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Sichuan University student takes video at 2:29pm in dorm.

World Vision: The government of Myanmar has invited World Vision to provide assistance in the form of zinc sheets, tents, tarpaulins and medicine. The agency is coordinating with authorities to explore an airlift of emergency supplies into the country from one of its global warehouses. World Vision assessment teams have been deployed to the hardest-hit areas to determine the most … Read More

Big earthquake coming? RENO, Nev. (AP) — Scientists urged residents of northern Nevada’s largest city to prepare for a bigger event as the area continued rumbling Saturday after the largest earthquake in a two-month-long series of temblors. More than 100 aftershocks were recorded on the western edge of the city after a magnitude 4.7 quake hit Friday night, the strongest … Read More

I’ve been meaning to write about this for a long time, because it’s one of the most underreported stories (in my opinion) of the year. The issue is world hunger. Now, for those uninformed, you probably are aware that this is a constant problem.  But the problem of world hunger NOW is absolutely alarming. The reason for the alarm?  Rising … Read More

Roofs are collapsing in New England.  It’s so bad that the New York Times has taken notice: LACONIA, N.H. — It has been a great winter for skiers in central and northern New England, but the heavy snowfall has become a nightmare for municipal budgets and the owners of dozens of buildings whose roofs have collapsed. A mill complex under … Read More

Tornado warnings for the Triad tonight. And I have rehearsal in a trailer. In a trailer. With tornado warnings. A freakin’ trailer.  Them things be tornado magnets.

A Tennessee blogger: While everyone else was busy watching the Primaries, or "American Idol," the storms that ripped through Arkansas, Mississippi, Missouri, Kentucky and Tennessee were busy killing… I’m still a bit surprised that this is still just a media footnote. Red Cross here; United Way here, phone might be better: (901) 433-4300.

It’s been 28 years… Geologist John S. Pallister was flying over Mount St. Helens when he spotted something unusual. Pallister, a private pilot who works in the hazards section of the U.S. Geological Survey’s Cascades Volcano Observatory, noticed a line of steam coming from a zipper-like fracture line atop the growing lava dome in the crater of the southwest Washington … Read More

Been kind of busy lately.  Also got ingested by, of all things, a book.  Yes, it’s true — I found time to read.  (Well, actually, I don’t have the time, which is why there is light blogging and a pile of dishes in the sink.  But I digress). It’s Dark Tide: The Great Boston Molassas Flood by Stephen Puleo. I’m … Read More

FEMA holds a press conference with itself: The agency gave reporters 15 minutes’ notice before the press briefing, making it almost impossible for most reporters to get FEMA’s DC offices (which are nowhere near downtown or Capitol Hill). But the agency didn’t want to hold a press conference on national television without questions, so FEMA employees stood in and gave … Read More