bHurricane Bill/b Gathers Strength Over The Atlantic. Bill wants Google to blur out schools, churches. Previous Entry | Next Entry · He forgot zombies. Sep. 10th, 2009 at 8:45 AM. beach. Tiny Sepuku for September 10, …

(AP) WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama is traveling to Minneapolis for a rally on health care reform. Minnesota is an example of where Obama wants the rest of the country to go on health care. It’s considered one of the nation’s healthiest …

(AP) WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama is traveling to Minneapolis for a rally on health care reform. Minnesota is an example of where Obama wants the rest of the country to go on health care. It’s considered one of the nation’s healthiest …

MIAMI (AP) - Forecasters say Fred is losing steam in the middle of the Atlantic, while Linda has dissipated in the Pacific. The National Hurricane Center in Miami said Saturday that Fred’s maximum sustained winds had dropped to near 45 mph (75 kph …

THERE WAS a bit of upset over the fact that a provincewide local food event called the Incredible Picnic, scheduled for Aug. 23, was cancelled because of hurricane Bill, rescheduled for Aug. 30, then cancelled again because of tropical storm Danny …

Ski resorts cutting prices to lure locals to slopes - Durango Herald A struggling economy is turning out to be good news for skiers and snowboarders who live close enough to mountains that they can hit the slopes every weekend. What we’re finding is that people are still willing to find a way to make skiing happen Source: www.bing.com Resorts pushing deals to local residents - Daily Herald SALT LAKE CITY — A struggling economy is turning out to be good news for skiers and snowboarders w

BY NICK YINGLING We are currently right in the middle of the 2009 Atlantic hurricane season, having started on May 28th with Tropical Depression One and traditionally running until November 30th. All in all, it has been a pretty quiet season. Only one formation, Hurricane Bill, has achieved hurricane status, but even then it was relegated to messing up air travel schedules. Well, it almost managed to take out a magician , too. Almost…you win again, Blaine. The US Geological Survey offers

Sorry for the break in posts. A technical workshop was on tap at work this week and preparations had to be made. All that is over, so I expect to return to a more regular posting frequency. The Atlantic hasn’t kept quiet this week. The tropical wave I noted in my last Update was vigorous enough to develop into a Tropical Depression, Tropical Storm, Hurricane and Major Hurricane in the past two and a half days. That’s pretty impressive. During that time, Fred moved around to the south and

SALT LAKE CITY — A struggling economy is turning out to be good news for skiers and snowboarders who live close enough to mountains that they can hit the slopes every weekend. Many ski resorts are slashing prices on season passes and offering Continue Reading Mountain Reservations is The Central Reservations Service for the Ski Industry and for all Utah Ski Resorts. We represent the widest selection of lodging at the top resorts, including: Snowbird, Alta, Solitude, Brighton, The Canyons,

One of two paintings from this past week after a magnificent late summer storm rolled in over the hills. Standing in a local park with a colleague on a break from archiving our township’s historic documents, we watched the sky change color and the winds come up. The storm was the tail end of Hurricane Bill and plunked down more rain that we didn’t need. The visuals lodged in my memory and evolved into a slightly larger than usual work - at least for the year’s production. Late August, Oil on c

August 18th, 2009 bHurricane Bill/b gets stronger far out in AtlanticMIAMI — bHurricane Bill/b strengthened far out in the Atlantic on Tuesday and forecasters said it could become a major hurricane within a day or two. …

The personal watercraft accident that took the life of a Southampton Town police officer on vacation in North Carolina was likely caused by rough surf churned up by Hurricane Bill, an investigator said Thursday. Officer Michael Nemes, 37, of Eastport Continue Reading SALT LAKE CITY — A struggling economy is turning out to be good news for skiers and snowboarders who live close enough to mountains that they can hit the slopes every weekend. Many ski resorts are slashing prices on season pa

HEAD HARBOUR PASSAGE, New Brunswick (AP) — Tourists, boat captains and those who work the sea say they’ve been seeing lots of whales over the past few weeks in the international waters off Down East Maine, especially in the Campobello Island …

Jump to CommentsYou may have read in yesterdays Q and A section of the blog thingy that a blogger was asking about Skype and its availability on the ships. As I mentioned it is not normally available due to something called “bandwidth” people with beards tell me that reception is more up and down than Paris Hilton’s knickers.And that’s a shame because it would be just perfect for me if Heidi and I could talk via video phone and I could look at Kye and Kye could look at me going “fluba luba poo p

Ian Bloch, here surfing in New Jersey during Hurricane Bill last month, has been competing since he was 10. Today, he will be part of the Foster’s Belmar Pro in Belmar, where he is looking forward to big waves. ‘You don’t always have solid waves, and …

For those of you that don’t know- OBX stands for Outer Banks, NC. So I am finally getting around to blogging a little about our vacation. This was our 5th year going for a week at the end of summer. It is a 12 hour drive, at best, and yes that stinks. But the fact is, it is such a great place for a beach vacation. We get a great house, within walking distance of the beach, the beaches are not that crowded, the water is warm (compared to New England) and the waves are big and fun. So after the i

MIAMI (AP) — Forecasters say Fred is continuing to weaken in the middle of the Atlantic, while Linda has dissipated in the Pacific. The National Hurricane Center in Miami said Friday that Fred’s maximum sustained winds had dropped to near 60 mph …

Hurricane Fred was downgraded to a tropical storm on Friday, as forecasters said tropical storm Linda in the Pacific was expected to dissipate altogether. The Miami-based National Hurricane Center (NHC) downgraded Fred to a tropical storm as it edged …

MIAMI (AP) - Forecasters say Fred has weakened to a tropical storm in the middle of the Atlantic, while Tropical Storm Linda was expected to dissipate soon in the Pacific. The National Hurricane Center in Miami said Friday that Fred’s maximum …

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. - Michael Jordan will be enshrined in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame on Friday, a final honor for someone who’s already won everything else. Others have won more or scored more, but Jordan might top them all. I …