Monthly Archives: February 2008

Crews Dive Deep for NYC Water Tunnel Job

Posted on by
Reply

The Associated Press: Crews Dive Deep for NYC Water Tunnel Job

NEW YORK (AP) — The divers live in a windowless, pressurized chamber for weeks at a time. They descend 700 feet — greater than the height of the Space Needle — to toil for 12-hour shifts in dark, murky water.

Then there’s the helium they have to breathe to survive at such depths. Their voices are so high support crews need to use a special recording device to translate.

What’s the point of this bizarre subterranean life? Coming up with a way to save drinking water for New York City, which is losing the equivalent of a small lake every day in an enormous, aging, leaky tunnel.

Barbershop talk turns to health forum

Posted on by
Reply

Tampa, Florida – At Tillman’s barbershop at 8710 N. 40th Street in Tampa, you can get a hair cut and advice on staying healthy.

The owner, Emerson Tillman, asks a customer,  “You know about the African American men’s health forum on Saturday right?”

Thanks to a partnership between the H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, the Community Health Advocacy Partnership, and the Tampa Bay Community Cancer Network, barbers are being armed with life saving information. It’s all a part of an initiative called “Barbers Against Prostate Cancer.”

Barbershop talk turns to health forum – Tampa Bays Local News

LAKELAND SAIL & POWER SQUADRON CLASSES

Posted on by
Reply

The Lakeland Sail and Power Squadron will be teaching boating classes on Thursday nights during March and April. All classes are from 7 – 9 PM, and the cost of the classes includes materials.

March 27th: GPS Seminar ($15.00) at West Marine, Winter Haven

April 3, 10, 17, 24: Boat Smart ($30.00) at West Marine.

Seating is limited for all classes. To register, or for information, call Richard at 863-295-9788 or email wlitt66455@aol.com.

Hillary, Buckeye Girl

Posted on by
Reply

Hillary, Buckeye Girl – New York Times

If Hillary is stumbling, it may be because there just isn’t any good path to take. Nobody wants a bloodbath, and fighting against the first possible African-American president can be as tricky as going after the first possible woman. Still, she might have been able to handle all that, and the fact that he is a product of Kansas and Hawaii and Kenya, of Christians and Muslims, of a single mom on food stamps and Harvard Law, if he didn’t also turn out to have the best learning curve in political history.

Discovered AFTER the DHS took it over from Boeing

Posted on by
Reply

U.S. border virtual fence to be delayed: report | Reuters

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Technical problems have forced the Bush administration to retool a high-tech “virtual fence” along the U.S.-Mexico border and will delay the first phase for at least three years, the Washington Post reported on Thursday.

Fire Weather Warning

Posted on by
Reply

Fire Weather Warning

Statement as of 4:50 AM EST on February 28, 2008

… Red flag warning remains in effect from 10 am this morning to9 PM EST this evening…

… Dangerously low rh’s in the upper teens to lower 20s across western interior and Gulf coastal locations this afternoon…

The National Weather Service in Miami has issued a red flag warning for all of Mainland South Florida… which is in effect from 10 am to 9 PM EST Thursday.

High pressure will continue to prevail across the region with north to northwest winds pushing very dry air down the peninsula and into Mainland South Florida through tonight. This will result in red flag conditions across the entire area today… with extremely low rh’s especially interior and Gulf coastal locales.
Minimum rh’s are expected to range from the upper teens to lower 20s western interior and Gulf Coast to the lower 30s East Coast.

A red flag warning means that critical fire weather conditions are either occurring now… or will shortly. Low relative humidity will create explosive fire growth potential.

Okeechobee asks federal courts to rule on gay-straight alliance

Posted on by
Reply

Gay South Florida www.miamiherald.com/gay

The motion contends the district legitimately had the authority under the Federal Equal Access Act and current case law to determine the formation of the student group would not protect the well-being of students at Okeechobee High.

But American Civil Liberties Union attorney Robert Rosenwald Jr. said Wednesday the board violated the Equal Access Act by banning the alliance but allowing other clubs to meet on the school campus.

A June 9 trial date has been scheduled on the matter.

“The school just needs to obey the law,” Rosenwald said.

Twice-a-week watering sought in eastern Palm Beach County

Posted on by
Reply

Twice-a-week watering sought in eastern Palm Beach County — South Florida Sun-Sentinel.com

Water district spokesman Jesus Rodriguez on Tuesday agreed that “groundwater levels across much of the district have improved.” But Rodriguez said now is not the time to ease up on water conservation measures, including the existing orders that allow only once-weekly watering of lawns and other landscapes. A reason why water levels have improved, Rodriguez said, is the public’s adherence to restrictions.

What’s the matter with these people?  What is there about “4 feet below normal for this time of year” that they don’t get?