August 2006 Archives
8:50 AM Fri, Aug 11, 2006 | Permalink
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The Perseid Meteor Shower peaks this weekend, with the potentail for 20 or more meteors every hour!
The problem, is that many of these meteors will be blocked out by a very bright moon. So what should you do?
My suggestion is to watch for what we call 'earth grazers'. These are unusually bright meteors that usually streak from north to south. They're so bright and last so (relatively) long you will remember it for a long time i...
10:08 AM Tue, Aug 08, 2006 | Permalink
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Uh, sleeper what? It seems like a strange term.
By now, most of us are familiar with the term 'sleeper cells' that describe terrorist groups here in the U.S., just waiting to be activated. Well, a sleeper fire is also just 'waiting for the call' to jump into action.
After we have lightning storms, some fires are obvious. But many more are smoldering quietly. They're undiscovered, they're barel...
10:53 PM Fri, Aug 04, 2006 | Permalink
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It's happened to most of us. You're traveling, strike up a conversation with someone from a different part of the country and invariably when you tell them you're from Oregon, their face scrunches up and you hear some form of:
"How do you handle all the rain?"
I usually respond with, yeah, it rains a lot in the winter, but what part of the country doesn't have a few months of less than ideal weather? Most people buy that. But ...
