Drought predicted to continue though April; record low Lake Michigan water levels

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Wunderground.com - 1/18/13, Dr. Jeff Masters

Rain and snow from the a series of winter storms that have swept across the nation so far in 2013 have put only a slight dent in the Great Drought of 2012 - 2013, and the drought is likely to extend at least until late April, according to the latest U.S. Drought Monitor report and NOAA Seasonal Drought Outlook, issued Thursday. The area of the contiguous U.S. covered by moderate or greater drought began 2013 at 61%, and is almost unchanged as of January 15, at 59%. According to NOAA's monthly State of the Drought report, the drought peaked during July 2012, when 61.8% of the contiguous U.S. was covered by moderate or greater drought. This made the 2012 drought the greatest U.S. drought since the Dust Bowl year of 1939, when 62.1% of the U.S. was in drought. The 2013 drought will maintain its grip over the U.S. into February, according to the latest 15-day precipitation forecast from the GFS model, which predicts a much below-average chance of precipitation across the large majority of the drought region during the next two weeks.

 

Thousands Of Dead Fish Wash Ashore In South Carolina, Twice In One Week

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Huffington Post - 1/18/13

Dead fish wash ashore

Tens of thousands of dead fish washed ashore on a South Carolina beach on Tuesday, for at least the second time in a week.

Approximately 30,000 to 40,000 menhaden fish washed ashore along a mile-and-a-half-long stretch of beach from Georgetown County, S.C., to Pawleys Island, said Pawleys Island Police Chief Michael Fanning, according to NBC News. It seemed likely that thousands more of the 6- to 8-inch-long fish would wash ashore later.

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Sinkhole to be seen in 3-D

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HoumaToday.com - 1/19/13, Xerxes Wilson

An aerial view of the sinkhole in Assumption Parish taken earlier this week. Flooding from heavy rains mix the swamp with the 9-acre hole.

Scientists are starting to map out a three-dimensional look of the ground below the Assumption Parish sinkhole as nearby residents approach the sixth month of being evacuated.

The sinkhole was discovered on Aug. 3, prompting an evacuation of about 150 homes in the nearby Bayou Corne community.

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Méline Lafont ~Lady Portia : The New World has taken its first babysteps into Humankinds’ hearts.

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pleiadedolphininfos Saturday, January 19, 2013

19th of January 2013

Precious hearts of mine, I am rejoicing about this new World that has taken its first babysteps into Humankinds’ hearts.  You now all start to exist and co-create with one another and it is the most beautiful thing to observe.  You all have gained a true expansion of Light and Love deep inside of your precious hearts of Self and of Love.  You have all chosen to be into this new Reality of the 5th Dimension going to the 6th slowly and gradually.

Japan to replace nuclear plant with world's largest wind farm

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PhysOrg January 18, 2013 by Bob Yirka

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Nysted wind farm in the Baltic Sea off Denmark. Photo by Jeremy Firestone, University of Delaware

 

(Phys.org)—Officials in Japan have announced plans for building the largest wind farm in the world, ten miles off the coast of Fukushima – site of the nuclear disaster that followed the earthquake and tsunami that struck the island nation in 2011. Projections call for developing a wind farm capable of producing 1 gigawatt of power.

In the aftermath of the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami, the Japanese government has turned away from nuclear power and the dangers it possesses and towards other renewable energy resources. The country plans to eventually shut down all of its nuclear plants and replace them with wind and solar plants. To that end, plans for wind farm construction have taken center stage, with this newest the most ambitious yet
 

New Orleans ex-mayor Ray Nagin indicted

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BBC News 18 January 2013 Last updated at 15:30 ET

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Ray Nagin's indictment has been long expected

 

Former New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin has been charged with 21 federal counts of wire fraud, bribery, filing false tax returns and money laundering.

 

Mr Nagin, 56, mayor from 2002-10, came to national attention when Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans in 2005.

 

Beginning in June 2004, Mr Nagin took payments, travel and other gratuities in exchange for city contracts and other favours, prosecutors said.

 

Anti-corruption demonstrations held across Spain (Video)

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PressTV Saturday Jan 19, 201301:02 PM GMT

 

People in Spain have staged demonstrations in several cities across the country to voice their anger at the corruption in the eurozone member state which is in the grip of a sharp economic downturn, Press TV reports.


On Friday, angry protesters assembled near the headquarters of Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy's centre-right Popular Party in the capital Madrid, chanting slogans. The building was protected by riot police and metal barriers.

 

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Stratospheric Phenomenon Is Bringing Frigid Cold to U.S.

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ClimateCentral.org - 1/19/13, Andrew Freedman

An unusual event playing out high in the atmosphere above the Arctic Circle is setting the stage for what could be weeks upon weeks of frigid cold across wide swaths of the U.S., having already helped to bring cold and snowy weather to parts of Europe.

Forecast high temperatures on Monday, Jan. 21, from the GFS computer model.  Credit: Weatherbell

This phenomenon, known as a “sudden stratospheric warming event,” started on Jan. 6, but is something that is just beginning to have an effect on weather patterns across North America and Europe.

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