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Iowa Town Sits Atop Huge Meteorite Crater

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Weather.com - 3/6/13, David Pitt

 

 

DES MOINES, Iowa — Federal researchers confirmed Tuesday that the city Decorah sits atop a 3 ½-mile wide hole that formed 470 million years ago when a meteorite hit the area, one of just 180 or so known impact craters on earth.

 

Scientists with the U.S. Geological Survey said aerial gravity and electrical magnetic surveys of the area confirm the work of geologists that shows a buried crater concealed beneath bedrock and sediment.

 

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Big Story Weather – March 6, 2013

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Red Orbit.com - 3/6/13, Joshua Kelly

 

Big Story Weather from March 5: The strong storm made its way through the Great Lakes bringing very heavy snowfall to places like Chicago. High pressure over the Rockies brought a nice day to the region, while another area of low pressure made its way towards the West Coast.

 

Weather Outlook for March 6: The storm everyone has been waiting for is finally pulling into the Mid-Atlantic region and has begun to impact cities like Baltimore and Washington DC with heavy rain, sleet and snow with accumulations likely for both cities. High pressure will slide into the Southern Plains bringing partly cloudy skies to the region. A new frontal boundary will begin to work its way on shore over the Pacific Northwest. Below is the weather for a few select cities this afternoon.

 

‘Large release’ of methane off Los Angeles coast: gas could be from shift in tectonic plates

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Source: The Extinction Protocol - 3/06/13

March 6, 2013 – CALIFORNIA - Authorities say a foul odor that spurred calls to fire departments throughout the city on Sunday is possibly the result of the large release of methane in the Santa Monica Bay. Santa Monica Fire said in a department statement that they believe the strong odor was caused by a naturally occurring methane leak below the ocean floor. “This morning there was a large release of natural ocean floor methane released in the Santa Monica Bay,” the statement said. Brian Humphrey, a spokesman for the Los Angeles City Fire Department, said the odor was noted inland from the Santa Monica Bay.

 

Chicago snowstorm headed toward the Mid-Atlantic

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Wunderground.com - 3/5/13, Dr. Jeff Masters

 

 

 

The snow has begun in Chicago, as what promises to be their biggest snowstorm of the season moves through. The fast-moving "Alberta Clipper" has already brought up to 10" of snow to Minnesota and North Dakota. These type of storms, so-named because they originate in Alberta and clip along at a fast forward speed, typically bring the Midwest moderate amounts of fluffy snow that is relatively easy to shovel. However, this Clipper is traversing through an atmosphere that is warmer than usual for these types of storms--close to the freezing point near the surface.

 

Memorable Florida Sinkholes (PHOTOS)

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Weather.com - 3/2/13, Associated Press

 

"Stretch zones primarily experience sinking ground, as the support in the rock strata is stretched thin. Thus, buildings implode and gas and water mains break." 

 

The man who disappeared after being swallowed up by a large sinkhole that opened under his bedroom in Seffner, Fla., is still missing. The state is especially prone to sinkholes because underneath the ground is limestone, a porous rock that easily dissolves in water, sometimes forming a hole in the earth. Here's a look at other sinkholes in Florida.

 

 

Big Story Weather – March 5, 2013

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Red Orbit.com-3/5/13, Joshua Kelly

 

 

 

 

Big Story Weather from March 4: The strong storm system moved through the Plains and Western Lakes yesterday dumping a lot of snow on places like Minneapolis and creating near blizzard like conditions over North Dakota and also icy conditions through parts of South Dakota.

 

 

 

Snowpack Totals 18 Feet in Northern Japan

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Accuweather.com- 3/5/2013, Jillian Macmath

 

 

"The storm unleashed high winds, heavy snow and blinding whiteouts, the worst of which happened on the island of Hokkaido on Saturday, March 2," AccuWeather.com Meteorologist Jim Andrews said.

 

"Data also indicated that more than a foot of new snow fell at the Wakkanai Airport in northernmost Hokkaido.

 

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