A place to gather for Scattered Philadephians post WWCOG
Doyle Rice,
USA TODAY
Date: 5:50 a.m. EDT March 18, 2015
Source: http://www.usatoday.com/story/weather/2015/03/17/california-western-drought/23953599/
As California’s epic drought continues with no end in sight, it is setting off new alarms about unprecedented water shortages, increased wildfire threats, fewer crops and farmers, higher electric bills and huge economic losses for years — or even decades — to come.
“Even if normal precipitation begins to fall, it will take a few years
Doyle Rice,
USA TODAY
Date: 3:43 p.m. EDT March 18, 2015
Source: http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2015/03/18/solar-eclipse/24970217/
First the aurora borealis and now a solar eclipse — what a week for skywatchers! Plus it occurs Friday (the first day of spring) and alongside a Supermoon.
One caveat: The total eclipse will not be visible anywhere in the USA and will be seen only by folks on some rather remote islands in far northern Europe Friday morning. Residents of the Danish-owned Faroe
There are more than 3,000 sinkholes on the banks of the Dead Sea — and they’re multiplying exponentially, according to environmentalists, as the body of water dries up.
“It’s nature’s revenge,” said Gidon Bromberg, the Israeli Director at EcoPeace Middle East, an organization that brings together Jordanian, Palestinian and Israeli environmentalists to protect their shared environmental heritage.
“These sinkholes are a direct result of the inappropriate mismanagement
By David R. Sands –
The Washington Times –
Wednesday, March 18, 2015
Source: http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2015/mar/18/obama-humiliated-as-allies-join-chinas-asian-infra/
The battle of wills between Beijing and Washington over a China-sponsored development bank for Asia is turning into a rout, and the Obama administration has found itself isolated and embarrassed as its top allies lined up this week to join the proposed Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank.
In what one analyst