Natural Global / Regional Happenings

[ronm]

Thought we needed a new thread after the pumice platform story had to be posted in Wildlife!?!
Tonight and tomorrow we will once again be treated to the annual Perseid meteor showers. At the moment we here in East Yorkshire are 0% cloud cover, so hopefully a good show tonight. Last time we had a decent event I could have sworn they were coming down in the fields behind us. Of course they weren't. 

[ronm]

 

[Tony Willis]

As usual 100% cloud cover here!!

I did manage to see the international space station a couple of nights ago

[ronm]

What a shame Tony
It's well worth seeing and needs no special equipment, 
Especially if you have one of these,

[Hoy]

A shower? Think I will fetch my umbrella. It is 90% clear sky here!

[ronm]

We watched until 01:00, when unfortunately the cloud cover took over.
A truly amazing sight, 

http://www.jodrellbank.manchester.ac.uk/astronomy/nightsky/

[ronm]

A rather strange 'news' story for today, 

http://www.theborneopost.com/2012/09/25/armageddon-by-year-end/

[Martinr]

A rather strange 'news' story for today, 

http://www.theborneopost.com/2012/09/25/armageddon-by-year-end/

Oh dear, another one.

[ronm]

Oh dear, another one.

 
It'll soon be 'news' when its NOT the "end of the world". 

[brianw]

I guess this goes here.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-19716141

Who put too much washing up liquid in Maggie?

[Martinr]

And an educational lesson on how to say Footdee

[Paul T]

The "Armageddon at the end of the year" is disurbingly close in timing to the end of the Mayan calendar (23rd December 2012).  Interestingly that we should enter this Radon belt right around that date. 

I'll not be stocking up I think.  If the global catastrophy is bad enough that we need to have stocked up on food, I doubt it will recover before that food runs out. 

[Anthony Darby]

Well, if it happens, it will happen in New Zealand first, so I'll let you know. Forewarned etc.

[Martinr]

Well, if it happens, it will happen in New Zealand first, so I'll let you know. Forewarned etc.

Ah, but if it's true you won't be able to communicate   So if you don't tell us it hasn't happened we'll have to assume it has

[Brian Ellis]

The "Armageddon at the end of the year" is disurbingly close in timing to the end of the Mayan calendar (23rd December 2012). 

My goodness I hope that doesn't mean we'll miss Christmas dinner!