Hare apparent ; NOAA Exit
Rare & Secretive Striped Rabbit Caught on Camera
An elusive striped rabbit that has rarely been photographed has been caught on film deep in the forests of Sumatra, thanks to camera traps set up in an isolated mountain region of the Indonesian island.
The Sumatra striped rabbit is not only extremely rare, it is also extremely shy, emerging from hiding only under the cover of darkness. The secretive, nocturnal creatures were snapped scooting across the crowded forest floor in two national parks in 2011...
Scott • North Berwick, Maine • Remove
The difference between the Sumatra striped rabbit and "the giant rat of Sumatra"? The first makes Yahoo! and the second is "a story for which the world is not yet prepared." (thank you, The Google, that will be all ... )2 Replies
- Scott • North Berwick, Maine • Remove
From Conan Doyle to Monty Python (The Bookshop Sketch) in a single bound volume ...
Top weather forecaster retires amid controversy
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The head of the National Weather Service has retired unexpectedly after an internal investigation found that agency employees improperly shifted millions of dollars in budget resources to weather service offices around the country.
As a result of the investigation, agency officials have now asked Congress permission to redirect some $36 million in spending in the 2012 budget to local weather forecasting and equipment upgrades, Scott Smullen, a spokesman for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), said on Tuesday...
Scott • North Berwick, Maine •
*BUZZ* ... *BUZZ* ... *BUZZ* ... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR ITS OWN HEADQUARTERS ... EMPLOYEES ARE ADVISED TO HEAD FOR EITHER 'NOAA'S ARK' OR THE TALL GRASS ... *BUZZ* ... *BUZZ* ... BUZZ* (normal - for Yahoo! - programming resumes: "...and Kardashian said she had no idea how it got there...")
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