Thursday, February 24, 2011
Sunday, February 20, 2011
Thursday, February 10, 2011
Gas explosion in Allentown
Occurred at 13th and Allen Streets. Jerome probably heard the explosion. Very sad and scary.
Here's the story:
Here's an aerial of the location:
Wednesday, February 2, 2011
67 *%#$$ Inches of Snow Thus Far!
From the New York Times:
Many snow-battered areas seemed to be living in a continuous loop of snowfall, plowing, icing, salting, and yet more snowfall. In Massachusetts, where some areas got close to a foot of snow Tuesday, people were bracing for yet more on Wednesday. That it was Feb. 2 — Groundhog Day — was not lost on Peter Judge, a spokesman for the Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency.
“It’s Groundhog Day, and literally like ‘Groundhog Day’ the movie,” he said, in a nod to the film in which a day keeps repeating itself.
The biggest concern, Mr. Judge said, is what the heavy snow and ice will do roofs. Boston has received 67.1 inches of snow this winter, and rain and slush will make it like a heavy, white, wet cement.
“The big issue over the past few days is roof collapses,” Mr. Judge said. “The snow we’ve seen over the past few days will act like a giant sponge on top of buildings, and the rain will just add to the stress of the integrity of the buildings.” MORE snow predicted for Saturday. This IS snowmeggedon!Did I mention the twins are sick too? Poor Arden is barking like a seal and can't sleep due to unremitting sinus drainage. Cari is crabby. Alana has become addicted to tv. Aaargh!
Is anybody else getting worried?
I don't think it's Armeggedon, but how about the start of the next Ice Age?
Record-breaking continent-wide storms in the US
Long-dormant Japanese volcano wakes up
Australia bracing for monster Cyclone
Birds dropping from the sky
Massive fish kills in Arkansas and elsewhere
Massive protests and people setting themselves on fire in North Africa and the Middle East
Or just global warming at work?
I hope this is simply an aberration, a freak weather system caused by a temporary kink in the jet stream vs a permanent change. Am I the girl who cried wolf, or is the wolf really at our door? Or am I just going stir-crazy being trapped in the house with 3 little kids for soooo long?!
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