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US Heat Wave to Continue & Intensify

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Martin warns of even stronger heatwave within a week for the eastern half of the country

Published on July 13, 2011 12:30 am PT
– By Dave Tole – Writer
– Article Editor and Approved – Warren Miller


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(TheWeatherSpace.com) — A monster heatwave has taken over 21 of the United States and TWS Senior Meteorologist Kevin Martin says it will get stronger.

“As this ridge breaks down another one will form over the Central Plains this weekend,” said Martin. “This ridge will center over Omaha, Nebraska, being a 600 mb high pressure system. To put into perspective, the current heatwave is a 596 at the highest. A 600 mb high is serious pressure.”

Martin predicts this to form on Friday over Kansas City and move eastward next week. The heat and humidity could bring indexes into the 120+ mark for some of the eastern half of the country, including St. Louis, Missouri.

to read more, go to:   http://theweatherspace.com/news/TWS-07_13_2011_heatwave.html

Tropical Impulse Building

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Tropical impulse will develop at the end of the month, threatening the Caribbean to the USA

Published on July 13, 2011 12:45 pm PT
– By Kevin Martin – Senior Meteorologist
– Article Editor and Approved – Ron Jackson


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(TheWeatherSpace.com) — Tropical season has been quiet, however it normally is during July. We begin to see the developments around August and one seems to be ready to.

As of now the Atlantic Ocean is quite, but that will change during the last week of July. Thunderstorms are erupting across the Saharan Desert and these will shoot impulses out of Cape Verde, westward into the Atlantic.

One such impulse looks impressive on satellite over Africa now and will eject out of Africa on July 24th. This will be the system to watch for the Caribbean and the United States as the track is common for a classic Cape Verde season impact next month.

 

to read more, go to:    http://theweatherspace.com/news/TWS-07_13_2011_tropical.html

10 Ways to get Rid of Flies-Tested

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Testing: 10 Odd Ways To Get Rid of Flies

by Brie Dyas, Posted Jul 8th 2011 8:00AM

You don’t always have to be on swatter duty in order to get rid of flies. Whether the pests are bringing your picnic down or calling your living room home, I tested 10 ways to deter flies using stuff we all have in our homes. And I promise, you won’t have to squash anything (unless you want to, of course).

get-rid-of-fliesProblem solved. Photo: Refracted Moments, flickr

If you’d “never hurt a fly,” then you’ve never experienced the…pleasure…of having to run inside from a lovely picnic because flies kept bumping into guests’ heads while on a quest to eat their potato salad. Then the flies followed everyone inside. And that, in case you were wondering, was how I spent my Fourth of July weekend.

For me, the problem comes from living in a house that dates back to 1825. Yes, it’s charmingly covered in ivy, but the floors and windows are at a subtle angle. Which means that a. you can look taller if you stand in certain areas of the house, and b. windows and doors don’t always have a seal against the outside world. The small openings are the portals to housefly Narnia as they try to find relief from summer heat. Really, even scrupulous cleaning isn’t enough to deter summer flies.

To get rid of them, I tested the following home cures that promise to get rid of flies (either by repelling them away from you and your guests, or by trapping them). Like my tests for controlling ants, these cures were culled from internet boards and well-meaning friends. And for good measure, I tested them indoors and out.

Here’s what worked…and what didn’t:

Lori Klein, AZ State Senator is Packing

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Lori Klein, Arizona State Senator, Pointed Loaded Gun At Reporter Richard Ruelas’s Chest

First Posted: 7/11/11 04:07 PM ET Updated: 7/12/11 04:47 PM ET

Arizona state Sen. Lori Klein (R), a gun-rights champion, keeps a loaded raspberry-pink handgun in her purse, and during an interview with Arizona Republic reporter Richard Ruelas, she took it out and pointed it at him.

“Oh, it’s so cute,” Klein said, before aiming the gun at Ruelas’s chest to show off the red beam of the laser sight. Klein’s gun, a .380 Ruger, has no safety, but the senator assured Ruelas that he wasn’t in danger.

“I just didn’t have my hand on the trigger,” she said.

to read more, go to:    http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/07/11/lori-klein-arizona-gun-control-reporter-giffords_n_894973.html

Earthquake near Phillipines

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Very strong coastal seaquake close to Sipalay, Negros, Philippines

Last update: July 12, 2011 at 10:03 pm by By Armand Vervaeck and James Daniell

Earthquake overview : A 6.4 magnitude earthquake struck the coastal waters of Negros Island, Philippines  at 4:47 AM local time. The epicenter of the earthquake is approx. 30 km out of the coast (USGS) and 45 km (Phivolcs). Phivolcs (the Philippines seismological service)  has not called a tsunami alarm for this earthquake as also the Magnitude was less than initially measured by USGS.

to read more, go to:    http://earthquake-report.com/2011/07/11/very-strong-coastal-seaquake-with-tsunami-danger-at-negros-philippines/

Activity in Eastern Region of Sun

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EASTERN UNREST: An active region emerging over the sun’s eastern limb is hurling material high above the stellar surface. NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory recorded some of the action during the early hours of July 12th:

This eastern unrest is not Earth directed. Forecasters say the greater threat for geoeffective activity comes from sunspot 1247 (finder); it has a “beta-gamma” magnetic field that harbors energy for M-class solar flares. There is a 10% chance of such eruptions during the next 24 hours.

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July 10-16

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Overall Color for the Week:    Dark Rose Red

This is a week of resolution, so look for many things to take shape as well as other things to reach an end.  At these times, you can feel out of control and powerless, but this is not a time to do that.  Look at what is happening from your perspective of personal knowing and power.  Patterns are beginning to emerge, and it is time to recognize them for what they are.  These patterns give you a sense of where you are in the great wheel of life, in the web of your relationships, and in the net of your own person.  You will see things that you will not understand this week as people overreact and threaten on the one hand, while others show an unexpected kindness.  This is a week to be grounded within your heart. There are things that you will be seeing that are there to remind you of things you may have forgotten.  These will be accompanied by times of synchronicity and deja vu.  Stay strong in WHO you are and trust your intuition.  You, as always, know more than you give yourself credit for. Continue reading →

Role of Salton Sea in Earthquake Abatement

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Study says Salton Sea is preventing large earthquakes

Published on July 2, 2011 12:45 pm PT
– By Dave Tole – Writer
– Article Editor and Approved – Warren Miller

(TheWeatherSpace.com) — A new scientific study, examining the fault structure of the southern San Andreas fault zone, has found that recent human regulation of the Colorado River may have delayed a major earthquake along the zone.

There hasn’t been a large earthquake under the Salton Sea for the past 300 years.

The study concludes that in the past, regular flooding of the Salton Sea area induced large earthquakes, occurring roughly every 180 years.

to read more, go to:   http://www.theweatherspace.com/news/TWS-07_02_2011_saltonsea.html

New CME

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INCOMING CME: During the early hours of July 9th, a coronal mass ejection (CME) billowed away from new sunspot 1247. A preliminary analysis of data from NASA’s twin STEREO-A and -B spacecraft suggests that the flank of the CME could hit Earth’s magnetic field sometime on July 11th or 12th. This is not a major CME, but it could spark polar geomagnetic storms when it arrives.

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