Climatic Extremes
By John - June 25th, 2010
A violent and sudden change in the weather (including a possible tornado) ripped a path through many North-Eastern cities including Philadelphia & Bridgeport. Wind speeds were reported at 75 mph around Philly. Nine buildings were partially or fully collapsed ...
Video documents the destruction immediately following the storm
By Martin Higgins - June 1st, 2010
No, this is not a CGI effect from a Hollywood Movie. This natural disaster is gaining worldwide attention because of the tremendous visual impact of a giant hole over 300 feet deep in the middle of a large city. More pics ...
By louiejerome - May 11th, 2010
Oklahoma's latest batch of tornadoes tore across the Southern Plains and into the Oklahoma City region killing five and causing millions of dollars worth of damage to property and vehicles...
Aerial video shows incredible size of one tornado
By Cheryl Chong - April 15th, 2010
What has been so eloquently coined as the "fireball in the sky" has been confirmed as a meteor by The National Weather Service. Late Wednesday night around 10pm, the people of Wisconsin spotted a blinding white light streak across the sky, its magnitude so great that it was seen from the surrounding states. Some reports also include hearing a "prolonged sonic boom". Some chalked it up to an impressive shooting star to a falling plane, but many chose a more morbid path of thinking...
Meteor Video: Truly amazing video of super-bright meteor
By louiejerome - April 13th, 2010
A scientist in California is trying to recruit at least ten thousand laptop users to provide an early warning system for earthquakes. The technology is already built into laptops in the form of motion detectors and these can be used as seismographs. The accelerometer in the laptop would detect tremors and allow the 'quake catchers' to send the information back to a central computer. ...
By John - January 9th, 2010
Residents of Florida, the Sunshine State, have experienced a very rare event; snow flurries and sleet have been detected in the central areas of the state according to The Miami Herald and numerous sources. Key West has seen its coldest temperature in 112 years according to News 24. (This Key West record cold was just 47° F. ) ...
Florida's annual citrus crop is over: $9 billion