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Sinkhole seismic event studied

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The Advocate - 1/20/12, Robert Stewart

Photo provided by Louisiana State Police -- Assumption Parish officials said Saturday that increased seismic activity in the vicinity of the Napoleonville Domehas led to growth in its adjacent sinkhole, as well as cracking of the soil in a drilling well pad, shown in the bottom right corner of this Dec. 19 photograph.

Scientists believe the restless, 8.5-acre sinkhole in Assumption Parish swampland is undergoing a “growth event” after they noticed an upswing in seismic activity in the past few days within a brine-mining cavern carved into the massive Napoleonville Dome, parish officials said Saturday.

Officials first began noticing an increase in seismic activity about two weeks ago, said John Boudreaux, director of the Assumption Parish Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness.

Spectacular heavenly show expected this year

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WND.com - 1/18/13, Steve Elwart

Comet ISON to pass through asteroid belt, sidestep Mars

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Later this year, Comet ISON will pass through the asteroid belt, enter the Inner Solar System and sidestep Mars on its way past Earth, putting on what scientists expect will be a spectacular heavenly show that is not to be missed.

Astronomers are calling it the “comet of the century.”

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Drought predicted to continue though April; record low Lake Michigan water levels

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Wunderground.com - 1/18/13, Dr. Jeff Masters

Rain and snow from the a series of winter storms that have swept across the nation so far in 2013 have put only a slight dent in the Great Drought of 2012 - 2013, and the drought is likely to extend at least until late April, according to the latest U.S. Drought Monitor report and NOAA Seasonal Drought Outlook, issued Thursday. The area of the contiguous U.S. covered by moderate or greater drought began 2013 at 61%, and is almost unchanged as of January 15, at 59%. According to NOAA's monthly State of the Drought report, the drought peaked during July 2012, when 61.8% of the contiguous U.S. was covered by moderate or greater drought. This made the 2012 drought the greatest U.S. drought since the Dust Bowl year of 1939, when 62.1% of the U.S. was in drought. The 2013 drought will maintain its grip over the U.S. into February, according to the latest 15-day precipitation forecast from the GFS model, which predicts a much below-average chance of precipitation across the large majority of the drought region during the next two weeks.

 

Thousands Of Dead Fish Wash Ashore In South Carolina, Twice In One Week

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Huffington Post - 1/18/13

Dead fish wash ashore

Tens of thousands of dead fish washed ashore on a South Carolina beach on Tuesday, for at least the second time in a week.

Approximately 30,000 to 40,000 menhaden fish washed ashore along a mile-and-a-half-long stretch of beach from Georgetown County, S.C., to Pawleys Island, said Pawleys Island Police Chief Michael Fanning, according to NBC News. It seemed likely that thousands more of the 6- to 8-inch-long fish would wash ashore later.

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Sinkhole to be seen in 3-D

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HoumaToday.com - 1/19/13, Xerxes Wilson

An aerial view of the sinkhole in Assumption Parish taken earlier this week. Flooding from heavy rains mix the swamp with the 9-acre hole.

Scientists are starting to map out a three-dimensional look of the ground below the Assumption Parish sinkhole as nearby residents approach the sixth month of being evacuated.

The sinkhole was discovered on Aug. 3, prompting an evacuation of about 150 homes in the nearby Bayou Corne community.

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Japan to replace nuclear plant with world's largest wind farm

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PhysOrg January 18, 2013 by Bob Yirka

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Nysted wind farm in the Baltic Sea off Denmark. Photo by Jeremy Firestone, University of Delaware

 

(Phys.org)—Officials in Japan have announced plans for building the largest wind farm in the world, ten miles off the coast of Fukushima – site of the nuclear disaster that followed the earthquake and tsunami that struck the island nation in 2011. Projections call for developing a wind farm capable of producing 1 gigawatt of power.

In the aftermath of the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami, the Japanese government has turned away from nuclear power and the dangers it possesses and towards other renewable energy resources. The country plans to eventually shut down all of its nuclear plants and replace them with wind and solar plants. To that end, plans for wind farm construction have taken center stage, with this newest the most ambitious yet
 

New Orleans ex-mayor Ray Nagin indicted

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BBC News 18 January 2013 Last updated at 15:30 ET

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Ray Nagin's indictment has been long expected

 

Former New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin has been charged with 21 federal counts of wire fraud, bribery, filing false tax returns and money laundering.

 

Mr Nagin, 56, mayor from 2002-10, came to national attention when Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans in 2005.

 

Beginning in June 2004, Mr Nagin took payments, travel and other gratuities in exchange for city contracts and other favours, prosecutors said.

 

Anti-corruption demonstrations held across Spain (Video)

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PressTV Saturday Jan 19, 201301:02 PM GMT

 

People in Spain have staged demonstrations in several cities across the country to voice their anger at the corruption in the eurozone member state which is in the grip of a sharp economic downturn, Press TV reports.


On Friday, angry protesters assembled near the headquarters of Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy's centre-right Popular Party in the capital Madrid, chanting slogans. The building was protected by riot police and metal barriers.

 

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