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Vast Oklahoma Tornado Kills at Least 91 – NYTimes.com

May 21, 2013 -Vast Oklahoma Tornado Kills at Least 91:   A giant tornado, a mile wide or more, killed at least 91 people, 20 of them children, as it tore across parts of Oklahoma City and its suburbs Monday afternoon, flattening … Continue reading

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Alaska’s Pavlof Volcano Shots Ash Clound to 20,000 Feet.

May 20, 2013 – Pavlof Volcano ash cloud shows Alaska’s threat to air travel: For the second time in a month, a volcano in Alaska’s remote Aleutian chain has erupted, spotlighting America’s most active portion of the Ring of Fire. … Continue reading

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Remote Alaskan Volcano Pavlof Continues to Erupt.

May 17, 2013 - Pavlof volcano continues to erupt with lava, ash: A remote Alaska volcano continues to erupt, spewing lava and ash clouds. The Alaska Volcano Observatory said Thursday a continuous cloud of ash, steam and gas from Pavlof Volcano … Continue reading

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Shelby Lynne Sings for the Wall Street Cafe.

May 12, 2013 – Shelby Lynne Sings “Heavens Only Day’s Down the Road”  for the Wall Street Café: “Heavens Only Day’s Down the Road” The Master of Music

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The Future Earthquake Destruction of California.

May 11, 2013 – The Future Earthquake Destruction of California: The picture above reflects 200 years of earthquake history for California (CA), Nevada and Northern Baja California, Mexico. Only earthquakes greater than or equal to 7.0 magnitude (M) were considered. … Continue reading

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World Tree Map – For the First Time.

May 6, 2013 – Global Map of Forest Height (above): Produced from NASA’s ICESAT/GLAS, MODIS and TRMM sensors. The map will advance scientists understanding of Earth’s forest habitats and their role in Earth’s carbon cycle. A NASA-led science team has … Continue reading

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Cross-Country Solar Plane Expedition Set for Takeoff – NYTimes.com

May 2, 2013 – Cross-Country Solar Plane Expedition:  When Bertrand Piccard was growing up in Switzerland, heady discussions about the boundless potential for human endeavor were standard fare. His grandfather, a physicist and friend of Albert Einstein and Marie Curie, … Continue reading

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The Cargo Ship “Dry Beam” Hit by a Huge Rogue Wave.

April 30, 2013 – The cargo ship Dry Beam is moored at Ogden Point for repairs after losing part of its load when it was hit by a rogue wave about 480 kilometers (300 miles) off northern Vancouver Island on … Continue reading

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A 6.5 Magnitude Earthquake Struck in Papua New Guinea.

April 24, 2013 – A 6.5 Magnitude Earthquake Struck North of Rabaul, Papua New Guinea (PNG): The quake hit at 11:14PM GMT, on April 23, 2013. It was 819 kilometers (507 miles) Northeast of Port Moresby, PNG. As you can … Continue reading

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Fertilizers Meet Fire, With Disastrous Consequences – NYTimes.com

April 23, 2013 – Nuclear Fertilizer Bomb:  While it is still not clear what caused the explosion at a fertilizer plant that killed at least 14 people and destroyed or damaged much of West, Tex., last week, the disaster is … Continue reading

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