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Posts treating: "cyclonic storms"

Monday, 25 May 2015

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Texas/Oklahoma flooding, record rains, Louis Creek Dam evacuation 

Geology in Motion [2015-05-25 02:36:48]  recommend  recommend this post  (196 visits) info

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The jet stream patterns that have set up the currentwet situation in Texas. From Weather.com hereon May 24.Over 350 homes in Hays County, Texas, are gone, and more than 1000 are damaged according to reports coming out this Memorial Day weekend. At least one person in Texas and two in Oklahoma have died as a result of the storms. The Blanco River surged up 28' in 2 hours as the flood surged to 40', three times the flood level.  And as of this (Sunday) evening, more rains are expected, [...]

Geological Movie Review of The Day After Tomorrow - Part 5 

The Geology P.A.G.E. [2013-07-09 21:59:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (83 visits) info
Geological Movie Review of The Day After Tomorrow - Overview - Super Storms -- Global Storms -0:31:40 - In the movie, the northern hemisphere is being consumed by three continental sized storms. One is located on North America where "Canadians are reporting tremendous circulation moving down from the Arctic". The second is in Russia where "there's a low pressure system unlike anything we've seen". The third one is over Scotland. They also mention Australia, which has recorded the strongest [...]

What's going on in the Himalayas? Are the glaciers receding or advancing? 

Geology in Motion [2012-08-19 18:13:44]  recommend  recommend this post  (719 visits) info
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Image showing the extent of the Himalayas fromthe west near the dry steppes of Afghanistan to thewet subtropics of Bhutan in the eastPhoto from an article by Devin Powell in Science News, vol. 182 (#4), August 25, 2012 edition obtained from Google.Glaciers may only move slowly, but they are "geology in motion," and obey conservation of mass principles that are fairly easy to understand. If more moisture is added to a glacier by precipitation, or in some areas, by avalanches, than is lost [...]
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