Where I've 'sailed' the internet lately
Following are a few websites of interest to me on weather, Alaska, aboriginal North America(ns), and more
Daily Almanac from Sky & Telescope magazine.
Snow Forecast for the continguous United States, southern Canada, and northern Mexico
Update to December 8-9, 2005 winter storm:
http://www.wunderground.com/blog/EastCoastWeather/show.html
Forecast summary for Charleston, South Carolina and vicinity followed by Washington, D.C., Dover, Deleaware, Elkins, West Virginia, Johnstown, Pennsylvania, and Hagerstown, Maryland as posted on Weather Underground.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Association_of_Orthodox_Jewish_Scientists
763rd week special...$18 to the institution or tzedakah recipient of your choice!
animation arthouse
Current temp, wind, humidity, barometer, sun&moon rise/set plus forecast for the Garrett County and vicinity, satellite pix, & radar. Over 225" of snow fell in some populated areas of Garrett County during the winter of 2002-2003.
www.worldatlas.com/clipart.htm
Includes several looping radars and satellite imagery.
http://druginfo.nlm.nih.gov/drugportal/drugportal.jsp
Mount Washington Observatory - Gorham, New Hampshire
01:58 AM Sat Jan 17, 2004 EST
The return of normal temperatures were brought to us by the arrival of abnormal winds. You know the winds are strong when Mount Washington veteran Chris Uggerholt arrives in the weather room, glances at the wind chart and takes a step back while letting out a big "WOW!"
Furthermore, you know the winds are strong when you make an attempt to join the 100 MPH club (membership requires an unassisted walk around the observation deck enduring sustained winds of at least 100 MPH) and you are completely defeated. I'm not talking defeated as in "oh look, he can't stand up" I'm talking "oh look... he can't even make it back to the building."
Yes, that was me tonight failing miserably before I endured my "crawl of shame" back to the tower door. After falling, my back efficiently acted as a sail, allowing the wind to push me over the deck at a speed which was not ideal. Completely helpless, I just started to roll until I dizzily ended up behind a shack which is approximately fifty feet from the A-frame. Like a soldier fully aware of an enemy sniper within range, I would cautiously peer around the building, observing the terrain, in preparation for my attack. This was a frustrating place to be, because every time I made an attempt for the tower door, the wind would slam me head on, effortlessly upending me. After a few helpless attempts, I acknowledged the fact that I was wearing the proper gear and decided to wait for a lull. After ten minutes I began thinking "what do I do if I just can not make it back?" Fortunately after fifteen minutes the lull finally presented itself, dropping winds down into the 80 MPH range, and I just ran and dove under the A-frame. I obviously failed at joining the club.
It is so easy to underestimate the power of this mountain. Soon after I came inside, winds started gusting over 140 miles per hour. I'm willing to bet that there is not a man or woman alive who could have walked in tonight's conditions.
Right now we are in a relatively thin fog which has been breaking intermittently throughout the evening. Temperatures have stayed around four below zero much of the night, but we did have a brief spike in the temperature which brought our high up to three degrees above zero. Rumor has it the winds might spike again later this morning as well. I still can't believe the power of this mountain.
Jeff De Rosa - Observer
http://www.dnr.wa.gov/researchscience/topics/geosciencesdata/pages/geology_portal.aspx
