We had some action here in the mid-Atlantic yesterday that would make the folks in California yawn, but is pretty unusual around these parts – a magnitude 5.8 earthquake centered in Virginia, that was felt far and wide. There have even been a couple of small aftershocks. Paul and Teri report that the shaking was […]
The Wallow wildfire in Arizona near the New Mexico border has grown to the 2nd-largest wildfire in the state’s history. Now there is concern that it could cause some power blackouts (ABC story and videos). Here’s what this thing looks like on a NASA MODIS satellite image taken yesterday at 1:25 pm local time. The […]
Now that we’ve got our image gallery all organized and pretty, we don’t want to keep it to ourselves. We want to share our images with you and ask what you think. So without further ado, here is our biggest collection, Natural Gas and Oil Drilling. The images in this collection show the impacts of […]
All too often, public notice of a proposed well or other industrial facility — particularly those related to oil and gas drilling — gives the location in legal terms that are meaningless to the average citizen. Where, exactly, is the thing going to be drilled or built? We just got another great example of this: […]
We’ve been having fun with the MyMaps application in Google Maps. Anyone can build their own custom maps and publish them online. This is really useful and kind of fun if you’re a map-geek like me. We just created a map of the Rocky Mountain states (CO, MT, NM, UT, WY) showing some of the […]