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Tremors a mystery in South Jersey

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NBC40.net - 3/19/13, Megan Wolf

SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY - Just after 3 o'clock Tuesday afternoon residents in Atlantic, Cape May, and Cumberland counties say they felt multiple earthquake-like tremors that rattled their homes and offices.

Absecon resident, Kay Stadlmeir, said, "I don't think it would be an earthquake, but what could it be? It's just really odd."  Somers Point resident, Bob Mower, explained, "There was a rattling of my windows and I felt the house shake just a little bit - it was unusual."  Stadlmeir told NBC40, "It has to be something really big to be witnessed in such a widespread area of South Jersey."

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Closed Since Sandy, Statue of Liberty Set to Open

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Weather.com - 3/19/13, AP

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NEW YORK -- The Statue of Liberty, closed since Superstorm Sandy damaged the island where it stands, will reopen to the public in time for Independence Day, officials said Tuesday.

Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar announced the timeline for the reopening along with U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer of New York.

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US solar installations soared 76% in 2012

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Phys.org - 3/18/13


The U.S. installed panels capable of producing 3,313 megawatts of peak electricity, up from 1,887 megawatts in 2011, the report said. The panels installed last year will generate about the same amount of electricity over a year as a medium-sized coal plant, enough to power 400,000 U.S. homes.

Solar grew in large part because prices continued to fall. The average cost of a solar system dropped 27% last year. Also, financing programs flourished that allow homeowners to install solar on their roofs for little or no money down while paying less overall for electricity.
 

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Red tide, mysterious ailment killing Florida manatees

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ABC Action News - 3/18/13, AP

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MELBOURNE, Fla. - Even as a Red Tide algae bloom is wiping out a record number of manatees in southwest Florida, a mysterious ailment is killing off dozens more manatees on the state's East Coast. So far, state biologists have been unable to pinpoint what killed them.

Pat Rose, a former government manatee biologist who is now executive director of the Save the Manatee Club, said he could not recall another time when manatees were being killed under similar circumstances on both coasts at the same time.

Read more: http://www.abcactionnews.com/dpp/news/state/red-tide-mysterious-ailment-killing-florida-manatees#ixzz2NykyFSOF

Swarm Of 80 Million Yellow Locusts Hit SAUDI ARABIA 2013

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Source: YouTube.com - 3/13/13, by 100VideoTube


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Swarms of desert locusts are expected to invade Saudi Arabia at the end of March and the beginning of April, posing a major threat to farmers and agriculture.

The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization confirmed that the desert locusts originated in Sudan and then moved to the southern part of Egypt including Cairo. According to reports, it has been eight years since there has been such a massive invasion of locusts in Egypt.

 

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