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 Vancouver: The heritage battle for Chinatown

 

I caught these perch in Lake Erie

 

RADS ON A PLANE--THE RETURN FLIGHT: Regular readers of Spaceweather.com have been following the travels of Tony Phillips, who spent the past week flying commercial jets back and forth across the USA for meetings in Washington DC. In addition to his usual baggage, he carried a pair of radiation sensors onboard. Sitting in the economy section of a US Airways flight from Reno to Phoenix on Nov. 11th, Phillips recorded dose rates which were almost 30 times higher than background dose rates at ground level. On Nov. 15th, he gathered data from a return leg, American Airlines flight 2407 from Washington DC to Chicago.

Jane takes pic of me teaching Rob Jr his lesson

 

Showers were one of the first things to go when the spring dried up at the Markegard ranch south of Half Moon Bay.

Forced to rely on trucked-in water, the four children — ages 4, 6, 7 and 12 — now bathe once a week, often sharing the same tub of water.

“The cleanest kid goes first,” said their mother, Doniga Markegard, 33, who on a recent morning soaked her two youngest, daughters Quince and Quill, followed by 7-year-old Larry. “As my grandmother said, 'Wash your pits and parts, and you’re good to go.’”

The historic statewide drought has struck especially hard along the southern San Mateo County coast. While other parts of the Bay Area are served by big water agencies with steady if shrinking supplies, most of the homes and small farms here, less than an hour’s drive from Silicon Valley, rely on creeks and wells, many of which have stopped flowing.

http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/California-drought-hits-San-Mateo-County-coast-5896053.php 

California drought so bad, more residents forced to bathe out of buckets

While most Americans are digging out of an early freeze thanks to the "polar vortex" phenomenon, Californians are dealing with something of the opposite. While show piles in drifts and ice forms on the Great Lakes, more and more Californians are going without water.
Californians are suffering as an unprecedented drought threatens to stretch into a fourth year. Farmers and consumers have drained reservoirs and groundwater supplies which are normally recharged by rain and snow, are at record lows are are now empty. People are ripping up lawns, cars are left filthy, and in more places, families are relying on trucked water for survival. A growing number of people are learning to bathe with buckets. 

 ONE CAR FATALITY COLLISION DEER VALLEY RD AND DEETER RD PEND OREILLE COUNTY

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DATE: 20141114    TIME: 1656    INV UNIT: 453 - TROOPER TAYLOR
LOCATION:DEETER RD AND DEER VALLEY RD 11 MILES WEST OF NEWPORT
COUNTY:PEND OREILLE    COLLISION REPORT NUMBER:   CASE FILE:14020469
NBR VEH: 01    CARS: 01    TRUCKS: 00    MOTORCYCLES: 00   PEDESTRIANS: 00
NBR INJ: 00    DECEASED: 01              DRUGS OR ALCOHOL INVOLVED: UNK
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NAME: RONALD SACCO  AGE: 65 YEARS    SEX:M    MC ENDORSEMENT: N/A
CITY: NEWPORT  DRIVER VEH 01  BELT/HELMET: YES-RESTRAINT USED
INJ/DISP: DECEASED
NEXT OF KIN NOTIFIED: YES  SGT G OLSON (165)
VEH1: 2012 CHEVROLET COLORADO
DAMAGE/DISP: IMPOUNDED TO NEWPORT TOWING BY PEND OREILLE COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE
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VEHICLE ONE WAS NORTHWEST ON DEETER ROAD JUST NORTH OF DEER VALLEY ROAD VEHICLE ONE FAILED TO NEGOTIATE CURVE IN ROADWAY AND STRUCK A TREE IN THE DITCH
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EXCESSIVE SPEED
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NONE

Forecasters have issued a tornado watch for 72 counties in south and central Georgia and a warning this morning in Baldwin County.

The National Weather Service issued the watch early Monday morning and said it will run through 2 p.m. Monday.
The watch covers a wide area and includes the cities of Albany, Americus, Columbus, Macon, Dublin and Vidalia.
The weather service noted a strong thunderstorm over the Milledgeville area that might produce tornadoes. The warning concludes at 10:15 a.m.