Hard hitting global and local news
Hard hitting global and local news
From KVUE TV in Texas TO FIND VICTIMS AND SHELTERS: Google launched a crisis and relief map including evacuation shelters, crisis areas and relief drop zones. Go here for the map. Google also launched a person finder
Tweet With the disaster in the Philippines wrought by super typhoon Haiyan , once again the unseemly arguments appear about exactly how fast the winds were blowing at landfall and aw gee there were worse storms , the damage to global GDP was minor . Eli however, and some others have another question. Would it be useful to reformulate the Saffir-Simpson scale? Actually two. Would it also be useful to coordinate the new Saffir-Simpson scale with the Enhanced Fujita scale for tornadoes? The argument, at least the one the Bunny is making, has nothing to do with climate change, and everything to do with policy, construction codes, public safety and history. Both the Saffir-Simpson and the Fujita scales were designed for public officials to use in determining how to react to cyclones and tornadoes. The ranks are set not so much by wind speed and other parameters such as precipitation, as to the expected damage that a storm would do
Tweet The letter’s here , with the operative sentence "As climate and energy scientists concerned with global climate change, we are writing to urge you to advocate the development and deployment of safer nuclear energy systems." I would change the ending of that sentence to safer nuclear energy systems if fiscally prudent . I personally couldn’t support the letter as written just as I couldn’t support the reverse, a letter urging unqualified opposition to nuclear energy.
View original post here: Sufficient For a Thousand Losses
Tweet While Eli freely admits to being left of center in US terms, but somewhat in the center or even a bit to the right as far as civilized countries, the Bunny’s reaction to many things varies between puzzlement and amusement. No better venue for both to play than today’s Virginia gubernatorial election where indeed, the players deck has been shuffled with a vengence.
Originally posted here: Cuccinelli fights off stench of doom
