South Hit Hard by "Derecho"

Check out this link. One more really amazing weather phenomenon.

http://abcnews.go.com/video/playerIndex?id=7505103

Note: Normally I wouldn't do this--ads show up on this ABCNews Site before you can see the video--but this is a KEWL video!

What is a microburst?

CNN meteorologist Bonnie Schneider explains how a microburst collapsed the Dallas Cowboys practice facility.

Kansas Tornado Video

What's the Redoubt Volcano up to lately?

No major eruptions lately. The Volcano is currently building a lava dome.

PHOTO: Summit crater of Redoubt Volcano showing the active lava dome and hot, roiling water ponded along the south and east margins of the dome. This view is from high over the south rim. Note the persistent fumaroles up on the west slope of the gorge.


Image courtesy of AVO/USGS: McGimsey, Game.

From Alaska Volcano Observatory:
2009-04-30 02:16:59

The Redoubt eruption continues. Seismic activity remains elevated. Darkness obscures webcam views.

Additional explosive events are possible with little or no warning. The volcano remains at ORANGE/WATCH and AVO is staffed 24/7.

A regional earthquake, preliminary magnitude of 4.8, occurred 40 mi S of Homer at 8:54 pm.

The Secret Lives of Snowflakes

Too good to pass up even if it is Spring most places!

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