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30 Apocalyptic Mammatus Clouds Gather Over the USA
Like portents of doom, mammatus clouds loom overhead, a globular blanket that might seem suffocating if we didn’t know of literally noxious gases released into the ether by human activity. Yet mammatus clouds are as exquisite as they ominous. As their name implies, are a thing of feminine beauty, and with sunlight percolating down through them, it could seem as if heaven itself is unlocking its gates. Join us on a chase across the States to track this singular meteorological phenomenon.
Continue reading...What’s That Coming out of the Sewer? Is it an Alligator?!!!
Thursday, July 2, 2009
1935. Two boys are busy clearing East 123rd Street of February snowfall by shovelling it down an open manhole. Next thing, they spot something large and reptilian lurking in the icy waters below. With much effort and no little rope, they manage to lasso and heave up a seven-foot alligator. Once at street level, the alligator begins snapping its sizable set of jaws, so the boys, being boys, proceed to beat it to death with their shovels.
Continue reading...7 Utterly “Lost” Cities of America
Monday, June 9, 2008
By new Environmental Graffiti Artist Brad Handley While many might believe the term “lost” might only refer to misplaced items and confusing TV dramas, the cities in this article stretch the definition far beyond what Merriam-Webster ever considered. Some are lost to politics, others to [...]
Continue reading...Coal and Nuclear Power Big Winners in New U.S. Budget
Monday, February 4, 2008
The White House has just released its proposed budget for 2009 and there are a few surprises. Image by Diliff For the past couple of weeks, scientists have voiced concern over the lack of funding for science by the government. So it seems a bit a shock to [...]
Continue reading...The Bali is in the Home Court
Saturday, December 15, 2007
So I am sitting here in the convention hall in Nusa Dua where international diplomats are hashing out the Bali roadmap for an International agreement on tackling global warming, with my heart in my stomach. I have seen a lot of terrible things by our government over the [...]
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Thursday, September 10, 2009
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