Posted by: jmgreen93 on: May 20, 2010
BP, or Better Petroleum, has not been doing so hot for the past couple of weeks. Ever since the recent oil spill, BP has taken a majorly devastating hit to their company. To make matters worse, their CEO Tony Hayward is not doing a good job at his public press conferences that he makes to [...]
Posted by: jmgreen93 on: May 12, 2010
In an effort to stop the crude oil that has been spilling out up from the Gulf of Mexico for the past two weeks, BP, Better Petroleum, has created a device that should stop the oil or at least slow it down for a little. Two weeks ago, at one of BP’s oil rigs, disaster [...]
Posted by: lazygirjl on: May 3, 2010
Thousands of people were badly affected from the major flood in Tennessee, Kentucky and Mississippi this weekend because of the weekend storms and record rainfall. Rivers and streams overflowed their banks and blocked major highways. More than 300 roads were reported to have been flooded just in Kentucky alone. 26 people have already been found [...]
Posted by: cbizzle23 on: April 21, 2010
Between the movies and the news we all have been in the conspiracy of 2012. There are many theories any where from the world is going to end to the world is going to change greatly and will never be the same. The big question is do you believe in it? My personal thought on [...]
Posted by: bbss23 on: April 19, 2010
Last week China experienced a 6.9-magnitude earthquake and the death tolls have been recorded at 2,039 people. Another 195 people are still missing and nearly 12,135 people were injured. Rescuers have been working night and day non-stop trying to find survivors and save as many lives as they can. Nearly 15,000 homes toppled and roughly [...]
Posted by: gonzaloasis on: February 28, 2010
A altas horas de la madrugada (las 3:34 para ser exactos), el sueno de los chilenos fue interrumpido por uno de los temblores mas fuertes que se recuerdan (el tercero mas fuerte de la historia de Chile). El seismo, de 8.8 grados en la escala de Richter, afecto principalmente a la ciudad de Concepcion, la segunda mas grande [...]
Posted by: gonzaloasis on: February 27, 2010
An ice mass the size of the country of Luxembourg (25,000 squared kilometers) has come off the tongue of the Mertz glacier on the East of Antarctica when a giant iceberg known as B-9B collided against it three weeks ago. The total weight of the two pieces of ice that are now aimlessly sailing the Indian Ocean [...]
Posted by: socalgolfer on: January 26, 2010
A 7 year old boy in Britain named Charlie Simpson had a iron willed ambition to raise money and do what he could when he had heard about the Haiti disaster. He has raised the equivalent of over 220,000 US Dollars when he initially was trying to reach a goal of 800 dollars and donate [...]
Posted by: jmgreen93 on: January 24, 2010
In the Port-Au-Prince area alone, over 150,000 men, women, and children have been confirmed dead. The devastating earthquake that hit Haiti a little over a week ago destroyed their capitol building and left it as a big pile of rubble. The death toll is rising by the hour. Thousands of people, dead and possibly still [...]
Posted by: socalgolfer on: January 23, 2010
On Friday, January 22nd, hundreds of world’s brightest and best music artists as well as actors and actresses held a Hope For Haiti Fundraiser. It was a globally televised telethon as well as concert and show. It aired on over 25 networks and showed the celebrities’ live on the phone with people who called in [...]
Posted by: nataliebea on: January 5, 2010
Over the last few weeks, England has had quite a bit of snow. It is a few years since I could last remember it snowing at my house, which shows just how rare it is. About 1 week ago, there was some snow but people could still travel around the country. Many people enjoyed the [...]
Posted by: bbss23 on: January 5, 2010
In recent days, the United Sates has experienced serious drops in temperature all over the country. There have even been warnings of below freezing in some parts of the country. Meteorologists say that on Tuesday morning in some parts of the South there will be records in low temperatures. Some parts of northern Florida [...]
Posted by: nataliebea on: November 8, 2009
Hurricane Ida started out as a Tropical Depression and has now strengthened into a category 2 hurricane. So far it has passed through El Salvador and Honduras. Currently the Hurricane is passing over the Yucatan Peninsula and is heading somewhere between Louisiana and the Florida pan handle. So far, 91 people in El Salvador have [...]
Posted by: danieladaniela on: October 7, 2009
The earthquake was in January 2009 and affected the whole contry, especially the capital, San Jose. It was rated with a 6.1. The earthquake took 34 lives and injured 91 persons. Hundreds of people were trapped and two villages had been cut off. Most of the victims died when a landslide occurred near the La [...]
Posted by: bbss23 on: October 4, 2009
As sad as it is to report, as many as 4,000 could be dead or seriously injured under the rubble and debris after an earthquake erupted in Indonesia late Saturday. There have been an estimated 540 deaths thus far and rescuers as well as soldiers continue to search for bodies. Rescuers are using hammers, chisels [...]
Posted by: pendletonpanther on: September 16, 2009
Whenever we mention about the most adorable beach and Island, people would think about Maldives. It is acknowledged that Maldives is one of the most valuable traveling places in the world in 2006. However, the latest researchers estimate that Maldives Islands are going to disappear in this century due to the global warming. Due to this serious [...]
Posted by: bbss23 on: September 3, 2009
A recent article was published in the “Pendleton Panther” about the raging wildfires across northern Los Angeles. All of us on staff as well as many others had hoped that the fires would soon come to a halt and many citizens could resume their normal life style. However, the wild fires have continued to burn [...]
Posted by: dillonmoyer on: September 2, 2009
Over the past few weeks there has been some terrible fires in California. The worst part of the fire season has not even started yet and, according to officials, this is just a preview of the great dangers to come in the near future. The worst fires usually start burning in the fall when the powerful [...]
Posted by: imgandrew99 on: September 1, 2009
Everybody has heard about this Swine Flu affecting the population. We should know the warning signals, and what to do if we have any symptoms. This is a major deal going on in our nation’s well being. Even in our schools, people consider this Swine Flu a scary topic. Until now, I just thought that [...]
Posted by: bbss23 on: August 31, 2009
Monday morning, one would expect to get up and get his or her coffee and walk out the front door, preparing mentally and physically for another day at school or at work. However, the residents of Southern California (Los Angeles) are recently experiencing everything but a normal daily schedule. A fast moving wildfire has already [...]
Posted by: socalgolfer on: August 28, 2009
An aerial shot of the mudslide caused by Typhoon Morakot. A village of over 400 is buried underneath. Occurring only recently, a vicious Typhoon named Morakot ravaged Southern Taiwan and Southeastern China. Morakot is the worst typhoon to ever hit Taiwan’s mainland. It began as a small tropical storm in the ocean and migrated towards [...]
Posted by: jnguonly on: February 18, 2009
A fireball was spotted in the Texas sky and appeared headed to strike the Earth but experts say that they could not find where it came from. Experts say it is not from the pieces of broken satellites that collided earlier this week. Whether it is artificial or not, the fireball that struck Texas caught the [...]
Posted by: shaaz on: February 10, 2009
A young boy in Australia holds the record for the youngest sex change successfully completed. At the age of 16 he, or should I say she, finally finished the transformation after a long and exhausting process. Kim Petras, as she calls herself, has been undergoing hormone therapy since the age of 12. Now aged 16, she said, [...]
Posted by: shaaz on: February 9, 2009
At the back end of last week, the south-eastern region of Australia experienced the worst wildfires in its history. The death toll rose to 84 on Sunday. People fled as over 700 homes burned in the Victoria district of the country-continent. Prime Minister Rudd said “Hell in all its fury has visited the good people [...]
Posted by: xeniya on: January 26, 2009
In astronomy class that I am taking this year, we are currently observing the Sun, its activity, such as sunspots and its influence on Earth. Sunspots are Earth-sized regions on the solar surface that are about 1000 degrees Celsius lower than surrounding photosphere of the Sun, however even at the sunspot the temperature of the [...]
Posted by: xeniya on: January 22, 2009
Many of you may be questioning the title of this post but it is true. Florida is actually COLD! I know that most of people here are probably from somewhere colder then here and this may not be cold to you Bradenton but, for Florida this is cold. Tonight and tomorrow night in the early [...]
Posted by: xeniya on: January 16, 2009
This past Thursday, January eighth, one of the biggest earthquake struck 25 kilometer northwest of the capital San Jose. It struck just 30 kilometers under the surface and just six kilometers from the Poas volcano. The National Commissions of Emergency declared a red alert after an earthquake of a magnitude of 6.2 struck Costa Rica. In [...]
Posted by: shaaz on: November 25, 2008
The issue of global warming has just shifted out of the world’s focus over the past couple of months due to the U.S. election and the struggling global economy. However, the effect of this impending global calamity is still being monitored by many around the world. The Tibetan glaciers that lie on some of the [...]
Posted by: xeniya on: October 22, 2008
Apparently, the world is going to end and we are ALL going to die on December 21st, 2012. There are many rumors and beliefs but the scientific basis of this theory stated that in the year 2012 the Earth and Sun will be at the center of the Milky Way, and will cross over the [...]
Posted by: trubino on: October 15, 2008
Another new wildfire is burning in San Bernardino. Authorities say several hundred homes are threatened and Interstate 215 remains closed. San Bernardino Fire spokesman Steve Tracy says the fire broke out Tuesday morning in the city Little Mountain area just east of I-215 and north of I-210. Tracy says several hundred homes are threatened. He [...]
