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Science and Spaceweather.                   \n\nFor procrastinators the world over!"},"link":[{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.thebigwobble.org\/feeds\/posts\/default"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/3134516610850300558\/posts\/default?alt=json-in-script\u0026orderby=published"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.thebigwobble.org\/"},{"rel":"hub","href":"http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/"},{"rel":"next","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/3134516610850300558\/posts\/default?alt=json-in-script\u0026start-index=26\u0026max-results=25\u0026orderby=published"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Gary Walton"},"uri":{"$t":"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/109571324097524361761"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"\/\/lh4.googleusercontent.com\/-K_6Yupunk50\/AAAAAAAAAAI\/AAAAAAAAPzs\/1JpiRJSX6jo\/s512-c\/photo.jpg"}}],"generator":{"version":"7.00","uri":"http://www.blogger.com","$t":"Blogger"},"openSearch$totalResults":{"$t":"797"},"openSearch$startIndex":{"$t":"1"},"openSearch$itemsPerPage":{"$t":"25"},"entry":[{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3134516610850300558.post-8110883470067426033"},"published":{"$t":"2015-02-14T13:30:00.002+01:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2015-02-14T13:30:51.327+01:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"A massive Mag 7.1 in the middle of the North Atlantic....A Mag 6.2 30km east of Taitung City, Taiwan in the space of an hour"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cdiv dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\" trbidi=\"on\"\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-zq2dPOLr7BA\/VN85An0I8RI\/AAAAAAAATn4\/-dQkQwXMM5M\/s1600\/Untitled.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-zq2dPOLr7BA\/VN85An0I8RI\/AAAAAAAATn4\/-dQkQwXMM5M\/s1600\/Untitled.jpg\" height=\"400\" width=\"730\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ETwo big quakes in the space of one hour after days of inactivity.\u003Cbr \/\u003EA massive Mag 7.1 in the middle of the North Atlantic more than a thousand miles from anywhere, the best place for a big one and no tsunami warnings, advisories or watches are in effect.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-sH1_-skwvFU\/VN88I240P_I\/AAAAAAAAToE\/_NII27ijqgg\/s1600\/coronalhole_sdo_200.gif\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-sH1_-skwvFU\/VN88I240P_I\/AAAAAAAAToE\/_NII27ijqgg\/s1600\/coronalhole_sdo_200.gif\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003EA Mag 6.2 30km east of Taitung City, Taiwan occurred just over an hour later,there is a low likelihood of casualties and damage and no tsunami warnings.\u003Cbr \/\u003ECoincidentally a large coronal hole is facing Earth so more big quakes could be in the offing in the next couple of days.\u003Cbr \/\u003EYesterday's Mag6+ quakes represent the 3rd and 4th of February and the 7th of 2015.\u003Cbr \/\u003EJanuary 2015 was one of the quietest months on recent record registering only 3 M6+ quakes for the whole month which was 3 less than the same month in 2014.\u003Cbr \/\u003EFebruary 2014 registered 8 M6+ quakes with half of this month left we could be on course for a similar number.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ch3 class=\"post-title entry-title\" itemprop=\"name\" style=\"background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arimo; font-size: 30px; font-stretch: normal; margin: 0.75em 0px 0px; position: relative;\"\u003EQuakes: 2014 IN NUMBERS\u003C\/h3\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"post-header\" style=\"background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arimo; font-size: 14.3999996185303px; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em;\"\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"post-header-line-1\"\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"post-body entry-content\" id=\"post-body-7863959237458016920\" itemprop=\"description articleBody\" style=\"background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arimo; font-size: 17.6000003814697px; line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 758px;\"\u003E\u003Cdiv dir=\"ltr\" trbidi=\"on\"\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-QZJx5pyYMdw\/VKwZdb2nu6I\/AAAAAAAASyI\/-0_b7SUyK4k\/s1600\/Untitled.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"color: #073763; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration: none;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" height=\"606\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-QZJx5pyYMdw\/VKwZdb2nu6I\/AAAAAAAASyI\/-0_b7SUyK4k\/s1600\/Untitled.jpg\" style=\"-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; background: rgb(7, 55, 99); border: 1px solid rgb(7, 55, 99); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; padding: 5px; position: relative;\" width=\"730\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ch4 style=\"color: #444444; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21.5599994659424px; margin: 0px; position: relative;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003E2014\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/h4\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"post-title entry-title\" itemprop=\"name\" style=\"color: #444444; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21.5599994659424px;\"\u003EDecember had 10 quakes of M6 or more\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"post-title entry-title\" itemprop=\"name\" style=\"color: #444444; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21.5599994659424px;\"\u003ENovember had 12\u003Cb\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: normal;\"\u003Equakes of M6 or more.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; color: #444444; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21.5599994659424px; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"post-title entry-title\" itemprop=\"name\" style=\"color: #444444; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21.5599994659424px;\"\u003EOctober\u0026nbsp;\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: normal;\"\u003Ehad\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E8\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: normal;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;quakes of M6 or more the biggest being M\u003Cspan class=\"mag\"\u003E7.3\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"place\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;WSW of Jiquilillo, Nicaragua.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"place\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"post-title entry-title\" itemprop=\"name\" style=\"color: #444444; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21.5599994659424px;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: normal;\"\u003ESeptember had 8 quakes of M6 or more.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"post-title entry-title\" itemprop=\"name\" style=\"color: #444444; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21.5599994659424px;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: normal;\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"place\"\u003EAugust had 9 quakes of M6\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003Eor more.\u003Cbr \/\u003EJuly had 18 quakes of M6 or more.\u003Cbr \/\u003EJune had 16 quakes of M6 or more.\u003Cbr \/\u003EMay had 18 quakes of M6 or more.\u003Cbr \/\u003EApril had 26 quakes of M6 or more, the biggest was a magnitude\u0026nbsp;\u003Cspan class=\"mag\"\u003E8.2\u003C\/span\u003E-\u0026nbsp;\u003Cspan class=\"place\"\u003E94km NW of Iquique, Chile on the second of April\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EMarch had 17 quakes of M6 or more.\u003Cbr \/\u003EFebruary had 8 quakes of M6 or more.\u003Cbr \/\u003EJanuary had\u0026nbsp; 6 quakes of M6 or more.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cb style=\"color: #444444; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21.5599994659424px;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: normal;\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"place\"\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: #444444; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21.5599994659424px;\"\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr style=\"color: #444444; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21.5599994659424px;\" \/\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"color: #444444; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21.5599994659424px;\"\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"color: #444444; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21.5599994659424px;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: normal;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"color: #444444; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21.5599994659424px;\"\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EThe biggest quake this year was a magnitude\u0026nbsp;\u003Cspan class=\"mag\"\u003E8.2\u003C\/span\u003E-\u0026nbsp;\u003Cspan class=\"place\"\u003E94km NW of Iquique, Chile on the second of April earlier in the year.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"place\"\u003E2014 surpassed the number of quakes in 2012- 133 and\u0026nbsp; 2013 which registered 143.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"place\"\u003E2011 had a record 207 quakes of M6 or more, the most in one year ever.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cb\u003EThe most large quakes in a month this year by a long long way was April with 26, coincidentally April was also the month of the first blood moon of this Tetrad. January had the least quakes with 6.\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"color: #444444; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21.5599994659424px;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003EApril had the most M5 quakes too see below, 75 more than any other month?\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-j0WQGwBmJTE\/VKxZ3mp_U3I\/AAAAAAAASyo\/BCJb1M_7Q1o\/s1600\/Untitled.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"color: #073763; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration: none;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" height=\"562\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-j0WQGwBmJTE\/VKxZ3mp_U3I\/AAAAAAAASyo\/BCJb1M_7Q1o\/s1600\/Untitled.jpg\" style=\"-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; background: rgb(7, 55, 99); border: 1px solid rgb(7, 55, 99); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; padding: 5px; position: relative;\" width=\"730\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"line-height: 21.5599994659424px;\"\u003E\u003Ch3 class=\"post-title entry-title\" itemprop=\"name\" style=\"font-size: 30px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0.75em 0px 0px; position: relative;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: blue;\"\u003EMag 6-6.9\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.thebigwobble.org\/2014\/10\/large-earthquakes-have-risen-by-over.html\" style=\"color: #073763; text-decoration: none;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;earthquakes have risen by over 450% since 1900\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/a\u003EBut anything bigger has remained stable?\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/h3\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"color: #444444;\"\u003E\u003Ch4 style=\"font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0.75em 0px 0px; position: relative;\"\u003E\"Earthquakes in diverse places.\" The truly amazing earthquake paradox of the last 114 years.\u003C\/h4\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; 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text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-HlLBDDwcXkI\/VN5MZA9ETWI\/AAAAAAAATnM\/IHVWtwjVjQs\/s1600\/Untitled.png\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-HlLBDDwcXkI\/VN5MZA9ETWI\/AAAAAAAATnM\/IHVWtwjVjQs\/s1600\/Untitled.png\" height=\"394\" width=\"640\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EMore than 80 pilot whales have re-stranded at Farewell Spit, after they were refloated by volunteers late last evening.\u003Cbr \/\u003EAn estimated 200 whales stranded on Farewell Spit yesterday, and it is estimated that around 70 died.  The rest of the pod was initially refloated last night, but were found re-stranded about 5 Kilometres down the beach.\u003Cbr \/\u003EDepartment of Conservation and Project Jonah workers will be back on the beach today to keep the whales comfy and healthy during the warmest part of the day.\u003Cbr \/\u003EThey'll then attempt to send them back out to sea in the 6pm high tide.\u003Cbr \/\u003EAlmost 200 pilot whales have stranded themselves on New Zealand's South Island, as rescuers and volunteers raced to refloat them.\u003Cbr \/\u003ETwo dozen of the 198 whales found on Farewell Spit, Golden Bay, had already died, the conservation department said.  If the attempt to refloat them on Friday is unsuccessful, rescuers will have to wait 24 hours for high tide to try again.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-OSmLlQD9F98\/VN5M9rcmnCI\/AAAAAAAATnU\/ssMSubmFczc\/s1600\/whale_3_news_1200.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-OSmLlQD9F98\/VN5M9rcmnCI\/AAAAAAAATnU\/ssMSubmFczc\/s1600\/whale_3_news_1200.jpg\" height=\"213\" width=\"320\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003EA local official said it is the biggest beaching incident in 10-15 years.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\"Because there's just so many whales, there are a couple of spots where a lot would gather together and that's kind of problematic from the aspect that you can't get in there, it's just too dangerous,\" said Mike Ogle, a local conservation ranger.\u003Cbr \/\u003EFarewell Spit has been the location of many whale strandings.\u003Cbr \/\u003EExperts say its shallow waters seems to confuse whales and hinder their ability to navigate.\u003Cbr \/\u003EOnce they are stranded, whales can suffer from dehydration and sunburn.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Ciframe allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"415\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/YxQQHXC9a5E\" width=\"730\"\u003E\u003C\/iframe\u003E \u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.3news.co.nz\/nznews\/whales-re-strand-at-farewell-spit-2015021407\"\u003E3News\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ERelated\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mtrpw\" style=\"background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arimo; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16.7999992370605px;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.thebigwobble.org\/2015\/02\/200-metric-tons-of-west-coast-rock.html\" style=\"color: #0b3861; font-size: 14px; text-decoration: none;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003E200 metric tons of West Coast Rock Lobster dead off the coast of South Africa\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mtrpwsumm\" style=\"background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arimo; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16.7999992370605px;\"\u003EHarmful algae off the coast of South Africa has killed more than 200 metric tons of West Coast Rock\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.thebigwobble.org\/2015\/02\/200-metric-tons-of-west-coast-rock.html\" style=\"color: #0b3861; font-size: 14px; text-decoration: none;\"\u003E....\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mtrpwsumm\" style=\"background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arimo; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16.7999992370605px;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mtrpw\" style=\"background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arimo; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16.7999992370605px;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.thebigwobble.org\/2015\/02\/mystery-of-starving-sea-lion-pups.html\" style=\"color: #0b3861; font-size: 14px; text-decoration: none;\"\u003EMystery of starving sea lion pups washing ashore on California's beaches.\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mtrpwsumm\" style=\"background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arimo; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16.7999992370605px;\"\u003EFor the third winter in a row, starving sea lion pups are washing ashore on California's\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.thebigwobble.org\/2015\/02\/mystery-of-starving-sea-lion-pups.html\" style=\"color: #0b3861; font-size: 14px; text-decoration: none;\"\u003E....\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mtrpwsumm\" style=\"background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arimo; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16.7999992370605px;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mtrpwsumm\" style=\"background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arimo; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16.7999992370605px;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mtrpwsumm\" style=\"background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arimo; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16.7999992370605px;\"\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mtrpw\" style=\"line-height: 16.7999992370605px;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.thebigwobble.org\/2015\/02\/another-species-in-danger-monarch.html\" style=\"color: #0b3861; font-size: 14px;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003EAnother species in danger: The monarch massacre nearly a billion butterflies have vanished\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mtrpwsumm\" style=\"line-height: 16.7999992370605px;\"\u003EThreatened animals like elephants, porpoises and lions grab all the headlines, but what’s happening\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.thebigwobble.org\/2015\/02\/another-species-in-danger-monarch.html\" style=\"color: #0b3861; font-size: 14px; text-decoration: none;\"\u003E....\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.thebigwobble.org\/feeds\/7537498878298582980\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/comment.g?blogID=3134516610850300558\u0026postID=7537498878298582980\u0026isPopup=true","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/3134516610850300558\/posts\/default\/7537498878298582980"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/3134516610850300558\/posts\/default\/7537498878298582980"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.thebigwobble.org\/2015\/02\/70-pilot-whales-die-after-198-stranded.html","title":"70 Pilot whales die after 198 stranded on New Zealand beach "}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Gary Walton"},"uri":{"$t":"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/109571324097524361761"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"\/\/lh4.googleusercontent.com\/-K_6Yupunk50\/AAAAAAAAAAI\/AAAAAAAAPzs\/1JpiRJSX6jo\/s512-c\/photo.jpg"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-HlLBDDwcXkI\/VN5MZA9ETWI\/AAAAAAAATnM\/IHVWtwjVjQs\/s72-c\/Untitled.png","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3134516610850300558.post-5521759408228451199"},"published":{"$t":"2015-02-13T10:51:00.000+01:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2015-02-13T10:51:26.087+01:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Colima volcano Mexico filmed"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cdiv dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\" trbidi=\"on\"\u003E\u003Cdiv dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\" trbidi=\"on\"\u003E\u003Cdiv dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\" trbidi=\"on\"\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-dxLheWgqT18\/VN3IXUSC9ZI\/AAAAAAAATm8\/IdkgpSGv0Lc\/s1600\/Untitled.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-dxLheWgqT18\/VN3IXUSC9ZI\/AAAAAAAATm8\/IdkgpSGv0Lc\/s1600\/Untitled.jpg\" height=\"348\" width=\"640\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EA volcano in Mexico erupted during a \"phase of heightened activity\", sending huge plumes of smoke into the air with fiery red lava.\u003Cbr \/\u003EFootage by Photovolcanica uses a combination of timelapse and normal footage shot from ground level to capture the moment the Colima volcano erupted.\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe videos were shot between the February 4 and February 9.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\"Colima volcano is currently in a phase of heightened activity which may be a prelude to one of the major eruptions that have happened at about 100 year intervals in historical times\", the filmmaker said.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\"The volcano poses a major threat to the around 40,0000 people living in surrounding communities as the volcanic edifice has repeatedly collapsed and obliterated all life over huge areas in prehistoric times and is likely to do so again in the future.\u003Cbr \/\u003EHence the volcano is considered one of the 10 most important in the world. \"The footage combines timelapse animations of nighttime eruptions with unprecedented framerates for Colima, several still images, and video sequences including rare video from an official monitoring flight.\"\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Ciframe allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"415\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/yXeDM-wdTrI\" width=\"730\"\u003E\u003C\/iframe\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/hisz.rsoe.hu\/alertmap\/index2.php\"\u003ESource\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.thebigwobble.org\/feeds\/5521759408228451199\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/comment.g?blogID=3134516610850300558\u0026postID=5521759408228451199\u0026isPopup=true","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/3134516610850300558\/posts\/default\/5521759408228451199"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/3134516610850300558\/posts\/default\/5521759408228451199"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.thebigwobble.org\/2015\/02\/colima-volcano-mexico-filmed.html","title":"Colima volcano Mexico filmed"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Gary Walton"},"uri":{"$t":"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/109571324097524361761"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"\/\/lh4.googleusercontent.com\/-K_6Yupunk50\/AAAAAAAAAAI\/AAAAAAAAPzs\/1JpiRJSX6jo\/s512-c\/photo.jpg"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-dxLheWgqT18\/VN3IXUSC9ZI\/AAAAAAAATm8\/IdkgpSGv0Lc\/s72-c\/Untitled.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3134516610850300558.post-6523369448923186842"},"published":{"$t":"2015-02-13T10:14:00.001+01:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2015-02-13T10:21:04.057+01:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Latest Avian \/ Bird Flu News"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cdiv dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\" trbidi=\"on\"\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-RDjzIYeHFvc\/VN2_4Hs7paI\/AAAAAAAATms\/P_ylwXQ2I_A\/s1600\/Day_old_chick_white_background.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-RDjzIYeHFvc\/VN2_4Hs7paI\/AAAAAAAATms\/P_ylwXQ2I_A\/s640\/Day_old_chick_white_background.jpg\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\" trbidi=\"on\"\u003EAvian Influenza (aka bird flu, avian flu) is caused by a type of influenza virus that is hosted by birds, but may infect several species of mammals.\u003Cbr \/\u003EIt was first identified in Italy in the early 1900s and is now known to exist worldwide.\u003Cbr \/\u003EA strain of the H5N1-type of avian influenza virus that emerged in 1997 has been identified as the most likely source of a future influenza pandemic.\u003Cbr \/\u003EStrains of avian influenza virus may infect various types of animals, including birds, pigs, horses, seals, whales and humans.\u003Cbr \/\u003EHowever, wild fowl act as natural asymptomatic carriers, spreading it to more susceptible domestic stocks.\u003Cbr \/\u003EAvian influenza virus spreads in the air and in manure and there is no evidence that the virus can survive in well cooked meat.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.thepoultrysite.com\/bird-flu\/bird-flu-news.php?country=bz\" style=\"background-color: white; color: #2e9fff; font-family: arial, serif; font-size: 12px; text-decoration: none;\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\" - Bird Flu News\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thepoultrysite.com\/images\/newsflags\/bz.gif\" height=\"10\" style=\"border: 0px;\" width=\"15\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white; color: #6d6e71; font-family: arial, serif; font-size: 12px;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"birdfluItem\" style=\"background-color: white; color: #6d6e71; font-family: arial, serif; font-size: 12px;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.oie.int\/wahis_2\/public\/wahid.php\/Reviewreport\/Review?reportid=17160\" style=\"color: #333333; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;\"\u003EBelize Reports Two Months Clear of Bird Flu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"birdfluSnip\" style=\"background-color: white; color: #6d6e71; font-family: arial, serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px;\"\u003EBELIZE - On 10 February, the veterinary authority has reported to the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) no new outbreaks of H5N2 low-pathogenic avian flu since its last report on 23 January. At that time, the virus had been detected in a broiler breeder flock in the state of Cayo.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"birdfluSource\" style=\"background-color: white; color: #cc0000; font-family: arial, serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003EOIE\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"background-color: #cfcfcf; color: #6d6e71; font-family: arial, serif; font-size: 12px; height: 1px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 10px;\"\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.thepoultrysite.com\/bird-flu\/bird-flu-news.php?country=bg\" style=\"background-color: white; color: #2e9fff; font-family: arial, serif; font-size: 12px; text-decoration: none;\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\" - Bird Flu News\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thepoultrysite.com\/images\/newsflags\/bg.gif\" height=\"10\" style=\"border: 0px;\" width=\"15\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white; color: #6d6e71; font-family: arial, serif; font-size: 12px;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"birdfluItem\" style=\"background-color: white; color: #6d6e71; font-family: arial, serif; font-size: 12px;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.oie.int\/wahis_2\/public\/wahid.php\/Reviewreport\/Review?page_refer=MapFullEventReport\u0026amp;reportid=17173\" style=\"color: #333333; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;\"\u003EH5N1 High-path Avian Flu Virus Detected in Bulgarian Wild Birds\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"birdfluSnip\" style=\"background-color: white; color: #6d6e71; font-family: arial, serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px;\"\u003EBULGARIA - Two dead wild birds have tested positive for the H5N1 highly pathogenic avian influenza virus in the city of Burgas. This is the same virus and in the same region as other wild birds and one outbreak in domestic birds recently.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"birdfluSource\" style=\"background-color: white; color: #cc0000; font-family: arial, serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003EOIE\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"background-color: #cfcfcf; color: #6d6e71; font-family: arial, serif; font-size: 12px; height: 1px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 10px;\"\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.thepoultrysite.com\/bird-flu\/bird-flu-news.php?country=ng\" style=\"background-color: white; color: #2e9fff; font-family: arial, serif; font-size: 12px; text-decoration: none;\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\" - Bird Flu News\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thepoultrysite.com\/images\/newsflags\/ng.gif\" height=\"10\" style=\"border: 0px;\" width=\"15\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white; color: #6d6e71; font-family: arial, serif; font-size: 12px;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"birdfluItem\" style=\"background-color: white; color: #6d6e71; font-family: arial, serif; font-size: 12px;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/dailypost.ng\/2015\/02\/11\/bird-flu-will-eradicated-soon-fg\/\" style=\"color: #333333; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;\"\u003ENigerian Federal Government Resolves to Eradicate Avian Flu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"birdfluSnip\" style=\"background-color: white; color: #6d6e71; font-family: arial, serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px;\"\u003ENIGERIA - On 10 February, the Federal Government reaffirmed its resolve to eradicate bird flu in the country soon through multiple approach. This was disclosed in Abuja by Dr Ademola Raji, Director, Animal Production and Husbandry Services, Federal Ministry of Agriculture, during a press briefing.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"birdfluSource\" style=\"background-color: white; color: #cc0000; font-family: arial, serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003EDaily Post\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"background-color: #cfcfcf; color: #6d6e71; font-family: arial, serif; font-size: 12px; height: 1px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 10px;\"\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.thepoultrysite.com\/bird-flu\/bird-flu-news.php?country=tw\" style=\"background-color: white; color: #2e9fff; font-family: arial, serif; font-size: 12px; text-decoration: none;\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\" - Bird Flu News\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thepoultrysite.com\/images\/newsflags\/tw.gif\" height=\"10\" style=\"border: 0px;\" width=\"15\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white; color: #6d6e71; font-family: arial, serif; font-size: 12px;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"birdfluItem\" style=\"background-color: white; color: #6d6e71; font-family: arial, serif; font-size: 12px;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.thepoultrysite.com\/poultrynews\/34347\/update-on-highpath-avian-flu-outbreaks-in-poultry-in-taiwan\" style=\"color: #333333; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;\"\u003EUpdate on High-path Avian Flu Outbreaks in Poultry in Taiwan\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"birdfluSnip\" style=\"background-color: white; color: #6d6e71; font-family: arial, serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px;\"\u003ETAIWAN - In the latest week of reports, the veterinary authority says there have been 110 new outbreaks of highly pathogenic avian flu of the H5N3, H5N8 and H5N2 subtypes, affecting more than 702,000 poultry (mainly geese but also ducks, chickens and turkeys) across most of the western half of the island.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"birdfluSource\" style=\"background-color: white; color: #cc0000; font-family: arial, serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003EThePoultrySite News Desk\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"background-color: #cfcfcf; color: #6d6e71; font-family: arial, serif; font-size: 12px; height: 1px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 10px;\"\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.thepoultrysite.com\/bird-flu\/bird-flu-news.php?country=cn\" style=\"background-color: white; color: #2e9fff; font-family: arial, serif; font-size: 12px; text-decoration: none;\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\" - Bird Flu News\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thepoultrysite.com\/images\/newsflags\/cn.gif\" height=\"10\" style=\"border: 0px;\" width=\"15\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white; color: #6d6e71; font-family: arial, serif; font-size: 12px;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"birdfluItem\" style=\"background-color: white; color: #6d6e71; font-family: arial, serif; font-size: 12px;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.cidrap.umn.edu\/news-perspective\/2015\/02\/flu-scan-feb-11-2015\" style=\"color: #333333; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;\"\u003EH7N9 Sickens One More in China\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"birdfluSnip\" style=\"background-color: white; color: #6d6e71; font-family: arial, serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px;\"\u003ECHINA - China's Guizhou province has confirmed an H7N9 avian influenza infection in a 44-year-old man who has been admitted to hospital. He had been exposed to live poultry before he got sick and that members of his family work as poultry cullers.\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe man's illness would push the global number of H7N9 infections to 585, according to a case list kept by FluTrackers.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"birdfluSource\" style=\"background-color: white; color: #cc0000; font-family: arial, serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003ECIDRAP\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.thepoultrysite.com\/bird-flu\/bird-flu-news.php\"\u003EThe Poultry site\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ERelated   \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mtrpw\" style=\"background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arimo; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16.7999992370605px;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.thebigwobble.org\/2015\/02\/200-metric-tons-of-west-coast-rock.html\" style=\"color: #0b3861; font-size: 14px; text-decoration: none;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003E200 metric tons of West Coast Rock Lobster dead off the coast of South Africa\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mtrpwsumm\" style=\"background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arimo; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16.7999992370605px;\"\u003EHarmful algae off the coast of South Africa has killed more than 200 metric tons of West Coast Rock\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.thebigwobble.org\/2015\/02\/200-metric-tons-of-west-coast-rock.html\" style=\"color: #0b3861; font-size: 14px; text-decoration: none;\"\u003E....\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mtrpwsumm\" style=\"background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arimo; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16.7999992370605px;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mtrpwsumm\" style=\"background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arimo; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16.7999992370605px;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mtrpwsumm\" style=\"background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arimo; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16.7999992370605px;\"\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mtrpw\" style=\"line-height: 16.7999992370605px;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.thebigwobble.org\/2015\/02\/mystery-of-starving-sea-lion-pups.html\" style=\"color: #0b3861; font-size: 14px; text-decoration: none;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003EMystery of starving sea lion pups washing ashore on California's beaches.\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mtrpwsumm\" style=\"line-height: 16.7999992370605px;\"\u003EFor the third winter in a row, starving sea lion pups are washing ashore on California's\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.thebigwobble.org\/2015\/02\/mystery-of-starving-sea-lion-pups.html\" style=\"color: #0b3861; font-size: 14px; text-decoration: none;\"\u003E....\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mtrpwsumm\" style=\"line-height: 16.7999992370605px;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mtrpwsumm\" style=\"line-height: 16.7999992370605px;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mtrpwsumm\" style=\"line-height: 16.7999992370605px;\"\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mtrpw\" style=\"line-height: 16.7999992370605px;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.thebigwobble.org\/2015\/02\/another-species-in-danger-monarch.html\" style=\"color: #0b3861; font-size: 14px; text-decoration: none;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003EAnother species in danger: The monarch massacre nearly a billion butterflies have vanished\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mtrpwsumm\" style=\"line-height: 16.7999992370605px;\"\u003EThreatened animals like elephants, porpoises and lions grab all the headlines, but what’s happening\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.thebigwobble.org\/2015\/02\/another-species-in-danger-monarch.html\" style=\"color: #0b3861; font-size: 14px; text-decoration: none;\"\u003E....\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mtrpwsumm\" style=\"line-height: 16.7999992370605px;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mtrpwsumm\" style=\"line-height: 16.7999992370605px;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mtrpwsumm\" style=\"line-height: 16.7999992370605px;\"\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mtrpw\" style=\"line-height: 16.7999992370605px;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.thebigwobble.org\/2015\/02\/latest-avian-bird-flu-news.html\" style=\"color: #0b3861; font-size: 14px; text-decoration: none;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003ELatest Avian \/ Bird Flu News\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mtrpwsumm\" style=\"line-height: 16.7999992370605px;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;H7N9 Sickens Seven More in China, One FatallyCHINA - On 6 February, two provinces — Guangdong\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.thebigwobble.org\/2015\/02\/latest-avian-bird-flu-news.html\" style=\"color: #0b3861; font-size: 14px; text-decoration: none;\"\u003E....\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mtrpwsumm\" style=\"line-height: 16.7999992370605px;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mtrpwsumm\" style=\"line-height: 16.7999992370605px;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mtrpwsumm\" style=\"line-height: 16.7999992370605px;\"\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mtrpw\" style=\"line-height: 16.7999992370605px;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.thebigwobble.org\/2015\/02\/mystery-ash-covers-parts-of-washington.html\" style=\"color: #0b3861; font-size: 14px; text-decoration: none;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003EMystery ash covers parts of Washington, Oregon states linked to grey goo which killed birds in San Francisco?\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mtrpwsumm\" style=\"line-height: 16.7999992370605px;\"\u003EEmergency officials at Washington's Walla Walla County said they've received numerous reports on\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.thebigwobble.org\/2015\/02\/mystery-ash-covers-parts-of-washington.html\" style=\"color: #0b3861; font-size: 14px; text-decoration: none;\"\u003E....\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mtrpwsumm\" style=\"line-height: 16.7999992370605px;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mtrpwsumm\" style=\"line-height: 16.7999992370605px;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mtrpwsumm\" style=\"line-height: 16.7999992370605px;\"\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mtrpw\" style=\"line-height: 16.7999992370605px;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.thebigwobble.org\/2015\/02\/avian-flu-nearly-two-and-half-million.html\" style=\"color: #0b3861; font-size: 14px; text-decoration: none;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003EAvian Flu: Nearly two and a half million birds culled in Taiwan and the virus is still spreading!\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mtrpwsumm\" style=\"line-height: 16.7999992370605px;\"\u003EMore Than Half Taiwan's Geese Lost to Avian Flu TAIWAN - Highly pathogenic avian influenza of\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.thebigwobble.org\/2015\/02\/avian-flu-nearly-two-and-half-million.html\" style=\"color: #0b3861; font-size: 14px; text-decoration: none;\"\u003E....\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.thebigwobble.org\/feeds\/6523369448923186842\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/comment.g?blogID=3134516610850300558\u0026postID=6523369448923186842\u0026isPopup=true","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/3134516610850300558\/posts\/default\/6523369448923186842"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/3134516610850300558\/posts\/default\/6523369448923186842"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.thebigwobble.org\/2015\/02\/latest-avian-bird-flu-news_13.html","title":"Latest Avian \/ Bird Flu News"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Gary Walton"},"uri":{"$t":"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/109571324097524361761"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"\/\/lh4.googleusercontent.com\/-K_6Yupunk50\/AAAAAAAAAAI\/AAAAAAAAPzs\/1JpiRJSX6jo\/s512-c\/photo.jpg"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-RDjzIYeHFvc\/VN2_4Hs7paI\/AAAAAAAATms\/P_ylwXQ2I_A\/s72-c\/Day_old_chick_white_background.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3134516610850300558.post-1196666868216205023"},"published":{"$t":"2015-02-12T10:50:00.001+01:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2015-02-12T10:50:20.833+01:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"200 metric tons of West Coast Rock Lobster dead off the coast of South Africa"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cdiv dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\" trbidi=\"on\"\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-FObhL9kGOjE\/VNx2rOuLb4I\/AAAAAAAATmU\/2615DS6nezs\/s1600\/algae-mother-child_2410926k.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-FObhL9kGOjE\/VNx2rOuLb4I\/AAAAAAAATmU\/2615DS6nezs\/s1600\/algae-mother-child_2410926k.jpg\" height=\"398\" width=\"640\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EHarmful algae off the coast of South Africa has killed more than 200 metric tons of West Coast Rock Lobster, according to the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries.\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe algae, known as red tide for the color it creates in the water, killed 80 tons of the crustacean on Wednesday at Eland Bay, north of Cape Town, the department said in an e-mailed statement.\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe total loss is equivalent to more than 10 percent of the allowable catch this season.\u003Cbr \/\u003EHarmful algal bloom was detected on Feb. 3 off South Africa's west coast and killed about 30 tons of lobsters on Feb. 9 and another 70 tons on Tuesday, the department said.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/hisz.rsoe.hu\/alertmap\/index2.php\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ESource\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ERelated\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mtrpw\" style=\"background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arimo; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16.7999992370605px;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.thebigwobble.org\/2015\/02\/mystery-of-starving-sea-lion-pups.html\" style=\"color: #0b3861; font-size: 14px; text-decoration: none;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003EMystery of starving sea lion pups washing ashore on California's beaches.\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mtrpwsumm\" style=\"background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arimo; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16.7999992370605px;\"\u003EFor the third winter in a row, starving sea lion pups are washing ashore on California's\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.thebigwobble.org\/2015\/02\/mystery-of-starving-sea-lion-pups.html\" style=\"color: #0b3861; font-size: 14px; text-decoration: none;\"\u003E....\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mtrpwsumm\" style=\"background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arimo; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16.7999992370605px;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mtrpwsumm\" style=\"background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arimo; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16.7999992370605px;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mtrpwsumm\" style=\"background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arimo; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16.7999992370605px;\"\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mtrpw\" style=\"line-height: 16.7999992370605px;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.thebigwobble.org\/2015\/02\/another-species-in-danger-monarch.html\" style=\"color: #0b3861; font-size: 14px; text-decoration: none;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003EAnother species in danger: The monarch massacre nearly a billion butterflies have vanished\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mtrpwsumm\" style=\"line-height: 16.7999992370605px;\"\u003EThreatened animals like elephants, porpoises and lions grab all the headlines, but what’s happening\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.thebigwobble.org\/2015\/02\/another-species-in-danger-monarch.html\" style=\"color: #0b3861; font-size: 14px; text-decoration: none;\"\u003E....\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mtrpwsumm\" style=\"line-height: 16.7999992370605px;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mtrpwsumm\" style=\"line-height: 16.7999992370605px;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mtrpwsumm\" style=\"line-height: 16.7999992370605px;\"\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mtrpw\" style=\"line-height: 16.7999992370605px;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.thebigwobble.org\/2015\/02\/latest-avian-bird-flu-news.html\" style=\"color: #0b3861; font-size: 14px; text-decoration: none;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003ELatest Avian \/ Bird Flu News\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mtrpwsumm\" style=\"line-height: 16.7999992370605px;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;H7N9 Sickens Seven More in China, One FatallyCHINA - On 6 February, two provinces — Guangdong\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.thebigwobble.org\/2015\/02\/latest-avian-bird-flu-news.html\" style=\"color: #0b3861; font-size: 14px; text-decoration: none;\"\u003E....\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mtrpwsumm\" style=\"line-height: 16.7999992370605px;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mtrpwsumm\" style=\"line-height: 16.7999992370605px;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mtrpwsumm\" style=\"line-height: 16.7999992370605px;\"\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mtrpw\" style=\"line-height: 16.7999992370605px;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.thebigwobble.org\/2015\/02\/mystery-ash-covers-parts-of-washington.html\" style=\"color: #0b3861; font-size: 14px; text-decoration: none;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003EMystery ash covers parts of Washington, Oregon states linked to grey goo which killed birds in San Francisco?\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mtrpwsumm\" style=\"line-height: 16.7999992370605px;\"\u003EEmergency officials at Washington's Walla Walla County said they've received numerous reports on\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.thebigwobble.org\/2015\/02\/mystery-ash-covers-parts-of-washington.html\" style=\"color: #0b3861; font-size: 14px; text-decoration: none;\"\u003E....\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mtrpwsumm\" style=\"line-height: 16.7999992370605px;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mtrpwsumm\" style=\"line-height: 16.7999992370605px;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mtrpwsumm\" style=\"line-height: 16.7999992370605px;\"\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mtrpw\" style=\"line-height: 16.7999992370605px;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.thebigwobble.org\/2015\/02\/avian-flu-nearly-two-and-half-million.html\" style=\"color: #0b3861; font-size: 14px; text-decoration: none;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003EAvian Flu: Nearly two and a half million birds culled in Taiwan and the virus is still spreading!\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mtrpwsumm\" style=\"line-height: 16.7999992370605px;\"\u003EMore Than Half Taiwan's Geese Lost to Avian Flu TAIWAN - Highly pathogenic avian influenza of\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.thebigwobble.org\/2015\/02\/avian-flu-nearly-two-and-half-million.html\" style=\"color: #0b3861; font-size: 14px; text-decoration: none;\"\u003E....\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.thebigwobble.org\/feeds\/1196666868216205023\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/comment.g?blogID=3134516610850300558\u0026postID=1196666868216205023\u0026isPopup=true","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/3134516610850300558\/posts\/default\/1196666868216205023"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/3134516610850300558\/posts\/default\/1196666868216205023"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.thebigwobble.org\/2015\/02\/200-metric-tons-of-west-coast-rock.html","title":"200 metric tons of West Coast Rock Lobster dead off the coast of South Africa"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Gary Walton"},"uri":{"$t":"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/109571324097524361761"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"\/\/lh4.googleusercontent.com\/-K_6Yupunk50\/AAAAAAAAAAI\/AAAAAAAAPzs\/1JpiRJSX6jo\/s512-c\/photo.jpg"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-FObhL9kGOjE\/VNx2rOuLb4I\/AAAAAAAATmU\/2615DS6nezs\/s72-c\/algae-mother-child_2410926k.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3134516610850300558.post-5631779445974870271"},"published":{"$t":"2015-02-12T10:29:00.002+01:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2015-02-12T10:29:15.849+01:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Mystery of starving sea lion pups washing ashore on California's beaches."},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cdiv dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\" trbidi=\"on\"\u003E\u003Cdiv dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\" trbidi=\"on\"\u003E\u003Cdiv dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\" trbidi=\"on\"\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-V33SrU2juKQ\/VNxvr8b0BWI\/AAAAAAAATl8\/Vb_xcHQ_avY\/s1600\/Untitled.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-V33SrU2juKQ\/VNxvr8b0BWI\/AAAAAAAATl8\/Vb_xcHQ_avY\/s1600\/Untitled.jpg\" height=\"532\" width=\"640\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EFor the third winter in a row, starving sea lion pups are washing ashore on California's beaches.\u003Cbr \/\u003ESince January 1, nearly 500 of the tiny animals have been admitted to the state's rehabilitation centers-a number many times higher than normal.\u003Cbr \/\u003EWhy these animals are struggling to survive is a mystery, and early stranding numbers suggest that 2015 could be even worse than the previous two years.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\"They're extremely emaciated, basically starving to death,\" says veterinarian Shawn Johnson of the Marine Mammal Center in Sausalito.\u003Cbr \/\u003EHere, the snorty symphony of rescued sea lions is accented by the continual ringing of rescue hotlines.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-lZvU7ItWY68\/VNxw3QfzBlI\/AAAAAAAATmE\/5OfNk7nx4hA\/s1600\/Untitled.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-lZvU7ItWY68\/VNxw3QfzBlI\/AAAAAAAATmE\/5OfNk7nx4hA\/s1600\/Untitled.jpg\" height=\"183\" width=\"400\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003ESo far, the facility has responded to 171 stranded sea lions.\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe calls are coming at a much faster pace than usual.\u003Cbr \/\u003ELast year, it took until April for the center to reach the hundred-animal mark, but the Sausalito facility has seen that many sea lions in the last ten days alone.\u003Cbr \/\u003ENow, with peak stranding months still on the way, rescue centers along the California coast are bracing for more.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\"We're all kind of holding our breath,\" says Justin Viezbicke, stranding network coordinator for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.\u003Cbr \/\u003ECalifornia sea lions (Zalophus californianus) are considered a sentinel species, meaning they're seen as indicators of ocean health.\u003Cbr \/\u003EGenerally, if sea lions are suffering, something is wrong offshore.\u003Cbr \/\u003EIn this case, scientists still don't really know what that something is.\u003Cbr \/\u003EStarting in January 2013, waves of starving sea lion pups began washing ashore in southern California.\u003Cbr \/\u003ERescuers found them in flowerpots, beneath parked cars, resting on the porch of an ocean-side resort. Rehab centers were overwhelmed.\u003Cbr \/\u003EBut it wasn't just the sheer number of pups that was alarming: Sometimes weighing less than half of what they should, the tiny animals were showing up extremely early in the year, at a time when they should have been relaxing on their Channel Island nurseries and plumping up on mom's milk.\u003Cbr \/\u003EPut simply, something mysterious was causing the young sea lions to leave home long before they were ready.\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe situation looked even worse on the islands, where surveys suggested that more than 50 percent of pups were dying.\u003Cbr \/\u003EIn March, NOAA declared the situation an Unusual Mortality Event and organized an investigation. Scientists noted that the stranding pattern resembled that of severe El Nino years, when warm ocean waters supplant the cool, nutrient-rich waters that normally fuel the area's ecosystems.\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe trouble was, these weren't El Nino years.\u003Cbr \/\u003EAnd aside from the struggling pups, nothing else was obviously wrong.\u003Cbr \/\u003ENo other species were similarly affected, and even adult sea lions seemed fine.\u003Cbr \/\u003EBy summer, when the strandings finally subsided, more than 1,600 pups had come ashore.\u003Cbr \/\u003ESix months later, in January 2014, strandings started to swell again.\u003Cbr \/\u003ESkinny pups arrived in droves, though in lesser numbers than the previous year.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Ciframe allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"415\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-PCRUT4E5uk\" width=\"730\"\u003E\u003C\/iframe\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/hisz.rsoe.hu\/alertmap\/index2.php\"\u003ESource\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ERelated\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mtrpw\" style=\"background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arimo; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16.7999992370605px;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.thebigwobble.org\/2015\/02\/another-species-in-danger-monarch.html\" style=\"color: #0b3861; font-size: 14px;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003EAnother species in danger: The monarch massacre nearly a billion butterflies have vanished\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mtrpwsumm\" style=\"background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arimo; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16.7999992370605px;\"\u003EThreatened animals like elephants, porpoises and lions grab all the headlines, but what’s happening\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.thebigwobble.org\/2015\/02\/another-species-in-danger-monarch.html\" style=\"color: #0b3861; font-size: 14px; text-decoration: none;\"\u003E....\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mtrpwsumm\" style=\"background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arimo; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16.7999992370605px;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mtrpwsumm\" style=\"background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arimo; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16.7999992370605px;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mtrpwsumm\" style=\"background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arimo; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16.7999992370605px;\"\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mtrpw\" style=\"line-height: 16.7999992370605px;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.thebigwobble.org\/2015\/02\/latest-avian-bird-flu-news.html\" style=\"color: #0b3861; font-size: 14px; text-decoration: none;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003ELatest Avian \/ Bird Flu News\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mtrpwsumm\" style=\"line-height: 16.7999992370605px;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;H7N9 Sickens Seven More in China, One FatallyCHINA - On 6 February, two provinces — Guangdong\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.thebigwobble.org\/2015\/02\/latest-avian-bird-flu-news.html\" style=\"color: #0b3861; font-size: 14px; text-decoration: none;\"\u003E....\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mtrpwsumm\" style=\"line-height: 16.7999992370605px;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mtrpwsumm\" style=\"line-height: 16.7999992370605px;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mtrpwsumm\" style=\"line-height: 16.7999992370605px;\"\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mtrpw\" style=\"line-height: 16.7999992370605px;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.thebigwobble.org\/2015\/02\/mystery-ash-covers-parts-of-washington.html\" style=\"color: #0b3861; font-size: 14px; text-decoration: none;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003EMystery ash covers parts of Washington, Oregon states linked to grey goo which killed birds in San Francisco?\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mtrpwsumm\" style=\"line-height: 16.7999992370605px;\"\u003EEmergency officials at Washington's Walla Walla County said they've received numerous reports on\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.thebigwobble.org\/2015\/02\/mystery-ash-covers-parts-of-washington.html\" style=\"color: #0b3861; font-size: 14px; text-decoration: none;\"\u003E....\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mtrpwsumm\" style=\"line-height: 16.7999992370605px;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mtrpwsumm\" style=\"line-height: 16.7999992370605px;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mtrpwsumm\" style=\"line-height: 16.7999992370605px;\"\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mtrpw\" style=\"line-height: 16.7999992370605px;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.thebigwobble.org\/2015\/02\/avian-flu-nearly-two-and-half-million.html\" style=\"color: #0b3861; font-size: 14px; text-decoration: none;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003EAvian Flu: Nearly two and a half million birds culled in Taiwan and the virus is still spreading!\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mtrpwsumm\" style=\"line-height: 16.7999992370605px;\"\u003EMore Than Half Taiwan's Geese Lost to Avian Flu TAIWAN - Highly pathogenic avian influenza of\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.thebigwobble.org\/2015\/02\/avian-flu-nearly-two-and-half-million.html\" style=\"color: #0b3861; font-size: 14px; text-decoration: none;\"\u003E....\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.thebigwobble.org\/feeds\/5631779445974870271\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/comment.g?blogID=3134516610850300558\u0026postID=5631779445974870271\u0026isPopup=true","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/3134516610850300558\/posts\/default\/5631779445974870271"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/3134516610850300558\/posts\/default\/5631779445974870271"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.thebigwobble.org\/2015\/02\/mystery-of-starving-sea-lion-pups.html","title":"Mystery of starving sea lion pups washing ashore on California's beaches."}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Gary Walton"},"uri":{"$t":"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/109571324097524361761"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"\/\/lh4.googleusercontent.com\/-K_6Yupunk50\/AAAAAAAAAAI\/AAAAAAAAPzs\/1JpiRJSX6jo\/s512-c\/photo.jpg"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-V33SrU2juKQ\/VNxvr8b0BWI\/AAAAAAAATl8\/Vb_xcHQ_avY\/s72-c\/Untitled.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3134516610850300558.post-8180167106817707333"},"published":{"$t":"2015-02-12T06:56:00.001+01:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2015-02-12T06:56:46.495+01:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Fracking is to blame for the seismic activity in Texas"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cdiv dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\" trbidi=\"on\"\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-IE0McBZPUsc\/VNw_rmACxFI\/AAAAAAAATls\/TCty2kTgUVg\/s1600\/Texas-fracking-aerial_.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-IE0McBZPUsc\/VNw_rmACxFI\/AAAAAAAATls\/TCty2kTgUVg\/s1600\/Texas-fracking-aerial_.jpg\" height=\"340\" width=\"640\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EAn aerial photo taken on August 3rd of fracking operations in Texas has caused a rumble online,\u003Cbr \/\u003Edrawing 20,000 views on the photo sharing site.\u003Cbr \/\u003EBetween Jan. 6 and 7, the United States Geological Survey recorded 12 earthquakes in the Irving, Texas, area.\u003Cbr \/\u003ESince 2008, more than 100 quakes have hit North Texas; 45 were in the Irving area, and more than 20 happened in the last three months.\u003Cbr \/\u003EPrior to 2008, the single seismic event reported in that area was in 1950.\u003Cbr \/\u003EWhile it has not been officially proven in Texas that fracking is to blame for the seismic activity, the evidence suggests so.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\"There's no doubt in my mind that fracking has something to do with those small, micro-earthquakes,\" Dr. Fred Busche, a geology professor at Brookhaven College and fracking expert, said. Irving has more than 2,000 fracking wells nearby, as well as some of the more than 216,000 statewide injection wells, which are responsible for disposing of fracking's wastewater byproduct. Located thousands of feet below the ground, these wells hold millions of gallons of chemically tainted water.\u003Cbr \/\u003EA 2012 study by Cliff Frohlich, senior research scientist at the University of Texas at Austin Institute for Geophysics, found that some of the disposal wells are also on Dallas-Fort Worth fault lines. \"When you take something away, a collapse is going to occur,\" Busche said.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\"It's happened at every oil and gas station in the U.S. It's happened at every place they've done fracking; it's even happened at places where they haven't done fracking as a result of the removal of fluids.\"\u003Cbr \/\u003EWhile these \"micro-earthquakes\" have yet to cause damage, they show signs of changing.\u003Cbr \/\u003EStudies are \"showing that the magnitude of the activity may be linked to how long a disposal well is in use, meaning that the more we spew wastewater into aging wells, the higher the potential for a major incident,\" according to an article by James Joiner for The Daily Beast.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\"'With time, as an injection activity continues, so will the seismic hazard as measured by the maximum magnitude,' the U.S. Geological Survey's Art McGarr was quoted by the National Public Radio.\"\u003Cbr \/\u003EBusche said micro-earthquakes are potentially created by two different causes.\u003Cbr \/\u003ESince the research has not confirmed either case or any other reasons for the movement, researchers are speculating based upon educated guesses.\u003Cbr \/\u003EOne possibility is that there are faults or fractures in the earth at depths where wastewater from fracking is injected.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\"This wastewater may be lubricating the fault so it slips,\" Busche said.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\"This could be the cause of the small quakes in Irving, but they are still investigating these events and are adding more seismographs to help monitor and precisely locate the points of movement.\u003Cbr \/\u003EWith respect to some of the small quakes that are shallower, it could be associated with the removal of fluids from a formation that has been fracked and this has created cavities that collapse over time.\"\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.popularresistance.org\/amazing-birds-eye-view-of-texas-fracking\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EImage\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/hisz.rsoe.hu\/alertmap\/index2.php\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ESource\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ERelated\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mtrpw\" style=\"background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arimo; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16.7999992370605px;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.thebigwobble.org\/2015\/02\/only-second-mag-6-quake-of-february-2015.html\" style=\"color: #0b3861; font-size: 14px;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003EOnly the second Mag 6+ quake of February 2015\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mtrpwsumm\" style=\"background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arimo; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16.7999992370605px;\"\u003EThe second Mag 6+ Quake Of February 2015 Is A Mag\u0026nbsp;6.7 93km W of El Aguilar, Argentina....After\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.thebigwobble.org\/2015\/02\/only-second-mag-6-quake-of-february-2015.html\" style=\"color: #0b3861; font-size: 14px; text-decoration: none;\"\u003E....\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.thebigwobble.org\/feeds\/8180167106817707333\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/comment.g?blogID=3134516610850300558\u0026postID=8180167106817707333\u0026isPopup=true","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/3134516610850300558\/posts\/default\/8180167106817707333"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/3134516610850300558\/posts\/default\/8180167106817707333"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.thebigwobble.org\/2015\/02\/fracking-is-to-blame-for-seismic.html","title":"Fracking is to blame for the seismic activity in Texas"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Gary Walton"},"uri":{"$t":"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/109571324097524361761"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"\/\/lh4.googleusercontent.com\/-K_6Yupunk50\/AAAAAAAAAAI\/AAAAAAAAPzs\/1JpiRJSX6jo\/s512-c\/photo.jpg"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-IE0McBZPUsc\/VNw_rmACxFI\/AAAAAAAATls\/TCty2kTgUVg\/s72-c\/Texas-fracking-aerial_.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3134516610850300558.post-8777749688167212950"},"published":{"$t":"2015-02-11T23:42:00.002+01:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2015-02-11T23:42:41.425+01:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Raging sandstorm engulfs Israel, Palestine, Lebanon and Egypt"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cdiv dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\" trbidi=\"on\"\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-Jhn8xD51olc\/VNvaQYk9x8I\/AAAAAAAATlc\/nLj_4RFeNLo\/s1600\/25918A3300000578-2949392-image-a-66_1423670124429.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-Jhn8xD51olc\/VNvaQYk9x8I\/AAAAAAAATlc\/nLj_4RFeNLo\/s1600\/25918A3300000578-2949392-image-a-66_1423670124429.jpg\" height=\"428\" width=\"640\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EA raging sandstorm has swept into Israel, Palestine and Lebanon causing the worst Israeli air pollution in years and whipping up huge waves in the Mediterranean Sea.\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe storm, make up of accumulated dust carried from the far reaches of the Sahara Desert in North Africa, also engulfed Cairo for a second day.\u003Cbr \/\u003EIsrael's Environmental Protection Ministry said air pollution levels were the country's worst in five years and the storm would last into tonight.\u003Cbr \/\u003EIsraeli airports spokeswoman Liza Dvir said flights to and from the Red Sea resort city of Eilat were temporarily grounded due to the weather, though planes still flew through the country's main international hub, Ben Gurion Airport outside of Tel Aviv.\u003Cbr \/\u003EIsraeli police said more patrols would be on hand to respond to emergencies brought on by the weather.\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe strong sandstorm first reached Egypt yesterday, temporarily closing Cairo International Airport to incoming flights and the weather front caused strong waves to crash into the coast, resulting in the closure of two seaports.\u003Cbr \/\u003EIhab Mohieddin, head of the Egyptian aviation authority, said departures from Cairo's airport were undisturbed, but arrivals were closed to flights for nearly 70 minutes after vision was reduced to about 165 yards.\u003Cbr \/\u003EIn Beirut, strong winds paralyzed many of the capital's streets.\u003Cbr \/\u003EPictures of Al-Manara coastal road in Ras Beirut showed severe damage caused by waves to the Corniche's handrails and cobbled sidewalk.\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe capital's residents also experienced frequent cuts in electricity and internet services.\u003Cbr \/\u003EMedia reports said the seaport of the southern city of Sidon stopped operating due to the stormy weather.\u003Cbr \/\u003EIn areas higher than 900 meters above sea level, snow fell overnight and blocked many major roads in east and north Lebanon.\u003Cbr \/\u003ETMC announced that the road linking Zahle to Tarshishl, Ainata to Cedars, Laqlouq to Aqoura and Kfardebian to Hadath Baalbek were all shut by the snow.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-2949392\/Raging-sandstorm-engulfs-Israel-Palestine-Lebanon-Egypt-Airports-seaports-close-swimmers-rescued-Red-Sea.html\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EMore here\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ERelated\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mtrpw\" style=\"background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arimo; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16.7999992370605px;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.thebigwobble.org\/2015\/02\/storm-yohan-damages-lebanon-coastal.html\" style=\"color: #0b3861; font-size: 14px;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003EStorm ‘Yohan’ damages Lebanon coastal roads\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mtrpwsumm\" style=\"background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arimo; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16.7999992370605px;\"\u003EIn a follow up to last month's storm \"Zina\", which paralyzed Lebanon with thick layers of snow,\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.thebigwobble.org\/2015\/02\/storm-yohan-damages-lebanon-coastal.html\" style=\"color: #0b3861; font-size: 14px; text-decoration: none;\"\u003E....\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mtrpw\" style=\"background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arimo; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16.7999992370605px;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.thebigwobble.org\/2015\/02\/snow-sets-historic-records-in-boston.html\" style=\"color: #0b3861; font-size: 14px; text-decoration: none;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003ESnow sets historic records in Boston breaks record for snow in 30 days.\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mtrpwsumm\" style=\"background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arimo; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16.7999992370605px;\"\u003ESnow sets historic records in Boston breaks record for snow in 30 days.Boston has now clocked up\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.thebigwobble.org\/2015\/02\/snow-sets-historic-records-in-boston.html\" style=\"color: #0b3861; font-size: 14px; text-decoration: none;\"\u003E....\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mtrpwsumm\" style=\"background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arimo; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16.7999992370605px;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mtrpwsumm\" style=\"background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arimo; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16.7999992370605px;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mtrpwsumm\" style=\"background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arimo; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16.7999992370605px;\"\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mtrpw\" style=\"line-height: 16.7999992370605px;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.thebigwobble.org\/2015\/02\/worst-flooding-in-50-years-hits-parts.html\" style=\"color: #0b3861; font-size: 14px; text-decoration: none;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003EWorst flooding in 50 years hits parts of Queensland\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mtrpwsumm\" style=\"line-height: 16.7999992370605px;\"\u003EA north Queensland town is mopping up after the worst flooding in almost 50 years hit the area,\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.thebigwobble.org\/2015\/02\/worst-flooding-in-50-years-hits-parts.html\" style=\"color: #0b3861; font-size: 14px; text-decoration: none;\"\u003E....\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mtrpwsumm\" style=\"line-height: 16.7999992370605px;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mtrpwsumm\" style=\"line-height: 16.7999992370605px;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mtrpwsumm\" style=\"line-height: 16.7999992370605px;\"\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mtrpw\" style=\"line-height: 16.7999992370605px;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.thebigwobble.org\/2015\/02\/80-centimeters-of-snow-in-croatia-as.html\" style=\"color: #0b3861; font-size: 14px; text-decoration: none;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003E80 centimeters of snow in Croatia as Zagreb residents without power\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mtrpwsumm\" style=\"line-height: 16.7999992370605px;\"\u003EHeating was suspended for thousands of residents in Zagreb, the capital city of Croatia, after\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.thebigwobble.org\/2015\/02\/80-centimeters-of-snow-in-croatia-as.html\" style=\"color: #0b3861; font-size: 14px; text-decoration: none;\"\u003E....\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mtrpwsumm\" style=\"line-height: 16.7999992370605px;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mtrpw\" style=\"line-height: 16.7999992370605px;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.thebigwobble.org\/2015\/02\/europe-and-us-breaking-all-snow-and.html\" style=\"color: #0b3861; font-size: 14px; text-decoration: none;\"\u003EEurope and US breaking all snow and cold records this winter\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mtrpwsumm\" style=\"line-height: 16.7999992370605px;\"\u003EEurope now joins US in breaking snow and cold records this winterWinter snow 'breaks Europe\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.thebigwobble.org\/2015\/02\/europe-and-us-breaking-all-snow-and.html\" style=\"color: #0b3861; font-size: 14px; text-decoration: none;\"\u003E....\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mtrpwsumm\" style=\"line-height: 16.7999992370605px;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mtrpwsumm\" style=\"line-height: 16.7999992370605px;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mtrpwsumm\" style=\"line-height: 16.7999992370605px;\"\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mtrpw\" style=\"line-height: 16.7999992370605px;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.thebigwobble.org\/2015\/02\/albanian-declares-state-of-emergency.html\" style=\"color: #0b3861; font-size: 14px; text-decoration: none;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003EAlbanian declares a state of emergency after the worst floods the country has ever seen!\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mtrpwsumm\" style=\"line-height: 16.7999992370605px;\"\u003EAlbanian has declared a state of emergency after some of the worst floods the country has ever\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.thebigwobble.org\/2015\/02\/albanian-declares-state-of-emergency.html\" style=\"color: #0b3861; font-size: 14px; text-decoration: none;\"\u003E....\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mtrpwsumm\" style=\"line-height: 16.7999992370605px;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mtrpwsumm\" style=\"line-height: 16.7999992370605px;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mtrpwsumm\" style=\"line-height: 16.7999992370605px;\"\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mtrpw\" style=\"line-height: 16.7999992370605px;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.thebigwobble.org\/2015\/02\/boston-record-for-snowiest-seven-day.html\" style=\"color: #0b3861; font-size: 14px; text-decoration: none;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003EBoston: Record for the snowiest seven-day period in the city's history at least 10 deaths\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mtrpwsumm\" style=\"line-height: 16.7999992370605px;\"\u003EA deadly winter snowstorm was forecast to lift on Monday night after walloping the Northeastern\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.thebigwobble.org\/2015\/02\/boston-record-for-snowiest-seven-day.html\" style=\"color: #0b3861; font-size: 14px; text-decoration: none;\"\u003E....\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cbr style=\"font-size: 15.3999996185303px; line-height: 21.5599994659424px;\" \/\u003E\u003Cbr style=\"font-size: 15.3999996185303px; line-height: 21.5599994659424px;\" \/\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mtrpw\" style=\"line-height: 16.7999992370605px;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.thebigwobble.org\/2015\/02\/pyrenees-homes-without-power-as-more.html\" style=\"color: #0b3861; font-size: 14px; text-decoration: none;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003EPyrenees homes without power as more than a meter of snow falls on resorts\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mtrpwsumm\" style=\"line-height: 16.7999992370605px;\"\u003ESeven thousand homes in the Pyrenees are without power and several ski resorts have been forced to\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.thebigwobble.org\/2015\/02\/pyrenees-homes-without-power-as-more.html\" style=\"color: #0b3861; font-size: 14px; text-decoration: none;\"\u003E....\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mtrpwsumm\" style=\"line-height: 16.7999992370605px;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mtrpw\" style=\"line-height: 16.7999992370605px;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.thebigwobble.org\/2015\/02\/one-of-biggest-ever-chicago-hit-by-one.html\" style=\"color: #0b3861; font-size: 14px; text-decoration: none;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003EOne of the biggest ever! Chicago hit by one of its heaviest snowstorms ever\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mtrpwsumm\" style=\"line-height: 16.7999992370605px;\"\u003EChicago has been hit by a severe snowstorm, one of the city's all-time \"top three\" heaviest\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.thebigwobble.org\/2015\/02\/one-of-biggest-ever-chicago-hit-by-one.html\" style=\"color: #0b3861; font-size: 14px; text-decoration: none;\"\u003E....\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mtrpwsumm\" style=\"line-height: 16.7999992370605px;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mtrpw\" style=\"line-height: 16.7999992370605px;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.thebigwobble.org\/2015\/02\/flood-hits-dams-in-macedonias-capital.html\" style=\"color: #0b3861; font-size: 14px; text-decoration: none;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003EFlood hits dams in Macedonia's capital: A whole town has been evacuated\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mtrpwsumm\" style=\"line-height: 16.7999992370605px;\"\u003ETwo major dams in Skopje have been hit by a flood, and the area around the town of Shtip has been\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.thebigwobble.org\/2015\/02\/flood-hits-dams-in-macedonias-capital.html\" style=\"color: #0b3861; font-size: 14px; text-decoration: none;\"\u003E....\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.thebigwobble.org\/feeds\/8777749688167212950\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/comment.g?blogID=3134516610850300558\u0026postID=8777749688167212950\u0026isPopup=true","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/3134516610850300558\/posts\/default\/8777749688167212950"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/3134516610850300558\/posts\/default\/8777749688167212950"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.thebigwobble.org\/2015\/02\/raging-sandstorm-engulfs-israel.html","title":"Raging sandstorm engulfs Israel, Palestine, Lebanon and Egypt"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Gary Walton"},"uri":{"$t":"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/109571324097524361761"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"\/\/lh4.googleusercontent.com\/-K_6Yupunk50\/AAAAAAAAAAI\/AAAAAAAAPzs\/1JpiRJSX6jo\/s512-c\/photo.jpg"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-Jhn8xD51olc\/VNvaQYk9x8I\/AAAAAAAATlc\/nLj_4RFeNLo\/s72-c\/25918A3300000578-2949392-image-a-66_1423670124429.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3134516610850300558.post-7805367658501871194"},"published":{"$t":"2015-02-11T21:19:00.001+01:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2015-02-13T13:49:21.245+01:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Only the second Mag 6+ quake of February 2015"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cdiv dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\" trbidi=\"on\"\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/--ubTUC2_OHU\/VNu3ppqHI5I\/AAAAAAAATlM\/1o52yuWo7Z8\/s1600\/Untitled.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/--ubTUC2_OHU\/VNu3ppqHI5I\/AAAAAAAATlM\/1o52yuWo7Z8\/s1600\/Untitled.jpg\" height=\"516\" width=\"640\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arimo; font-size: 15.3999996185303px; line-height: 21.5599994659424px;\"\u003EThe second Mag 6+ Quake Of February 2015 Is A Mag\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E6.7 93km W of El Aguilar, Argentina....\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ciframe allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"415\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0anICvWbA3g\" width=\"730\"\u003E\u003C\/iframe\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: #333333; font-family: Arimo;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white; font-size: 15.3999996185303px; line-height: 21.5599994659424px;\"\u003EAfter a really quiet start to 2015 this was only the 6th large quake of the year so far.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ch3 class=\"post-title entry-title\" itemprop=\"name\" style=\"background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arimo; font-size: 30px; font-stretch: normal; margin: 0.75em 0px 0px; position: relative;\"\u003EQuakes: 2014 IN NUMBERS\u003C\/h3\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"post-header\" style=\"background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arimo; font-size: 14.3999996185303px; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em;\"\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"post-header-line-1\"\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"post-body entry-content\" id=\"post-body-7863959237458016920\" itemprop=\"description articleBody\" style=\"background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arimo; font-size: 17.6000003814697px; line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 758px;\"\u003E\u003Cdiv dir=\"ltr\" trbidi=\"on\"\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-QZJx5pyYMdw\/VKwZdb2nu6I\/AAAAAAAASyI\/-0_b7SUyK4k\/s1600\/Untitled.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"color: #073763; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration: none;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-QZJx5pyYMdw\/VKwZdb2nu6I\/AAAAAAAASyI\/-0_b7SUyK4k\/s1600\/Untitled.jpg\" height=\"606\" style=\"-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; background: rgb(7, 55, 99); border: 1px solid rgb(7, 55, 99); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; padding: 5px; position: relative;\" width=\"730\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ch4 style=\"color: #444444; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21.5599994659424px; margin: 0px; position: relative;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003E2014\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/h4\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"post-title entry-title\" itemprop=\"name\" style=\"color: #444444; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21.5599994659424px;\"\u003EDecember had 10 quakes of M6 or more\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"post-title entry-title\" itemprop=\"name\" style=\"color: #444444; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21.5599994659424px;\"\u003ENovember had 12\u003Cb\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: normal;\"\u003Equakes of M6 or more.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; color: #444444; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21.5599994659424px; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"post-title entry-title\" itemprop=\"name\" style=\"color: #444444; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21.5599994659424px;\"\u003EOctober\u0026nbsp;\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: normal;\"\u003Ehad\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E8\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: normal;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;quakes of M6 or more the biggest being M\u003Cspan class=\"mag\"\u003E7.3\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"place\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;WSW of Jiquilillo, Nicaragua.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"place\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"post-title entry-title\" itemprop=\"name\" style=\"color: #444444; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21.5599994659424px;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: normal;\"\u003ESeptember had 8 quakes of M6 or more.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"post-title entry-title\" itemprop=\"name\" style=\"color: #444444; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21.5599994659424px;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: normal;\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"place\"\u003EAugust had 9 quakes of M6\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003Eor more.\u003Cbr \/\u003EJuly had 18 quakes of M6 or more.\u003Cbr \/\u003EJune had 16 quakes of M6 or more.\u003Cbr \/\u003EMay had 18 quakes of M6 or more.\u003Cbr \/\u003EApril had 26 quakes of M6 or more, the biggest was a magnitude\u0026nbsp;\u003Cspan class=\"mag\"\u003E8.2\u003C\/span\u003E-\u0026nbsp;\u003Cspan class=\"place\"\u003E94km NW of Iquique, Chile on the second of April\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EMarch had 17 quakes of M6 or more.\u003Cbr \/\u003EFebruary had 8 quakes of M6 or more.\u003Cbr \/\u003EJanuary had\u0026nbsp; 6 quakes of M6 or more.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cb style=\"color: #444444; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21.5599994659424px;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: normal;\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"place\"\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: #444444; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21.5599994659424px;\"\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr style=\"color: #444444; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21.5599994659424px;\" \/\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"color: #444444; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21.5599994659424px;\"\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"color: #444444; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21.5599994659424px;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: normal;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"color: #444444; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21.5599994659424px;\"\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EThe biggest quake this year was a magnitude\u0026nbsp;\u003Cspan class=\"mag\"\u003E8.2\u003C\/span\u003E-\u0026nbsp;\u003Cspan class=\"place\"\u003E94km NW of Iquique, Chile on the second of April earlier in the year.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"place\"\u003E2014 surpassed the number of quakes in 2012- 133 and\u0026nbsp; 2013 which registered 143.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"place\"\u003E2011 had a record 207 quakes of M6 or more, the most in one year ever.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cb\u003EThe most large quakes in a month this year by a long long way was April with 26, coincidentally April was also the month of the first blood moon of this Tetrad. January had the least quakes with 6.\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"color: #444444; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21.5599994659424px;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003EApril had the most M5 quakes too see below, 75 more than any other month?\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-j0WQGwBmJTE\/VKxZ3mp_U3I\/AAAAAAAASyo\/BCJb1M_7Q1o\/s1600\/Untitled.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"color: #073763; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration: none;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-j0WQGwBmJTE\/VKxZ3mp_U3I\/AAAAAAAASyo\/BCJb1M_7Q1o\/s1600\/Untitled.jpg\" height=\"562\" style=\"-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; background: rgb(7, 55, 99); border: 1px solid rgb(7, 55, 99); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; padding: 5px; position: relative;\" width=\"730\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"line-height: 21.5599994659424px;\"\u003E\u003Ch3 class=\"post-title entry-title\" itemprop=\"name\" style=\"font-size: 30px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0.75em 0px 0px; position: relative;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: blue;\"\u003EMag 6-6.9\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.thebigwobble.org\/2014\/10\/large-earthquakes-have-risen-by-over.html\" style=\"color: #073763; text-decoration: none;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;earthquakes have risen by over 450% since 1900\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/a\u003EBut anything bigger has remained stable?\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/h3\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"color: #444444;\"\u003E\u003Ch4 style=\"font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0.75em 0px 0px; position: relative;\"\u003E\"Earthquakes in diverse places.\" The truly amazing earthquake paradox of the last 114 years.\u003C\/h4\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; 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text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-JY7rhHEmI74\/VNtCafgpWnI\/AAAAAAAATk8\/-dvLqGvYBTY\/s1600\/IMG_8420.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-JY7rhHEmI74\/VNtCafgpWnI\/AAAAAAAATk8\/-dvLqGvYBTY\/s1600\/IMG_8420.jpg\" height=\"488\" width=\"640\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIn a follow up to last month's storm \"Zina\", which paralyzed Lebanon with thick layers of snow, storm \"Yohan\" intensified Tuesday night, battering the country's roads and services.\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe Internal Security Forces' Traffic Management Center announced Wednesday morning that road from Jounieh to Beirut was experiencing heavy traffic jams after crashing waves damaged portions of the highway.\u003Cbr \/\u003EIn Beirut, strong winds paralyzed many of the capital's streets. Pictures of Al-Manara coastal road in Ras Beirut showed severe damage caused by waves to the Corniche's handrails and cobbled sidewalk. The capital's residents also experienced frequent cuts in electricity and internet services. Media reports said the seaport of the southern city of Sidon stopped operating due to the stormy weather.\u003Cbr \/\u003EIn areas higher than 900 meters above sea level, snow fell overnight and blocked many major roads in east and north Lebanon.\u003Cbr \/\u003ETMC announced that the road linking Zahle to Tarshishl, Ainata to Cedars, Laqlouq to Aqoura and Kfardebian to Hadath Baalbek were all shut by the snow.\u003Cbr \/\u003EHowever, the major road of Dahr al-Baidar, also known as the Damascus Highway, remained open for 4WD vehicles with metal chains.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\"Yohan\" also caused an increase in car accidents, as motorists found difficulties to drive amid the wind, rain and snow.\u003Cbr \/\u003EISF announced that three were injured in a car accident on Maarouf Saad Boulevard in the southern city of Sidon and another in a crash on the eastern side of the Dora highway.\u003Cbr \/\u003EMedia reports said the telecommunication network in Hasbayya stopped operating due to the storm. The reports added that the weather also cause severe damage to olive trees and other vegetation.\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe Meteorological Department at Beirut's Rafik Hariri International Airport announced that temperature would continue to drop Wednesday, with wind speed increasing to 100 km\/hour.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/hisz.rsoe.hu\/alertmap\/index2.php\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ESource\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"post-body entry-content\" id=\"post-body-8417576323949605037\" itemprop=\"description articleBody\" style=\"background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arimo; font-size: 15.3999996185303px; line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 762px;\"\u003E\u003Cdiv dir=\"ltr\" trbidi=\"on\"\u003ERelated\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mtrpw\" style=\"font-size: 12px; line-height: 16.7999992370605px;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.thebigwobble.org\/2015\/02\/snow-sets-historic-records-in-boston.html\" style=\"color: #0b3861; font-size: 14px; text-decoration: none;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003ESnow sets historic records in Boston breaks record for snow in 30 days.\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mtrpwsumm\" style=\"font-size: 12px; line-height: 16.7999992370605px;\"\u003ESnow sets historic records in Boston breaks record for snow in 30 days.Boston has now clocked up\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.thebigwobble.org\/2015\/02\/snow-sets-historic-records-in-boston.html\" style=\"color: #0b3861; font-size: 14px; text-decoration: none;\"\u003E....\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mtrpwsumm\" style=\"font-size: 12px; line-height: 16.7999992370605px;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mtrpwsumm\" style=\"font-size: 12px; line-height: 16.7999992370605px;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mtrpwsumm\" style=\"font-size: 12px; line-height: 16.7999992370605px;\"\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mtrpw\" style=\"line-height: 16.7999992370605px;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.thebigwobble.org\/2015\/02\/worst-flooding-in-50-years-hits-parts.html\" style=\"color: #0b3861; font-size: 14px; text-decoration: none;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003EWorst flooding in 50 years hits parts of Queensland\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mtrpwsumm\" style=\"line-height: 16.7999992370605px;\"\u003EA north Queensland town is mopping up after the worst flooding in almost 50 years hit the area,\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.thebigwobble.org\/2015\/02\/worst-flooding-in-50-years-hits-parts.html\" style=\"color: #0b3861; font-size: 14px; text-decoration: none;\"\u003E....\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mtrpwsumm\" style=\"line-height: 16.7999992370605px;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mtrpwsumm\" style=\"line-height: 16.7999992370605px;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mtrpwsumm\" style=\"line-height: 16.7999992370605px;\"\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mtrpw\" style=\"line-height: 16.7999992370605px;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.thebigwobble.org\/2015\/02\/80-centimeters-of-snow-in-croatia-as.html\" style=\"color: #0b3861; font-size: 14px; text-decoration: none;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003E80 centimeters of snow in Croatia as Zagreb residents without power\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mtrpwsumm\" style=\"line-height: 16.7999992370605px;\"\u003EHeating was suspended for thousands of residents in Zagreb, the capital city of Croatia, after\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.thebigwobble.org\/2015\/02\/80-centimeters-of-snow-in-croatia-as.html\" style=\"color: #0b3861; font-size: 14px; text-decoration: none;\"\u003E....\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mtrpwsumm\" style=\"line-height: 16.7999992370605px;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mtrpw\" style=\"line-height: 16.7999992370605px;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.thebigwobble.org\/2015\/02\/europe-and-us-breaking-all-snow-and.html\" style=\"color: #0b3861; font-size: 14px; text-decoration: none;\"\u003EEurope and US breaking all snow and cold records this winter\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mtrpwsumm\" style=\"line-height: 16.7999992370605px;\"\u003EEurope now joins US in breaking snow and cold records this winterWinter snow 'breaks Europe\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.thebigwobble.org\/2015\/02\/europe-and-us-breaking-all-snow-and.html\" style=\"color: #0b3861; font-size: 14px; text-decoration: none;\"\u003E....\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mtrpwsumm\" style=\"line-height: 16.7999992370605px;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mtrpwsumm\" style=\"line-height: 16.7999992370605px;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mtrpwsumm\" style=\"line-height: 16.7999992370605px;\"\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mtrpw\" style=\"line-height: 16.7999992370605px;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.thebigwobble.org\/2015\/02\/albanian-declares-state-of-emergency.html\" style=\"color: #0b3861; font-size: 14px; text-decoration: none;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003EAlbanian declares a state of emergency after the worst floods the country has ever seen!\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mtrpwsumm\" style=\"line-height: 16.7999992370605px;\"\u003EAlbanian has declared a state of emergency after some of the worst floods the country has ever\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.thebigwobble.org\/2015\/02\/albanian-declares-state-of-emergency.html\" style=\"color: #0b3861; font-size: 14px; text-decoration: none;\"\u003E....\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mtrpwsumm\" style=\"line-height: 16.7999992370605px;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mtrpwsumm\" style=\"line-height: 16.7999992370605px;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mtrpwsumm\" style=\"line-height: 16.7999992370605px;\"\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mtrpw\" style=\"line-height: 16.7999992370605px;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.thebigwobble.org\/2015\/02\/boston-record-for-snowiest-seven-day.html\" style=\"color: #0b3861; font-size: 14px; text-decoration: none;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003EBoston: Record for the snowiest seven-day period in the city's history at least 10 deaths\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mtrpwsumm\" style=\"line-height: 16.7999992370605px;\"\u003EA deadly winter snowstorm was forecast to lift on Monday night after walloping the Northeastern\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.thebigwobble.org\/2015\/02\/boston-record-for-snowiest-seven-day.html\" style=\"color: #0b3861; font-size: 14px; text-decoration: none;\"\u003E....\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cbr style=\"font-size: 15.3999996185303px; line-height: 21.5599994659424px;\" \/\u003E\u003Cbr style=\"font-size: 15.3999996185303px; line-height: 21.5599994659424px;\" \/\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mtrpw\" style=\"line-height: 16.7999992370605px;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.thebigwobble.org\/2015\/02\/pyrenees-homes-without-power-as-more.html\" style=\"color: #0b3861; font-size: 14px; text-decoration: none;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003EPyrenees homes without power as more than a meter of snow falls on resorts\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mtrpwsumm\" style=\"line-height: 16.7999992370605px;\"\u003ESeven thousand homes in the Pyrenees are without power and several ski resorts have been forced to\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.thebigwobble.org\/2015\/02\/pyrenees-homes-without-power-as-more.html\" style=\"color: #0b3861; font-size: 14px; text-decoration: none;\"\u003E....\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mtrpwsumm\" style=\"line-height: 16.7999992370605px;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mtrpw\" style=\"line-height: 16.7999992370605px;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.thebigwobble.org\/2015\/02\/one-of-biggest-ever-chicago-hit-by-one.html\" style=\"color: #0b3861; font-size: 14px; text-decoration: none;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003EOne of the biggest ever! Chicago hit by one of its heaviest snowstorms ever\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mtrpwsumm\" style=\"line-height: 16.7999992370605px;\"\u003EChicago has been hit by a severe snowstorm, one of the city's all-time \"top three\" heaviest\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.thebigwobble.org\/2015\/02\/one-of-biggest-ever-chicago-hit-by-one.html\" style=\"color: #0b3861; font-size: 14px; text-decoration: none;\"\u003E....\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mtrpwsumm\" style=\"line-height: 16.7999992370605px;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mtrpw\" style=\"line-height: 16.7999992370605px;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.thebigwobble.org\/2015\/02\/flood-hits-dams-in-macedonias-capital.html\" style=\"color: #0b3861; font-size: 14px; text-decoration: none;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003EFlood hits dams in Macedonia's capital: A whole town has been evacuated\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mtrpwsumm\" style=\"line-height: 16.7999992370605px;\"\u003ETwo major dams in Skopje have been hit by a flood, and the area around the town of Shtip has been\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.thebigwobble.org\/2015\/02\/flood-hits-dams-in-macedonias-capital.html\" style=\"color: #0b3861; 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text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-oqslkPQ6pQA\/VNs9As9AqPI\/AAAAAAAATks\/p8CskUfO9jY\/s1600\/115254503.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-oqslkPQ6pQA\/VNs9As9AqPI\/AAAAAAAATks\/p8CskUfO9jY\/s1600\/115254503.jpg\" height=\"464\" width=\"640\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EMore than 200 migrants have died in another tragedy on the Mediteranian sea after their boats sank after fleeing the Lybian coast on Saturday, incredibly nine were rescued after four days adrift in the sea.\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe other 203 all drowned UNHCR's spokeswoman in Italy, Carlotta Sami, said on Twitter.\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe International Organization for Migration says the two boats involved in the latest tragedy had departed from the Libyan coast on Saturday.\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe IOM says that each boat was carrying more than 100 people when they capsized, probably on Monday.\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe nine survivors all speak French, and are believed to be from West Africa. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EOn Monday twenty-nine African migrants intercepted by Italian authorities while trying to reach Europe by boat in rough and icy conditions died of hypothermia, most after being rescued, sources told AFP Monday.\u003Cbr \/\u003ECoastguard speedboats picked up 105 migrants in the Mediterranean overnight, seven of whom were already dead, from a converted fishing boat battered by high winds and waves that hit eight metres (26 feet), said coastguard spokesman Filippo Marini.\u003Cbr \/\u003EDue to the bad weather, it was after midday Monday when the rescue boats made it to the island of Lampedusa, located south of Sicily and close to Libya, the migrants' setting out point.\u003Cbr \/\u003EBy then another 22 people had died, raising the death toll to 29, a medical source said.\u003Cbr \/\u003ESome of the migrants, who were mostly from sub-Saharan Africa, were then airlifted to better equipped hospitals in Sicily.\u003Cbr \/\u003EMore than 3,200 people have died in the last year attempting to reach Italy by boat from North Africa.\u003Cbr \/\u003EOver 170,000 people, a record number, landed there in 2014.\u003Cbr \/\u003EItaly has ended its Mare Nostrum rescue programme, which cost Italian tax payers nine million euros (over $10 million) per month, and replaced it with a cheaper effort dubbed \"Triton.\"\u003Cbr \/\u003E\"Horror off of Lampedusa.\u003Cbr \/\u003EThese people didn't die in a shipwreck, but from cold.\u003Cbr \/\u003EThese are the consequences of the end of Mare Nostrum,\" Laura Boldrini, an Italian politician, wrote on Twitter.\u003Cbr \/\u003EMost of the migrants are fleeing conflict and repression in the Middle East and east Africa and make their way overland to Libya to board boats operated by people smugglers.\u003Cbr \/\u003ERecently the smugglers have begun using bigger boats which can withstand winter storms and make longer journeys, notably from Turkey or Syria.\u003Cbr \/\u003EBut the people who died on Monday were travelling on a small boat which would have offered little protection from the elements.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/hisz.rsoe.hu\/alertmap\/index2.php\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ESource\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ERelated\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mtrpw\" style=\"background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arimo; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16.7999992370605px;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.thebigwobble.org\/2015\/02\/caesium-137-from-chernobyl-and.html\" style=\"color: #0b3861; font-size: 14px; text-decoration: none;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003ECaesium-137 from Chernobyl and Fukushima now contaminating most of the Northern Hemisphere\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mtrpwsumm\" style=\"background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arimo; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16.7999992370605px;\"\u003ENorwegian scientists say global warming will lead to more wildfires in the forests surrounding the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.thebigwobble.org\/2015\/02\/caesium-137-from-chernobyl-and.html\" style=\"color: #0b3861; font-size: 14px; text-decoration: none;\"\u003E....\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mtrpwsumm\" style=\"background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arimo; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16.7999992370605px;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mtrpwsumm\" style=\"background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arimo; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16.7999992370605px;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mtrpwsumm\" style=\"background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arimo; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16.7999992370605px;\"\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mtrpw\" style=\"line-height: 16.7999992370605px;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.thebigwobble.org\/2015\/02\/village-which-cant-stop-falling-asleep.html\" style=\"color: #0b3861; font-size: 14px; text-decoration: none;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003EVillage which can't stop falling asleep poisoned by Soviet-era uranium mines\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mtrpwsumm\" style=\"line-height: 16.7999992370605px;\"\u003EAn entire village of people who suffer from a mysterious illness that causes them to fall asleep\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.thebigwobble.org\/2015\/02\/village-which-cant-stop-falling-asleep.html\" style=\"color: #0b3861; font-size: 14px; text-decoration: none;\"\u003E....\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mtrpwsumm\" style=\"line-height: 16.7999992370605px;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mtrpwsumm\" style=\"line-height: 16.7999992370605px;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mtrpwsumm\" style=\"line-height: 16.7999992370605px;\"\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mtrpw\" style=\"line-height: 16.7999992370605px;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.thebigwobble.org\/2015\/02\/twelve-dead-as-plane-crashes-into.html\" style=\"color: #0b3861; font-size: 14px; text-decoration: none;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003ETwelve dead as plane crashes into Taiwan river\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mtrpwsumm\" style=\"line-height: 16.7999992370605px;\"\u003EThe ATR-72 turboprop aircraft with 58 onboard was flying from Taipei to the offshore island of\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.thebigwobble.org\/2015\/02\/twelve-dead-as-plane-crashes-into.html\" style=\"color: #0b3861; font-size: 14px; text-decoration: none;\"\u003E....\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mtrpwsumm\" style=\"line-height: 16.7999992370605px;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mtrpwsumm\" style=\"line-height: 16.7999992370605px;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mtrpwsumm\" style=\"line-height: 16.7999992370605px;\"\u003E\u003Cul style=\"font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.2; list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 1.25em;\"\u003E\u003Cli style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0.7em 0px;\"\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"item-content\"\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"item-thumbnail\" style=\"float: left; margin: 0px 5px 5px 0px;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.thebigwobble.org\/2015\/02\/the-united-dead-zone-of-north-america.html\" style=\"color: #073763; text-decoration: none;\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-_ZGzwNMjHuc\/VM95ip9QpqI\/AAAAAAAATac\/l8EF2iwSQPo\/s72-c\/Untitled.jpg\" height=\"72\" style=\"border: none; padding-right: 0.4em; position: relative;\" width=\"72\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"item-title\" style=\"padding-bottom: 0.2em;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.thebigwobble.org\/2015\/02\/the-united-dead-zone-of-north-america.html\" style=\"color: #073763; text-decoration: none;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003EThe United Dead Zone Of North America: A very disturbing situation is unfolding on the western coast of Mexico, US and Canada\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"item-snippet\"\u003EYou will read this and think.....I knew marine life was dying on the west coast but wow! I didn't think it could be this bad! A ver...\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.thebigwobble.org\/feeds\/2243078690673212110\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/comment.g?blogID=3134516610850300558\u0026postID=2243078690673212110\u0026isPopup=true","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/3134516610850300558\/posts\/default\/2243078690673212110"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/3134516610850300558\/posts\/default\/2243078690673212110"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.thebigwobble.org\/2015\/02\/more-than-200-migrants-drown-in-latest.html","title":"More than 200 migrants drown in the latest tragedy off the Italian coast"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Gary Walton"},"uri":{"$t":"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/109571324097524361761"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"\/\/lh4.googleusercontent.com\/-K_6Yupunk50\/AAAAAAAAAAI\/AAAAAAAAPzs\/1JpiRJSX6jo\/s512-c\/photo.jpg"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-oqslkPQ6pQA\/VNs9As9AqPI\/AAAAAAAATks\/p8CskUfO9jY\/s72-c\/115254503.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3134516610850300558.post-7802263672332805917"},"published":{"$t":"2015-02-11T11:17:00.002+01:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2015-02-11T11:17:47.359+01:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"An Extremely Long Filament on the Sun "},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cdiv dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\" trbidi=\"on\"\u003E\u003Ccenter\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/apod.nasa.gov\/apod\/image\/1502\/superfilament_hardy_1910.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"See Explanation.  Clicking on the picture will download  the highest resolution version available.\" src=\"http:\/\/apod.nasa.gov\/apod\/image\/1502\/superfilament_hardy_960.jpg\" height=\"669\" width=\"730\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/center\u003E\u003Ccenter\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cb style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003EImage Credit \u0026amp; Copyright:\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Ca href=\"mailto: oprhardy @at@ free .dot. fr\" style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003EOliver Hardy\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/center\u003E\u003Cb\u003EExplanation:\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/b\u003EYesterday, the Sun exhibited one of the longest filaments ever recorded.\u003Cbr \/\u003EIt may still be there today.\u003Cbr \/\u003EVisible as the dark streak just below the center in the featured image, the enormous filament extended across the face of the Sun a distance\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.universetoday.com\/96649\/huge-solar-filament-stretches-across-the-sun\/\"\u003Eeven longer\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;than the Sun's radius -- over 700,000 kilometers.\u003Cbr \/\u003EA filament is actually\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/apod.nasa.gov\/apod\/ap120820.html\"\u003Ehot gas held aloft\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;by the Sun's magnetic field, so that viewed from the side it would appear as a\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/apod.nasa.gov\/apod\/ap140304.html\"\u003Eraised prominence\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/soleilhalpha.free.fr\/soleil\/2015\/soleil_9fev_12h32tu_70.jpg\"\u003Efeatured image\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;shows the filament in\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.astronomyknowhow.com\/hydrogen-alpha.htm\"\u003Elight emitted by hydrogen\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;and therefore highlights the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/solarscience.msfc.nasa.gov\/chromos.shtml\"\u003ESun's chromosphere\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003Cbr \/\u003ESun-following telescopes including NASA's\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/sdo.gsfc.nasa.gov\/mission\/\"\u003ESolar Dynamics Observatory\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;(SDO) are tracking\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/spaceweather.com\/archive.php?view=1\u0026amp;day=09\u0026amp;month=02\u0026amp;year=2015\"\u003Ethis unusual feature\u003C\/a\u003E, with SDO yesterday recording a\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/apod.nasa.gov\/apod\/image\/1502\/sunfield_sdo_960.jpg\"\u003Espiraling magnetic field\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;engulfing it. Since\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Solar_prominence\"\u003Efilaments\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;typically last only from hours to days, parts of this one may\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/apod.nasa.gov\/apod\/ap101215.html\"\u003Ecollapse\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;or\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=OyIxC1nJPQ0\"\u003Eerupt\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;at any time, either returning hot plasma back to the Sun or\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/apod.nasa.gov\/apod\/ap110307.html\"\u003Eexpelling it\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;into the Solar System.\u003Cbr \/\u003EIs the filament still there? You can check by clicking on\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/sdo.gsfc.nasa.gov\/assets\/img\/latest\/latest_1024_0304.jpg\"\u003ESDO's current solar image\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/apod.nasa.gov\/apod\/archivepix.html\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EAPOD\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ERelated\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mtrpw\" style=\"background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arimo; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16.7999992370605px;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.thebigwobble.org\/2015\/02\/nasa-reveals-far-side-of-moon.html\" style=\"color: #0b3861; font-size: 14px;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003ENasa reveals far side of the Moon\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mtrpwsumm\" style=\"background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arimo; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16.7999992370605px;\"\u003ENasa has released a view of the Moon that cannot be seen from Earth.Using nearly five-years of\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.thebigwobble.org\/2015\/02\/nasa-reveals-far-side-of-moon.html\" style=\"color: #0b3861; font-size: 14px; text-decoration: none;\"\u003E....\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mtrpwsumm\" style=\"background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arimo; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16.7999992370605px;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mtrpwsumm\" style=\"background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arimo; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16.7999992370605px;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mtrpwsumm\" style=\"background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arimo; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16.7999992370605px;\"\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mtrpw\" style=\"line-height: 16.7999992370605px;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.thebigwobble.org\/2015\/02\/meteor-caught-on-devon-beach-camera.html\" style=\"color: #0b3861; font-size: 14px; text-decoration: none;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003EMeteor' caught on Devon beach camera\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mtrpwsumm\" style=\"line-height: 16.7999992370605px;\"\u003EA fixed camera at a British beach captured footage of a suspected meteorite falling out of the sky\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.thebigwobble.org\/2015\/02\/meteor-caught-on-devon-beach-camera.html\" style=\"color: #0b3861; font-size: 14px; text-decoration: none;\"\u003E....\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.thebigwobble.org\/feeds\/7802263672332805917\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/comment.g?blogID=3134516610850300558\u0026postID=7802263672332805917\u0026isPopup=true","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/3134516610850300558\/posts\/default\/7802263672332805917"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/3134516610850300558\/posts\/default\/7802263672332805917"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.thebigwobble.org\/2015\/02\/an-extremely-long-filament-on-sun.html","title":"An Extremely Long Filament on the Sun "}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Gary Walton"},"uri":{"$t":"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/109571324097524361761"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"\/\/lh4.googleusercontent.com\/-K_6Yupunk50\/AAAAAAAAAAI\/AAAAAAAAPzs\/1JpiRJSX6jo\/s512-c\/photo.jpg"}}],"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3134516610850300558.post-2852953127899777539"},"published":{"$t":"2015-02-11T11:00:00.002+01:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2015-02-11T11:02:11.076+01:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Caesium-137 from Chernobyl and Fukushima now contaminating most of the Northern Hemisphere"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cdiv dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\" trbidi=\"on\"\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-ZXe0FUmMy34\/VNsmRqsh9gI\/AAAAAAAATkc\/vCunW3VlxMA\/s1600\/chernobyl-cover-1320x660.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-ZXe0FUmMy34\/VNsmRqsh9gI\/AAAAAAAATkc\/vCunW3VlxMA\/s1600\/chernobyl-cover-1320x660.jpg\" height=\"320\" width=\"640\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ENorwegian scientists say global warming will lead to more wildfires in the forests surrounding the site of the 1986 nuclear accident, leaving Europeans exposed to radioactive elements still present in the exclusion zone around the plant.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\"A large amount of Caesium-137 still remains in the Chernobyl forests, which could be remobilized along with a large number of other dangerous, long-lived, refractory radionuclides.\u003Cbr \/\u003EWe predict that an expanding flammable area associated with climate change will lead to a high risk of radioactive contamination with characteristic fire peaks in the future,\" said the abstract of a study published in Ecological Monographs magazine by the respected Norwegian Institute for Air Research.\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe US Environmental Protection Agency describes Caesium-137 as a \"highly radioactive\" material that \"increases the risk of cancer\" and can cause death through severe exposure.\u003Cbr \/\u003EOf the 85 petabecquerels (a measure of radioactivity) released following the accident at the plant, between two and eight still remain in the soil.\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe Norwegian team studied satellite images of the patterns of large-scale fires that originated in the 4800 sq. km exclusion zone - located on either side of Ukraine's border with Belarus - in 2002, 2008, and 2010.\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe impacts of those fires, which spewed nearly a tenth as much radiation as the original fallout, were detected as far away as Scandinavia, Turkey, and Italy.\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe scientists then used projections from the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change - which says the area will become even drier and more prone to fires - to make future predictions of even more severe radiation clouds spreading across the continent.\u003Cbr \/\u003EFurthermore, the scientists found that organic debris in the forest - key fuel for any potential fire - has been building up at twice the rate since 1986, as dead leaves in the area appear to decay at half the pace, due to radiation inhibiting natural biological processes.\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe situation is made worse by the surprisingly slow decay of Caesium-137 itself.\u003Cbr \/\u003EIn lab conditions, its half-life is 30 years, meaning that by next year, it should be half as potent as at the time of the contamination.\u003Cbr \/\u003EBut in the dense vegetation that has sprung up in the exclusion zone, the element is cycled continuously between the soil and the leaves of the trees above.\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe study, which notes that \"current fire-fighting infrastructure in the region is inadequate due to under staffing and lack of funding,\" predicts that the most potent combination of Caesium concentrations and wildfires will strike between 2023 and 2036, and realistic dangers will remain until 2060.\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe study estimates that during a wildfire fallout, an inhabitant of Kiev - located less than 100 km from Chernobyl - would be exposed to an average of 10 microsieverts of radiation, a relatively trivial dose which constitutes one percent of the prescribed annual radiation limit.rnrnUnfortunately, the radiation is spread very unevenly in any cloud, and tends to concentrate in certain foods like mushrooms - meaning many are likely to receive a much higher, potentially life-changing exposure. \"The internal dose from ingestion can be significant.\u003Cbr \/\u003EA growing body of information supports the idea that there is no threshold below which they have no effect,\" Tim Mousseau of the University of South Carolina at Columbia, one of the co-authors of the study, told New Scientist. A particular problem will be screening those who have been disproportionately affected, with the poisonings unnoticeable in the general population but \"very significant for those who experience them.\"\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe impact of the problem may stretch beyond Europe, also to Japan's Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant, which released about a fifth to a quarter of Chernobyl's Caesium-137 fallout during the nuclear meltdown in 2011.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\"This is clearly an important problem and one that applies also to Fukushima, where a significant amount of forest land has been contaminated.\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe scientists have a very valid point.\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe lack of management of forests, the apparently slower decay of vegetation exposed to radiation, climate change leading to drought and the expansion of forested areas all contribute to increasing the risk of forest fire and therefore further dispersal of long-lived radioactive nuclides,\" said Keith Baverstock of the University of Eastern Finland in Kuopio.\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/hisz.rsoe.hu\/alertmap\/index2.php\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ESource\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ch4 style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003ECaesium 137 also found along the west coast of the US\u003C\/h4\u003EIn October 2014, scientists reported that a sample taken about 745 miles west of Vancouver, B.C., tested positive for Caesium 134, the so-called \"fingerprint\" of Fukushima because it could only have come from the plant.\u003Cbr \/\u003EIt also showed higher-than-background levels of Caesium 137, another Fukushima isotope that already is present in the world's oceans from nuclear testing in the 1950s and 1960s.\u003Cbr \/\u003ELast month, as more of those samples were processed, scientists reported that Fukushima radiation had been identified in 10 offshore samples, including one 100 miles off the coast of Eureka, Calif. Now, further results show four positive samples off Oregon's shores, with the closest off Newport. The samples were taken Aug. 4 at depths between 15 and 150 meters.\u003Cbr \/\u003EFurther samples from the research cruise await processing.\u003Cbr \/\u003EA dozen sites along the British Columbia coast where volunteer citizens are regularly collecting water and seafood samples for analysis are also being monitored for\u0026nbsp;Caesium 137\u0026nbsp;.\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.thebigwobble.org\/2014\/12\/cesium-134-so-called-fingerprint-of.html\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EFull story here\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ch4 style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003EAlarming deaths of wild life along the west coast of the US\u003C\/h4\u003EA very disturbing situation is unfolding on the western coast of Mexico, US and Canada, Sea Turtles, Whales, Sea Lions, Birds, Fish, Starfish and a host of other marine life are dying and the \"experts\" don't know why.\u003Cbr \/\u003EUp and down the Pacific Coast, from Alaska down to Mexico, starfish are dying by the tens of thousands and no one knows why.\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe Starfish are dying in such an alarming rate scientists fear the will soon be extinct and they are dying in a gruesome way too, their bodies are deteriorating and literally the Starfish are ripping themselves apart.\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe mass deaths began in June 2013 and are being attributed to what researchers are calling \"sea star wasting syndrome.\"\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.thebigwobble.org\/2015\/02\/the-united-dead-zone-of-north-america.html\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EFull story here\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ch4 style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E28 years after Chernobyl: Radioactive reindeer, sheep and wild boars roam the countryside of Northern Europe!\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/h4\u003ERadioactive dust left over from the 1986 Chernobyl power plant disaster continues to have a negative impact on wildlife and the environment, with unsafe and unusually high levels of radioactivity recorded in Norway's sheep and reindeer this past summer.\u003Cbr \/\u003EA report published by the Norwegian Radiation Protection Authority in late September suggests that recently-tested reindeer in central Norway had radioactivity levels of 8,500 becquerel of Caesium-137 per kilo.\u003Cbr \/\u003EIn 2012, reindeer in the area had radioactivity levels of 1,500 becquerel.\u003Cbr \/\u003ESheep from two different parts of Norway recorded high levels of radioactivity as well, showing readings as high as 4,500 becquerel.\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe safe limit for radioactivity in animals for human consumption is 600 becquerel per kilo. Scientist Lavrans Skuterud told reporters that this year's levels are \"extreme\".\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.thebigwobble.org\/search?q=Chernobyl\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EFull story\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.thebigwobble.org\/feeds\/2852953127899777539\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/comment.g?blogID=3134516610850300558\u0026postID=2852953127899777539\u0026isPopup=true","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/3134516610850300558\/posts\/default\/2852953127899777539"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/3134516610850300558\/posts\/default\/2852953127899777539"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.thebigwobble.org\/2015\/02\/caesium-137-from-chernobyl-and.html","title":"Caesium-137 from Chernobyl and Fukushima now contaminating most of the Northern Hemisphere"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Gary Walton"},"uri":{"$t":"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/109571324097524361761"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"\/\/lh4.googleusercontent.com\/-K_6Yupunk50\/AAAAAAAAAAI\/AAAAAAAAPzs\/1JpiRJSX6jo\/s512-c\/photo.jpg"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-ZXe0FUmMy34\/VNsmRqsh9gI\/AAAAAAAATkc\/vCunW3VlxMA\/s72-c\/chernobyl-cover-1320x660.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3134516610850300558.post-8417576323949605037"},"published":{"$t":"2015-02-10T10:46:00.000+01:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2015-02-10T10:46:02.439+01:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"6,000 evacuated as floods inundate the Indonesian capital Jakarta"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cdiv dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\" trbidi=\"on\"\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-XsjOketpj-k\/VNnS5v6P5bI\/AAAAAAAATkM\/7ugrcJQgwK4\/s1600\/rolls-royce_2454865k.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-XsjOketpj-k\/VNnS5v6P5bI\/AAAAAAAATkM\/7ugrcJQgwK4\/s1600\/rolls-royce_2454865k.jpg\" height=\"398\" width=\"640\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ESome 5,986 Jakarta residents have been forced to evacuate to safer places as the floods continue to inundate the capital city on Tuesday, according to the National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB). \"5,986 people are taking shelter in 14 locations.\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe number might increase because we are still waiting for more data from the field officers,\" BNPB spokesman Sutopo Purwo Nugroho stated here, Tuesday.\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe Jakarta disaster mitigation office (BPBD) reported that floods have affected 307 neighborhoods located in 97 urban villages in 33 sub-districts.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\"The floods have affected 4,830 families comprising 15,517 people as their houses are inundated. Some 5,986 people are taking refuge in temporary shelters,\" he stated.\u003Cbr \/\u003EOf the total flood-affected neighborhoods, some 108 neighborhoods in 23 urban villages in eight sub-districts are located in West Jakarta.\u003Cbr \/\u003ESome 8,237 inhabitants of 2,738 families are affected by the floods.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\"Around 1,668 people have been evacuated in two locations. In Central Jakarta, 11 neighborhoods in eight urban villages in six sub-districts are inundated, but there is no evacuee,\" he revealed.\u003Cbr \/\u003EIn South Jakarta, floods hit 38 neighborhoods in 21 urban villages in seven sub-districts, with the number of flood victims reaching 7,280 people of 2,092 families.\u003Cbr \/\u003EIn East Jakarta, 60 neighborhoods in 27 urban villages in seven sub-districts are flooded.\u003Cbr \/\u003ECurrently, 1.8 thousand refugees are being accommodated at six temporary shelters.\u003Cbr \/\u003EAt least 89 neighborhoods in 18 urban villages in five sub-districts are flooded in North Jakarta, forcing 2,518 people to seek shelter in six locations.\u003Cbr \/\u003EIncessant heavy downpours have triggered floods in parts of Jakarta since Sunday.\u003Cbr \/\u003EFloods in Jakarta are not only due to the overflowing rivers but also as a consequence of the poor drainage system and bad land spatial planning, according to BPBD.\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe work in several business and commercial centers in Jakarta such as at Mangga Dua and Kelapa Gading areas has been paralyzed due to the flooding.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/hisz.rsoe.hu\/alertmap\/index2.php\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ESOURCE\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ERelated\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mtrpw\" style=\"background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arimo; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16.7999992370605px;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.thebigwobble.org\/2015\/02\/snow-sets-historic-records-in-boston.html\" style=\"color: #0b3861; font-size: 14px;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003ESnow sets historic records in Boston breaks record for snow in 30 days.\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mtrpwsumm\" style=\"background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arimo; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16.7999992370605px;\"\u003ESnow sets historic records in Boston breaks record for snow in 30 days.Boston has now clocked up\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.thebigwobble.org\/2015\/02\/snow-sets-historic-records-in-boston.html\" style=\"color: #0b3861; font-size: 14px; text-decoration: none;\"\u003E....\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mtrpwsumm\" style=\"background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arimo; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16.7999992370605px;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mtrpwsumm\" style=\"background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arimo; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16.7999992370605px;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mtrpwsumm\" style=\"background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arimo; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16.7999992370605px;\"\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mtrpw\" style=\"line-height: 16.7999992370605px;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.thebigwobble.org\/2015\/02\/worst-flooding-in-50-years-hits-parts.html\" style=\"color: #0b3861; font-size: 14px; text-decoration: none;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003EWorst flooding in 50 years hits parts of Queensland\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mtrpwsumm\" style=\"line-height: 16.7999992370605px;\"\u003EA north Queensland town is mopping up after the worst flooding in almost 50 years hit the area,\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.thebigwobble.org\/2015\/02\/worst-flooding-in-50-years-hits-parts.html\" style=\"color: #0b3861; font-size: 14px; text-decoration: none;\"\u003E....\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mtrpwsumm\" style=\"line-height: 16.7999992370605px;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mtrpwsumm\" style=\"line-height: 16.7999992370605px;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mtrpwsumm\" style=\"line-height: 16.7999992370605px;\"\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mtrpw\" style=\"line-height: 16.7999992370605px;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.thebigwobble.org\/2015\/02\/80-centimeters-of-snow-in-croatia-as.html\" style=\"color: #0b3861; font-size: 14px; text-decoration: none;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003E80 centimeters of snow in Croatia as Zagreb residents without power\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mtrpwsumm\" style=\"line-height: 16.7999992370605px;\"\u003EHeating was suspended for thousands of residents in Zagreb, the capital city of Croatia, after\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.thebigwobble.org\/2015\/02\/80-centimeters-of-snow-in-croatia-as.html\" style=\"color: #0b3861; font-size: 14px; text-decoration: none;\"\u003E....\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mtrpwsumm\" style=\"line-height: 16.7999992370605px;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mtrpw\" style=\"line-height: 16.7999992370605px;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.thebigwobble.org\/2015\/02\/europe-and-us-breaking-all-snow-and.html\" style=\"color: #0b3861; font-size: 14px; text-decoration: none;\"\u003EEurope and US breaking all snow and cold records this winter\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mtrpwsumm\" style=\"line-height: 16.7999992370605px;\"\u003EEurope now joins US in breaking snow and cold records this winterWinter snow 'breaks Europe\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.thebigwobble.org\/2015\/02\/europe-and-us-breaking-all-snow-and.html\" style=\"color: #0b3861; font-size: 14px; text-decoration: none;\"\u003E....\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mtrpwsumm\" style=\"line-height: 16.7999992370605px;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mtrpwsumm\" style=\"line-height: 16.7999992370605px;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mtrpwsumm\" style=\"line-height: 16.7999992370605px;\"\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mtrpw\" style=\"line-height: 16.7999992370605px;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.thebigwobble.org\/2015\/02\/albanian-declares-state-of-emergency.html\" style=\"color: #0b3861; font-size: 14px; text-decoration: none;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003EAlbanian declares a state of emergency after the worst floods the country has ever seen!\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mtrpwsumm\" style=\"line-height: 16.7999992370605px;\"\u003EAlbanian has declared a state of emergency after some of the worst floods the country has ever\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.thebigwobble.org\/2015\/02\/albanian-declares-state-of-emergency.html\" style=\"color: #0b3861; font-size: 14px; text-decoration: none;\"\u003E....\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mtrpwsumm\" style=\"line-height: 16.7999992370605px;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mtrpwsumm\" style=\"line-height: 16.7999992370605px;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mtrpwsumm\" style=\"line-height: 16.7999992370605px;\"\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mtrpw\" style=\"line-height: 16.7999992370605px;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.thebigwobble.org\/2015\/02\/boston-record-for-snowiest-seven-day.html\" style=\"color: #0b3861; font-size: 14px; text-decoration: none;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003EBoston: Record for the snowiest seven-day period in the city's history at least 10 deaths\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mtrpwsumm\" style=\"line-height: 16.7999992370605px;\"\u003EA deadly winter snowstorm was forecast to lift on Monday night after walloping the Northeastern\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.thebigwobble.org\/2015\/02\/boston-record-for-snowiest-seven-day.html\" style=\"color: #0b3861; font-size: 14px; text-decoration: none;\"\u003E....\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cbr style=\"font-size: 15.3999996185303px; line-height: 21.5599994659424px;\" \/\u003E\u003Cbr style=\"font-size: 15.3999996185303px; line-height: 21.5599994659424px;\" \/\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mtrpw\" style=\"line-height: 16.7999992370605px;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.thebigwobble.org\/2015\/02\/pyrenees-homes-without-power-as-more.html\" style=\"color: #0b3861; font-size: 14px; text-decoration: none;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003EPyrenees homes without power as more than a meter of snow falls on resorts\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mtrpwsumm\" style=\"line-height: 16.7999992370605px;\"\u003ESeven thousand homes in the Pyrenees are without power and several ski resorts have been forced to\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.thebigwobble.org\/2015\/02\/pyrenees-homes-without-power-as-more.html\" style=\"color: #0b3861; font-size: 14px; text-decoration: none;\"\u003E....\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mtrpwsumm\" style=\"line-height: 16.7999992370605px;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mtrpw\" style=\"line-height: 16.7999992370605px;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.thebigwobble.org\/2015\/02\/one-of-biggest-ever-chicago-hit-by-one.html\" style=\"color: #0b3861; font-size: 14px; text-decoration: none;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003EOne of the biggest ever! Chicago hit by one of its heaviest snowstorms ever\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mtrpwsumm\" style=\"line-height: 16.7999992370605px;\"\u003EChicago has been hit by a severe snowstorm, one of the city's all-time \"top three\" heaviest\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.thebigwobble.org\/2015\/02\/one-of-biggest-ever-chicago-hit-by-one.html\" style=\"color: #0b3861; font-size: 14px; text-decoration: none;\"\u003E....\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mtrpwsumm\" style=\"line-height: 16.7999992370605px;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mtrpw\" style=\"line-height: 16.7999992370605px;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.thebigwobble.org\/2015\/02\/flood-hits-dams-in-macedonias-capital.html\" style=\"color: #0b3861; font-size: 14px; text-decoration: none;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003EFlood hits dams in Macedonia's capital: A whole town has been evacuated\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mtrpwsumm\" style=\"line-height: 16.7999992370605px;\"\u003ETwo major dams in Skopje have been hit by a flood, and the area around the town of Shtip has been\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.thebigwobble.org\/2015\/02\/flood-hits-dams-in-macedonias-capital.html\" style=\"color: #0b3861; font-size: 14px; text-decoration: none;\"\u003E....\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.thebigwobble.org\/feeds\/8417576323949605037\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/comment.g?blogID=3134516610850300558\u0026postID=8417576323949605037\u0026isPopup=true","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/3134516610850300558\/posts\/default\/8417576323949605037"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/3134516610850300558\/posts\/default\/8417576323949605037"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.thebigwobble.org\/2015\/02\/6000-evacuated-as-floods-inundate.html","title":"6,000 evacuated as floods inundate the Indonesian capital Jakarta"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Gary Walton"},"uri":{"$t":"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/109571324097524361761"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"\/\/lh4.googleusercontent.com\/-K_6Yupunk50\/AAAAAAAAAAI\/AAAAAAAAPzs\/1JpiRJSX6jo\/s512-c\/photo.jpg"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-XsjOketpj-k\/VNnS5v6P5bI\/AAAAAAAATkM\/7ugrcJQgwK4\/s72-c\/rolls-royce_2454865k.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3134516610850300558.post-3486088904513411824"},"published":{"$t":"2015-02-10T10:36:00.001+01:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2015-02-10T10:36:07.174+01:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Another species in danger: The monarch massacre nearly a billion butterflies have vanished"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cdiv dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\" trbidi=\"on\"\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-e4xFUakDdl0\/VNnQOxXaXLI\/AAAAAAAATkA\/ajyns7mJgHk\/s1600\/Monarch_In_May.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-e4xFUakDdl0\/VNnQOxXaXLI\/AAAAAAAATkA\/ajyns7mJgHk\/s1600\/Monarch_In_May.jpg\" height=\"524\" width=\"730\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThreatened animals like elephants, porpoises and lions grab all the headlines, but what’s happening to monarch butterflies is nothing short of a massacre.\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service summed it up in just one grim statistic on Monday: Since 1990, about 970 million have vanished.\u003Cbr \/\u003EIt happened as farmers and homeowners sprayed herbicides on milkweed plants, which serve as the butterflies’ nursery, food source and home.\u003Cbr \/\u003EIn an attempt to counter two decades of destruction, the Fish and Wildlife Service launched a partnership with two private conservation groups, the National Wildlife Federation and the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, to basically grow milkweed like crazy in the hopes of saving the monarchs.\u003Cbr \/\u003EMonarch butterflies are a keystone species that once fluttered throughout the United States by the billions.\u003Cbr \/\u003EThey alighted from Mexico to Canada each spring on a trek that required six generations of the insect to complete.\u003Cbr \/\u003EAfterward, young monarchs about the quarter of the weight of a dime, that know nothing about the flight pattern through the United States, not to mention Mexico, fly back, resting, birthing and dining on milkweed.\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe extinction of certain butterfly species is not unheard of.\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe blueberry-colored Xerces blue disappeared from San Francisco years ago, and recently Fish and Wildlife announced that two subspecies — the rockland skipper and Zestos in South Florida — haven’t been seen since 2004 and are probably extinct.\u003Cbr \/\u003EOn top of that, pesticide use has also caused a collapse of other pollinators — wasps, beetles and especially honeybees.\u003Cbr \/\u003EFish and Wildlife is reviewing a petition filed by the Center for Biological Diversity to list monarch butterflies as an endangered species that requires special protection to survive.\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe agency is studying whether that’s necessary and also trying to do more to help restore the population.\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe agency is providing $2 million for on the ground conservation projects.\u003Cbr \/\u003EAs part of an agreement, the federation will help raise awareness about the need for milkweed, provide seeds to anyone willing to plant it and to plant the seeds in open space — roadsides, parks, forests and patio flower boxes, to name a few places.\u003Cbr \/\u003EAnother $1.2 million will go to the foundation as seed money to generate a larger fundraising match from private organizations.\u003Cbr \/\u003EFish and Wildlife will chip in to plant milkweed seeds in refuges and other  areas it controls to create 200,000 acres of habitat along the Interstate 35 corridor from Texas to Minnesota, where 50 percent of monarchs migrate. Fish and Wildlife will encourage other federal and state agencies to do the same on public lands and is working with the governments of Mexico and Canada to help restore the iconic butterfly.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/news\/energy-environment\/wp\/2015\/02\/09\/the-monarch-massacre-nearly-a-billion-butterflies-have-vanished\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EFull Story\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Monarch_butterfly\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EImage\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ERelated\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mtrpw\" style=\"background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arimo; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16.7999992370605px;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.thebigwobble.org\/2015\/02\/avian-flu-nearly-two-and-half-million.html\" style=\"color: #0b3861; font-size: 14px; text-decoration: none;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003EAvian Flu: Nearly two and a half million birds culled in Taiwan and the virus is still spreading!\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mtrpwsumm\" style=\"background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arimo; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16.7999992370605px;\"\u003EMore Than Half Taiwan's Geese Lost to Avian Flu TAIWAN - Highly pathogenic avian influenza of\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.thebigwobble.org\/2015\/02\/avian-flu-nearly-two-and-half-million.html\" style=\"color: #0b3861; font-size: 14px; text-decoration: none;\"\u003E....\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mtrpwsumm\" style=\"background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arimo; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16.7999992370605px;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mtrpwsumm\" style=\"background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arimo; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16.7999992370605px;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mtrpwsumm\" style=\"background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arimo; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16.7999992370605px;\"\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mtrpw\" style=\"line-height: 16.7999992370605px;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.thebigwobble.org\/2015\/02\/a-killer-disease-which-is-capable-of.html\" style=\"color: #0b3861; font-size: 14px; text-decoration: none;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003EA killer disease which is capable of killing more than 5% of humans is dangerously on the rise in recent months!\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mtrpwsumm\" style=\"line-height: 16.7999992370605px;\"\u003EAs I walked along the beautiful pristine beach on the Dutch coast yesterday I was once again amazed\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.thebigwobble.org\/2015\/02\/a-killer-disease-which-is-capable-of.html\" style=\"color: #0b3861; font-size: 14px; text-decoration: none;\"\u003E....\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mtrpwsumm\" style=\"line-height: 16.7999992370605px;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mtrpwsumm\" style=\"line-height: 16.7999992370605px;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mtrpwsumm\" style=\"line-height: 16.7999992370605px;\"\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mtrpw\" style=\"line-height: 16.7999992370605px;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.thebigwobble.org\/2015\/02\/thousands-of-dead-starfish-wash-up-on.html\" style=\"color: #0b3861; font-size: 14px; text-decoration: none;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003EThousands of dead starfish wash up on Welsh beach\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mtrpwsumm\" style=\"line-height: 16.7999992370605px;\"\u003ETHOUSANDS of dead starfish have washed up on a beach in Abergele after a period of stormy\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.thebigwobble.org\/2015\/02\/thousands-of-dead-starfish-wash-up-on.html\" style=\"color: #0b3861; font-size: 14px; text-decoration: none;\"\u003E....\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mtrpwsumm\" style=\"line-height: 16.7999992370605px;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mtrpw\" style=\"line-height: 16.7999992370605px;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.thebigwobble.org\/2015\/02\/avian-cholera-unfolding-event-kills.html\" style=\"color: #0b3861; font-size: 14px; text-decoration: none;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003EAvian cholera: Unfolding event kills thousands of birds in Nevada, some birds die within 6 hours of contamination\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mtrpwsumm\" style=\"line-height: 16.7999992370605px;\"\u003EThousands of birds have died at Walker Lake from a disease experts say hasn't made an appearance in\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.thebigwobble.org\/2015\/02\/avian-cholera-unfolding-event-kills.html\" style=\"color: #0b3861; font-size: 14px; text-decoration: none;\"\u003E....\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.thebigwobble.org\/feeds\/3486088904513411824\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/comment.g?blogID=3134516610850300558\u0026postID=3486088904513411824\u0026isPopup=true","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/3134516610850300558\/posts\/default\/3486088904513411824"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/3134516610850300558\/posts\/default\/3486088904513411824"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.thebigwobble.org\/2015\/02\/another-species-in-danger-monarch.html","title":"Another species in danger: The monarch massacre nearly a billion butterflies have vanished"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Gary Walton"},"uri":{"$t":"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/109571324097524361761"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"\/\/lh4.googleusercontent.com\/-K_6Yupunk50\/AAAAAAAAAAI\/AAAAAAAAPzs\/1JpiRJSX6jo\/s512-c\/photo.jpg"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-e4xFUakDdl0\/VNnQOxXaXLI\/AAAAAAAATkA\/ajyns7mJgHk\/s72-c\/Monarch_In_May.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3134516610850300558.post-8282537312622813456"},"published":{"$t":"2015-02-10T10:17:00.000+01:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2015-02-10T10:17:31.455+01:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Snow sets historic records in Boston breaks record for snow in 30 days."},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cdiv dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\" trbidi=\"on\"\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-6c66xyY90fE\/VNnK8jQvauI\/AAAAAAAATjw\/SBaD6uNUBWQ\/s1600\/20150210_inq_snow10-e.JPG\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-6c66xyY90fE\/VNnK8jQvauI\/AAAAAAAATjw\/SBaD6uNUBWQ\/s1600\/20150210_inq_snow10-e.JPG\" height=\"388\" width=\"640\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ESnow sets historic records in Boston breaks record for snow in 30 days.\u003Cbr \/\u003EBoston has now clocked up more than 73 inches of snow this winter beating the 72.9 inches which fell in the winter of 1903-04.\u003Cbr \/\u003EBoston also set the record for the most snow in 30 days with 60.8 inches.\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe previous record was 58.8 inches that fell before, during and after the Blizzard of 1978.\u003Cbr \/\u003EHowever, this time, that record was set in 17 days, not 30.\u003Cbr \/\u003EFor the past 14 days Boston has been pummelled by snow storms leaving the the snow level operators under constant pressure according the the city's Mayor.\u003Cbr \/\u003ENo administration has had to deal with so much snow in such a small period of time he said.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe city's parking ban will stay in effect until further notice.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\"If you park on a main thoroughfare, we will tow you,\" the mayor said.\u003Cbr \/\u003EWalsh urged private employers to allow workers to work from home Tuesday, if possible.\u003Cbr \/\u003EOnly emergency city workers were told to report Tuesday.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\"It has been an amazing two weeks of what seems like nearly continuous snow and cold weather,\" said Marc Fournier, deputy director of Public Works in Andover.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ciframe allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"415\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lKhvNNR9Y0k\" width=\"730\"\u003E\u003C\/iframe\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.wcvb.com\/weather\/mass-reeling-after-record-snowfall-closes-mbta-collapses-roofs\/31182522\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ESource\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ERelated\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mtrpw\" style=\"background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arimo; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16.7999992370605px;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.thebigwobble.org\/2015\/02\/worst-flooding-in-50-years-hits-parts.html\" style=\"color: #0b3861; font-size: 14px; text-decoration: none;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003EWorst flooding in 50 years hits parts of Queensland\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mtrpwsumm\" style=\"background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arimo; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16.7999992370605px;\"\u003EA north Queensland town is mopping up after the worst flooding in almost 50 years hit the area,\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.thebigwobble.org\/2015\/02\/worst-flooding-in-50-years-hits-parts.html\" style=\"color: #0b3861; font-size: 14px; text-decoration: none;\"\u003E....\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mtrpwsumm\" style=\"background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arimo; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16.7999992370605px;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mtrpwsumm\" style=\"background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arimo; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16.7999992370605px;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mtrpwsumm\" style=\"background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arimo; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16.7999992370605px;\"\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mtrpw\" style=\"line-height: 16.7999992370605px;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.thebigwobble.org\/2015\/02\/80-centimeters-of-snow-in-croatia-as.html\" style=\"color: #0b3861; font-size: 14px; text-decoration: none;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003E80 centimeters of snow in Croatia as Zagreb residents without power\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mtrpwsumm\" style=\"line-height: 16.7999992370605px;\"\u003EHeating was suspended for thousands of residents in Zagreb, the capital city of Croatia, after\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.thebigwobble.org\/2015\/02\/80-centimeters-of-snow-in-croatia-as.html\" style=\"color: #0b3861; font-size: 14px; text-decoration: none;\"\u003E....\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mtrpwsumm\" style=\"line-height: 16.7999992370605px;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mtrpw\" style=\"line-height: 16.7999992370605px;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.thebigwobble.org\/2015\/02\/europe-and-us-breaking-all-snow-and.html\" style=\"color: #0b3861; font-size: 14px; text-decoration: none;\"\u003EEurope and US breaking all snow and cold records this winter\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mtrpwsumm\" style=\"line-height: 16.7999992370605px;\"\u003EEurope now joins US in breaking snow and cold records this winterWinter snow 'breaks Europe\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.thebigwobble.org\/2015\/02\/europe-and-us-breaking-all-snow-and.html\" style=\"color: #0b3861; font-size: 14px; text-decoration: none;\"\u003E....\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mtrpwsumm\" style=\"line-height: 16.7999992370605px;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mtrpwsumm\" style=\"line-height: 16.7999992370605px;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mtrpwsumm\" style=\"line-height: 16.7999992370605px;\"\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mtrpw\" style=\"line-height: 16.7999992370605px;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.thebigwobble.org\/2015\/02\/albanian-declares-state-of-emergency.html\" style=\"color: #0b3861; font-size: 14px; text-decoration: none;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003EAlbanian declares a state of emergency after the worst floods the country has ever seen!\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mtrpwsumm\" style=\"line-height: 16.7999992370605px;\"\u003EAlbanian has declared a state of emergency after some of the worst floods the country has ever\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.thebigwobble.org\/2015\/02\/albanian-declares-state-of-emergency.html\" style=\"color: #0b3861; font-size: 14px; text-decoration: none;\"\u003E....\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mtrpwsumm\" style=\"line-height: 16.7999992370605px;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mtrpwsumm\" style=\"line-height: 16.7999992370605px;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mtrpwsumm\" style=\"line-height: 16.7999992370605px;\"\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mtrpw\" style=\"line-height: 16.7999992370605px;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.thebigwobble.org\/2015\/02\/boston-record-for-snowiest-seven-day.html\" style=\"color: #0b3861; font-size: 14px; text-decoration: none;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003EBoston: Record for the snowiest seven-day period in the city's history at least 10 deaths\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mtrpwsumm\" style=\"line-height: 16.7999992370605px;\"\u003EA deadly winter snowstorm was forecast to lift on Monday night after walloping the Northeastern\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.thebigwobble.org\/2015\/02\/boston-record-for-snowiest-seven-day.html\" style=\"color: #0b3861; font-size: 14px; text-decoration: none;\"\u003E....\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mtrpw\" style=\"background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arimo; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16.7999992370605px;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.thebigwobble.org\/2015\/02\/pyrenees-homes-without-power-as-more.html\" style=\"color: #0b3861; font-size: 14px; text-decoration: none;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003EPyrenees homes without power as more than a meter of snow falls on resorts\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mtrpwsumm\" style=\"background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arimo; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16.7999992370605px;\"\u003ESeven thousand homes in the Pyrenees are without power and several ski resorts have been forced to\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.thebigwobble.org\/2015\/02\/pyrenees-homes-without-power-as-more.html\" style=\"color: #0b3861; font-size: 14px; text-decoration: none;\"\u003E....\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mtrpwsumm\" style=\"background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arimo; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16.7999992370605px;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mtrpw\" style=\"background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arimo; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16.7999992370605px;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.thebigwobble.org\/2015\/02\/one-of-biggest-ever-chicago-hit-by-one.html\" style=\"color: #0b3861; font-size: 14px; text-decoration: none;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003EOne of the biggest ever! Chicago hit by one of its heaviest snowstorms ever\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mtrpwsumm\" style=\"background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arimo; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16.7999992370605px;\"\u003EChicago has been hit by a severe snowstorm, one of the city's all-time \"top three\" heaviest\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.thebigwobble.org\/2015\/02\/one-of-biggest-ever-chicago-hit-by-one.html\" style=\"color: #0b3861; font-size: 14px; text-decoration: none;\"\u003E....\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mtrpwsumm\" style=\"background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arimo; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16.7999992370605px;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mtrpw\" style=\"background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arimo; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16.7999992370605px;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.thebigwobble.org\/2015\/02\/flood-hits-dams-in-macedonias-capital.html\" style=\"color: #0b3861; font-size: 14px; text-decoration: none;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003EFlood hits dams in Macedonia's capital: A whole town has been evacuated\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mtrpwsumm\" style=\"background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arimo; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16.7999992370605px;\"\u003ETwo major dams in Skopje have been hit by a flood, and the area around the town of Shtip has been\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.thebigwobble.org\/2015\/02\/flood-hits-dams-in-macedonias-capital.html\" style=\"color: #0b3861; font-size: 14px; text-decoration: none;\"\u003E....\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mtrpwsumm\" style=\"background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arimo; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16.7999992370605px;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mtrpwsumm\" style=\"background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arimo; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16.7999992370605px;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mtrpwsumm\" style=\"background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arimo; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16.7999992370605px;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.thebigwobble.org\/feeds\/8282537312622813456\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/comment.g?blogID=3134516610850300558\u0026postID=8282537312622813456\u0026isPopup=true","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/3134516610850300558\/posts\/default\/8282537312622813456"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/3134516610850300558\/posts\/default\/8282537312622813456"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.thebigwobble.org\/2015\/02\/snow-sets-historic-records-in-boston.html","title":"Snow sets historic records in Boston breaks record for snow in 30 days."}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Gary Walton"},"uri":{"$t":"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/109571324097524361761"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"\/\/lh4.googleusercontent.com\/-K_6Yupunk50\/AAAAAAAAAAI\/AAAAAAAAPzs\/1JpiRJSX6jo\/s512-c\/photo.jpg"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-6c66xyY90fE\/VNnK8jQvauI\/AAAAAAAATjw\/SBaD6uNUBWQ\/s72-c\/20150210_inq_snow10-e.JPG","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3134516610850300558.post-1508263103782457202"},"published":{"$t":"2015-02-09T18:00:00.002+01:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2015-02-09T18:00:56.318+01:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Latest Ebola news"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cdiv dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\" trbidi=\"on\"\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-4kIwpYtb7BQ\/VNjnuSwoy8I\/AAAAAAAATjg\/ViemabrqLH4\/s1600\/_77392824_ebola_detail_624_v3.gif\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-4kIwpYtb7BQ\/VNjnuSwoy8I\/AAAAAAAATjg\/ViemabrqLH4\/s1600\/_77392824_ebola_detail_624_v3.gif\" height=\"542\" width=\"640\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EWHO: Ebola death toll surpasses 9000 in West Africa - National Column \"The death toll from the Ebola outbreak in three West African countries reached 9,004, the World Health Organization said in a statement Friday.\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe U.N. health agency said that at least 22,525 people were infected with the deadly virus in Sierra Leone, Liberia and Guinea.\u003Cbr \/\u003ESierra Leone had the highest number of cases, with 10,792 patients reported to date.\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe highest Ebola death toll was in Liberia standing at 3,746, which is more than the 3,301 recorded deaths in Sierra Leone.\u003Cbr \/\u003EIn Guinea, 1,957 deaths were reported.\"\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/nationalcolumn.com\/health-5\/who-ebola-death-toll-surpasses-9-000-in-west-africa-90.html\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EMore here\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EEbola remerges in Lofa - The New Dawn Liberia\u003Cbr \/\u003E\"The head for Liberia’s Incidence Management System, Tolbert Nyenswah, has disclosed that Lofa and Margibi Counties are faced with renewed threat from the Ebola Virus due to two separate cases that recently entered the two counties from Montserrado.\u003Cbr \/\u003EMr. Nyenswah, who is also Assistant Health Minister for Preventive Services, told a local radio talk show hosted on Hot FM Thursday morning, February 5, 2015, that Lofa has about 18 contacts just from a single case from Monrovia.\"\u003Cbr \/\u003E\"Nyenswah lamented that suspected contacts left in Lofa and Margibi Counties by the two Ebola carriers from Monrovia “are the trouble” health workers are having right now and that is getting it difficult for Liberia to get to zero case.\u003Cbr \/\u003EHe said it was expected that by January and February 2015, Liberia should have had zero case of Ebola; but noted that regrettably, even at night, Ebola response teams have to be chasing Ebola contacts, who are running away.\"\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.thenewdawnliberia.com\/news\/6623-ebola-remerges-in-lofa\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EFull story\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EEbola infections double in Guinea as hidden cases discovered -\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe Straits Times \"The number of people sick with Ebola fever has doubled in Guinea in the past week following the discovery of cases previously unknown to health authorities, a Guinea health official said on Friday.\u003Cbr \/\u003EAbout two dozen new suspected and confirmed Ebola cases were recorded in the past two weeks, taking the total number to 53 as of Friday, Fode Tass Sylla, a spokesman for Guinea's anti-Ebola task force, said.\u003Cbr \/\u003ESylla said the increase was expected because health authorities were only now gaining access to faraway villages where inhabitants had previously prevented them from entering.\"\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.straitstimes.com\/news\/world\/more-world-stories\/story\/ebola-infections-double-guinea-hidden-cases-discovered-20150206\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EFull story\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ERelated\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mtrpw\" style=\"background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arimo; font-size: 11px; line-height: 15.3999996185303px;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.thebigwobble.org\/2015\/02\/latest-avian-bird-flu-news.html\" style=\"color: #0b3861; font-size: 14px;\"\u003ELatest Avian \/ Bird Flu News\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mtrpwsumm\" style=\"background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arimo; font-size: 11px; line-height: 15.3999996185303px;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;H7N9 Sickens Seven More in China, One FatallyCHINA - On 6 February, two provinces — Guangdong\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.thebigwobble.org\/2015\/02\/latest-avian-bird-flu-news.html\" style=\"color: #0b3861; font-size: 14px; text-decoration: none;\"\u003E....\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mtrpwsumm\" style=\"background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arimo; font-size: 11px; line-height: 15.3999996185303px;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mtrpwsumm\" style=\"background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arimo; font-size: 11px; line-height: 15.3999996185303px;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mtrpwsumm\" style=\"background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arimo; font-size: 11px; line-height: 15.3999996185303px;\"\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mtrpw\" style=\"line-height: 15.3999996185303px;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.thebigwobble.org\/2015\/02\/village-which-cant-stop-falling-asleep.html\" style=\"color: #0b3861; font-size: 14px;\"\u003EVillage which can't stop falling asleep poisoned by Soviet-era uranium mines\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mtrpwsumm\" style=\"line-height: 15.3999996185303px;\"\u003EAn entire village of people who suffer from a mysterious illness that causes them to fall asleep\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.thebigwobble.org\/2015\/02\/village-which-cant-stop-falling-asleep.html\" style=\"color: #0b3861; font-size: 14px; text-decoration: none;\"\u003E....\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mtrpwsumm\" style=\"line-height: 15.3999996185303px;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mtrpwsumm\" style=\"line-height: 15.3999996185303px;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mtrpwsumm\" style=\"line-height: 15.3999996185303px;\"\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mtrpw\" style=\"line-height: 15.3999996185303px;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.thebigwobble.org\/2015\/02\/avian-flu-nearly-two-and-half-million.html\" style=\"color: #0b3861; font-size: 14px;\"\u003EAvian Flu: Nearly two and a half million birds culled in Taiwan and the virus is still spreading!\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mtrpwsumm\" style=\"line-height: 15.3999996185303px;\"\u003EMore Than Half Taiwan's Geese Lost to Avian Flu TAIWAN - Highly pathogenic avian influenza of\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.thebigwobble.org\/2015\/02\/avian-flu-nearly-two-and-half-million.html\" style=\"color: #0b3861; font-size: 14px; text-decoration: none;\"\u003E....\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mtrpwsumm\" style=\"line-height: 15.3999996185303px;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mtrpwsumm\" style=\"line-height: 15.3999996185303px;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mtrpwsumm\" style=\"line-height: 15.3999996185303px;\"\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mtrpw\" style=\"line-height: 15.3999996185303px;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.thebigwobble.org\/2015\/02\/a-killer-disease-which-is-capable-of.html\" style=\"color: #0b3861; font-size: 14px; text-decoration: none;\"\u003EA killer disease which is capable of killing more than 5% of humans is dangerously on the rise in recent months!\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mtrpwsumm\" style=\"line-height: 15.3999996185303px;\"\u003EAs I walked along the beautiful pristine beach on the Dutch coast yesterday I was once again amazed\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.thebigwobble.org\/2015\/02\/a-killer-disease-which-is-capable-of.html\" style=\"color: #0b3861; font-size: 14px; text-decoration: none;\"\u003E....\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mtrpwsumm\" style=\"line-height: 15.3999996185303px;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mtrpwsumm\" style=\"line-height: 15.3999996185303px;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mtrpwsumm\" style=\"line-height: 15.3999996185303px;\"\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mtrpw\" style=\"line-height: 15.3999996185303px;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.thebigwobble.org\/2015\/02\/avian-cholera-unfolding-event-kills.html\" style=\"color: #0b3861; font-size: 14px;\"\u003EAvian cholera: Unfolding event kills thousands of birds in Nevada, some birds die within 6 hours of contamination\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mtrpwsumm\" style=\"line-height: 15.3999996185303px;\"\u003EThousands of birds have died at Walker Lake from a disease experts say hasn't made an appearance in\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.thebigwobble.org\/2015\/02\/avian-cholera-unfolding-event-kills.html\" style=\"color: #0b3861; font-size: 14px; text-decoration: none;\"\u003E....\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mtrpwsumm\" style=\"line-height: 15.3999996185303px;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mtrpwsumm\" style=\"line-height: 15.3999996185303px;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mtrpwsumm\" style=\"line-height: 15.3999996185303px;\"\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mtrpw\" style=\"line-height: 15.3999996185303px;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.thebigwobble.org\/2015\/02\/the-united-dead-zone-of-north-america.html\" style=\"color: #0b3861; font-size: 14px;\"\u003EThe United Dead Zone Of North America: A very disturbing situation is unfolding on the western coast of Mexico, US and Canada\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mtrpwsumm\" style=\"line-height: 15.3999996185303px;\"\u003EYou will read this and think.....I knew marine life was dying on the west coast but wow! I didn't\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.thebigwobble.org\/2015\/02\/the-united-dead-zone-of-north-america.html\" style=\"color: #0b3861; font-size: 14px; text-decoration: none;\"\u003E....\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.thebigwobble.org\/feeds\/1508263103782457202\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/comment.g?blogID=3134516610850300558\u0026postID=1508263103782457202\u0026isPopup=true","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/3134516610850300558\/posts\/default\/1508263103782457202"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/3134516610850300558\/posts\/default\/1508263103782457202"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.thebigwobble.org\/2015\/02\/latest-ebola-news.html","title":"Latest Ebola news"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Gary Walton"},"uri":{"$t":"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/109571324097524361761"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"\/\/lh4.googleusercontent.com\/-K_6Yupunk50\/AAAAAAAAAAI\/AAAAAAAAPzs\/1JpiRJSX6jo\/s512-c\/photo.jpg"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-4kIwpYtb7BQ\/VNjnuSwoy8I\/AAAAAAAATjg\/ViemabrqLH4\/s72-c\/_77392824_ebola_detail_624_v3.gif","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3134516610850300558.post-402411792781690824"},"published":{"$t":"2015-02-09T17:36:00.000+01:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2015-02-09T17:43:47.052+01:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Latest Avian \/ Bird Flu News"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cdiv dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\" trbidi=\"on\"\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-Py3k9DMct_w\/VNjhMQ4eNGI\/AAAAAAAATjQ\/mWesZuBnjzk\/s1600\/Day_old_chick_white_background.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-Py3k9DMct_w\/VNjhMQ4eNGI\/AAAAAAAATjQ\/mWesZuBnjzk\/s1600\/Day_old_chick_white_background.jpg\" height=\"426\" width=\"640\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.thepoultrysite.com\/bird-flu\/bird-flu-news.php?country=cn\" style=\"background-color: white; color: #2e9fff; font-family: arial, serif; font-size: 12px; text-decoration: none;\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\" - Bird Flu News\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thepoultrysite.com\/images\/newsflags\/cn.gif\" height=\"10\" style=\"border: 0px;\" width=\"15\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white; color: #6d6e71; font-family: arial, serif; font-size: 12px;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"birdfluItem\" style=\"background-color: white; color: #6d6e71; font-family: arial, serif; font-size: 12px;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.cidrap.umn.edu\/news-perspective\/2015\/02\/avian-flu-scan-feb-06-2015\" style=\"color: #333333; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;\"\u003EH7N9 Sickens Seven More in China, One Fatally\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"birdfluSnip\" style=\"background-color: white; color: #6d6e71; font-family: arial, serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px;\"\u003ECHINA - On 6 February, two provinces — Guangdong and Zhejiang — reported seven more H7N9 avian flu infections, one of them fatal.\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe Guangdong province patients are all in different cities; a 48-year-old man from Guangzhou, a 76-year-old man from Zhuhai, a 55-year-old man from Chaozhou Chao and a two-year-old girl from Zongshan. The patient who died is a 62-year-old woman from Huizhou.\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe two patients from Zhejiang province are a 58-year-old man from Tongxiang in a critical condition a 69-year-old man from Anji who has recovered. The latest cases boost the global number of H7N9 cases to 553, according to FluTrackers' case list.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"birdfluSource\" style=\"background-color: white; color: #cc0000; font-family: arial, serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003ECIDRAP\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"background-color: #cfcfcf; color: #6d6e71; font-family: arial, serif; font-size: 12px; height: 1px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 10px;\"\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.thepoultrysite.com\/bird-flu\/bird-flu-news.php?country=gb\" style=\"background-color: white; color: #2e9fff; font-family: arial, serif; font-size: 12px; text-decoration: none;\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"United Kingdom - Bird Flu News\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thepoultrysite.com\/images\/newsflags\/gb.gif\" height=\"10\" style=\"border: 0px;\" width=\"15\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white; color: #6d6e71; font-family: arial, serif; font-size: 12px;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"birdfluItem\" style=\"background-color: white; color: #6d6e71; font-family: arial, serif; font-size: 12px;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/news\/low-severity-avian-flu-confirmed-in-hampshire\" style=\"color: #333333; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;\"\u003EEnglish Bird Flu Outbreak: Low-path H7N7 Virus Confirmed\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"birdfluSnip\" style=\"background-color: white; color: #6d6e71; font-family: arial, serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px;\"\u003EUK - A low severity case of avian flu has been confirmed in chickens at a farm in Hampshire and robust action is being taken to prevent any spread of the disease, which poses very low risk to human health. All birds at the farm have been culled.\u003Cbr \/\u003ETests have confirmed the outbreak as a low severity H7N7 strain of the disease, a much less severe form than the H5N8 strain found at a Yorkshire duck farm in November. There are no links between the two cases.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"birdfluSource\" style=\"background-color: white; color: #cc0000; font-family: arial, serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003EDefra APHA UK\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"background-color: #cfcfcf; color: #6d6e71; font-family: arial, serif; font-size: 12px; height: 1px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 10px;\"\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.thepoultrysite.com\/bird-flu\/bird-flu-news.php?country=us\" style=\"background-color: white; color: #2e9fff; font-family: arial, serif; font-size: 12px; text-decoration: none;\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\" - Bird Flu News\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thepoultrysite.com\/images\/newsflags\/us.gif\" height=\"10\" style=\"border: 0px;\" width=\"15\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white; color: #6d6e71; font-family: arial, serif; font-size: 12px;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"birdfluItem\" style=\"background-color: white; color: #6d6e71; font-family: arial, serif; font-size: 12px;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/wwwnc.cdc.gov\/travel\/notices\/watch\/avian-flu-h7n9-china\" style=\"color: #333333; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;\"\u003EAvian Flu (H7N9) in China: CDC Updates Advice\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"birdfluSnip\" style=\"background-color: white; color: #6d6e71; font-family: arial, serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px;\"\u003EUS - CDC has updated its advice for travellers to China. CDC advises people travelling to China to avoid contact with poultry (including poultry markets and farms), birds and their droppings. There are no recommendations against travel to China. Talk to your doctor or nurse if you feel seriously ill within 10 days of returning from China, especially if you have a fever, cough or shortness of breath.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"birdfluSource\" style=\"background-color: white; color: #cc0000; font-family: arial, serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003ECenters for Disease Control (CDC)\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"background-color: #cfcfcf; color: #6d6e71; font-family: arial, serif; font-size: 12px; height: 1px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 10px;\"\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.thepoultrysite.com\/bird-flu\/bird-flu-news.php?country=ca\" style=\"background-color: white; color: #2e9fff; font-family: arial, serif; font-size: 12px; text-decoration: none;\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\" - Bird Flu News\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thepoultrysite.com\/images\/newsflags\/ca.gif\" height=\"10\" style=\"border: 0px;\" width=\"15\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white; color: #6d6e71; font-family: arial, serif; font-size: 12px;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"birdfluItem\" style=\"background-color: white; color: #6d6e71; font-family: arial, serif; font-size: 12px;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.thepoultrysite.com\/poultrynews\/34328\/h5n1-avian-flu-virus-detected-in-british-columbia-hobby-flock\" style=\"color: #333333; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;\"\u003EH5N1 Avian Flu Virus Detected in British Columbia Hobby Flock\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"birdfluSnip\" style=\"background-color: white; color: #6d6e71; font-family: arial, serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px;\"\u003ECANADA - The presence of H5N1 virus has been confirmed in a hobby poultry flock in British Columbia for the first time. Quarantine has been lifted from three farms previously affected by the H5N2 virus strain.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"birdfluSource\" style=\"background-color: white; color: #cc0000; font-family: arial, serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003EThePoultrySite News Desk\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"background-color: #cfcfcf; color: #6d6e71; font-family: arial, serif; font-size: 12px; height: 1px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 10px;\"\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.thepoultrysite.com\/bird-flu\/bird-flu-news.php?country=cn\" style=\"background-color: white; color: #2e9fff; font-family: arial, serif; font-size: 12px; text-decoration: none;\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"China - Bird Flu News\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thepoultrysite.com\/images\/newsflags\/cn.gif\" height=\"10\" style=\"border: 0px;\" width=\"15\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white; color: #6d6e71; font-family: arial, serif; font-size: 12px;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"birdfluItem\" style=\"background-color: white; color: #6d6e71; font-family: arial, serif; font-size: 12px;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.thepoultrysite.com\/poultrynews\/34323\/new-highpath-bird-flu-outbreak-reported-in-chinese-poultry\" style=\"color: #333333; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;\"\u003ENew High-path Bird Flu Outbreak Reported in Chinese Poultry\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"birdfluSnip\" style=\"background-color: white; color: #6d6e71; font-family: arial, serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px;\"\u003ECHINA - A new outbreak of H5N6 high-path avian flu has been reported at a farm in Hunan province.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"birdfluSource\" style=\"background-color: white; color: #cc0000; font-family: arial, serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003EThePoultrySite News Desk\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"birdfluSource\" style=\"background-color: white; color: #cc0000; font-family: arial, serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"birdfluSource\" style=\"background-color: white; color: #cc0000; font-family: arial, serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.thepoultrysite.com\/\"\u003EThe Poultry Site\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ERelated   \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mtrpw\" style=\"background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arimo; font-size: 11px; line-height: 15.3999996185303px;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.thebigwobble.org\/2015\/02\/avian-flu-nearly-two-and-half-million.html\" style=\"color: #0b3861; font-size: 14px; text-decoration: none;\"\u003EAvian Flu: Nearly two and a half million birds culled in Taiwan and the virus is still spreading!\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mtrpwsumm\" style=\"background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arimo; font-size: 11px; line-height: 15.3999996185303px;\"\u003EMore Than Half Taiwan's Geese Lost to Avian Flu TAIWAN - Highly pathogenic avian influenza of\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.thebigwobble.org\/2015\/02\/avian-flu-nearly-two-and-half-million.html\" style=\"color: #0b3861; font-size: 14px; text-decoration: none;\"\u003E....\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mtrpwsumm\" style=\"background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arimo; font-size: 11px; line-height: 15.3999996185303px;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mtrpwsumm\" style=\"background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arimo; font-size: 11px; line-height: 15.3999996185303px;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mtrpwsumm\" style=\"background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arimo; font-size: 11px; line-height: 15.3999996185303px;\"\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mtrpw\" style=\"line-height: 15.3999996185303px;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.thebigwobble.org\/2015\/02\/a-killer-disease-which-is-capable-of.html\" style=\"color: #0b3861; font-size: 14px;\"\u003EA killer disease which is capable of killing more than 5% of humans is dangerously on the rise in recent months!\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mtrpwsumm\" style=\"line-height: 15.3999996185303px;\"\u003EAs I walked along the beautiful pristine beach on the Dutch coast yesterday I was once again amazed\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.thebigwobble.org\/2015\/02\/a-killer-disease-which-is-capable-of.html\" style=\"color: #0b3861; font-size: 14px; text-decoration: none;\"\u003E....\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mtrpwsumm\" style=\"line-height: 15.3999996185303px;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mtrpwsumm\" style=\"line-height: 15.3999996185303px;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mtrpwsumm\" style=\"line-height: 15.3999996185303px;\"\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mtrpw\" style=\"line-height: 15.3999996185303px;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.thebigwobble.org\/2015\/02\/avian-cholera-unfolding-event-kills.html\" style=\"color: #0b3861; font-size: 14px;\"\u003EAvian cholera: Unfolding event kills thousands of birds in Nevada, some birds die within 6 hours of contamination\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mtrpwsumm\" style=\"line-height: 15.3999996185303px;\"\u003EThousands of birds have died at Walker Lake from a disease experts say hasn't made an appearance in\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.thebigwobble.org\/2015\/02\/avian-cholera-unfolding-event-kills.html\" style=\"color: #0b3861; font-size: 14px; text-decoration: none;\"\u003E....\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mtrpwsumm\" style=\"line-height: 15.3999996185303px;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mtrpwsumm\" style=\"line-height: 15.3999996185303px;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mtrpwsumm\" style=\"line-height: 15.3999996185303px;\"\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mtrpw\" style=\"line-height: 15.3999996185303px;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.thebigwobble.org\/2015\/02\/the-united-dead-zone-of-north-america.html\" style=\"color: #0b3861; font-size: 14px; text-decoration: none;\"\u003EThe United Dead Zone Of North America: A very disturbing situation is unfolding on the western coast of Mexico, US and Canada\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mtrpwsumm\" style=\"line-height: 15.3999996185303px;\"\u003EYou will read this and think.....I knew marine life was dying on the west coast but wow! I didn't\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.thebigwobble.org\/2015\/02\/the-united-dead-zone-of-north-america.html\" style=\"color: #0b3861; font-size: 14px; text-decoration: none;\"\u003E....\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.thebigwobble.org\/feeds\/402411792781690824\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/comment.g?blogID=3134516610850300558\u0026postID=402411792781690824\u0026isPopup=true","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/3134516610850300558\/posts\/default\/402411792781690824"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/3134516610850300558\/posts\/default\/402411792781690824"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.thebigwobble.org\/2015\/02\/latest-avian-bird-flu-news.html","title":"Latest Avian \/ Bird Flu News"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Gary Walton"},"uri":{"$t":"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/109571324097524361761"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"\/\/lh4.googleusercontent.com\/-K_6Yupunk50\/AAAAAAAAAAI\/AAAAAAAAPzs\/1JpiRJSX6jo\/s512-c\/photo.jpg"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-Py3k9DMct_w\/VNjhMQ4eNGI\/AAAAAAAATjQ\/mWesZuBnjzk\/s72-c\/Day_old_chick_white_background.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3134516610850300558.post-8605530808467428728"},"published":{"$t":"2015-02-09T16:02:00.002+01:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2015-02-09T16:46:54.731+01:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Nasa reveals far side of the Moon"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cdiv dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\" trbidi=\"on\"\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-zkp4iCMG60c\/VNjL840g7VI\/AAAAAAAATjA\/mozapVmIHys\/s1600\/Untitled.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-zkp4iCMG60c\/VNjL840g7VI\/AAAAAAAATjA\/mozapVmIHys\/s1600\/Untitled.jpg\" height=\"356\" width=\"640\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ENasa has released a view of the Moon that cannot be seen from Earth.\u003Cbr \/\u003EUsing nearly five-years of mapping data from the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, the space agency has created footage showing what it is like on the far side.\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe far side of the Moon is home to a scarred area known as the South Pole-Aitken, one of the largest and oldest 'impacts' in the solar system. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\" trbidi=\"on\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Ciframe allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"415\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jdkMHkF7BaA\" width=\"730\"\u003E\u003C\/iframe\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E Related\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mtrpw\" style=\"background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arimo; font-size: 11px; line-height: 15.3999996185303px;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.thebigwobble.org\/2015\/02\/meteor-caught-on-devon-beach-camera.html\" style=\"color: #0b3861; font-size: 14px;\"\u003EMeteor' caught on Devon beach camera\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mtrpwsumm\" style=\"background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arimo; font-size: 11px; line-height: 15.3999996185303px;\"\u003EA fixed camera at a British beach captured footage of a suspected meteorite falling out of the sky\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.thebigwobble.org\/2015\/02\/meteor-caught-on-devon-beach-camera.html\" style=\"color: #0b3861; font-size: 14px; text-decoration: none;\"\u003E....\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mtrpwsumm\" style=\"background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arimo; font-size: 11px; line-height: 15.3999996185303px;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mtrpwsumm\" style=\"background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arimo; font-size: 11px; line-height: 15.3999996185303px;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.thebigwobble.org\/feeds\/8605530808467428728\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/comment.g?blogID=3134516610850300558\u0026postID=8605530808467428728\u0026isPopup=true","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/3134516610850300558\/posts\/default\/8605530808467428728"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/3134516610850300558\/posts\/default\/8605530808467428728"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.thebigwobble.org\/2015\/02\/nasa-reveals-far-side-of-moon.html","title":"Nasa reveals far side of the Moon"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Gary Walton"},"uri":{"$t":"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/109571324097524361761"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"\/\/lh4.googleusercontent.com\/-K_6Yupunk50\/AAAAAAAAAAI\/AAAAAAAAPzs\/1JpiRJSX6jo\/s512-c\/photo.jpg"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-zkp4iCMG60c\/VNjL840g7VI\/AAAAAAAATjA\/mozapVmIHys\/s72-c\/Untitled.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3134516610850300558.post-3427075795689791275"},"published":{"$t":"2015-02-09T13:38:00.002+01:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2015-02-09T13:40:09.854+01:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Worst flooding in 50 years hits parts of Queensland"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cdiv dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\" trbidi=\"on\"\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-7QueTKUeKhU\/VNiqE4yo80I\/AAAAAAAATis\/COtw9SqXTGA\/s1600\/Untitled.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-7QueTKUeKhU\/VNiqE4yo80I\/AAAAAAAATis\/COtw9SqXTGA\/s1600\/Untitled.jpg\" height=\"358\" width=\"640\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EA north Queensland town is mopping up after the worst flooding in almost 50 years hit the area, inundating homes, businesses and roads.\u003Cbr \/\u003EMareeba, inland from Cairns, was the worst hit when a month's worth of rain fell across a large chunk of the state's far north at the weekend.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\"The last time we had a monsoonal event as big as this would have been in 1967,\" Tablelands Regional Council Mayor Rosa Lee Long told AAP.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\"It will be significant as far as roads and property damage.\"\u003Cbr \/\u003EOne Malanda family had to be rescued after they became stranded when a river broke its banks, surrounding their home with water.\u003Cbr \/\u003ESome roads have been washed out, while others are strewn with debris and blocked by landslides. Areas between Cape Tribulation, north of Cairns, and Cardwell were hit over the weekend.\u003Cbr \/\u003EAbout 723mm of rain was recorded at Mount Sophia, south of Cairns, 505mm at Malanda and 414mm in Cairns between Friday and Sunday.\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe February averages for Cairns, Malanda and Mount Sophia are 449mm, 335mm and 666mm respectively.\u003Cbr \/\u003EA driver had to be rescued from a bank on the Barron River after his ute become stuck in rising waters on Sunday evening.\u003Cbr \/\u003EQueensland Fire and Emergency received more than 30 other requests since midday Saturday for general flooding assistance with sandbagging and leaking roofs.\u003Cbr \/\u003ESeveral flood watch warnings remain in place across the region on Monday.\u003Cbr \/\u003EAlthough the rain had eased on Monday, the weather bureau is warning those along the tropical north coast to expect another deluge this weekend.\u003Cbr \/\u003EBureau of Meteorology forecaster Andrew Mostyn said a tropical low is heading towards the far north and there'll more heavy rain from Thursday. \"And, of course, with the catchments quite wet at the moment major flooding could be an issue,\" he told AAP.\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe heavy rain has been good news for some though.\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe Cairns Regional Council has lifted water restrictions after 330mm of rain fell on the Lake Morris dam over the weekend, almost filling the catchment.\u003Cbr \/\u003EIt has also brought some relief to farmers who have struggled through a long period of drought.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/hisz.rsoe.hu\/alertmap\/index2.php\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ESource\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ERelated\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"bp_item_title\" style=\"border-top-color: rgb(7, 55, 99); 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float: right; margin: 5px;\" width=\"100\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"bp_item_summary\" style=\"color: #073763; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: normal;\"\u003EHeating was suspended for thousands of residents in Zagreb, the capital city of Croatia, after snowstorm swept the continental part of Croatia on Wednesday, local...\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"bp_item_meta\" style=\"clear: both; color: #073763; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: normal; margin-bottom: 4px;\"\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"bp_item_title\" style=\"border-top-color: rgb(7, 55, 99); border-top-style: dotted; border-top-width: 1px; color: #073763; font-family: arial, sans-serif; padding-top: 4px;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.thebigwobble.org\/2015\/02\/europe-and-us-breaking-all-snow-and.html?utm_source=BP_recent\" style=\"color: #073763; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: normal;\" target=\"_top\" title=\"Europe and US breaking all snow and cold records this winter\"\u003EEurope and US breaking all snow and cold records this winter\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"bp_item_thumb\" style=\"color: #073763; font-family: arial, sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.thebigwobble.org\/2015\/02\/europe-and-us-breaking-all-snow-and.html?utm_source=BP_recent\" style=\"color: #551a8b;\" target=\"_top\" title=\"Europe and US breaking all snow and cold records this winter\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"Europe and US breaking all snow and cold records this winter\" height=\"100\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-wWj5sZnf3UM\/VNTmJ1pYmZI\/AAAAAAAATg4\/V8axDP1dbvo\/s104-c\/blizzard-2015.jpg\" style=\"border: none; float: right; margin: 5px;\" width=\"100\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"bp_item_summary\" style=\"color: #073763; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: normal;\"\u003EEurope now joins US in breaking snow and cold records this winter Winter snow 'breaks Europe records' Severe winter weather has been causing chaos for many across parts...\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"bp_item_summary\" style=\"color: #073763; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: normal;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"bp_item_summary\" style=\"color: #073763; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: normal;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"bp_item_summary\" style=\"color: #073763; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: normal;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"bp_item_summary\" style=\"color: #073763; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: normal;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"bp_item_summary\" style=\"color: #073763; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: normal;\"\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"bp_item_title\" style=\"border-top-color: rgb(7, 55, 99); border-top-style: dotted; border-top-width: 1px; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: medium; padding-top: 4px;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.thebigwobble.org\/2015\/02\/albanian-declares-state-of-emergency.html?utm_source=BP_recent\" style=\"color: #073763; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: normal;\" target=\"_top\" title=\"Albanian declares a state of emergency after the worst floods the country has ever seen!\"\u003EAlbanian declares a state of emergency after the worst floods the country has ever seen!\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"bp_item_thumb\" style=\"font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: medium;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.thebigwobble.org\/2015\/02\/albanian-declares-state-of-emergency.html?utm_source=BP_recent\" style=\"color: #551a8b;\" target=\"_top\" title=\"Albanian declares a state of emergency after the worst floods the country has ever seen!\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"Albanian declares a state of emergency after the worst floods the country has ever seen!\" height=\"100\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-9hrUo1TCR-k\/VNPHQy_e6lI\/AAAAAAAATfY\/tukuyCTTjIQ\/s104-c\/_50304958_010791075-1.jpg\" style=\"border: none; float: right; margin: 5px;\" width=\"100\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"bp_item_summary\" style=\"font-stretch: normal;\"\u003EAlbanian has declared a state of emergency after some of the worst floods the country has ever seen, which the country’s prime minister says have been exacerbated by past...\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.thebigwobble.org\/feeds\/3427075795689791275\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/comment.g?blogID=3134516610850300558\u0026postID=3427075795689791275\u0026isPopup=true","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/3134516610850300558\/posts\/default\/3427075795689791275"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/3134516610850300558\/posts\/default\/3427075795689791275"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.thebigwobble.org\/2015\/02\/worst-flooding-in-50-years-hits-parts.html","title":"Worst flooding in 50 years hits parts of Queensland"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Gary Walton"},"uri":{"$t":"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/109571324097524361761"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"\/\/lh4.googleusercontent.com\/-K_6Yupunk50\/AAAAAAAAAAI\/AAAAAAAAPzs\/1JpiRJSX6jo\/s512-c\/photo.jpg"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-7QueTKUeKhU\/VNiqE4yo80I\/AAAAAAAATis\/COtw9SqXTGA\/s72-c\/Untitled.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3134516610850300558.post-2795050538786728086"},"published":{"$t":"2015-02-08T17:53:00.003+01:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2015-02-08T17:56:12.268+01:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Mystery ash covers parts of Washington, Oregon states linked to grey goo which killed birds in San Francisco?"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cdiv dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\" trbidi=\"on\"\u003E\u003Cdiv dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\" trbidi=\"on\"\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-bIzu28SJJGk\/VNeTrJgU5OI\/AAAAAAAATic\/4Ouguh9JS4A\/s1600\/10372314_785264584853968_52727794066773049_n.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-bIzu28SJJGk\/VNeTrJgU5OI\/AAAAAAAATic\/4Ouguh9JS4A\/s1600\/10372314_785264584853968_52727794066773049_n.jpg\" height=\"546\" width=\"640\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EEmergency officials at Washington's Walla Walla County said they've received numerous reports on some \"white stuff\" found covering motor vehicles.\u003Cbr \/\u003EThey believe this could be ash fall from the Shiveluch volcano in Russia.\u003Cbr \/\u003ELocated in the Kamchatka peninsula, the volcano is situated in the northeastern most part of the country and spewed an ash plume reaching 20,000 feet during an eruption late January.\u003Cbr \/\u003EAfter some weeks, the ash was carried off and deposited in a widespread area around Washington and Oregon. According to CNN meteorologist Derek Van Dam, this occurrence can be attributed to the strong southern flow of the jet stream that pushes material from an active volcano in southwest Colima in Mexico and another active volcano in Russia.\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe Mexican volcano began erupting last Wednesday. Local scientists are still skeptical the source of this milky rain of white ash is from a Russian volcano.\u003Cbr \/\u003ESome 4,000 miles separate this volcano from the U.S. northwestern states, which is quite far for ash fall to travel. The U.S. National Weather Service in Spokane says that there are a lot of theories floating around about active volcanoes, dust storms from previous nights or even last year's wildfire.s There is still no definitive answer as to what caused this phenomenon\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/NWSSpokane?fref=photo\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EUS National weather service\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ch4 style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003EA mysterious gray gooey substance killing birds along San Francisco Bay\u003C\/h4\u003EJust 3 weeks ago a mysterious, never before seen gray gooey substance was reported killing birds along San Francisco Bay.\u003Cbr \/\u003EA mysterious gray gooey substance has killed 20 seabirds along San Francisco Bay's eastern shoreline and fouled the feathers of another 69 birds fighting to survive at a Fairfield bird rescue center.\u003Cbr \/\u003EState wildlife officials reported Saturday night they have ruled out oil as the contaminant as they continue tests to determine what substance coated the seabirds.\u003Cbr \/\u003EWhatever it is, the goo appears to break down the ability of their feathers to protect the birds from hypothermia.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\"It is a mystery,\" said Andrew Hughan, a spokesman for the state Department of Fish and Wildlife. \"It could take days before we know what it is.\"\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.thebigwobble.org\/search?q=goo+birds\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EFull story here\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Ciframe allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"415\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/To-PGjrn020\" width=\"730\"\u003E\u003C\/iframe\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.thebigwobble.org\/feeds\/2795050538786728086\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/comment.g?blogID=3134516610850300558\u0026postID=2795050538786728086\u0026isPopup=true","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/3134516610850300558\/posts\/default\/2795050538786728086"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/3134516610850300558\/posts\/default\/2795050538786728086"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.thebigwobble.org\/2015\/02\/mystery-ash-covers-parts-of-washington.html","title":"Mystery ash covers parts of Washington, Oregon states linked to grey goo which killed birds in San Francisco?"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Gary Walton"},"uri":{"$t":"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/109571324097524361761"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"\/\/lh4.googleusercontent.com\/-K_6Yupunk50\/AAAAAAAAAAI\/AAAAAAAAPzs\/1JpiRJSX6jo\/s512-c\/photo.jpg"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-bIzu28SJJGk\/VNeTrJgU5OI\/AAAAAAAATic\/4Ouguh9JS4A\/s72-c\/10372314_785264584853968_52727794066773049_n.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3134516610850300558.post-5940859325332647641"},"published":{"$t":"2015-02-07T10:16:00.003+01:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2015-02-07T10:16:23.565+01:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Meteor' caught on Devon beach camera"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cdiv dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\" trbidi=\"on\"\u003E\u003Cdiv dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\" trbidi=\"on\"\u003E\u003Cdiv dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\" trbidi=\"on\"\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-Rr7B9an-4ds\/VNXWQZkCTdI\/AAAAAAAATh8\/jBhWyUhQeoY\/s1600\/Untitled.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-Rr7B9an-4ds\/VNXWQZkCTdI\/AAAAAAAATh8\/jBhWyUhQeoY\/s1600\/Untitled.jpg\" height=\"330\" width=\"640\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EA fixed camera at a British beach captured footage of a suspected meteorite falling out of the sky and plunging into the sea.\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe Facebook account for the Dawlish Beach Cam, a live webcam at the Devon, England, beach, posted an excerpt from early Wednesday morning that appears to show a glowing object falling out of the sky and disappearing into the water.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\"What was caught on camera the other night?\u003Cbr \/\u003EWas it a bird or a plane, maybe even superman,\" administrators wrote in the caption for the video, posted Thursday.\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe video was shot one day after residents in nearby York, England, reported spotting a ball of fire streak across the sky.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Ciframe allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"415\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/e0FVXTCH6LI\" width=\"730\"\u003E\u003C\/iframe\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/hisz.rsoe.hu\/alertmap\/index2.php\"\u003ESource\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.thebigwobble.org\/feeds\/5940859325332647641\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/comment.g?blogID=3134516610850300558\u0026postID=5940859325332647641\u0026isPopup=true","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/3134516610850300558\/posts\/default\/5940859325332647641"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/3134516610850300558\/posts\/default\/5940859325332647641"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.thebigwobble.org\/2015\/02\/meteor-caught-on-devon-beach-camera.html","title":"Meteor' caught on Devon beach camera"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Gary Walton"},"uri":{"$t":"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/109571324097524361761"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"\/\/lh4.googleusercontent.com\/-K_6Yupunk50\/AAAAAAAAAAI\/AAAAAAAAPzs\/1JpiRJSX6jo\/s512-c\/photo.jpg"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-Rr7B9an-4ds\/VNXWQZkCTdI\/AAAAAAAATh8\/jBhWyUhQeoY\/s72-c\/Untitled.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3134516610850300558.post-324700556586174577"},"published":{"$t":"2015-02-06T18:05:00.002+01:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2015-02-06T18:05:30.327+01:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Village which can't stop falling asleep poisoned by Soviet-era uranium mines "},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cdiv dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\" trbidi=\"on\"\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-c1yUMw3Cn1o\/VNTyp9PrBOI\/AAAAAAAAThs\/lYJjwiRbEuc\/s1600\/8bb34737f4843cf09486337f11dcff38.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-c1yUMw3Cn1o\/VNTyp9PrBOI\/AAAAAAAAThs\/lYJjwiRbEuc\/s1600\/8bb34737f4843cf09486337f11dcff38.jpg\" height=\"540\" width=\"640\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EAn entire village of people who suffer from a mysterious illness that causes them to fall asleep for DAYS is to be relocated, after doctors finally found the cause.\u003Cbr \/\u003EExperts were drafted in after local GPs reported residents in the remote village of Kalachi, in northern Kazakhstan, suffered from a condition that could cause them to sleep for days at a time.\u003Cbr \/\u003EExamining the villagers in the village dubbed 'Sleepy Hollow', medics found that they suffer from excessive fluid in the brain, but were baffled as to what was causing it.\u003Cbr \/\u003EMedical expert Doctor Egor Korovin who examined some of the sufferers said: \"In medical terms they are suffering from encephalopathy, a disorder of the brain but the cause is unclear.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\"Scans have shown that many of the sufferers have excessive accumulation of fluid in their brains. But now after four years of examinations and thousands of tests scientists have finally discovered the cause behind the condition - radon gas.\u003Cbr \/\u003ETomsk Polytechnic University's scientists concluded that the former local mines were to blame after ruling out a mystery illness caused by a virus or bacteria and instead concentrating on environmental factors. Professor Leonid Rikhvanov from the Department of Geo-ecology and Geo-chemistry said: \"We eliminated viral and bacterial infections but also obtained test results that ruled out the possibility of radiation sickness too.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\"We also failed to find any evidence that toxic chemicals were buried in the area as many locals claimed.\"\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe village was built near to former Soviet-era uranium mines that are now abandoned but although they have not left dangerous radiation levels, the legacy remains.\u003Cbr \/\u003ERadon is a chemical element that although radioactive, is a colourless, odourless, and tasteless noble gas, occurring naturally as an indirect decay product of uranium.\u003Cbr \/\u003EProf Rikhvanov said: \"The mines left open spaces underground which were slowly filled with water that has risen upwards, driving pockets of gas inside them to the surface.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\"The gas has a toxic effect that pushes a person into a dream like state, and the person then falls asleep.\"\u003Cbr \/\u003EConventional methods of radiation measurement cannot detect radon in the air, said the scientist, explaining why previous studies have shown nothing.\u003Cbr \/\u003EScientists stepped up the investigation recently after locals complained that incidences of the strange sleeping disorder were getting worse, with nearly one in five of the village's 600 residents now affected.\u003Cbr \/\u003EAnd after the cause was identified, local government officials said they were considering plans to move the entire village as it was impossible to tackle the root cause of the problem, the radon gas. Over last summer, 60 people were taken to hospital suffering from the condition, which leaves people feeling dizzy, unable to stand, fatigued and with memory problems.\u003Cbr \/\u003EChildren affected by the mystery illness are so dizzy they can barely stand up by themselves and spend days at a time in bed.\u003Cbr \/\u003EHe said the fact that some miners appeared not to have been affected at all was explained by the fact that some people have more natural immunity than others.\u003Cbr \/\u003EAlsu Shjeladeva, 54, a local resident, said some men from the area had gone down the shaft in one of the mines and detected a sweet smell while down there. She told Russia Today:\u003Cbr \/\u003E\"We are afraid of what lies in store.\u003Cbr \/\u003EWe're afraid that we may all fall asleep.\"\u003Cbr \/\u003EIgor Samusenko, 43, another local resident whose son suffers from the condition, said: \"He runs around and then he gets inert, starts staggering.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\"When he turns his head his eyes stay fixed at what he was looking at.\u003Cbr \/\u003EIf you try to wake him it seems the wants to open his eyes but can't.\"\u003Cbr \/\u003E\"Sleepy valley, sleepy hollow, that's what people call us.\"\u003Cbr \/\u003ELyubov Belkova, 60, claims to be the first resident to have fallen asleep in April 2010 and has since suffered repeated episodes seven times.\u003Cbr \/\u003EShe was initially diagnosed with ischemic strokes but then her neighbour began suffering the same symptoms.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/hisz.rsoe.hu\/alertmap\/index2.php\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ESource\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.thebigwobble.org\/feeds\/324700556586174577\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/comment.g?blogID=3134516610850300558\u0026postID=324700556586174577\u0026isPopup=true","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/3134516610850300558\/posts\/default\/324700556586174577"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/3134516610850300558\/posts\/default\/324700556586174577"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.thebigwobble.org\/2015\/02\/village-which-cant-stop-falling-asleep.html","title":"Village which can't stop falling asleep poisoned by Soviet-era uranium mines "}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Gary Walton"},"uri":{"$t":"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/109571324097524361761"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"\/\/lh4.googleusercontent.com\/-K_6Yupunk50\/AAAAAAAAAAI\/AAAAAAAAPzs\/1JpiRJSX6jo\/s512-c\/photo.jpg"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-c1yUMw3Cn1o\/VNTyp9PrBOI\/AAAAAAAAThs\/lYJjwiRbEuc\/s72-c\/8bb34737f4843cf09486337f11dcff38.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3134516610850300558.post-3897892850036896032"},"published":{"$t":"2015-02-06T17:50:00.001+01:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2015-02-06T17:50:12.558+01:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"80 centimeters of snow in Croatia as Zagreb residents without power "},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cdiv dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\" trbidi=\"on\"\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-qGwp8mb-yb0\/VNTvwU69wII\/AAAAAAAAThg\/CO1kW3-Gh58\/s1600\/maxresdefault.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-qGwp8mb-yb0\/VNTvwU69wII\/AAAAAAAAThg\/CO1kW3-Gh58\/s1600\/maxresdefault.jpg\" height=\"460\" width=\"730\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EHeating was suspended for thousands of residents in Zagreb, the capital city of Croatia, after snowstorm swept the continental part of Croatia on Wednesday, local meteorological authorities said on Thursday.\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe heavy snowstorm has left up to 80 centimeters of snow in some areas of Lika and Gorski Kotar region and expected to reach up to 40 centimeters in Zagreb on Friday, according to Croatian state meteorological and hydrological service (DHMZ).\u003Cbr \/\u003EStrong north-eastern wind has forced the suspension of ferry and other maritime transport services between Croatian Adriatic coast and its islands, according to local media report.\u003Cbr \/\u003EMeanwhile, several roads and highways, including the one from the coastal city of Rijeka to Zagreb, were closed, according to the DHMZ.\u003Cbr \/\u003EAccording to the DHMZ, bad weather is expected to continue until Saturday.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/hisz.rsoe.hu\/alertmap\/index2.php\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ESource\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ERelated\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"bp_item_title\" style=\"color: #073763; font-family: arial, sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.thebigwobble.org\/2015\/02\/europe-and-us-breaking-all-snow-and.html?utm_source=BP_recent\" style=\"color: #073763; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px;\" target=\"_top\" title=\"Europe and US breaking all snow and cold records this winter\"\u003EEurope and US breaking all snow and cold records this winter\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"bp_item_thumb\" style=\"color: #073763; font-family: arial, sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.thebigwobble.org\/2015\/02\/europe-and-us-breaking-all-snow-and.html?utm_source=BP_recent\" style=\"color: #551a8b;\" target=\"_top\" title=\"Europe and US breaking all snow and cold records this winter\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"Europe and US breaking all snow and cold records this winter\" height=\"100\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-wWj5sZnf3UM\/VNTmJ1pYmZI\/AAAAAAAATg4\/V8axDP1dbvo\/s104-c\/blizzard-2015.jpg\" style=\"border: none; float: right; margin: 5px;\" width=\"100\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"bp_item_summary\" style=\"color: #073763; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px;\"\u003EEurope now joins US in breaking snow and cold records this winter Winter snow 'breaks Europe records' Severe winter weather has been causing chaos for many across parts...\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"bp_item_summary\" style=\"color: #073763; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"bp_item_summary\" style=\"color: #073763; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"bp_item_summary\" style=\"color: #073763; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"bp_item_summary\" style=\"color: #073763; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"bp_item_summary\" style=\"color: #073763; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px;\"\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"bp_item_title\" style=\"border-top-color: rgb(7, 55, 99); border-top-style: dotted; border-top-width: 1px; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: medium; padding-top: 4px;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.thebigwobble.org\/2015\/02\/albanian-declares-state-of-emergency.html?utm_source=BP_recent\" style=\"color: #073763; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px;\" target=\"_top\" title=\"Albanian declares a state of emergency after the worst floods the country has ever seen!\"\u003EAlbanian declares a state of emergency after the worst floods the country has ever seen!\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"bp_item_thumb\" style=\"font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: medium;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.thebigwobble.org\/2015\/02\/albanian-declares-state-of-emergency.html?utm_source=BP_recent\" style=\"color: #551a8b;\" target=\"_top\" title=\"Albanian declares a state of emergency after the worst floods the country has ever seen!\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"Albanian declares a state of emergency after the worst floods the country has ever seen!\" height=\"100\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-9hrUo1TCR-k\/VNPHQy_e6lI\/AAAAAAAATfY\/tukuyCTTjIQ\/s104-c\/_50304958_010791075-1.jpg\" style=\"border: none; float: right; margin: 5px;\" width=\"100\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"bp_item_summary\"\u003EAlbanian has declared a state of emergency after some of the worst floods the country has ever seen, which the country’s prime minister says have been exacerbated by past...\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"bp_item_summary\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"bp_item_summary\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"bp_item_summary\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"bp_item_summary\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"bp_item_summary\"\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"bp_item_title\" style=\"border-top-color: rgb(7, 55, 99); border-top-style: dotted; border-top-width: 1px; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: medium; padding-top: 4px;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.thebigwobble.org\/2015\/02\/boston-record-for-snowiest-seven-day.html?utm_source=BP_recent\" style=\"color: #073763; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px;\" target=\"_top\" title=\"Boston: Record for the snowiest seven-day period in the city's history at least 10 deaths\"\u003EBoston: Record for the snowiest seven-day period in the city's history at least 10 deaths\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"bp_item_thumb\" style=\"font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: medium;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.thebigwobble.org\/2015\/02\/boston-record-for-snowiest-seven-day.html?utm_source=BP_recent\" style=\"color: #551a8b;\" target=\"_top\" title=\"Boston: Record for the snowiest seven-day period in the city's history at least 10 deaths\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"Boston: Record for the snowiest seven-day period in the city's history at least 10 deaths\" height=\"100\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-cb3hxhcqBl4\/VNE5-IKAiTI\/AAAAAAAATcg\/DI4JoLJBVWo\/s104-c\/150128105817-03-us-weather-0128-super-169.jpg\" style=\"border: none; float: right; margin: 5px;\" width=\"100\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"bp_item_summary\"\u003EA deadly winter snowstorm was forecast to lift on Monday night after walloping the Northeastern United States, forcing the delay of Boston's Super Bowl victory parade and...\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"bp_item_summary\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"bp_item_summary\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"bp_item_summary\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"bp_item_summary\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"bp_item_summary\"\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"bp_item_title\" style=\"border-top-color: rgb(7, 55, 99); border-top-style: dotted; border-top-width: 1px; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: medium; padding-top: 4px;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.thebigwobble.org\/2015\/02\/pyrenees-homes-without-power-as-more.html?utm_source=BP_recent\" style=\"color: #073763; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px;\" target=\"_top\" title=\" Pyrenees homes without power as more than a meter of snow falls on resorts\"\u003EPyrenees homes without power as more than a meter of snow falls on resorts\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"bp_item_thumb\" style=\"font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: medium;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.thebigwobble.org\/2015\/02\/pyrenees-homes-without-power-as-more.html?utm_source=BP_recent\" style=\"color: #551a8b;\" target=\"_top\" title=\" Pyrenees homes without power as more than a meter of snow falls on resorts\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\" Pyrenees homes without power as more than a meter of snow falls on resorts\" height=\"100\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-E77OHAjBDX4\/VM_OYNbLbTI\/AAAAAAAATbw\/yoxhodGBSQA\/s104-c\/chalet_back.jpg\" style=\"border: none; float: right; margin: 5px;\" width=\"100\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"bp_item_summary\"\u003ESeven thousand homes in the Pyrenees are without power and several ski resorts have been forced to close after more than a metre of snow fell in some areas, triggering...\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"bp_item_meta\" style=\"clear: both; margin-bottom: 4px;\"\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"bp_item_title\" style=\"border-top-color: rgb(7, 55, 99); border-top-style: dotted; border-top-width: 1px; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: medium; padding-top: 4px;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.thebigwobble.org\/2015\/02\/one-of-biggest-ever-chicago-hit-by-one.html?utm_source=BP_recent\" style=\"color: #073763; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px;\" target=\"_top\" title=\"One of the biggest ever! Chicago hit by one of its heaviest snowstorms ever\"\u003EOne of the biggest ever! Chicago hit by one of its heaviest snowstorms ever\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"bp_item_thumb\" style=\"font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: medium;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.thebigwobble.org\/2015\/02\/one-of-biggest-ever-chicago-hit-by-one.html?utm_source=BP_recent\" style=\"color: #551a8b;\" target=\"_top\" title=\"One of the biggest ever! Chicago hit by one of its heaviest snowstorms ever\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"One of the biggest ever! Chicago hit by one of its heaviest snowstorms ever\" height=\"100\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-W9bq_b1BBLk\/VM_L0N-nqyI\/AAAAAAAATbk\/DG2vtD5MyWI\/s104-c\/ox281257479847981794.jpg\" style=\"border: none; float: right; margin: 5px;\" width=\"100\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"bp_item_summary\"\u003EChicago has been hit by a severe snowstorm, one of the city's all-time \"top three\" heaviest according to Mayor Rahm Emanuel. A winter storm dumping snow and disrupting...\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"bp_item_meta\" style=\"clear: both; margin-bottom: 4px;\"\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"bp_item_title\" style=\"border-top-color: rgb(7, 55, 99); border-top-style: dotted; border-top-width: 1px; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: medium; padding-top: 4px;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.thebigwobble.org\/2015\/02\/flood-hits-dams-in-macedonias-capital.html?utm_source=BP_recent\" style=\"color: #073763; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px;\" target=\"_top\" title=\"Flood hits dams in Macedonia's capital: A whole town has been evacuated\"\u003EFlood hits dams in Macedonia's capital: A whole town has been evacuated\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"bp_item_thumb\" style=\"font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: medium;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.thebigwobble.org\/2015\/02\/flood-hits-dams-in-macedonias-capital.html?utm_source=BP_recent\" style=\"color: #551a8b;\" target=\"_top\" title=\"Flood hits dams in Macedonia's capital: A whole town has been evacuated\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"Flood hits dams in Macedonia's capital: A whole town has been evacuated\" height=\"100\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-3jRP9MkASSs\/VM_A-pBiTcI\/AAAAAAAATbU\/enLMhRslAnE\/s104-c\/files.jpg\" style=\"border: none; float: right; margin: 5px;\" width=\"100\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"bp_item_summary\"\u003ETwo major dams in Skopje have been hit by a flood, and the area around the town of Shtip has been evacuated on Monday. Heavy rain and snow melting in the eastern parts of...\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.thebigwobble.org\/feeds\/3897892850036896032\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/comment.g?blogID=3134516610850300558\u0026postID=3897892850036896032\u0026isPopup=true","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/3134516610850300558\/posts\/default\/3897892850036896032"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/3134516610850300558\/posts\/default\/3897892850036896032"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.thebigwobble.org\/2015\/02\/80-centimeters-of-snow-in-croatia-as.html","title":"80 centimeters of snow in Croatia as Zagreb residents without power "}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Gary Walton"},"uri":{"$t":"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/109571324097524361761"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"\/\/lh4.googleusercontent.com\/-K_6Yupunk50\/AAAAAAAAAAI\/AAAAAAAAPzs\/1JpiRJSX6jo\/s512-c\/photo.jpg"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-qGwp8mb-yb0\/VNTvwU69wII\/AAAAAAAAThg\/CO1kW3-Gh58\/s72-c\/maxresdefault.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3134516610850300558.post-3476877605976402622"},"published":{"$t":"2015-02-06T17:29:00.000+01:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2015-02-06T17:36:45.803+01:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Europe and US breaking all snow and cold records this winter"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cdiv dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\" trbidi=\"on\"\u003E\u003Cdiv dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\" trbidi=\"on\"\u003E\u003Cdiv dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\" trbidi=\"on\"\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-wWj5sZnf3UM\/VNTmJ1pYmZI\/AAAAAAAATg4\/V8axDP1dbvo\/s1600\/blizzard-2015.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-wWj5sZnf3UM\/VNTmJ1pYmZI\/AAAAAAAATg4\/V8axDP1dbvo\/s1600\/blizzard-2015.jpg\" height=\"526\" width=\"730\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EEurope now joins US in breaking snow and cold records this winter\u003Cbr \/\u003EWinter snow 'breaks Europe records'\u003Cbr \/\u003ESevere winter weather has been causing chaos for many across parts of Europe.\u003Cbr \/\u003ESome parts of Sweden had the most snow in the last 50 years, Italy and Spain are among the countries that have seen arctic weather over the last few days.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-8JgHOnJfdpA\/VNTiuqs0R6I\/AAAAAAAATgk\/kJcKQrbnq3U\/s1600\/Untitled.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-8JgHOnJfdpA\/VNTiuqs0R6I\/AAAAAAAATgk\/kJcKQrbnq3U\/s1600\/Untitled.jpg\" height=\"151\" width=\"200\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003ESpanish police say they have rescued at least 220 people, including 100 from Britain, who were stuck in their cars in heavy snow in northern Spain.\u003Cbr \/\u003ESome had been stranded for up to 17 hours overnight, with temperatures falling as low as -15C (5F).\u003Cbr \/\u003EMany were going to Spain to escape the \"cold\"\u003Cbr \/\u003ESpain hasn't seen so much snow for years.\u003Cbr \/\u003EIn the beginning of January up to 15,000 motorists were stranded in heavy snow in the French Alps.\u003Cbr \/\u003ETravellers reported gridlock on the roads and miles of tailbacks, forcing some to abandon their cars and seek emergency shelter.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-wS4K7W0gkRg\/VNSqHKzJOJI\/AAAAAAAATgI\/VP3fNw4YrUM\/s1600\/ddfdg.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-wS4K7W0gkRg\/VNSqHKzJOJI\/AAAAAAAATgI\/VP3fNw4YrUM\/s1600\/ddfdg.jpg\" height=\"156\" width=\"320\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003EJust today homes were buried as severe snow blasted Austria:\u003Cbr \/\u003EAustria is the latest country to feel the force of severe weather sweeping across Europe, in some parts whole houses have been buried under the snow.\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe Austrian Army have been brought in to cut down tree tops before they snap from the weight of the snow, they are also using helicopters to create downstream to remove snow from the trees to prevent them from snapping and blocking roads.\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe outlook for Europe looks bleak, with more snow and heavy winds to come.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe US has fared no better this winter, just last week areas of the north-east US shut down as heavy snow fell across the entire region.\u003Cbr \/\u003EMore than 5000 flights were cancelled and over 2ft (60cm) of snow fell in some areas.\u003Cbr \/\u003EWinds of over 70 mph (112km\/h) made the problem even worse. The national weather service has described the storm as \" historic\".\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-p_Yio0panB8\/VNTg7O-OZEI\/AAAAAAAATgY\/0PHyYtaZENI\/s1600\/Untitled%2B(1).jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-p_Yio0panB8\/VNTg7O-OZEI\/AAAAAAAATgY\/0PHyYtaZENI\/s1600\/Untitled%2B(1).jpg\" height=\"236\" width=\"400\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003EIn January THE POLAR VORTEX RETURNED...'Dangerous' arctic air roared into U.S.\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe blasts of cold air sent temperatures 10-35 degrees below average for early January,  In November there were more than 350 record lows and record cool highs set, covering 42 states,  the US.\u003Cbr \/\u003EIn January Winter Storm Gorgon's arrival in the Midwest dropped around 2,000 square miles of snow. Last month parts of the US were colder than Mars!\u003Cbr \/\u003EAnd the harsh winter, we could be looking at cold temperatures humans shouldn't have to bear and probably never have before! \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003ELast month \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.ncdc.noaa.gov\/sotc\/service\/global\/map-percentile-mntp\/201411.gif\"\u003ENOAA\u003C\/a\u003E issued Land \u0026amp; Ocean Temperature Percentiles For Nov 2014.\u003Cbr \/\u003EAlthough the sea temperature for most of the Northern Hemisphere was much much warmer than average and the Pacific Ocean off the western coast of the United States was the warmest ever, an area in the North Atlantic, \"the top half\" of the Gulf Stream was the coldest ever recorded.\u003Cbr \/\u003EIn Nov \u0026amp; Dec 2014, The Big Wobble ran several posts suggesting the Gulf Stream was stalling or weakening, much to the amusement of many of The Big Wobble's visitors, however the latest data released by NOAA back me up. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-I356NXYrRkI\/VNTltI83R8I\/AAAAAAAATgw\/TzEAqFYAXeY\/s1600\/Untitled.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-I356NXYrRkI\/VNTltI83R8I\/AAAAAAAATgw\/TzEAqFYAXeY\/s1600\/Untitled.jpg\" height=\"460\" width=\"640\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EAs long ago as Saturday, 11 October 2014, The Big Wobble was asking the question-\"The Day After Tomorrow\" Is the \"Gulf Stream\" stalling? the post is\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.thebigwobble.org\/2014\/10\/the-day-aftertomorrow-is-gulf-stream.html\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EHere\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-wVMyYj9rfvA\/VNTn3-_lwII\/AAAAAAAAThE\/ntTYUHcSAzE\/s1600\/Untitled%2B(2).jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-wVMyYj9rfvA\/VNTn3-_lwII\/AAAAAAAAThE\/ntTYUHcSAzE\/s1600\/Untitled%2B(2).jpg\" height=\"304\" width=\"640\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe Earth Wind Map above, clearly agrees with the satellite photo below, a massive colder than average area in the middle of the gulf stream, the cold area in the Atlantic could have a devastating effect for the UK and Western Europe during the winter.\u003Cbr \/\u003ELink for satellite picture below\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.nnvl.noaa.gov\/view\/#SSTA\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EHere\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-U3Uep8-0cFc\/VNTqWPXdy8I\/AAAAAAAAThQ\/rFx87bU3k-Y\/s1600\/Untitled.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-U3Uep8-0cFc\/VNTqWPXdy8I\/AAAAAAAAThQ\/rFx87bU3k-Y\/s1600\/Untitled.jpg\" height=\"412\" width=\"640\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.thebigwobble.org\/2015\/01\/latest-noaa-data-shows-gulf-stream-was.html?utm_source=BP_recent\"\u003ELatest NOAA Data Shows The Gulf Stream Was The Coldest Ever Recorded In November And I Can Say I told You So!\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ciframe allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"415\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/pjXLxjIM_Sk\" width=\"730\"\u003E\u003C\/iframe\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.thebigwobble.org\/\"\u003ECompiled and written by Gary Walton\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.thebigwobble.org\/feeds\/3476877605976402622\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/comment.g?blogID=3134516610850300558\u0026postID=3476877605976402622\u0026isPopup=true","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/3134516610850300558\/posts\/default\/3476877605976402622"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/3134516610850300558\/posts\/default\/3476877605976402622"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.thebigwobble.org\/2015\/02\/europe-and-us-breaking-all-snow-and.html","title":"Europe and US breaking all snow and cold records this winter"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Gary Walton"},"uri":{"$t":"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/109571324097524361761"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"\/\/lh4.googleusercontent.com\/-K_6Yupunk50\/AAAAAAAAAAI\/AAAAAAAAPzs\/1JpiRJSX6jo\/s512-c\/photo.jpg"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-wWj5sZnf3UM\/VNTmJ1pYmZI\/AAAAAAAATg4\/V8axDP1dbvo\/s72-c\/blizzard-2015.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}}]}});