Wet, Wind-Whipped in the Midwest

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Weather.com - Jon Erdman, Updated 10/18/12

After rocking the Rocky Mountain and High Plains states with powerful gusts Tuesday, a powerful jet stream disturbance is making its presence felt over more of the Midwest Wednesday and Thursday. 

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Powerful Jet Disturbance

Powerful Jet Disturbance

During the 24-hour period ending at 6 a.m. CDT Wednesday, the National Weather Service relayed about 200 reports of wind damage or wind gusts of at least 40 miles per hour. These were not from thunderstorms, but purely from the wind energy associated with this large-scale storm system.

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Storm System Blows Through Plains States

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Weather.com - AP, 10/17/12

Ground crew covers the field during a rain delay of Game 3 of baseball's National League championship series between the St. Louis Cardinals and San Francisco Giants, Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2012, in St. Louis. AP Photo/David J. Phillip

A powerful storm system blew through the Plains States on Wednesday, downing trees and knocking out power for thousands left in its path.

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About 20,000 customers were without electricity in the Denver area Wednesday afternoon amid a powerful wind storm.

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Lake Michigan Level Touches Record Low for Month

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Weather.com - Dan Egan, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel/Updated 10/17/12

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Marine One helicopter and a decoy helicopter fly over Lake Michigan on June 2, 2012 en route back to Washington, D.C. An official said the Lake Michigan/Huron surface level last week was measured at 175.70 meters above sea level, about equal to the record low average in October 1964.

Lake Michigan kissed its record low water level for October on one day last week, and federal officials now predict the world's fifth largest lake is likely going to plunge into never-seen-before levels in the coming months.

Quake prompts 'unusual event' at Seabrook nuke plant

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Seacoast Online - John Breneman, 10/17/12

SEABROOK — An “unusual event” indeed. The 4.0 magnitude earthquake that rumbled across the Seacoast and beyond Tuesday evening triggered normal safety protocols at the Seabrook Station nuclear power plant.

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission declared an “unusual event” — NRC-speak for the lowest of its four levels of emergency classifications — at 7:20 p.m. Tuesday. The declaration was prompted by on-site ground motion resulting from an earthquake centered near Hollis, Maine — about 50 miles from the plant.

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A third earthquake rattles Dominican Republic’s south region

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Source: The Extinction Protocol, 10/18/12

October 18, 2012 – DOMINCIAN REPUBLIC – A 4.7 magnitude  quake rattled the Central Mountain towns of Padre las Casas and Constanza Tuesday night, panicking residents. It’s the third moderate tremor in as many days in the country’s south-central region, felt in several towns in the area.

According to the United States Geodetic Survey, the quake occurred at 11:30pm, at a depth of 12.7 kilometers (around 8 miles). Inhabitants of the villages of Guayabal and Sabana Yegua also felt the shake and another, less intense aftershock minutes later. No damages have been reported thus far. –Dominican Today

 

Kilauea Volcano lava lake reaches highest level ever

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Source: The Extinction Protocol - 10/17/12

October 18, 2012 – HAWAII – Kilauea Volcano has been putting on quite a show lately… as the lava lake within the Halemaumau Crater has reached its highest level since the summit eruption began in 2008. The lava lake at Kīlauea’s summit was only about 150 feet below the floor of Halemaʻumaʻu crater on Sunday — the highest it has reached, according to the scientists of the USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory. For the past several months, lava within the summit vent has been slowly rising.

 

Fireball lights night sky over 5 Midwest states

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Fireball lights night sky over 5 Midwest states

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By Michael Winter, USA TODAY
Updated 2010-04-15 6:21 PM

 

 

 
By University of Wisconsin-Madison Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences/AP

Residents across five Midwestern states are buzzing about the roaring fireball that lit up the sky last night. Space aces say it was most likely a meteor but could have been rocket debris or a chunk from an asteroid that whizzed between Earth and the moon this week.

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