Earthquake felt in Eilat
Posted on July 23rd, 2010
A earthquake struck the Gulf of Eilat 70 kilometers south of the city on Thursday afternoon. The earthquake registered 4.5 on the Richter scale and was felt in the early afternoon by Eilat residents, although it did not cause any casualties or damage. This earthquake joins the annals of history of quakes in Israel. In April this year, a quake measured 3 on the Richter scale near to Kfar Hasidim. Three weeks previously a quake hit the north also measuring 3 on the scale. In November 1995, one Israeli died of a heart attack, and 13 people were hospitalized when an earthquake ranging between 5.7 and 7.2 on the Richter scale struck the Red Sea region. That quake affected Israel, Jordan, Egypt and Saudi Arabia. That tremor, caused by shifts in the tectonic plates of the Syrian-African Rift, was possibly the most powerful earthquake in Israel since 1927, when some 400 people were killed in Jericho.
Tags: Beach, catastrophes, destruction, earthquake, Eilat, india, Mexico, quakes, richter, seaquake, storm, TERREMOTO, tsunami
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Umbrella in the hurricane machine
Posted on July 5th, 2010
The SENZ storm umbrella is tested up to 133 km/h in the Hurricane Machine at Neeltje Jans (the Netherlands)
Tags: aerodynamic, HURRICANE, jans, machine, neeltje, paraguas, paraplu, schirm, senz, storm, stunt, umbrella, umbrellas, wind
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Hurricane tries to chokeslam The Big Show!
Posted on June 9th, 2010
The Hurricane attempts to chokeslam The Big Show in an European title defense on the September 3, 2001 episode of SmackDown!
Tags: Alliance, big, Championship, European, Giant, Gregory, Helms, HURRICANE, Invasion, Lance, Shane, show, storm, Sugar, the, title
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Hurricane Opal – Fort Walton Beach, FL – October 4, 1995
Posted on June 2nd, 2010
This is a sample of my Hurricane Opal chase footage. This video was taken during Opal's landfall in the western Florida panhandle, at Fort Walton Beach, on October 4, 1995. A day prior to landfall, Hurricane Opal had strengthened rapidly to near Category Five intensity, with sustained winds of 150mph and a minimum central pressure of 916mb (27.05in). During the following twelve hours the storm steadily weakened, however, Opal was still a very large and powerful Category Three at landfall, with sustained winds of 125mph and a central pressure of 942mb (27.82in). Hurricane conditions begin at about 3min 30sec into the video and the eyewall occurs from 4min 50sec through 7min 40sec in. Peak winds at my location were sustained between 100-110mph with gusts to 140mph. The highest officially recorded surface wind in Opal was a gust to 144mph at Hurlburt Field, near Mary Esther, Florida, in southwest Okaloosa county, which was three miles west of my location. The highest storm surge at my location was approximately 13ft and with the ground elevation at 8-10ft above sea-level, this resulted in a surge depth of 3-5ft, with higher waves. The peak surge and maximum inundation occurs just prior to the eye/calm at about 9min 40sec into the video. Though the eastern edge of Opal's eye did pass over my location, winds never fell below 20-30mph, I did record a minimum pressure of 960.3mb (28.36in) during this time.
Tags: 1995, Cyclone, Extreme, Florida, HURRICANE, Hurricanes, meteorology, Opal, Severe, storm, surge, Tropical, Typhoon, Weather, wind
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Amateur Radio Today – Walter Cronkite
Posted on April 26th, 2010
Narrated by former CBS news anchorman Walter Cronkite, KB2GSD, Amateur Radio Today showcases the public service contributions made by hams throughout the country. Highlights include: ham radio's response on September 11, 2001 ham radio's part in helping various agencies respond to wildfires in the Western US during 2002 ham radio-in-space educational initiatives
Tags: amateur, ARES, ARRL, callsign, Cronkite, electronics, emergency, ham, public, radio, service, skywarn, storm
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‘Holy Smokes’ Hurricane Dean from Space
Posted on April 11th, 2010
The crewmembers aboard the space station took a short break Saturday to get a look at the storm from their vantage point. Even from space, the storm expected to reach the Gulf of Mexico Aug. 21 and gain strength as a potential Cat 5 storm, impresses the crew with its size.
Tags: dean, endeavour, HURRICANE, nasa, shuttle, space, station, storm, STS-118
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Hurricane Fran – Carolina Beach, NC – September 5, 1996
Posted on April 1st, 2010
Hurricane Fran moves over Carolina Beach, North Carolina on the afternoon and evening of September 5, 1996. The storm made landfall directly over this area with maximum sustained winds of 115mph and a minimum central pressure of 954mb (28.17in).
Tags: 1996, Carolina, Cyclone, Extreme, Fran, HURRICANE, Hurricanes, North, Severe, storm, Storms, surge, Tropical, Typhoon, Weather, wind
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Hurricane Bill Now a Dangerous Cat. 4 Storm
Posted on March 10th, 2010
Hurricane Bill became a Category 4 storm as it rumbled across the Atlantic early Wednesday with maximum sustained winds near 135 mph. (Aug. 19)
Tags: bill, Cat, dangerous, HURRICANE, storm, Tropical, Weather
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Hurricane Katrina Part One
Posted on February 27th, 2010
www.hurricanetrack.com This segment is from my 2005 DVD entitled "Tracking the Hurricanes: 2005". Here, in part one, I begin tracking hurricane Katrina with my colleague, Mike Watkins, in south Florida. From there, Mike and I head over to the coast of Mississippi to complete the mission of observing and documenting one of the deadliest hurricanes in US history. However, the story does not end with landfall as we will see in part two.
Tags: chaser, Florida, gulfport, HURRICANE, katrina, mark, mike, mississippi, Rain, storm, sudduth, surge, watkins, waveland, wind
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Hurricane Katrina Part 3- post Katrina Mississippi
Posted on February 2nd, 2010
tipjoy.com www.hurricanetrack.com This is the third part of my three part series of videos from the "Tracking the Hurricanes: 2005" DVD of hurricane Katrina. This video picks up 47 days after Katrina along the battered coast of Mississippi. We make our way to Waveland where my colleague and I were going to ride out Katrina in the "safety" of the fire department (make sure you watch parts one and two to understand the sequence of events). We interview fire chief David Garcia as we drive through an almost completely flattened Waveland. The video does not begin to convey the enormity of the devastation there. I end the Katrina section with a music tribute that I composed and performed myself just for the DVD. I think you will find it moving. You can learn more about our work at www.hurricanetrack.com
Tags: aftermath, biloxi, gulfport, HURRICANE, katrina, mark, mike, mississippi, recovery, storm, sudduth, surge, watkins, waveland
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