Environmentalists are raising the alarm of an imminent nuclear disaster in the Pacific Ocean: a dome designed to store radioactive waste from American nuclear weapons testing in the 1940s and 1950s is failing. The fear is that radioactive material will enter the Pacific Ocean without any restriction, contaminating the largest ocean on the planet in […]
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NJ Child Dies in Hot Car
For the 34th time this year and the second time in New Jersey alone, a child has died after being left behind in a hot car. The Camden County, New Jersey Prosecutor’s Office says a 22 month old girl was found unresponsive in her car seat when Lindenwold police responded to a 911 call on […]
Tropical Storm Improbable, but Heavy Rain Likely
The National Hurricane Center is monitoring an area of disturbed weather along the southeast coast for possible development. It is very unlikely that a tropical storm or hurricane would from from this system, but it still bears watching because it will produce heavy rain. A surface trough is producing a band of cloudiness and showers […]
Jimmy Kimmel gets $395k FCC Fine for Mis-Use of Emergency Alert
At the FCC, misuse of emergency alert tones that warn people of severe thunderstorms, tornadoes, tsunamis, or other natural or man-made disasters is no laughing matter. Jimmy Kimmel is learning that today; his late night show is responsible for costing the ABC television network $395,000 in fines for misusing the alert tones in a comedy […]
“Hurricane Man” to Debut September 15
Those looking to get their fix of what it’s like to be in a major hurricane won’t need to wait much longer. While the Science Channel was originally slated to debut the eight-episode series “Hurricane Man” on the cable network on June 18, Josh Gross, Director, Communications and Media Relations for the Science Channel / […]
Tropics Quiet as Peak Hurricane Season Approaches
Both the Atlantic and Pacific Hurricane Basins around the U.S. are unusually quiet and are forecast to remain so for the next two weeks. The Central Pacific and Atlantic Hurricane Seasons begin on June 1 and run through the end of November; typically, activity picks up in August with peak activity by mid-September before waning […]