The Antarctica Ice Chime

May 29, 2007 at 0121 gmt, West Pacific Satellite. The heat intensity here is diminished from past weeks because of the sun's northern traverse. The transfer is still divided between north and south hemispheres.







May 29, 2007 at 0033 gmt, Pacific Global Satellite. Heat transfer from the Equator noted with diminished intensity.

















May 29, 2007, 0109 gmt, South Pole Satellite. Heat transfer systems at 3 o'clock and 6 o'clock and 11:30 o'clock.

May 28, 2007

1800 gmt

Jet stream. Turbulence compared to last week. There is still some distribution of heat but with the shortening daylight the temperatures are still cold.

24 hour loop - the only views are 3PM on May 26 and 6AM on May 25, 2007. I'll probably revisit it tomorrow.

Casey on May 28, 2007 at 9:40 AM at -12.9 C with wind at 17 km/h



Casey on May 29,2007 at 9:40 AM with -5.7 C with wind of 56 km/h ENE. 56, that was 56 km/h. 56. At Casey today. It was 17 yesterday.




Mawson Station May 28, 2007 at 7:36 PM with -11.g C and wind 39 km/h SE

It's cold in every area of Antartica today. Not as cold as it has been, but, cold just the same. The 24 hour loop is somewhat more interesting than this view, but, it reveals a continent that is cold in all areas in at least two views.

The coldest areas:

Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station, Antarctica

Time :: 6:00 AM NZST

Elevation :: 9285 ft / 2830 m

Temperature :: -67 °F / -55 °C

Conditions :: Snow

Wind :: 20 mph / 32 km/h / from the NNE

Wind Gust :: -

Pressure :: in / hPa (Rising)

Visibility :: 1.0 miles / 1.2 kilometers

UV :: 0 out of 16

Clouds :: Overcast 6890 ft / 2100 m
(Above Ground Level)

Flight Rule :: IFR ()
Wind Speed :: 20 mph / 32 km/h /
Wind Dir :: 20° (NNE)
Ceiling :: 6900 ft / 2100 m



Vostok, Antarctica

Time :: 12:00 AM VOST

Elevation :: 11220 ft / 3420 m

Temperature :: -66 °F / -55 °C

Conditions :: Clear

Humidity :: 43%

Dew Point :: -73 °F / -58 °C

Wind :: 12 mph / 18 km/h / from the South

Wind Gust :: -

Pressure :: in / hPa (Rising)

Visibility :: 12.0 miles / 20.0 kilometers
Flight Rule :: VFR ()
Wind Speed :: 12 mph / 18 km/h /
Wind Dir :: 170° (South)
Ceiling :: 100000 ft / 100000 m



The warmest area:

Base San Martin, Antarctica

9:00 PM GMT

Elevation :: 13 ft / 4 m

Temperature :: 32 °F / 0 °C

Conditions :: Overcast

Humidity :: 87%

Dew Point :: 30 °F / -1 °C

Wind :: Calm

Wind Gust :: -

Pressure :: 29.81 in / 1009 hPa (Falling)

Visibility :: 12.0 miles / 20.0 kilometers

UV :: 0 out of 16

Clouds :: Overcast 1969 ft / 600 m
(Above Ground Level)

The weather at Scott Base, Antarctica (Crystal Ice Chime) is:

Scott Base Webcam (click here)

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

Meso-tornadic clouds over what's left of Glacier Bay National Park.

The last Sea Otter Study (click on title) available on the internet was 2001. Why?

Elevation :: 33 ft / 10 m

Temperature :: 52 °F / 11 °C

Conditions :: Mostly Cloudy

Humidity :: 54%

Dew Point :: 36 °F / 2 °C

Wind :: 6 mph / 9 km/h / 2.6 m/s from the ESE

Pressure :: 30.20 in / 1023 hPa (Steady)

Visibility :: 10.0 miles / 16.1 kilometers

UV :: 4 out of 16

Clouds:
Mostly Cloudy 3800 ft / 1158 m
Mostly Cloudy 4700 ft / 1432 m
(Above Ground Level)

Americus, Georgia suffered a tornado three months ago.

Eye Clinic across the street from Sumter Regional Hospital after three months

May 27, 2007
Americus, Georgia
Photographer states :: Closed Emergency Room on NorthEastern corner of Sumter Regional Hospital shows damage that occurred nearly three months ago


"AMERICUS, Ga., March 2 — The tornado that ripped through this southwest Georgia town Thursday not only left a trail of death and devastation, it also stripped bare the only major medical facilities for thousands of people in a sprawling rural community.
The storm, which killed two people here, tore apart buildings and unearthed 100-year-old oak trees, left this town of nearly 17,000 and the outlying area without a hospital or clinic that could handle emergencies...."



TORNADO 5...UPDATED (click here)
TRACKED ACROSS WEBSTER...SUMTER...AND MACON COUNTIES...FROMCHAMBLISS TO ABOUT 17 MILES NORTHEAST OF AMERICUS. RATED EF3. PATHLENGTH APPROXIMATELY 38 MILES AND MAXIMUM WIDTH OF ONE MILE INAMERICUS. HEAVIEST DAMAGE WAS IN THE CITY OF AMERICUS AROUND THESUMTER REGIONAL HOSPITAL. THE HOSPITAL WAS EVACUATED AND IS NOTBEING USED. HUNDREDS OF HOMES...BUSINESSES AND VEHICLES WEREAFFECTED WITH SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE OR TOTALLY DESTROYED. TWO CONFIRMEDDEATHS AND NUMEROUS INJURIES WERE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS STORM INAMERICUS. THREE INJURIES ALSO OCCURRED NORTHEAST OF CHAMBLISS ONEAST CENTERPOINT ROAD WHEN A CONCRETE BLOCK HOUSE AND TWO MACHINESHOPS WERE TOTALLY DESTROYED. THE ROAD IN FRONT OF THE HOUSE HAD 25FEET OF ASPHALT RIPPED OUT. FIVE COWS WERE KILLED IN THE SAME AREA.A TRACTOR TRAILER WAS OVERTURNED AND BURNED AT THE INTERSECTION OFHIGHWAY 520 AND TV TOWER ROAD IN SOUTH WEBSTER COUNTY. ONE PERSONWAS INJURED. THE 1096 FOOT GEORGIA PUBLIC TELEVISION TOWER IN THESAME AREA WAS SNAPPED OFF WITH ONLY 150 FEET STILL STANDING.

I am not impressed. Bush is demented. Has to be or he is playing politics with lives. Seriously. Playing politics with lives.

This is today in Iraq. The president of the USA needs to see a doctor. No doubt. His statements about Americans agreeing with him is dangerously demented. He is currently Commander and Chief, putting troops in harm ways, causing escalations in the conflict without end and he states he is 'actually' supported in his focus of Iraq by the American people. Not from what I can note.



Above
Iraqis inspect the area surrounding Abdul-Qadir al-Gailani mosque, the biggest Sunni mosque in Iraq, after a suicide car bomber blew himself up in the busy commercial district in central Baghdad on Monday, May 28, 2007, killing at least 21 people and wounding 66, police and hospital officials said.


I wanted to read the account of this rescue mission from "The Army Times." I simply cannot believe how ludicrous the military describes the 'loyalty' of the civilians within this incident.


42 captives freed from al-Qaida hide-out (click here)
By Ravi Nessman - The Associated PressPosted : Monday May 28, 2007 13:56:26 EDT

BAGHDAD — American forces freed 42 kidnapped Iraqis — some of whom had been hung from ceilings and tortured for months — in a raid Sunday on an al-Qaida hideout north of Baghdad, the U.S. military said.
Military officials said the operation, launched on tips from residents, showed that Iraqis in the turbulent Diyala province were turning against Sunni insurgents and beginning to trust U.S. troops.

“The people in Diyala are speaking up against al-Qaida,” said Maj. Gen. William Caldwell, the top U.S. military spokesman in Iraq.


That is a lie. The general, as Bush, is playing politics with lives. The USA is reporting this 'camp' was there for months. You mean to tell me that the USA gets a phone call AFTER THE FACT. After the people have been tortured by some 'entity' the USA is calling al Qaeda. After this 'group' extracted their information from this hostages. And I am to believe this was a 'good thing?' All of a sudden "The people of Diyala are speaking up against al-Qaida,"


The general must believe the American people are brainless idiots without the ability to discern 'nonsense' over fact. The people of that village didn't dare speak up against the hostage takers. They called the USA military because they knew they would come to free the hostages whom might even be sabotaged with trip wires and bombs ready to explode when attempts were made to free them. The people of the neighborhood wanted the hostages saved but were unable to carry out their rescue for of untold dangers.


That is NOT '...speaking up against al Qaeda...." That is simply survival and knowing whom would carry out the rescue. That is all that is. This is NOT a trend. This is just another day in Iraq. That's all it is. The rescue of 42 captives is not PROOF of a change in the direction of the war.


This incident proves the USA is completely outside 'the loop.' I suppose this is another learning experience, huh? I found it completely horrifying to hear a retired general state we have to 'keep at it in Iraq' because we learn more and more everyday about the fighting tactics we use against this enemy. THIS IS NOT A TRAINING GROUND !!!!! Bush invaded that country illegally. GET OUT OF IRAQ ! Now ! The reality of this 'dicotomy regarding the difference in views by the gross majority of the people of the USA and the USA military institution is scary. Completely. There is no 'reality' in the belief system of the USA military leadership. Amazing.

If the citizens called the USA military while the hostage takers were still at the camp those citizens and the hostages would have been killed. Either due to the fight between the soldiers and hostage takers or out of revenge for calling the USA military in the first place. There is 'no confidence' in the USA military in Iraq. Everyone takes their chances with the militias. At least with the militias, if people behave they are still alive. A better chance that they will be alive when the militias are around rather than the USA miltiary.


Elsewhere in Diyala, a U.S. soldier was killed when an explosion hit his vehicle and a second soldier was killed in an explosion in Baghdad, the military said. The deaths brought the number of troops killed this month to at least 102, putting May on pace to become the deadliest month for Americans here in more than 2½ years.
In other violence, a barrage of mortar rounds struck houses in a Shiite village just northeast of Baghdad, killing three women and a child and wounding seven other children, Baghdad police said.