBERT C. GA
1970 HOWES GEORGE A. KNOX IN
1973 CLARK ROBERT A. NORTH HOLLYWOOD CA
1973 MC CORMICK MICHAEL T. HONOLULU HI

11th

1966 GODFREY JOHNNY HOWARD PHOENIX AZ
1968 ANDERSON DENIS L. HOPE KS CRASH NO SEARCH
1968 BUCK ARTHUR C. SANDUSKY OH CRASH NO SEARCH
1968 MANCINI RICHARD M. AMSTERDAM NY CRASH NO SEARCH
1968 OLSON DELBERT A. CASSELTON ND CRASH NO SEARCH
1968 ROBERTS MICHAEL L. PURVIS MS CRASH NO SEARCH
1968 SIOW GALE R. HUNTINGTON PARK CA CRASH NO SEARCH
1968 STEVENS PHILLIP P. TWIN LAKE MI CRASH NO SEARCH
1968 THORESEN DONALD N. DETROIT MI CRASH NO SEARCH
1968 WIDON KENNETH H. DETROIT MI CRASH NO SEARCH
1970 CHORLINS RICHARD DAVID UNIVERSITY CITY MO

12th

1967 KEMP CLAYTON CHARLES WHEATRIDGE CO
1967 REINECKE WAYNE CONRAD MILWAUKIE OR
1968 COHRON JAMES D. CENTERVILLE IA
1968 PORT WILLIAM D. ELIZABETHTOWN PA 11/68 DIC ON PRG LIST REMAINS RETURNED 08/14/85

13th

1961 DUFFY CHARLES J. CAPT W/LAO JPRC FILE POSS DEAD REFNO 0002
1967 CRONIN MICHAEL P. PITTSBURGH PA 03/04/73 RELEASED BY DRV ALIVE IN 96
1967 TURLEY MORVAN DARRELL KANSAS CITY MO 10/12/67 REMAINS RECOVERED
1969 EATON NORMAN D. WEATHERFORD OK

14th

1964 HICKMAN VINCENT JOSEPH NEW YORK NY ACFT CRASH EXPLODE BURN REFNO 0027
1964 MITCHELL CARL BERG MT STERLING KY ACFT CRASH EXPLODE BURN
1966 PRUNER WILLIAM R. 01/17/66 REMAINS RECOVERED
1967 CANUP FRANKLIN H. JR. CONCORD NC
1968 HORNE STANLEY W. LOS ANGELES CA REMAINS RETURNED 4/08/90 I.D. 11/14/90
1968 LEBERT RONALD M. WATERTOWN SD 03/14/73 RELEASED BY DRV ALIVE IN 98
1968 SUMPTER THOMAS W. NASHVILLE TN 03/14/73 RELEASED BY DRV DECEASED 02/26/95
1968 TERRELL IRBY D. HOUSTON TX 03/14/73 RELEASED BY DRV " ""DAVE"" ALIVE AND WELL 98"
1968 WALKER HUBERT C. TULSA OK 03/14/73 RELEASED BY DRV " ""CLIFF"" ALIVE AND WELL 98"
1969 GUGGENBERGER GARY J. COLD SPRING MN 02/12/73 RELEASED BY PRG INJURED ALIVE IN 98

15th

1968 SKARMAN ORVAL H. DULUTH MN NO RETURN FROM R&R
1970 TUBBS GLENN E. AMARILLO TX
1971 HARWOOD JAMES A. DALLAS TX
1971 KINSMAN GERALD F. FOXBORO MA

16th

1966 HOLLINGSWORTH HAL T. GRACE ID
1966 NETH FRED A. FORT SCOTT KS
1966 SCHOONOVER CHARLES D. INDIANAPOLIS IN
1966 WOOD DON C. PROVO UT POSS CAPTURED IN ID'D IN PL FILM
1967 KERR MICHAEL S. SAN DIEGO CA 03/04/73 RELEASED BY DRV ALIVE 99
1967 MASTIN RONALD L. BELOIT KS 03/04/73 RELEASED BY DRV ALIVE IN 98
1967 STOREY THOMAS G. KANSAS CITY MO "03/04/73 RELEASED BY DRV (DECATUR, IL)" ALIVE IN 98
1967 WELCH ROBERT J. DETROIT MI POSSIBLY WENT IN WITH PLANE
1968 BIGGS EARL R. MATHENY WV "ARVN ADVISOR, UNIT AMBUSHED-SFG CO D 5TH SFG" " REMAINS RETURNED, ID 1/17/90"
1968 COOLEY ORVILLE D. RANGE WY A/C OVERBD 7 RESCUED
1968 GEE PAUL STUART MANITOWISH WATERS WI
1968 MORELAND WILLIAM D. MONTEBELLO CA
1968 MOE THOMAS N. ARLINGTON VA 03/14/73 RELEASED BY DRV ALIVE AND WELL 98
1968 PARRISH FRANK C. CLEBURNE TX 01/72 REMAINS RECOVERED
1968 REEDY WILLIAM HENRY JR. MERCED CA A/C OVRBD 7 RESCUED
1968 THOMPSON WILLIAM JOSEPH KANSAS CITY KS

17th

1966 RAMSEY DOUGLAS K. BOULDER CITY NV 02/12/73 RELEASED BY PRG ALIVE IN 98
1967 COGDELL WILLIAM K. GREENTOWN IN REMAINS ID'D 5/24/94
1967 KROGMAN ALVA R. WORLAND WY
1967 WOZNIAK FREDERICK J. ALPENA MI ACFT DISAP NO TRACE OF CREW
1967 WRIGHT GARY G. SAN DIEGO CA ACFT DISAP NO TRACE OF CREW
1968 WILKE ROBERT F. MILWAUKEE WI
1969 FICKLER EDWIN JAMES KEWASKUM WI
1969 KUHLMAN ROBERT JOHN JR. RICHMOND IN
1969 SMITH VICTOR A. SILVER SPRINGS MD
1971 MIRRER ROBERT H. NEWARK NJ

18th

1964 METOYER BRYFORD G. OAKDALE LA AC IN SEA-3 RECOVERED N/SUBJ
1964 STRALEY JOHN L. BEAVER FALLS PA AC IN SEA- 3 RECOVERED N/SUBJ
1967 MADSEN MARLOW E. MINNEAPOLIS MN
1968 BOLES WARREN W. MARBLEHEAD NECK MA
1968 HINCKLEY ROBERT B. SPRINGFIELD ME 03/14/73 RELEASED BY DRV ALIVE IN 98
1968 JONES ROBERT C. MADISON NJ 03/14/73 RELEASED BY DRV ALIVE AND WELL 98
1968 ROEHRICH RONALD L. SPRINGDALE AR
1968 SMITH WAYNE O. LOUISVILLE KY 03/14/73 RELEASED BY DRV ALIVE AND WELL 98
1968 SIMONET KENNETH A. CHICAGO IL 03/14/73 RELEASED BY DRV
1969 COADY ROBERT F. NEW ORLEANS LA

19th

1967 ASHBY DONALD R. SR. NEWPORT NEWS VA
1967 BRADY ALLEN C. NORFOLK VA 03/04/73 RELEASED BY DRV ALIVE AND WELL 98
1967 EHRLICH DENNIS MICHAEL POMPTON PLAINS NJ
1967 JAYROE JULIUS S. GEORGETOWN SC 03/04/73 RELEASED BY DRV ALIVE AND WELL 98
1967 KRAMER GALAND D. NORMAN OK 02/12/73 RELEASED BY DRV ALIVE IN 98
1967 YARBROUGH WILLIAM P. JR. ABILENE TX PROBABLY DEAD REMAINS RETURNED 08/14/85
1968 JOHNSON WILLIAM D. ROCKY MOUNT NC
1968 MURRAY PATRICK PETER ST PAUL MN REMAINS RETURNED 04/10/86
1968 WALLACE HOBART MCKINLE JR SHARON WV
1974 KOSH GERALD E. 01/31/74 RELEASED HONG KONG

20th

1968 HOLLEY TILDEN S. CAMERON TX "POSS DEAD, EJEC, KILLED IN SHOOTOUT"
1968 KETTERER JAMES A. MILWAUKEE WI POSS DEAD
1972 BERDAHL DAVID D. MINOT ND
1972 EDWARDS HARRY J. HOLLY HILL SC REMAINS IDENTIFIED 01 JULY 85

21st

1966 EGAN JAMES T. JR. MOUNTAINSIDE NJ
1967 BAUGH WILLIAM J. PIQUA OH 03/04/73 RELEASED BY DRV ALIVE AND WELL 1998
1967 CONLEY EUGENE O. AKRON OH
1967 HOGAN JERRY FRANKS TUSCALOOSA AL
1967 KERNS ARTHUR W. EL PASO TX ARMY PFOD 12/23/66 SAIGON VICINITY GRID XS820960 DIA=AWOL ARMY=PFOD REFNO 2058
1967 SPOON DONALD R. MOUND CITY MO 03/04/73 RELEASED BY DRV ALIVE AND WELL 98
1968 COALSTON ECHOL W. JR. MEMPHIS TN
1968 ELLIOTT JERRY W. GREENVILLE MS
1968 HILL BILLY D. FALLON NV
1968 KIMSEY WILLIAM A. JR. RELIANCE TN
1968 RAMSAY CHARLES J. NEWARK NJ RADIO CONTACT LOST
1973 CHRISTOPHERSEN KEITH A. SOUTH ST. PAUL MN OVERBOARD CVA61 SEARCH NEG
1973 PARKER CHARLES L. JR. SAN DIEGO CA OVERBOARD CVA61 SEARCH NEG
1973 WIEHR RICHARD D. MANKATO MN OVERBOARD CAV61 SEARCH NEG

22nd

1966 FORMAN WILLIAM S. PIPESTONE MN
1966 FRENYEA EDMUND M. UKIAH CA LOST AT SEA
1966 GRISSETT EDWIN R. SAN JUAN TX REMAINS RETURNED 06/89
1966 SENNETT ROBERT R. MAR VISTA CA
1966 TEMPLIN ERWIN B. JR. HOUSTON TX
1969 ROSS DOUGLAS A. TEMPLE CITY CA REMAINS RETURNED IDENTIFIED 03/06/98
1974 JONES DIANE 02/03/74 RELEASED FROM QUANG NGAI
1974 MARKHAM JAMES M. 12/74 RETURNED FROM VISIT
1974 QUINN JUDGE SOPHIE RELEASED FROM QUANG NGAI 02/03/74 DETAINED TWICE 74 AND 4/75
1974 BENOIT CHARLES 12/74 RETURNED FROM VISIT

23rd

1967 BRIDGER BARRY B. BLADENBORO NC 03/04/73 RELEASED BY DRV ALIVE IN 98
1967 GRAY DAVID F. FT. WALTON BEACH FL "03/04/73 RELEASED BY DRV (DAYTONA BEACH, FL)" ALIVE AND WELL 98
1968 RAMSDEN GERALD LEE FRESNO CA
1969 HENDERSON WILLIAM R. CINCINNATI OH 01/27/69 REMAINS RECOVERED
1969 LUSTER ROBERT L. TIFFIN OH 01/27/69 REMAINS RECOVERED 1976 ID DISPUTED
1969 MOORMAN FRANK D. CLIFTON NJ 01/27/69 REMAINS RECOVERED
1970 ANZALDUA JOSE J. JR. REFUGIO TX 03/27/73 RELEASED BY PRG ALIVE IN 98

24th

1966 BOOZE DELMAR G. PAPILLION NE
1966 HELBER LAWRENCE N. LOGAN OH
1966 PITT ALBERT HAMPSTEAD NY
1966 SPRICK DOYLE R. FT CALHOUN NE
1967 SIMPSON MAX C. CARLSBAD NM

25th

1967 WALLACE ARNOLD B. SAN LEANDRO CA

26th

1966 GRUBB WILBER N. ALDAN PA 03/13/74 REMAINS RETURNED " USG STATES ""WILMER"""
1967 MORGAN THOMAS RAYMOND AKRON OH REFNO 0584 TAIL # 2911 REMAINS ID 07/28/97
1968 DUNN MICHAEL E. NAPERVILLE IL REMAINS RETURNED 12/09/99
1968 EIDSMOE NORMAN E. RAPID CITY SD REMAINS RETURNED 12/09/99
1969 SINGLETON DANIEL L. AKRON OH
1969 UTLEY RUSSEL K. SAN FRANCISCO CA
1971 CARTER GERALD LYNN WINSTON OR

27th

1968 CORDOVA ROBERT J. BOYS TOWN NE
1969 CONGER JOHN E. LEBANON OH
1973 HALL HARLEY H. VANCOUVER WA KIENTZLER TOLD HALL KILLED REMAINS RETURNED 6/95 WIFE DISPUTES I.D.
1973 KIENTZLER PHILLIP A. POWAY CA 03/27/73 RELEASED BY PRG
1973 MORRIS GEORGE W. JR. ALHAMBRA CA "GOOD CHUTE, POSS VOICE CONTACT"
1973 PETERSON MARK A. CANTON OH "GOOD CHUTE, POSS VOICE CONTACT"
1974 BELL STEVE "DETAINED 24 HOURS, RELEASED"
1974 COLLINS PETER "DETAINED 24 HOURS, RELEASED"

28th

1966 MC PHERSON FRED LAWER OAKLAND CA
1967 BIEDIGER LARRY W. LA COSTE TX REM RET 06/03/83
1967 THORNTON WILLIAM D. TERRYTOWN NY
1968 BENGE MICHAEL 03/05/73 RELEASED BY PRG ALIVE IN 98
1968 SINGSON WILFREDO D.
1970 ANDERSON GREGORY L. WHEATON IL "MIG HIT, EXPLODED"
1970 BELL HOLLY G. BEAUMONT TX "MIG HIT, EXPLODED - REMAINS RETURNED 05/89"
1970 LEESER LEONARD C. FLORAL PARK NY "MIG HIT, EXPLODED, SHORT BEEPER"
1970 MALLON RICHARD J. PORTLAND OR REMAINS RETURNED 05/89
1970 PANEK ROBERT J. SR. CHICAGO IL PROBABLY KIA REMAINS RETURNED 04/89
1970 PRUETT WILLIAM D. BLUEFIELD VA "MIG HIT, SHORT BEEPER"
1970 SHINN WILLIAM C. WOODLAND CA "MIG HIT, EXPLODED, SHORT BEEPER"
1970 SUTTON WILLIAM C. GOLDSBORO NC "MIG HIT, EXPLODED, SHORT BEEPER"

29th

1966 BADOLATI FRANK N. GOFFSTOWN NH BAD WOUND PROB DEAD
1966 HODGSON CECIL J. GREENVILLE TX
1966 TERRY RONALD T. NIAGARA FALLS NY SHOTS HEARD
1967 SILVA CLAUDE ARNOLD MONTE VISTA CO NO SUBSEQ INTEL INFO
1968 MILLS JAMES DALE COMMERCE TX
1968 MULLEAVEY QUINTEN EMILE NORTH WOODSTOCK NH NOT ON OFFICIAL DIA LIST. REFNO 2057
1968 WHITE CHARLES E. BESSEMER AL "POSS DEAD, IMPALED"
1969 CAMPBELL WILLIAM E. MC ALLEN TX
1969 HOLTON ROBERT E. BUTTE MT
1971 LINEBERGER HAROLD B. AUSTIN TX DEAD
1971 MIXTER DAVID I. DARIEN CT

30th

1973 DUENSING JAMES ALLYN LOS ALTOS CA
1973 HAVILAND ROY ELBERT NEW YORK NY

31st

1966 HAMILTON EUGENE DAVID PEPPERALL AL
1967 BARDEN HOWARD L. CAYAHOGA FALLS OH CRASH SURVIV POSS BUT NO SIGN
1967 BULLOCK LARRY A. SOMERSET KY
1967 KUBLEY ROY R. GLIDDEN WI CRASH SURVIV POSS BUT NO SIGN
1967 MIYAZAKI RONALD K. WAIALUA HI CRASH SURVIV POSS BUT NO SIGN
1967 MULHAUSER HARVEY CHARLOTTESVILLE VA CRASH SURVIV POSS BUT NO SIGN
1967 WALKER LLOYD F. MT ANGEL OR CRASH SURVIV POSS BUT NO SIGN
1968 BADUA CANDIDO C. PHILIPPINES RELEASED MARCH 1973 NOT ON DIA LIST
1968 COCHEO RICHARD N. TAKEN FROM HIS HOUSE YINH LONG
1968 KJOME MICHAEL 02/12/73 RELEASED BY PRG INJURED 1986 DECEASED
1968 LACEY RICHARD J. PITTSBURGH PA
1968 YOUNG JOHN A. CHICAGO IL 03/16/73 RELEASED BY PRG MEMB PEACE COMM ACCUSED COLLAB
1971 CARTWRIGHT PATRICK G. RENO NV

Climate Change Up Close and Personal

Also known as "Get your bids in early on Arctic Ocean Drilling."


Ice surprise prompts study cash
29.09.2003
By SIMON COLLINS science reporter
An American clothing billionaire who was surprised to find he could sail through Canada's normally icebound Northwest Passage has given $500,000 to scientists at Waikato University to study abrupt changes in the climate.
Gary Comer, the founder of America's biggest seller of clothing on the internet, Lands' End, sold his company to Sears Roebuck for US$1.9 billion last year.
Waikato University chemistry professor Chris Hendy said the sale gave the businessman from Dodgeville, Wisconsin, time to indulge his passion - yachting.
"About three years ago he was sailing the yacht around northern Canada and instructed his captain to point it into the Northwest Passage and see how far they could go," Professor Hendy said.
"To everyone's surprise, he sailed out the other end. That set him thinking about climate change."
The fabled passage, a 1500km water route over the top of Canada from west of Greenland to the Bering Strait between Alaska and Siberia, is normally blocked by ice and only navigable by icebreakers.
But an article in the US journal Science last year predicted that the route could be ice-free within 10 years because of rapid warming of the Arctic. Last week Auckland-born scientist Warwick Vincent said the region was warming by 0.4C a decade.
Professor Hendy said history showed that warming, once started, could happen very quickly.
"Abrupt climate changes have occurred about five times in the last 65,000 years and have resulted in a very rapid warming of the Earth, typically 3-4C in a space as little as 10 years," he said.
A warming about 15,000 years ago brought a sudden end to the last ice age. Later Earth cooled again for about 3000 years, then warmed dramatically again about 12,000 years ago and held at the new temperatures.
This long warm period has allowed human civilisation to flourish.
Professor Hendy said the abruptness of the past warming events had become known only in the past few years when scientists drilled deep "cores" into the ice in Greenland and into sediment under the North Atlantic.
He has seen signs of similar events in a core drilled 100km east of the South Island, where rocky fragments from the Southern Alps seem to have been washed into the sea in "pulses".
During ice ages, glaciers advanced and carved out valleys, depositing rocky debris where they finally come to rest. Much of the debris was washed out to sea.
But in warm periods, such as the present, the glaciers retreated and lakes formed behind the piles of debris that marked the furthest extent of the ice-age glaciers.
Most of the material being eroded off the Alps is now trapped in lakes such as Pukaki, Hawea and Wanaka.
Professor Hendy said more evidence was available in a core taken 300km west of New Zealand by a French research ship five years ago. But this country could not afford to buy the core, and it was being held in Germany.
When he heard that Mr Comer wanted to fund climate change research, he sent him a proposal to study the core. "He accepted."
A post-doctoral fellow at Waikato, Dr Penny Cooke, 38, will go to Germany next month to collect about a teaspoon-full of material at 2cm intervals in the 35m core, a total of about 2kg.
"It's amazing what you can get out of 2kg," she said.
Warming up
* The Northwest Passage region is warming by 0.4C a decade.
* Warming can happen very quickly, typically 3-4C in as little as 10 years, says a chemistry professor.
* American billionaire's gift will be used to study climate change in a core sample taken 300km west of New Zealand.

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/category/story.cfm?c_id=26&objectid=3526000



Europe's freeze kills dozens more
27.01.06 11.20am
By Martin Dokoupil
BUCHAREST - Freezing temperatures have killed more than 50 people across parts of Europe in recent days and badly disrupted road, air and sea travel today.
Romania blamed the bitter cold for the deaths of 37 people this week, the victims dying of heart attacks, hypothermia, excessive alcohol consumption and breathing problems.
At least nine of the victims were homeless, mirroring a trend in Russia which is experiencing the coldest winter in a generation and where the current cold snap originated.
Five people, most of them homeless, froze to death in Croatia in the past two days, the leading daily Vecernji List reported, quoting police sources.
Most of Georgia was without electricity when its power network went down, leaving the tiny state shivering in sub-zero temperatures.
High winds and bad weather cut a power line, pitching the eastern half of the country into darkness. The capital, Tbilisi, was also without electricity after a unit at a power station collapsed under the strain of having to work at full capacity.

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/search/story.cfm?storyid=00029512-24FA-13D9-9DBC83027AF1025E



Search for climate change champions
Jan 30 2006

The Government is searching for young environmentalists in the West Midlands to act as climate change champions.
One youngster will be picked from the region to become one of nine champions from across the country to act as the voices of climate change in their area.
They will spend a year in office, helping to spread the word about climate change to their communities through local activities.
They will also have a number of engagements throughout the year, including a fact-finding tour to Switzerland to witness the effects of climate change at the Gurschen glacier.
The nine champions will also have the opportunity to meet a senior Government Minister to discuss climate change in the UK and to put forward their ideas on how to communicate information about the issue.

http://icbirmingham.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/0100localnews/tm_objectid=16644729&method=full&siteid=50002&headline=search-for-climate-change-champions-name_page.html



Bad weather hampers search for missing PNG fishermen
Eight Papua New Guinea fishermen are missing in waters between PNG and Australia, after leaving on a fishing trip two weeks ago.
The eight men had been fishing at a reef near Thursday Island when they ran out of fuel on their way back to Daru in PNG's Western Province.
Search and rescue efforts have been hampered by bad weather, with monsoon winds battering the PNG south coast since last week.
Authorities have conceded there is little chance of finding the vessel and its occupants.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200601/s1558836.htm



Tornado season looms, ASU ready for bad weather
M.D. Andrews
January 30, 2006
Tornadoes can, and do, happen at any time of the year. The spring and summer months, however, are generally acknowledged as tornado season. During this time tornadoes may occur with greater frequency and intensity. This may be especially true in the area of the United States known as ‘tornado alley’, which includes Arkansas.
The formation of tornadoes is to some degree predictable. Technology has the ability to recognize the right conditions for their formation. Under these conditions a tornado ‘watch’ might be declared, which means thatM.D. Andrews a tornado is a possibility. There is no guarantee that these conditions will produce a tornado, but those under a watch should closely monitor the weather. If a tornado is spotted, the National Weather Service will issue a ‘warning’ through local radio or television stations. If this happens seek shelter immediately. Experts agree that it is safest to avoid windows, and go to a center room on the lowest level of the building.
During severe weather conditions students can tune in to the university station KASU 91.9 for updated information. In addition, Jonesboro has sirens that will be sounded in case of a tornado warning. During a tornado warning, Arkansas Hall and the Laboratory Sciences Building will be designated as shelters.
The University Police Department has an automated emergency alert system. After a supervisor makes an initial call, the system then spreads the warning to phones on campus. It is unclear, however, if the system is currently in operation.
Students also should be aware of other dangers that can be caused by tornadoes or severe storms. Namely, broken gas lines or downed power lines. These should be immediately reported to the UPD. The danger of a gas leak is obvious, but it may not be apparent if a downed power line is live. Do not attempt to move or go around it.
Fire is a year round hazard that has no particular season, and may give no warning. The best defense against fire is preparation and training. Periodic fire drills are a fact of life in the university’s residence halls. These drills involve residents of the hall, as well as the resident assistants and the hall director. The resident assistants check the rooms on all floors to make sure all residents are clear.
Chief Kevin Miller, of the Jonesboro Fire Department, said that his department has a good working relationship with the UPD. Miller is the Division Chief of Training at fire station number 1, on Stadium Road. Miller said that in addition to conducting annual inspections, they also assist in training for RAs. He said that for one training session, simulated dorms had been set up to let RAs train under controlled circumstances.
Student residents of ASU housing can get tornado and fire safety information from their hall director or resident assistant. Information can also be found at Residents life, and in the online student handbook.
http://www.asuherald.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2006/01/30/43de59ec9373e



Dozens of flights delayed in Guangzhou for bad weather in the north
2006-1-31 11:12:26 CRIENGLISH.com
Dozens of flights were delayed or even canceled in Guangzhou, capital of south China's Guangdong Province, on Monday because of bad weather in the northern regions of the country.
According to a report on Tuesday's Nanfang Daily, Flight 9312 from Guangzhou to the eastern municipality of Shanghai and Flight 1328 from Guangzhou to Beijing were canceled on Monday.
Other delayed flights included Flight 3519 from Guangzhou to Huangshan, Flight 3539 from Guangzhou to Nanchang, Flight 3521 from Guangzhou to Hangzhou, Flight 303 from Guangzhou to Hong Kong and Flight 5238 from Guangzhou to Ningbo.
Strong winds have caused dropping temperatures, rain and snow in the northern regions of China in the past couple of days, when the country of 1.3 billion people is celebrating its most important holidays in a year, the Spring Festival or the Chinese Lunar New Year, according to the national meteorological bureau.

http://en.chinabroadcast.cn/2238/2006-1-31/138@296425.htm



In Italy

BAD WEATHER: SEA CROSSINGS TO SICILIAN ISLANDS CLOSED
(AGI) - Palermo, Jan. 30 - Sea links to Sicily's islands are all closed this morning due to bad weather. Strong winds and very rough seas are causing problems almost everywhere in the region. The following islands are currently cut off from the mainland: Aeolian islands, Lampedusa, Linosa, Pantelleria and Ustica. Ferries and hydrofoils are stuck in port.(AGI) .
301058 GEN 06

http://www.agi.it/english/news.pl?doc=200601301058-1029-RT1-CRO-0-NF11&page=0&id=agionline-eng.oggitalia



Salvation Army earthquake relief team in Pakistan begins reconstruction plans
The Salvation Army is putting together plans for major reconstruction work in the earthquake-affected mountain areas of north-west Pakistan. Major Cedric Hills, The Salvation Army's International Emergency Services Coordinator, has just returned from visiting the area and reports, 'It was cold, wet and pretty miserable -- and that was only in the low-lying towns at the foot of the mountains. The weather was so bad that the mountain tracks were impassable and I was unable to get up into the mountains to meet with villagers. Around 150,000 people have been relocated from these communities into tent camps in Balakot and Manshera but many have chosen to remain and see out the winter.'

http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/EKOI-6LK56Y?OpenDocument



Pakistan: Shelter remains top priority
Winter weather continues to complicate aid deliveries in the mountains of northern Pakistan, where nearly 150 Mercy Corps aid workers continue to respond to the immense needs created by October's 7.6-magnitude earthquake
Shelter remains the top priority. Teams of agency aid workers continue to disseminate 9-foot-long sheets of corrugated metal to use as roofing material for temporary dwellings. More than 13,000 sheets were delivered to families last week, along with 1,200 stoves, 10,000 blankets and 2,000 quilts.
Mercy Corps teams are also working feverishly to ensure families living in large-scale tent camps have clean water and proper sanitation. In one such camp in Kastra, Mercy Corps built latrines and a bathroom, piped water to six new taps and engineered a tank system to hold 8,000 gallons of water.

http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/KHII-6LK4FW?OpenDocument



Pakistan wants ICC to allow six-day Tests in winter
Karachi, Jan 31: Pakistan cricket authorities will ask the International Cricket Council (ICC) to allow six-day tests to be played in winter to reduce the impact of bad light and poor weather on play.
Pakistan would also start experimenting with orange cricket balls in domestic matches to combat the problem of poor light, Shaharyar Khan, chairman of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), told a news conference on Monday.

http://www.zeenews.com/znnew/articles.asp?aid=272347&ssid=88&sid=SPO



Schools Close Due to Continuous Rain
By fijivillage
Jan 31, 2006, 14:54
Continuous heavy rain in the Northern Division has led to the closure of some of the schools in Labasa.
The Schools that are closed so far are Nadogo Secondary School, Wainikoro Public School, Navualevu Primary School and All Saints Secondary School.
Some of the school Principals told Village News that student turn out in some of the schools is very low and they are thinking of sending children home in the next hour.

http://www.fijivillage.com/artman/publish/article_26707.shtml



Bus Company Resumes Service
By fijivillage
Jan 31, 2006, 14:44
Only one bus company, Vatukoula Express Limited, has resumed service along the Kings road today.
Two other bus companies have opted to stay out from resuming services unless the Public Works Department assures them that the roads and the bridges will be fixed.
Sunbeam Transport Limited Managing Director Haroon Ali said during their meeting yesterday with LTA officials at Nayavu, they were given assurance that their grievances will be forwarded to the CEO for the Public Works Department Anasa Vocea who is expected to look into the matter.
Ali said they are now awaiting the correspondence from the LTA and PWD before resuming services.
However, Director of Roads Mosese Nailumu said bus companies should bear with the deteriorating road conditions which are due to bad weather currently being experienced.

http://www.fijivillage.com/artman/publish/article_26706.shtml



Rain Expected to Continue
By fijivillage
Jan 31, 2006, 11:05
The flash flood warning remains in force for Viti Levu and Vanua Levu as heavy rain is expected to continue throughout today.
The forecaster on duty said flood waters may rise again as the trough of low pressure lies South of Viti Levu and will bring heavy rain to most parts of the country.
The Northern and Western areas of Vanua Levu are more at risk as torrential rain will be more concentrated in these areas.
Meanwhile Tropical Cyclone Jim located far West of Fiji continues to move steadily Eastwards and is expected to curve towards New Caledonia and Southern Vanuatu by early tomorrow.
Although Fiji faces no direct threat from Tropical Cyclone Jim, the country could experience strong winds and heavy rain from tomorrow as the cyclone passes south-west of the country.

http://www.fijivillage.com/artman/publish/article_26699.shtml



More Flash Floods Expected
By fijivillage
Jan 31, 2006, 15:18
Rajendra Prasad
The Nadi Weather Office has now upgraded its flash flood warning to most parts of the country due to the trough of low pressure located to the South of Viti Levu and rain bands forming all over the group.
Weather Office Director, Rajendra Prasad said they had earlier predicted conditions to improve in most parts of the country.
However the system has changed drastically over the past few hours.
Audio Comment
Prasad said everyone should be on alert and monitor the weather situation in their areas.

http://www.fijivillage.com/artman/publish/article_26708.shtml



Red Cross to Visit Flood Areas
By fijivillage
Jan 31, 2006, 09:29
The Fiji Red Cross is expected to visit the flood affected areas this morning and provide emergency rations to those who have had to leave their homes due to flooding around the country.
Disaster Manager Vuli Gauna confirms that a team remains on stand-by in Lautoka and Labasa as heavy rain continues.
Gauna said they are working with DISMAC through their National Emergency Operations Centre and will move in to assist people as soon as possible.
Gauna also confirms that Lautoka branch volunteers assisted over 130 people in Lovu and Drasa who were forced to leave their homes due to flooding.
Red Cross is providing 5kg humanitarian black packs to those who are seeking shelter at the evacuation centres.

http://www.fijivillage.com/artman/publish/article_26696.shtml



Heavy Rain Causes Transportation Problems
By fijivillage
Jan 31, 2006, 09:18
As heavy rain continues in Labasa, many residents are now facing transportation problems.
Village News spoke to the owner of bus company Parmod Enterprises, Parmod Chand, who said that 7 of his buses are currently stuck in various routes from Labasa to Savusavu.
Chand said that rain is hindering movements and most of the roads have now been closed by the Public Works Department.
Audio Comment
Chand said that the current situation has forced them to cease services in all their routes until such time that the roads are cleared.

http://www.fijivillage.com/artman/publish/article_26695.shtml



DALE McFEATTERS: Like Florida really needs this
Scripps Howard News Service
Monday, January 30th, 2006 12:43 PM (PST)
(SH) - For years, Florida news outlets were avid consumers of alarming stories about bad weather afflicting the Northeast and Midwest. Nothing brightened a Sunshine State front page like a vivid account, preferably with heavy emphasis on the verb "paralyze," of a blizzard or ice storm in New York, Boston or Chicago.
Now Florida has become a net producer of copy about natural disasters, running heavily, but not exclusively, to hurricanes for publications located in less exciting climes. We have the Associated Press to thank for enlivening the dreary Northern winter with an account of yet another affliction - killer bees.
The ill-tempered, vicious bees that attack in angry swarms have set up hive-keeping across the state, attacking utility workers and actually killing two dogs and a horse. In a phrase sure to have made local chambers of commerce wince, the AP said "... experts say the bees are just one more potential hazard in a state full of them."
Meaning to be reassuring but somehow doing the reverse, a state agriculture department official told the news service, "We live in a state that has fire ants that actually kill people. We have scorpions and spiders and boa constrictors and all those scary things." Not to mention yellow jackets.
So Floridians are being warned to be careful using the lawn mower, opening the barbecue grill, rattling the door of the garden shed or pretty much doing anything outside because the bees, cautions the AP, are a threat to "basically anyone who ventures outdoors."
Meanwhile, up north it's been an unusually mild winter.

http://www.thenewstribune.com/24hour/opinions/story/3118991p-11823950c.html



Africa's GDP to sustain high growth rate: UN report
Africa's GDP is estimated to have grown by 5.1 percent in 2005 and is expected to sustain at 5.5 percent in 2006, according to a UN report.
The report named "World economic situation and prospects 2006" said that Africa's real GDP is estimated to have grown by 5.1 percent in 2005, roughly the same rate that was achieved in 2004. Steady growth in the latter half of the 1990s and the relatively high rates of growth recorded over the last five years confirm the continued recovery of African economies.
In 2005 African agricultural sector had a good overall performance although several countries suffered from drought and other setbacks, such as the locust invasion in west Africa in 2004 that affected crop yields in 2005, said the report, a joint product of the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA), the UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) and the five UN regional commissions including the UN Economic Commission for Africa (ECA).
Continued progress in macroeconomic and structural reforms, including the unification of foreign exchange markets and better public expenditure and financial management, and a high degree of macroeconomic stability in a large number of countries encouraged economic activity and improved economic welfare, said the recently issued report.
Parliamentary and presidential elections in Burundi and Liberia, and the signing of a peace agreement in Sudan, improved the growth prospects of those countries and underscored recent gains made throughout Africa in strengthening civil and political governance, the report said.
African economy also benefited from a supportive international economic environment. Higher oil prices and buoyant world market prices of some of Africa's main non-fuel, primary export commodities contributed to growth in export earnings and GDP, said the report.
Increased foreign direct investment (FDI) and official development assistance (ODA) inflows and a reduction in the stock of debt were also factors supportive of growth, said the report.
… Finally, African economies remain vulnerable to weather shocks, and the projected increased growth rate would have to be revised downwards if bad weather were to seriously affect the agricultural sector.

http://english.people.com.cn/200601/31/eng20060131_239449.html



NTSB report could lead to happier landings
A new recommendation from the National Transport Safety Board (NTSB) could see a change in flight landing regulations across the country in a bid to improve passenger safety.
The NTSB action may stop some flights from landing in bad weather, and follows an incident last month when a Southwest Airlines plane skid off the runway at Chicago's Midway Airport. The plane reached Central Avenue striking two cars.
If introduced, the new regulations will prohibit pilots from counting on thrust reversers - which slow down a plane on the runway - when calculating their plane's stopping distance in wet or icy conditions.
While this would add an extra level of safety to landings made in poor conditions it may also result in delays in cases where it is not deemed safe for touchdowns to take place.
The recommendation has been made to the Federal Aviation Administration, which will decide within 30 days whether or not to accept the advice.

http://news.cheapflights.com/airlines/2006/01/ntsb_report_cou.html


NTSB asks to tighten rule for bad weather
CHICAGO, Jan. 29 (UPI) -- Chicago's Midway Airport may prohibit some passenger planes from landing in bad weather this winter due to an emergency federal recommendation.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/upi/?feed=TopNews&article=UPI-1-20060129-17243700-bc-us-midway.xml


Bad weather stops Barcelona test
By Nikki Reynolds - Motorsport.com
January 27th was the last scheduled day of testing at Barcelona but poor weather conditions meant the teams decided to pack up and leave without any conclusive track time. Low temperatures most mornings this week meant running was delayed but on Friday sleet, snow and near freezing temperatures put paid to any work.
It was a busy week for new cars at the Circuit de Catatlunya; McLaren debuted the MP4-21 on Monday with test driver Pedro de la Rosa behind the wheel. Juan Pablo Montoya took over on Tuesday and Wednesday and Kimi Raikkonen on Thursday. The Finn was due to drive again today but instead will resume next week at Valencia.

http://www.motorsport.com/news/article.asp?ID=208931&FS=F1



BAD WEATHER: SLOW RECOVERY OF MILAN'S AIRPORTS
(AGI) - Milan, January 28 - The last few hours have seen a halt to snowing and a rise in temperatures in Milan and most parts of the Lombardy region. With the blackness of asphalt visible again on main roads and on the runways of Linate and Malpensa airports, flights have been arriving and departing this morning, even though it will take several hours before things go back to normal. After yesterday's closure in fact, many airplanes which were scheduled to fly from Milan's two airports were not able to land and some aircrew were unavailable as they were trapped by the severe conditions of the road which made travel difficult until a few hours ago.

http://www.agi.it/english/news.pl?doc=200601281313-1078-RT1-CRO-0-NF11&page=0&id=agionline-eng.oggitalia



Bad weather continues to hamper search for airplane
CARSON, Wash. - Fresh snow with more expected is hampering the search for a white plane missing in a rugged area of Skamania County about 40 miles east of Vancouver.
The Skamania County sheriff's office says about 30 people with snowmobiles and sno-cats are searching on the ground. An air search depends on a break in the weather.
The twin-engine Cessna 421 dropped off radar screens Wednesday while on a flight from Scottsdale, Arizona, to Tacoma.
The only person on board is the pilot, 42-year-old Martin Ayres of Scottsdale.
Ayres had radioed Federal Aviation Administration controllers in Portland that he was trying to fly out of adverse weather.
There are no roads in the search area, just east of Soda Peaks Lake in the Trapper Creek Wilderness of the Gifford Pinchot National Forest, about 12 miles northwest of Carson. Snow is over four feet deep.

http://www.katu.com/news/story.asp?ID=82858



BAD WEATHER: COLDIRETTI, CROPS AT RISK, THE MAP OF DAMAGE
(AGI) - Rome, 28 Jan. - The wave of bad weather with the heavy drop in temperatures and ice puts a lot of agricultural cultivations at risk while the incredible snow fall on roads is blocking the pick up and delivery of perishable goods like milk and vegetables. This is the first outcome of damage traced by 'Coldiretti' which underlines how the intense and prolonged cold conditions could have a long term effect on the production of agriculture. Aside from "burning" greens and vegetables, fruit plants, olive groves and wine vineyards are also at risk. Due to the cold weather conditions in the past two weeks, Coldiretti is also registering damage to greenhouses aside from outdoor cultivations for greens, vegetables and flowers. Agricultural entrepreneurs need to maintain constant temperatures in greenhouses in order to save their crops, while sustaining fuel costs at a rise of 25 pct. (AGI) -
281517 GEN 06

http://www.agi.it/english/news.pl?doc=200601281517-1123-RT1-CRO-0-NF11&page=0&id=agionline-eng.oggitalia



Bad-weather driving is tough; bad drivers make it worse
By ANTHONY P. MUSSO
What a difference a day makes.
When I arrived at church Sunday morning, I observed a number of people arriving clad only in a sweater or light jacket. It was the type of weather I could easily get used to 12 months a year.
The following morning, when I awoke and looked out the window, the sight of blowing snow and building accumulation seemed surreal given the mild temperatures of the weekend. With shovel in hand, I began the tedious process of clearing the driveway and warming up the car.
I was pleasantly relieved when I reached the parkway and found it plowed and passable. In fact, the entire route to my office in White Plains that morning was in decent shape. That didn't mean the drive was an easy one.

http://www.poughkeepsiejournal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060128/COLUMNISTS07/601280318



Two killed as combat plane crashes in bad weather
By:
ThinkSpain
A Guardia Civil rescue team has found the bodies of the two Spanish Air Force pilots of an F-5 combat training plane (like the one shown in the photo) which crashed near Talavera la Real Air Base in the province of Badajoz earlier today.
They have been identified as 31 year old instructor, Captain Raúl Garzón Ruiz, and his 24 year old pupil, Second Lieutenant Gabriel Garrido Muñoz.
The plane disappeared off the air base's radar screens shortly after 12 noon over the town of Burguillos del Cerro, close to where the remains of the plane and the bodies of the two pilots were found.
An investigation has been opened to determine the cause of the crash, but it is thought that poor weather conditions may have been a major contributory factor.

http://www.thinkspain.com/news-spain/10432



BAD WEATHER: ENAC VERIFYING AIRPORTS IN SNOW EMERGENCY
(AGI) - Rome, Jan 28 - Enac president Vito Riggio requested managing director Silvano Manera to prepare a report on the emergency measures put in place on all airports in northern Italy hit by the strong snowfalls of the last days, as well as a control with regard to conditions and times to comply with the provisions of the anti-snow programme establishing the clearing of runways and the de-icing of airplanes. The report will especially cover the accuracy of information and the necessary assistance which airports and airlines have to provide to passengers in compliance with the passengers' rights. The part of the report concerning Milano Malpensa and Milano Linate airport will be discussed in a meeting between president Riggio and Milan mayor Albertini scheduled for next week.

http://www.agi.it/english/news.pl?doc=200601281647-1182-RT1-CRO-0-NF82&page=0&id=agionline-eng.italyonline



Roads, power hit by bad weather
24.01.06 4.00pm UPDATE
Police have warned drivers of treacherous road conditions and thousands of households have lost power as severe weather crosses the North Island.
In Auckland, heavy rain and wind on the roads is creating extremely bad conditions. North Shore, Mount Eden and Newmarket were among the areas worst affected.
Tauranga police said that due to torrential rain and high winds, conditions were poor along State Highway 29 over the Kaimai Ranges. There was also some surface flooding near the summit.

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/story.cfm?c_id=1&ObjectID=10365155



Students tell govt to get the lead out
The Jakarta Post, Jakarta
Dozens of high school students protested about the dangers of lead pollution in the air at the National Monument in Central Jakarta on Saturday.
The coordinator of the students grouped in the Indonesian Lead Information Center (ILIC), Edi Purwanto, told Antara that high lead emissions -- generally from cars, trucks and buses -- were long known to be dangerous to human health.
Too much lead in the atmosphere caused a variety of health problems and was even thought to reduce male sperm counts, Edi said.

http://www.thejakartapost.com/detailcity.asp?fileid=20060125.G02&irec=1



Erosion worsening along Tangerang's coast
Multa Fidrus, The Jakarta Post, Tangerang
The coastline at Tanjung Kait, Mauk district, Tangerang, used to be lined with houses, shrimp and fish ponds, and rice fields.
In one decade, the once busy series of kampongs has become deserted after large areas of land were swallowed up by the sea following unchecked sand mining in the area.
For the past several years, the residents who have abandoned their homes in Karang Serang, Tanjung Anom and Marga Mulya kampongs, have persistently petitioned the local administration to build coastal defenses in the area.

http://www.thejakartapost.com/detailcity.asp?fileid=20060130.H09&irec=8



Killer bacteria pollute Tangerang wells
More than two-thirds of Tangerang's groundwater wells contain dangerous levels of e-coli and vibrio cholarae bacteria that cause diarrhea and cholera, a study says.
The report by the Tangerang Health Agency finds that 68.5 percent of clean water sources in the regency are contaminated with the bacteria.
"We examined the water taken from 400 residential wells spread over 26 districts in the regency between July and December," Muhamad Yusuf, a sanitation program officer the agency, said.
The study finds only 126 out of the 400 tested wells (31.5 percent) are safe to be used as clean water sources, with bacteria content below the tolerated 50 parts per 100 milliliter level.
In the remaining 274 wells, Yusuf added, the bacteria content degree ranged between 51 and 2,400 parts per 100 milliliters.

http://www.thejakartapost.com/detailcity.asp?fileid=20060130.H10&irec=9



After the flood comes disease
The Jakarta Post, Jakarta
As floods in Kampung Melayu, East Jakarta, have not yet receded, flood-related diseases have begun to infect residents sheltering at the St. Maria Fatimah school.
Tempointeraktif.com reported on Saturday that many of the residents complained of diarrhea, high fever and skin rashes.
A medical worker from Jatinegara public health center assigned to the health post in the shelter, Rosita Simanjuntak, said that at least 115 of the temporary homeless had received medical treatment without being charged any fees.
Currently the shelter is home to 550 people.

http://www.thejakartapost.com/detailcity.asp?fileid=20060130.H11&irec=10



Bad weather buoys wheat
By VICTORIA SIZEMORE LONG
The Kansas City Star
Kansas City and Chicago wheat futures closed higher Tuesday, boosted partly by weather and supply factors.
Chicago soybean futures declined.
Kansas City Value Line stock index futures advanced.
Wheat futures got some strength from concerns about the effects of weather on wheat crops in the U.S. and elsewhere. A weekly state crop report issued late Monday from Texas indicated 85 percent of the state’s hard red winter wheat crop was in poor to very poor condition because of dry conditions, with some producers plowing up fields. In Oklahoma, drought also was damaging the crop.
In the meantime, UkrAgrConsult said Ukraine’s 2006 wheat crop could fall to between 29 million and 32 million metric tons from 38 million metric tons in 2005 and 41.8 million metric tons in 2004, because of unfavorable weather. There also is the potential that severe cold in Russia will damage the wheat crop there.
Corn futures were boosted partly by continued concern about the effects of dry conditions on the South American corn crop. Dry conditions in Argentina are expected to cut production prospects there. Officials at the Buenos Aires Grain Exchange on Monday said Argentina’s 2005-06 corn crop was expected to fall by at least 5.5 million metric tons from the 19.7 million harvested last season primarily because of dry conditions.
Argentina is the No. 2 corn exporter after the U.S.
Soybean futures were lower in choppy trade as the market looked for direction. Prices opened lower in a technical correction from recent gains. Some pressure also came from prospects for more U.S. soybean acreage this year amid lackluster exports.
But the losses were limited by continued concern about growing conditions in South American soybean regions. Meteorologists said crop conditions were generally favorable for soybean development in Brazil, but there is concern about the spread of rust.

http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/business/13703930.htm



Bad Weather Conditions Hamper Daily Life In Turkey
ANKARA - Five people died, while 27 others were injured in two traffic accidents in Turkey today.
One of the accidents occurred when a passenger bus overturned in Istanbul-Ankara motorway, killing four and injuring 16 passengers. The other happened as a passenger bus collided with a lorry in central city of Sivas, killing one and injuring 11. Heavy snowfall, icy roads and severe winter conditions caused these deadly traffic accidents.
1,217 traffic accidents were recorded in Istanbul due to snowfall since Monday.

http://www.turkishpress.com/news.asp?id=105141



Coast Guard Searching For Migrant Boat Lost In Bad Weather
POSTED: 4:54 pm EST January 26, 2006
MIAMI -- The Coast Guard is searching for a group of migrants they spotted in a tiny boat and then lost sight of in bad weather.
An Immigrations and Customs Enforcement helicopter first spotted the group of about 15 migrants about 46 miles southeast of Marathon on Wednesday. Officials said the boat has no engine.
The helicopter lost sight of the boat because of poor visibility and bad weather.
Coast Guard and customs agents are using boats, jets and helicopters to search a 1,400-square-mile area, but so far, there is no sign of the missing migrants.

http://www.local10.com/news/6472726/detail.html



Debate on Climate Shifts to Issue of Irreparable Change
By Juliet Eilperin / Washington Post
Some Experts on Global Warming Foresee 'Tipping Point' When It Is Too Late to Act
Now that most scientists agree human activity is causing Earth to warm, the central debate has shifted to whether climate change is progressing so rapidly that, within decades, humans may be helpless to slow or reverse the trend.
This "tipping point" scenario has begun to consume many prominent researchers in the United States and abroad, because the answer could determine how drastically countries need to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions in the coming years. While scientists remain uncertain when such a point might occur, many say it is urgent that policymakers cut global carbon dioxide emissions in half over the next 50 years or risk the triggering of changes that would be irreversible.
There are three specific events that these scientists describe as especially worrisome and potentially imminent, although the time frames are a matter of dispute: widespread coral bleaching that could damage the world's fisheries within three decades; dramatic sea level rise by the end of the century that would take tens of thousands of years to reverse; and, within 200 years, a shutdown of the ocean current that moderates temperatures in northern Europe.

http://www.michaelmoore.com/mustread/index.php?id=593



Some Experts on Global Warming Foresee 'Tipping Point' When It Is Too Late to Act
Now that most scientists agree human activity is causing Earth to warm, the central debate has shifted to whether climate change is progressing so rapidly that, within decades, humans may be helpless to slow or reverse the trend.
This "tipping point" scenario has begun to consume many prominent researchers in the United States and abroad...

http://www.michaelmoore.com/



Debate on Climate Shifts to Issue of Irreparable Change
By Juliet Eilperin / Washington Post
Some Experts on Global Warming Foresee 'Tipping Point' When It Is Too Late to Act
Now that most scientists agree human activity is causing Earth to warm, the central debate has shifted to whether climate change is progressing so rapidly that, within decades, humans may be helpless to slow or reverse the trend.
This "tipping point" scenario has begun to consume many prominent researchers in the United States and abroad, because the answer could determine how drastically countries need to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions in the coming years. While scientists remain uncertain when such a point might occur, many say it is urgent that policymakers cut global carbon dioxide emissions in half over the next 50 years or risk the triggering of changes that would be irreversible.
There are three specific events that these scientists describe as especially worrisome and potentially imminent, although the time frames are a matter of dispute: widespread coral bleaching that could damage the world's fisheries within three decades; dramatic sea level rise by the end of the century that would take tens of thousands of years to reverse; and, within 200 years, a shutdown of the ocean current that moderates temperatures in northern Europe.
The debate has been intensifying because Earth is warming much faster than some researchers had predicted. James E. Hansen, who directs NASA's Goddard Institute of Space Studies, last week confirmed that 2005 was the warmest year on record, surpassing 1998. Earth's average temperature has risen nearly 1 degree Fahrenheit over the past 30 years, he noted, and another increase of about 4 degrees over the next century would "imply changes that constitute practically a different planet."
"It's not something you can adapt to," Hansen said in an interview. "We can't let it go on another 10 years like this. We've got to do something."
Princeton University geosciences and international affairs professor Michael Oppenheimer, who also advises the advocacy group Environmental Defense, said one of the greatest dangers lies in the disintegration of the Greenland or West Antarctic ice sheets, which together hold about 20 percent of the fresh water on the planet. If either of the two sheets disintegrates, sea level could rise nearly 20 feet in the course of a couple of centuries, swamping the southern third of Florida and Manhattan up to the middle of Greenwich Village.
While both the Greenland and the Antarctic ice sheets as a whole are gaining some mass in their cold interiors because of increasing snowfall, they are losing ice along their peripheries. That indicates that scientists may have underestimated the rate of disintegration they face in the future, Oppenheimer said. Greenland's current net ice loss is equivalent to an annual 0.008 inch sea level rise.
The effects of the collapse of either ice sheet would be "huge," Oppenheimer said. "Once you lost one of these ice sheets, there's really no putting it back for thousands of years, if ever."
Last year, the British government sponsored a scientific symposium on "Avoiding Dangerous Climate Change," which examined a number of possible tipping points. A book based on that conference, due to be published Tuesday, suggests that disintegration of the two ice sheets becomes more likely if average temperatures rise by more than 5 degrees Fahrenheit, a prospect "well within the range of climate change projections for this century."
The report concludes that a temperature rise of just 1.8 degrees Fahrenheit "is likely to lead to extensive coral bleaching," destroying critical fish nurseries in the Caribbean and Southeast Asia. Too-warm sea temperatures stress corals, causing them to expel symbiotic micro-algae that live in their tissues and provide them with food, and thus making the reefs appear bleached. Bleaching that lasts longer than a week can kill corals. This fall there was widespread bleaching from Texas to Trinidad that killed broad swaths of corals, in part because ocean temperatures were 2 degrees Fahrenheit above average monthly maximums.
Many scientists are also worried about a possible collapse of the Atlantic thermohaline circulation, a current that brings warm surface water to northern Europe and returns cold, deep-ocean water south. Hans Joachim Schellnhuber, who directs Germany's Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, has run multiple computer models to determine when climate change could disrupt this "conveyor belt," which, according to one study, is already slower than it was 30 years ago. According to these simulations, there is a 50 percent chance the current will collapse within 200 years.
Some scientists, including President Bush's chief science adviser, John H. Marburger III, emphasize there is still much uncertainty about when abrupt global warming might occur.
"There's no agreement on what it is that constitutes a dangerous climate change," said Marburger, adding that the U.S. government spends $2 billion a year on researching this and other climate change questions. "We know things like this are possible, but we don't have enough information to quantify the level of risk."
This tipping point debate has stirred controversy within the administration; Hansen said senior political appointees are trying to block him from sharing his views publicly.
When Hansen posted data on the Internet in the fall suggesting that 2005 could be the warmest year on record, NASA officials ordered Hansen to withdraw the information because he had not had it screened by the administration in advance, according to a Goddard scientist who spoke on the condition of anonymity. More recently, NASA officials tried to discourage a reporter from interviewing Hansen for this article and later insisted he could speak on the record only if an agency spokeswoman listened in on the conversation.
"They're trying to control what's getting out to the public," Hansen said, adding that many of his colleagues are afraid to talk about the issue. "They're not willing to say much, because they've been pressured and they're afraid they'll get into trouble."
But Mary L. Cleave, deputy associate administrator for NASA's Office of Earth Science, said the agency insists on monitoring interviews with scientists to ensure they are not misquoted.
"People could see it as a constraint," Cleave said. "As a manager, I might see it as protection."
John R. Christy, director of the Earth Science System Center at the University of Alabama in Huntsville, said it is possible increased warming will be offset by other factors, such as increased cloudiness that would reflect more sunlight. "Whatever happens, we will adapt to it," Christy said.
Scientists who read the history of Earth's climate in ancient sediments, ice cores and fossils find clear signs that it has shifted abruptly in the past on a scale that could prove disastrous for modern society. Peter B. deMenocal, an associate professor at the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University, said that about 8,200 years ago, a very sudden cooling shut down the Atlantic conveyor belt. As a result, the land temperature in Greenland dropped more than 9 degrees Fahrenheit within a decade or two.
"It's not this abstract notion that happens over millions of years," deMenocal said. "The magnitude of what we're talking about greatly, greatly exceeds anything we've withstood in human history."
These kinds of concerns have spurred some governments to make major cuts in the carbon dioxide emissions linked to global warming. Britain has slashed its emissions by 14 percent, compared with 1990 levels, and aims to reduce them by 60 percent by 2050. Some European countries, however, are lagging well behind their targets under the international Kyoto climate treaty.
David Warrilow, who heads science policy on climate change for Britain's Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, said that while the science remains unsettled, his government has decided to take a precautionary approach. He compared consuming massive amounts of fossil fuels to the strategy of the Titanic's crew, who were unable to avoid an iceberg because they were speeding across the Atlantic in hopes of breaking a record.
"We know there are icebergs out there, but at the moment we're accelerating toward the tipping point," Warrilow said in an interview. "This is silly. We should be doing the opposite, slowing down whilst we build up our knowledge base."
The Bush administration espouses a different approach. Marburger said that though everyone agrees carbon dioxide emissions should decline, the United States prefers to promote cleaner technology rather than impose mandatory greenhouse gas limits. "The U.S. is the world leader in doing something on climate change because of its actions on changing technology," he said.
Stanford University climatologist Stephen H. Schneider, who is helping oversee a major international assessment of how climate change could expose humans and the environment to new vulnerabilities, said countries respond differently to the global warming issue in part because they are affected differently by it. The small island nation of Kiribati is made up of 33 small atolls, none of which is more than 6.5 feet above the South Pacific, and it is only a matter of time before the entire country is submerged by the rising sea.
"For Kiribati, the tipping point has already occurred," Schneider said. "As far as they're concerned, it's tipped, but they have no economic clout in the world."

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Tony Blair's foreword to climate change report
By Times Online
In a foreword to the new book Avoiding Dangerous Climate Change, Tony Blair warns that the world faces more serious challenges than previously thought:
"Climate change is the world’s greatest environmental challenge. It is now plain that the emission of greenhouse gases, associated with industrialisation and economic growth from a world population that has increased six-fold in 200 years, is causing global warming at a rate that is unsustainable.
"That is why I set climate change as one of the top priorities for the UK’s Presidency of the G8 and the European Union in 2005.
"Early in the year, to enhance understanding and appreciation of the science of climate change, we hosted an international meeting at the Hadley Centre in Exeter to address the big questions on which we need to pool the best available answers:
"What level of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere is self-evidently too much? And "What options do we have to avoid such levels?"
"It is clear from the work presented that the risks of climate change may well be greater than we thought. At the same time it showed there is much that can be done to avoid the worse effects of climate change.
"Action now can help avert the worst effects of climate change. With foresight such action can be taken without disturbing our way of life.
"The conference provided a scientific backdrop to the G8 summit. At the Gleneagles meeting the leaders of the G8 were able to agree on the importance of climate change, that human activity does contribute to it and that greenhouse gas emissions need to slow, peak and reverse. All G8 countries agreed on the need to make substantial cuts in emissions and to act with resolve and urgency now.
"There was agreement to a new Dialogue on Climate Change, Clean Energy and Sustainable Development between G8 and other interested countries with significant energy needs. This process will allow continued discussion of the issues around climate change and measures to tackle it and help create a more constructive atmosphere for international negotiations on future actions to reduce emissions.
"This book will serve as more than a record of another conference or event. It will provide an invaluable resource for all people wishing to enhance global understanding of the science of climate change and the need for humanity to act to tackle the problem."

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2-2016727,00.html



Climate summit reaches 11th-hour emissions deal
Jonathan Leake, Environment Editor
AFTER a series of rows, walkouts and brinkmanship the delegates of the Montreal conference on climate change emerged yesterday with a surprising package of agreements.
After two weeks of intensive negotiations, and despite American attempts to block the discussions, the Canadian conference passed more than 40 resolutions designed to cut carbon emissions.
However, the summit’s final days and hours were marked by high drama that included disputes with the American delegation and a blistering attack on President George W Bush by Bill Clinton, his predecessor in the White House.
There was also an attempt by Russia to hold up proceedings to gain last-minute concessions.
Yesterday’s most obvious success was an agreement in principle to extend and strengthen the 1997 Kyoto agreement under which developed nations agreed to cut their emissions by 5% below the levels of 1990.

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2089-1920247,00.html



Weaker Gulf Stream threatens Britain's climate
By Mark Henderson, Science Correspondent
The Gulf Stream currents that give Britain its mild climate have weakened dramatically, offering the first firm scientific evidence of a slowdown that threatens the country with temperatures as cold as Canada’s.
The Atlantic Ocean "conveyor belt" that carries warm water north from the tropics has weakened by 30 per cent in just 12 years, scientists have discovered.
The findings, from the National Oceanography Centre in Southampton, give the strongest indication yet that the Europe’s central heating system is breaking down under the impact of global warming.

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Storm-hit Bush plots climate change
By Gerard Baker, US editor
THE most powerful indication of the scale of President Bush’s political difficulties is the dramatic change in the political meteorology of Washington in the past few weeks.
For almost five years it has been Mr Bush and his White House who have made the weather in America. In domestic politics it has been cutting taxes, increasing public spending, trying to alter the political make-up of the judiciary; in foreign policy, an assertive approach to US interests abroad and the war on terrorism from Afghanistan to Iraq.
Even as the President was beset by storms this autumn, the tough going was largely the result of the White House’s own actions: the inadequate response to Hurricane Katrina, the failure of the Harriet Miers nomination to the Supreme Court, the alleged criminal activity of Scooter Libby and, above all, of course, the failure to pacify and stabilise Iraq.
As the crisis enveloping the President has worsened, other sources have begun to make the political climate. Republicans on Capitol Hill, starting to sense their own political mortality, have seized the initiative.

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,11069-1875240,00.html



Climate change warning on floods
Scenes like this have become relatively common around Wales
The man in charge of managing flood risk in Wales has warned the cost will rise in coming decades under climate change from £70m to £1.4bn.
Geraint Davies is head of a new committee to control flood risk in Wales which starts work on 1 April.
Mr Davies said the body's work would be "critical" to meet the challenges of climate change and the rise in sea level over the coming years.

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Global climate change may have a lasting impact on the Lane County landscape
By Susan Palmer
The Register-Guard
Published: Sunday, January 29, 2006
More mosquitoes, better tomatoes, worse skiing, different wines, fewer salmon.
Welcome to the future in Lane County, according to climate change experts.
The planet is warming up, they say, thanks in part to our reliance on machines from cars to coal plants that spew heat-trapping emissions into the atmosphere.
Recent surveys reveal some confusion among ordinary people about climate change and what to do about it.
The United States has balked at signing onto international agreements to limit greenhouse gas emissions, most recently at a December conference in Montreal. But in Oregon, policymakers aren't waiting for leadership from Washington, D.C. They are making decisions right now about how to curb the gases that are contributing to planetary warming.
Researchers point to several signals that buttress the case for climate change:
• Global temperatures have increased since instrument records began in 1861. Increases in the Northern Hemisphere in the past decade are likely greater than any in the last 1,000 years, according to the International Panel on Climate Change, a worldwide body of scientists. Nighttime minimum temperatures increased at twice the rate of daytime maximums.
• Sea levels have risen between 4 and 8 inches in the past century.
• Arctic sea ice has thinned by 40 percent in late summer and early autumn in recent decades, and nonpolar glaciers are in widespread retreat.
• The growing season, particularly in northern latitudes, has increased by one to four days per decade during the past 40 years.
Global warming skeptics believe these changes all fall within the normal cycles of the Earth's notoriously capricious climate. This is the planet, after all, that has snapped from ice age to heat wave within a decade when conditions were right.
But the consensus among most scientists studying the climate, the Earth's biological systems and its geologic past, is that evidence for human-influenced climate change is powerful. They say that while there are plenty of uncertainties about the ways in which rising temperatures will influence regional ecosystems, the fact that change is upon us isn't one of them.
"In the scientific community, the conclusion has been drawn that it's one of the most important and serious problems that humanity has faced and that we can't really wait until all the uncertainty is done," said Bob Doppelt, director of Resource Innovations, a research group with ties to the University of Oregon Institute for a Sustainable Environment.
"We need to take steps now to prevent the worst of the problems," Doppelt said.
That process is beginning in Oregon.
In December, Gov. Ted Kulongoski told the Environmental Quality Commission to create a strategic plan for the state to fight global warming and improve air quality, calling the threat real rather than idle speculation. Back in 2004, Kulongoski created the Advisory Group on Global Warming to begin crafting the state's response.
In Eugene, Mayor Kitty Piercy has organized the Sustainable Business Initiative, an effort to develop local sustainable business practices because of concerns about the threat of global warming.
At the Eugene Water & Electric Board, both short- and long-term planning encompasses changing climate issues.
And Doppelt's institute recently received a $150,000 grant to establish a climate change center focused on improving public understanding. The center also will tackle social and economic policy development around climate change.
So just how likely is global warming and what would it mean for us here in Lane County?
Even the skeptics agree that carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas, continues to increase in the atmosphere and that coupled with other gases such as methane and nitrous oxide

http://www.registerguard.com/news/2006/01/29/ol.climate.0129.p1.php?section=oregonlife


UNCW Students Fight for Trees
Jan 25, 2006, 11:30 AM EST
JANUARY 18, 2006 -- A group of UNC Wilmington students and faculty are trying to save what's left of their on-campus forest, a large portion of which could disappear with continued university expansion.
The current campus master plan has slated construction of housing, athletic fields, and other buildings on a portion of the wooded area at the east end of the university. That plan will save 140 acres of the forest, but the group fighting for the space wants a UNCW forest reserve of 200 acres to be created in order to keep the habitat intact.
Those in favor of the forest preserve say they're not against campus growth, but believe it can be accomplished without uprooting the acres of longleaf pines.
Reported by Joe Keiley

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