Herald.com | 10/30/2005 | Inspection of utility poles lags: " Posted on Sun, Oct. 30, 2005
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Inspection of utility poles lags

Some civil engineers are criticizing FPL for not checking on utility poles that they say may be old and not buried deep enough.

BY REBECCA DELLAGLORIA, TRENTON DANIEL and JACK DOLAN"

Science News: Predicting the Weather: Victorians and the Science of Meteorology: "PREDICTING THE WEATHER: Victorians and the Science of Meteorology

KATHARINE ANDERSON

Once the telegraph escalated the speed of information dissemination, maritime-dependent Great Britain in 1854 established a government office to collect data on the weather throughout the British Isles. Soon afterward and with mixed results, the officials there began attempting to predict the weather, and thus was born the science of meteorology. The public attention paid to the office and to the new science was so intense and the demands so unyielding, that the chief of the office eventually committed suicide. Anderson, a professor of the history of science at York University in Canada, extends her discussion to the scientific practice of prediction in general as well as to the debate about the responsibilities and boundaries of science that greeted the first weather predictions. University Of Chicago Press, 2005, 376 p., b&w illus., hardcover, $45.00.
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AP Wire | 10/27/2005 | Wilma may be Mexico's costliest disaster: " Posted on Thu, Oct. 27, 2005
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Wilma may be Mexico's costliest disaster

WILL WEISSERT

Associated Press

ISLA MUJERES, Mexico - Mexico's Caribbean coastline took a beating from Hurricane Wilma, but the resort area's islands - famous for their diving and snorkeling - bore the brunt of the storm, with extensive damage to reefs and white-sand beaches."

Tropical Storm Alpha Kills 26 in Haiti, Dominican Republic: "Tropical Storm Alpha Kills 26 in Haiti, Dominican Republic

Reuters
Thursday, October 27, 2005; Page A05"

Storm Cripples Region: "Lincoln, Vermont - October 26, 2005

A Nor'easter has crippled our region, dumping over a foot of snow in some areas and leaving nearly 50-thousand electric customers in Vermont without power."

Really Over

Early snow turns Colorado into ‘Siberia’ - Weather News - MSNBC.com: "Updated: 10:30 a.m. ET Oct. 11, 2005

DENVER - An early blast of winter walloped Colorado’s mountains with almost 20 inches of snow, killing three people, making driving conditions treacherous and delaying dozens of flights."

the party`s over

USATODAY.com - Mount Washington beats 24-hour snowfall record: "New Hampshire continues to enjoy a warm fall, it's like the dead of winter on Mount Washington.

The summit, the higest peak in the Northeast at 6,288 feet, got 34 inches of snow between Saturday and Monday and beat the record for the most snowfall in 24 hours. Between noon Sunday and noon Monday, 25.5 inches of snow piled up.

'Basically, we've had white-out conditons for the last three days,' weather observer David Balfrey said Tuesday morning.

He said it looks like January or February, with 12-foot drifts and tons of ice that has to be chipped off their instruments. That means climbing weather towers and smashing the ice with crowbars, hammers, 'anything heavy and blunt,' Balfrey said. 'It's not the most scientific end of our job.'

Balfrey said he and his fellow observers are confident they will beat the record for October snowfall. They are only 5 inches short of the record of 39.8 inches set in 1969.

'We are pretty sure we'll get another four or five inches before the end of month,' he said. And he is keeping his fingers crossed for a lot more.

'We definitely enjoy this kind of weather,' he said. 'That's what we sign up for.'
Copyright 2005 The Associated Press. "

National Weather Service Zone Forecast: "Forecast as of: 1058 AM EDT THU OCT 20 2005 "