Bonneville Power Administration has been shutting down their Oregon wind power farms, because of the late melting snowpacks in the local mountains.
Rivers that power hydroelectric dams have been full thanks to a wet winter and spring. Now the late melting of snow in the mountains is keeping the rivers fuller than normal, keeping the […] Continue Reading…
According to surveyors from the Natural Resources Conservation Service, June 1 had Idaho breaking record snowpack levels. Normally most of Idaho’s mountain snowpack melts off by the end of May. This year’s cold wet spring has delayed that, and actually added to some the mountain snowpacks.
In eastern Idaho, Two Ocean Plateau’s snowpack is at […] Continue Reading…
Swedish officials announced that they have at least one case of the deadly e.coli that can not be connected to Germany or France. Sweden does have 53 cases where a link has been established.
The problem with this latest case is that they can’t trace it. The Swedish Institute for Communicable Disease Control says there […] Continue Reading…
A survey by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development shows which countries are the top for computer/internet skills among teenagers.
Japan did not come in first. South Korean teenagers are number one in computer/internet skills, followed by New Zealand, Australia, then Japan and Hong Kong/China.
The OECD study looked at the digital reading comprehension and […] Continue Reading…
“The silos are a part of the swift reaction unit of the [IRGC] missile brigade; missiles are stored vertically, ready to be launched against pre-determined targets.”-General Asghar Qelich-Khani
Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps officials revealed, on June 27, that not only does Iran have underground missile silos, but they’ve had underground silos for […] Continue Reading…
A surprise announcement, China says local governments (cities, provinces and autonomous regions) have racked up $1.65 trillion in debt, threatening a new credit crisis.
The revelation came after the Chinese government conducted audits of local governments. It seems the local governments are playing the same financing games that got the United States (and Europe) into […] Continue Reading…
A record breaking turnout for a Sony shareholders meeting; more than 8,300 people showed up on June 28.
They want to overthrow Sony management. It’s all because of the huge hack attack that breached the personal data of at least 100 million Sony customers.
One shareholder said the management lacks a sense of crisis. Gee that […] Continue Reading…
For at least the third time Tokyo Electric Power Company had to stop water decontamination at Fukushima Daiichi, this time because pipes were leaking.
You might not think that’s such a big deal, but how does one ton of radioactive water leaking out within two minutes sound? That’s what happened. But to make that worse […] Continue Reading…
A few months ago it was reported that waste incinerators (which is how Japan handles its trash) were finding high levels of radiation in the ash of the burned trash. The disaster at Fukushima Daiichi was blamed.
Today, waste incinerators as far south as Tokyo are still emitting cesium through their exhaust stacks. One incinerator […] Continue Reading…
For the first time strontium 89 and 90 have been found on the seabed near the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant.
Tokyo Electric Power Company tested the soil at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean, on 02 and 03 June 2011, at locations 20 kilometers (12 miles) from the nuke plant.
While this is the first time […] Continue Reading…