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The NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration reports that 2008 is now the deadliest tornado season since 1998. 111 eleven deaths have been recorded so far this year with the season only halfway over.
““It is only the third time since the 1974 super tornado outbreak that there have been more than 100 tornado-related deaths during a single tornado season in the U.S.,” added Harold Brooks, a research meteorologist at NOAA’s National Severe Storms Laboratory.
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Apparently the Old Faithful geyser of Yellowstone Park has been slowing down its eruption cycle over the years. The average eruption cycle time used to be 61 minutes but now it appears to be taking longer, a recent study indicates.
According to a new U.S. Geological survey, extended drought conditions is responsible for the eruption cycle taking 1.5 hours…adding a full 30 minutes to the cycle. Shaul Hurwitz of the U.S. Geological Survey spent 5 years reviewing similar geysers between the years 1997-2006 and identified the slowdown between eruptions at Old Faithful.
Yellowstone activity has a history of being tied to cataclysmic events. See stories referenced below:
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