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4 hrs ago | The Beaumont Enterprise

Ham operators to put on demonstration

Ham operators to put on demonstration Beaumont Enterprise Copyright 2013 Beaumont Enterprise.

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Related Topix: Tsunami, Life, Hobbies, Ham Radio

8 hrs ago | Anchorage Daily News

Alaska receives donation for debris removal

The Department of Environmental Conservation said the gift is from the Hokkaido Development Engineering Center and members of the International Association of Cold Region Development Studies.

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Related Topix: Alaska Government, Alaska, Tsunami

12 hrs ago | News@Concordia

What's a Canadian? Ask Peter Mansbridge

Peter Mansbridge displayed warmth and humour at the Reader's Digest Lecture at Concordia's D.B. Clarke Theatre on May 31. Peter Mansbridge, CBC News' chief correspondent, recently celebrated 25 years as anchor of the broadcaster's nightly news program, The National.

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Related Topix: Tsunami, Asia, Afghanistan, World News

12 hrs ago | Maui Weather Today

Hawaiian Islands Weather details & Aloha Paragraphs / June 17-18, 2013

Here's a link to the live web cam on the summit of near 13,800 foot Mauna Kea on the Big Island of Hawaii.

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Related Topix: Weather, Hurricane, Natural Disasters, Tsunami

13 hrs ago | MSNBC

Recommended: Past megaquakes left mark on Canadian coast

Thanks to decades of geologic detective work, scientists know that on Jan. 26, 1700, at 9 p.m., a massive earthquake and tsunami hit the Pacific Northwest.

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Related Topix: Tsunami, Earthquake, Natural Disasters, Geology, Science, Canada,

15 hrs ago | SciDev.Net

Arabian Sea at high risk of quakes and tsunamis

A tsunami in this area of the Western Indian Ocean could threaten the coastlines of India, Iran, Oman, Pakistan and further afield.

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Related Topix: Sri Lanka, World News, Asia, Tsunami, Natural Disasters, Earthquake

Sun Jun 16, 2013

The Free Dictionary

Rogue Waves

The Draupner wave , a single giant wave measured on New Year's Day 1995, finally confirmed the existence of freak waves, which had previously been considered near-mythical Rogue waves are relatively large and spontaneous ocean surface waves that occur far out in sea, and are a threat even to large ships and ocean liners .

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Related Topix: Science, Oceanography, Tsunami, Natural Disasters

Sat Jun 15, 2013

Charleston Gazette

Statewide broadband projects fiber costs escalate

West Virginia is spending nearly three times more than it expected for every mile of fiber-optic cable being built as part of a statewide high-speed Internet expansion project funded by the federal stimulus, according to a report.

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Related Topix: West Virginia, West Virginia Government, Hurricane, Weather, Hurricane Sandy, Tsunami, US Governors, Earl Ray Tomblin

OregonLive.com

'Full Rip 9.0' review: The next big thing- Warnings of a megaquake

FULL RIP 9.0 Sandi Doughton Sasquatch Books $23.95, 288 pages If ever a book risked being labeled "unsuitable for beach reading," it might well be "Full Rip 9.0: The Next Big Earthquake in the Pacific Northwest."

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Related Topix: Tsunami, Natural Disasters, Geology, Science, University of Washington, Oregon State University, Seaside, OR

Nanaimo Daily News

Eyewitness to tragedy: Nanaimo man recounts quake experience

Jonathon Jones, formerly of Nanaimo, now makes his home in Sendai, Japan, one of the worst-hit cities in that nation's recent quake.

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Related Topix: World News, Japan, Tsunami, Train Disaster, Social Software

Fri Jun 14, 2013

AdelaideNow...

Google X unveils net balloon plan

THE highly-secretive Google X research lab has unveiled an ambitious plan to provide internet access to the 4.7 billion people who currently can't access the web via a ring of huge balloons circling the globe.

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Related Topix: New Zealand, World News, Tsunami, Natural Disasters

3Yen.com

Radioactive Rika-chan does the Fukushima-meltdown hula

According to MANTANWEB : A life-size Licca-chan shows off her dancing with the Hula Girls .

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LiveScience

Past Mega-Quakes Left Mark on Canadian Coast

Thanks to decades of geologic detective work, scientists know that on Jan. 26, 1700, at 9 p.m., a massive earthquake and tsunami hit the Pacific Northwest.

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Related Topix: Tsunami, Earthquake, Natural Disasters, Geology, Science, Canada,

The Japan Times

Yen's slump fails to stem corporate exodus overseas

Outbound: A ship is loaded with products bound for overseas markets at a shipping terminal in Tokyo on April 18. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe promises that his growth policies will revive the nation's industrial might.

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Pattaya Mail

2013 CARAT exercise sweeps through Sattahip

The 19th annual Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training exercise between the U.S. Navy, U.S. Marine Corps, Royal Thai Navy and Royal Thai Marine Corps began June 3 with opening ceremonies in Sattahip.

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Related Topix: US Military, US Navy, US Marine Corps, US News, World News, Thailand, Boat Disaster, Tsunami

Thu Jun 13, 2013

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

The Big One: Canadians dig new earthquake evidence

The last "Big One" - a giant earthquake and tsunami off the Northwest Coast - has been charted using cedar snags at the mouth of the Olympic Peninsula's Copalis River.

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Related Topix: Earthquake, Natural Disasters, Tsunami, Olympia, WA

The Oregonian

Oregon lawmakers discuss how to prepare coast for a large-scale earthquake, tsunami

A legislative committee heard testimony Thursday on a plan to make Oregon's coastal towns more resilient in the event of a monster earthquake and tsunami projected to strike off the Pacific Northwest coast.

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Related Topix: Tsunami, Natural Disasters, Gold Beach, OR, Clackamas County, OR, Earthquake

WKRC-TV Cincinnati

Local 9-Year-Old Raises Funds To Help Japanese Children

In March of 2011, a devastating tsunami and earthquake hit Japan. You probably remember the damage it did to the Fukashima nuclear plant.

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Related Topix: Tsunami, Natural Disasters, Warren County, OH

Sys-Con Media

Honeywell Announces The Opening Of 'Honeywell Ibasho House' In Ofunato, Iwate

Honeywell Chairman and CEO rebuild this community in cooperation with our partners, the people in the community, and the city of Ofunato," said Cote.

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Related Topix: Honeywell International, Aerospace-Defense, Honeywell, UOP LLC, Chemicals, Tsunami, Natural Disasters

Wed Jun 12, 2013

Energy Tribune

Movie Review: - Pandora's Promise' Advocates Nuclear Energy

Early in "Pandora's Promise," Mark Lynas, a British environmental activist, walks around the ghostly environs of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Japan, near the second-worst nuclear disaster in history.

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Related Topix: Nuclear Energy, Tsunami, Cellphones