Last week my location was blanketed by smoke from forest fires in northern Quebec, with the air quality index pegged as high as it goes (which is to say, eleven). The iPhone’s default weather app has an air quality map that I made use of—you could actually see the fire hotspots—...
Two new fires ignited Monday morning in Southern California, fire officials said. Ventura County Fire Chief Mark Lorenzen said at a press conference that the fires started within minutes of each other. The larger of the two fires, the "Peak Fire," started in Simi Valley south of Sta...
booms out from the northern one every day. The church was restored after serious fires in 1829 and 1840, and there was another blaze in 1984 when lightning struck the south transept. Fortunately the famous Rose Window was not severely damaged and has since been restored and strengthened. Conse...
The second major range, Haiti’sMassif du Nord(“Northern Massif”), is a series of parallel chains known in the Dominican Republic as theCordillera Central. It has an average elevation of some 4,000 feet (1,200 meters). The Citadel (Citadelle Laferrière), a fortress built by Haitian ru...
Varied other occurrences include volcanoes, and earthquake activity around the Pacific Basin, tsunamis, and forest fires in the western portion of the country. In northern Alaska there is permafrost, which is a major impediment to development. ...
Last October Robin Kraft postedan online map of the northern California wildfiresshowing satellite imagery from before and after the fires (seeprevious entry); today he’s posteda blog entry explaining how he built it, in great technical detail. The timing is not accidental: “There is another...
Unlike some of the other vanished craft in the Bermuda Triangle, though the ship was never found, debris was recovered, including pieces of a raft, a life vest, and a broken oar. The ship was in poor repair and had suffered reoccurring fires around its sulfur tanks. (Once it put out ...
in an area of NorthernCalifornia with many microclimates which was so helpful because we are usually a 10 degree difference here than in town. Even the weather station in town shows up “unavailable” these days. As do the weather stations near the coast, 2+ hours inland at my parents ...
Or, also letting you know when those fall colors will be the best in the Central part of Minnesota. Then you don't have to drive too far. Even though it's fun to take a long weekend and drive to Northern Minnesota. The map shows this year's actual leaf color progression up through...
There were several black spots on the top of the cave which was probably from the fires they had burning on the ground. It was pretty exciting to see this art work in person! This was the stunning watering hole at Kantju Gorge. The heart was also to the right of this view. ...