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This is not only a true story, but also is timed to mark the 97th Anniversary of the devastating earthquake which destroyed Avezzano on 13th January 1915, resulting in a massive loss of life.
Have you ever been in an earthquake? I have, once, and it’s scary. Not a powerful earthquake, admittedly, and most California residents would probably have called it a tremor. However, it was enough to wake me up in the middle of the night, in the dark, and my first thoughts were [Read more…]
Every year there are hundreds, if not thousands of earthquakes but the only ones to make the headlines are those that impact significantly on us humans. 2011 was a bad year for such events – I don’t need to name them as they will all flash into your mind as you read this.
For a while now I’ve been composing a blog post with the provisional title “The Ultimate Seismograph – How to Survive an Earthquake”. It describes an earthquake I was in and the very unique situation that transpired. While putting the finishing touches to it I realised that “How to Survive an Earthquake” demanded a separate blog post of its own, so here it is. [Read more…]
Someone sent me this in an email quite a few years ago. It’s a gem! I don’t know where it originated or who holds the copyright, but with apologies and grateful thanks to the copyright holder … Here it is:
There are approximately two billion children (persons under 18) in the world. However, since Santa does not visit children of Muslim, Hindu, Jewish or Buddhist (except maybe in Japan) religions this reduces the workload for Christmas night to 15% of the total, or 378 million (according to the Population Reference Bureau).
At an average (census) rate of 3.5 children per household, [Read more…]
The 37th International Communications Satellite Systems Conference (ICSSC) and its Colloquium, one of the most influential technical conferences on satellite communications systems, will be held in Okinawa, Japan from Tuesday October 29th through Friday November 1st, 2019. The Colloquium The first day, Tuesday, October 29th, is dedicated to the Colloquium which is entitled Disruptive Expansion of Space Laser […]
Space Communications, Navigation and Earth Observation Systems in the 5G Era 37th ICSSC ConferenceProgram The 37th International Communications Satellite Systems Conference (ICSSC) and its Colloquium, one of the most influential technical conferences on satellite communications systems, will be held in Okinawa, Japan from Tuesday October 29th through Friday November 1st, 2019. The first day, Tuesday, October 29th, is […]
TimeScapes 4K from Tom Lowe on Vimeo. When I saw this short time-lapse video I was just blown away! Twenty seven 25 metre antennas of the Very Large Array (VLA) in New Mexico dancing in unison – and to music. Thanks so much to Brigitte Bailleul (@Brigitte_Ba on Twitter)
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