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Howard County Library System's Evening in the Stacks held on February 22, 2014 at the Miller Branch.

On December 7, the VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System's Women's Health Care Committee hosted their second annual baby shower for expectant Veteran Moms and Veteran Moms who had given birth in the past year.

Howard County Library System's Evening in the Stacks held on February 22, 2014 at the Miller Branch.

It's raining cats and dogs around San Jose, CA this evening! A band of heavy showers was drifting in from the west as a system's weather front pushes thru... Despite the heavy deluge, not one flash of lightning was seen, unluckily. Nevertheless, talk about drought-busting storms this season so far! More interesting weather was in store for us the very next day... Drive safe out there guys. (Saturday evening, March 4, 2017)

 

Weather scenario/forecast:

A low pressure trough was developing off the coast. This trough was continuing to move slowly southward and then finally eastward across Northern California thru Sunday afternoon. Rain was to spread over the region this evening thru early Sunday as the system's front pushes in. The precipitation was to turn to showers Sunday afternoon and end by the evening hours or so. Some of the showers may bring small hail and some thunder on Sunday as well due to some convective activity. In addition, due to this storm being cold, a light dusting of snow is entirely possible around the Bay Area mountain peaks. There was to be a brief break from the rain, then a weaker storm system was forecast to move in by Monday. Light rain was expected with that system. By Wednesday & Thursday, a weak high pressure ridge was to be over the western U.S. with the jet stream just to our north. Dry weather was in store for our area during that duration. More rain chances exist by next weekend...

Sculpture in the wetlands in Oregon Garden. Modern camera, vintage lens. Checking the lens's depth of field of focus.

 

Camera: Sony a6500

Lens: Olympus OM System S Zuiko Auto-Zoom 35-70mm 1:3,5-4,5.

Veteran James Doray poses with his wife and Acting Director Cynthia Abair during VA San Diego Healthcare System's second Access Stand Down, a nationwide attempt to reduce appointment wait times by helping eligible Veterans find appointments faster and by fixing administrative issues.

VA employees, Veterans and community members at the VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System's Toledo Community Based Outreach Clinic (CBOC) put on their walking shoes and joined in the fourth nationwide VA2K event on May 21, 2014. The annual Walk and Roll of about 1.2 miles took place at VA hospitals and CBOCs encourages people to step up their fitness level and to support homeless Veterans with donated food and clothing items.

Howard County Library System's Evening in the Stacks held on February 22, 2014 at the Miller Branch.

Howard County Library System's Evening in the Stacks held on February 22, 2014 at the Miller Branch.

System's Thinking discussion and breakout sessions.

System's Thinking discussion and breakout sessions.

Secretary Landgraf and Public Health Director Dr. Karyl Rattay were joined by state Sen. Bruce Ennis and Reps. Ruth Briggs-King, Dave Wilson and Harvey Kenton in recognizing the 20th anniversary of Delaware’s Statewide Trauma System. “No matter where in Delaware someone suffers a traumatic injury, they enter into the same system of care,” Secretary Landgraf said. “We are only a handful of states to have an inclusive statewide trauma system.”

  

Dr. Rattay said the state’s trauma system is credited with saving 1,319 lives and caring for 101,000 seriously injured people since 2000, an almost 50 percent decrease in the mortality rate in that time. The Delaware mortality rate is now consistently lower than the national rate reported by the federal National Trauma Data Bank.

  

Fourteen individuals who have 20 years of continuous service to the trauma system were honored at the ceremony in the House chambers at Legislative Hall:

  

•Edward L. Alexander III, MD, FACS of Bayhealth Kent General Hospital

•Marilynn K. Bartley, MSN, RN of Christiana Care Health System

•Steven Blessing, MA, Chief, EMS and Preparedness Section, DPH

•Steven D. Carey, MD, FACS of Nanticoke Memorial Hospital

•Dean Dobbert, MD, FACEP, Kent County EMS Medical Director

•Deborah Eberly, BSN, RN, CEN, CNML of Bayhealth

•Gerard J. Fulda, MD,FACS of Christiana Care Health System

•Linda Laskowski Jones, MS, APRN, ACNS-BC, CEN, FAWM, FAAN of Christiana Care Health System

•MarySue Jones, RN, MS, State Trauma System Coordinator, OEMS, DPH

•James P. Marvel, Jr., MD, FACS of Beebe Healthcare

•Ross E. Megargel, DO, FACEP, State EMS Medical Director

•Stephen G. Murphy, MD, FACS of Nemours/Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children

•Lawrence E. Tan, Esq., NRP, Chief of Emergency Medical Services, New Castle County

•Glen H. Tinkoff, MD, FACS of Christiana Care Health System

  

Sen. Ennis, who advocated for and helped to push through the enabling legislation, read a joint resolution recognizing the trauma system’s anniversary. Rep. Kenton in honoring Sen. Ennis’ role in creating the trauma system said, “We’ll never know, Senator, how many lives you saved.” Rep. Briggs-King in praising the statewide system of care said, “For a small state, you’ve made a huge statement.”

  

Trauma survivor Melanie Pertain shared how the system helped her and her family after they were involved in a serious motor vehicle crash on Concord Pike in 2013. “I received tremendous care in the ER and then the OR after we were transported to Christiana Hospital,” said Pertain, who spent two weeks in the surgical ICU after suffering a traumatic brain injury and other injuries in the accident. “My new mantra is ‘Be grateful, not hateful.’”

  

Author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie at the Howard County Library System's Miller Branch.

Scanned using Cubify/3d System's Sense scanner and printed on an Ultimaker 2 back in April 2014

This projectis part of the AIxMusic exhibition at Kepler's Garden.

 

Ricercar is an interactive AI-based music composition system being developed by Ali Nikrang at the Ars Electronica Futurelab. “Ricercar” refers to a musical form of the Renaissance and Baroque which means “search” in Italian. Composers used it for pieces in which they experimented with a theme or musical idea to discover qualities such as permutation, possibilities in variation and harmonic potential. Ricercar: An AI-Based Musical Companion follows a similar idea. It aims to create an intuitive interface between human artists and an AI-based composition system, in which human users and the AI system can collaboratively discover the potential of a musical idea, given to the system by the users or initialized by the system itself. The interaction takes advantage of the benefits of artificial creativity, as well as the human ability to personalise and control the system’s output.

 

For further information please visit:

ars.electronica.art/keplersgardens/ricercar/

 

Credit: tom mesic

The Enchanted Garden at Howard County Library System's Miller Branch is now certified by MonarchWatch as an official Monarch Waystation. The plaque was unveiled last night at during a Tween Sprouts youth garden club class in the garden during which students planted hots plants for monarchs, including milkweed.

 

The Enchanted Garden contributes to monarch conservation and provides a habitat and resources necessary for monarchs to produce successive generations and sustain their migration. We have three youth garden clubs, The Green Fingers, The Tween Sprouts, and The Enchanted Garden Youth Corps.

Howard County Library System's Evening in the Stacks held on February 22, 2014 at the Miller Branch.

Trash bins continue to fall over. Very strong & gusty southerly winds & rain were observed as this strongly awaited atmospheric river/storm system’s main cold front made ‘landfall’ in the Bay Area. This was indeed the strongest storm so far this season for the region. Conditions outside looked like a tropical storm! Certainly, this was a stormy night for the region. The Sierras were also looking at feet of snowfall before all this is said & done. This evening was just the 1st part of the storm. More heavy rain & wind was in store for the state over the next day or two as this atmospheric river was forecast to inch back north towards the South Bay the very next day... Things would finally die down by Friday. Stay safe out there, everyone! (Video taken Tuesday nearing midnight, ‎January ‎26, ‎2021)

 

*Weather forecast/update: A strong Pacific storm, or atmospheric river, was expected to bring periods of moderate to heavy rain to the region. This system was forecast to arrive by Tuesday (Jan 26) & was to bring periods of heavy rain & high winds. This will likely result in an increased risk of mudslides over steep terrain, debris flow over wildfire burned areas, as well as localized ponding of water in low-lying areas. Up to 3 inches of rain was expected in urban areas & 3-7 inches possible over higher terrain. The entire area from Napa south thru Monterey & San Benito Counties would get a good soaking from this atmospheric river. Latest model guidance suggests the coastal slopes of the Santa Cruz Mountains & Big Sur look to be the primary target of the heaviest rain. On top of this, a high wind watch was also in effect during the period. South winds 20-30 mph with gusts up to 50-60 mph are possible. North Bay, San Francisco Bay Shoreline, East Bay, Santa Cruz Mountains, and the South Bay will all be affected. Timing of the strongest winds are forecast to happen Tuesday evening thru Wednesday morning as this strong system’s cold front sweeps thru. Damaging winds can blow down trees & power lines which may result in power outages… Stay tuned to the latest forecast for the most up-to-date weather info online…

Observing the storm overnight. Very strong & gusty southerly winds & rain were observed as this strongly awaited atmospheric river/storm system’s main cold front made ‘landfall’ in the Bay Area. This was indeed the strongest storm so far this season for the region. Conditions outside looked like a tropical storm! Certainly, this was a stormy night for the region. The Sierras were also looking at feet of snowfall before all this is said & done. This evening was just the 1st part of the storm. More heavy rain & wind was in store for the state over the next day or two as this atmospheric river was forecast to inch back north towards the South Bay the very next day... Things would finally die down by Friday. Stay safe out there, everyone! (Video taken Tuesday nearing midnight, ‎January ‎26, ‎2021)

 

*Weather forecast/update: A strong Pacific storm, or atmospheric river, was expected to bring periods of moderate to heavy rain to the region. This system was forecast to arrive by Tuesday (Jan 26) & was to bring periods of heavy rain & high winds. This will likely result in an increased risk of mudslides over steep terrain, debris flow over wildfire burned areas, as well as localized ponding of water in low-lying areas. Up to 3 inches of rain was expected in urban areas & 3-7 inches possible over higher terrain. The entire area from Napa south thru Monterey & San Benito Counties would get a good soaking from this atmospheric river. Latest model guidance suggests the coastal slopes of the Santa Cruz Mountains & Big Sur look to be the primary target of the heaviest rain. On top of this, a high wind watch was also in effect during the period. South winds 20-30 mph with gusts up to 50-60 mph are possible. North Bay, San Francisco Bay Shoreline, East Bay, Santa Cruz Mountains, and the South Bay will all be affected. Timing of the strongest winds are forecast to happen Tuesday evening thru Wednesday morning as this strong system’s cold front sweeps thru. Damaging winds can blow down trees & power lines which may result in power outages… Stay tuned to the latest forecast for the most up-to-date weather info online…

One stormy evening in the city... Very strong & gusty southerly winds & rain were observed as this strongly awaited atmospheric river/storm system’s main cold front made ‘landfall’ in the Bay Area. This was indeed the strongest storm so far this season for the region. Conditions outside looked like a tropical storm! Certainly, this was a stormy night for the region. The Sierras were also looking at feet of snowfall before all this is said & done. This evening was just the 1st part of the storm. More heavy rain & wind was in store for the state over the next day or two as this atmospheric river was forecast to inch back north towards the South Bay the very next day... Things would finally die down by Friday. Stay safe out there, everyone! (Video taken Tuesday late evening, ‎January ‎26, ‎2021)

 

*Weather forecast/update: A strong Pacific storm, or atmospheric river, was expected to bring periods of moderate to heavy rain to the region. This system was forecast to arrive by Tuesday (Jan 26) & was to bring periods of heavy rain & high winds. This will likely result in an increased risk of mudslides over steep terrain, debris flow over wildfire burned areas, as well as localized ponding of water in low-lying areas. Up to 3 inches of rain was expected in urban areas & 3-7 inches possible over higher terrain. The entire area from Napa south thru Monterey & San Benito Counties would get a good soaking from this atmospheric river. Latest model guidance suggests the coastal slopes of the Santa Cruz Mountains & Big Sur look to be the primary target of the heaviest rain. On top of this, a high wind watch was also in effect during the period. South winds 20-30 mph with gusts up to 50-60 mph are possible. North Bay, San Francisco Bay Shoreline, East Bay, Santa Cruz Mountains, and the South Bay will all be affected. Timing of the strongest winds are forecast to happen Tuesday evening thru Wednesday morning as this strong system’s cold front sweeps thru. Damaging winds can blow down trees & power lines which may result in power outages… Stay tuned to the latest forecast for the most up-to-date weather info online…

On Saturday, October 7, more than 1,700 of Rochester Regional Health’s friends and employees gathered at the Joseph A. Floreano Rochester Riverside Convention Center for the system’s signature celebration.

On board unit 4018 as we run along the shared alignment with Network Rail, both running lines here between Pelaw and Jarrow are single track, the disused freight line on the left goes to the now closed Shell Oil storage facility at Jarrow, whilst i am on a service for South Shields, on the Tyne and Wear Metro system's Yellow Line, having not ridden this system before it was a rather nice surprise to be offered a drivers eye view that you have on these 1978/81 Metro-Cammell Birmingham built units, of which there are 90 two car articulated units, which usually operate in pairs.

Maybe in the future the disused freight line could converted to become part of the Metro system to form a double track section as most of the Metro system is.

Howard County Library System's Evening in the Stacks held on February 22, 2014 at the Miller Branch.

Am I in Florida?! Very strong & gusty southerly winds & rain were observed as this strongly awaited atmospheric river/storm system’s main cold front made ‘landfall’ in the Bay Area. This was indeed the strongest storm so far this season for the region. Conditions outside looked like a tropical storm! Certainly, this was a stormy night for the region. The Sierras were also looking at feet of snowfall before all this is said & done. This evening was just the 1st part of the storm. More heavy rain & wind was in store for the state over the next day or two as this atmospheric river was forecast to inch back north towards the South Bay the very next day... Things would finally die down by Friday. Stay safe out there, everyone! (Video taken Tuesday evening, ‎January ‎26, ‎2021)

 

*Weather forecast/update: A strong Pacific storm, or atmospheric river, was expected to bring periods of moderate to heavy rain to the region. This system was forecast to arrive by Tuesday (Jan 26) & was to bring periods of heavy rain & high winds. This will likely result in an increased risk of mudslides over steep terrain, debris flow over wildfire burned areas, as well as localized ponding of water in low-lying areas. Up to 3 inches of rain was expected in urban areas & 3-7 inches possible over higher terrain. The entire area from Napa south thru Monterey & San Benito Counties would get a good soaking from this atmospheric river. Latest model guidance suggests the coastal slopes of the Santa Cruz Mountains & Big Sur look to be the primary target of the heaviest rain. On top of this, a high wind watch was also in effect during the period. South winds 20-30 mph with gusts up to 50-60 mph are possible. North Bay, San Francisco Bay Shoreline, East Bay, Santa Cruz Mountains, and the South Bay will all be affected. Timing of the strongest winds are forecast to happen Tuesday evening thru Wednesday morning as this strong system’s cold front sweeps thru. Damaging winds can blow down trees & power lines which may result in power outages… Stay tuned to the latest forecast for the most up-to-date weather info online…

Kinshasa, RDC – Le Programme des Nations Unies pour le Développement (PNUD) a remis au gouvernement congolais du matériel et des équipements de lutte contre la COVID-19 d’une valeur de 700 000USD. Cet appui, destiné à la prise en charge des cas dans 40 hôpitaux généraux de référence, a été remis ce mercredi 20 janvier 2021 au Ministre de la Santé, Eteni Longondo, par le Représentant Résident du Pnud, Dominic Sam, en présence du Coordonnateur du Secrétariat Technique de riposte COVID, le Professeur Jean-Jacques Muyembe, et du Coordonnateur Résident du Système des Nations Unies, David McLachlan-Karr. Photo PNUD/ Marc Ngwanza

 

Kinshasa, DRC – The United Nations Development Program (UNDP) has provided the Congolese government with materials and equipment worth $ 700,000, to fight COVID-19. This support, intended for the treatment of cases referred to 40 general referral hospitals, was handed over, on Wednesday, January 20, 2021, to the Minister of Health, Eteni Longondo, by the Resident Representative of the UNDP, Dominic Sam, in the presence of the Coordinator of the COVID Response Technical Secretariat, Professor Jean-Jacques Muyembe, and the United Nations System’s Resident Coordinator, David McLachlan-Karr. Photo UNDP / Marc Ngwanza

 

Very strong & gusty southerly winds & rain were observed as this strongly awaited atmospheric river/storm system’s main cold front made ‘landfall’ in the Bay Area. This was indeed the strongest storm so far this season for the region. Conditions outside looked like a tropical storm! Certainly, this was a stormy night for the region. The Sierras were also looking at feet of snowfall before all this is said & done. This evening was just the 1st part of the storm. More heavy rain & wind was in store for the state over the next day or two as this atmospheric river was forecast to inch back north towards the South Bay the very next day... Things would finally die down by Friday. Stay safe out there, everyone! (Video taken Tuesday evening, ‎January ‎26, ‎2021)

 

*Weather forecast/update: A strong Pacific storm, or atmospheric river, was expected to bring periods of moderate to heavy rain to the region. This system was forecast to arrive by Tuesday (Jan 26) & was to bring periods of heavy rain & high winds. This will likely result in an increased risk of mudslides over steep terrain, debris flow over wildfire burned areas, as well as localized ponding of water in low-lying areas. Up to 3 inches of rain was expected in urban areas & 3-7 inches possible over higher terrain. The entire area from Napa south thru Monterey & San Benito Counties would get a good soaking from this atmospheric river. Latest model guidance suggests the coastal slopes of the Santa Cruz Mountains & Big Sur look to be the primary target of the heaviest rain. On top of this, a high wind watch was also in effect during the period. South winds 20-30 mph with gusts up to 50-60 mph are possible. North Bay, San Francisco Bay Shoreline, East Bay, Santa Cruz Mountains, and the South Bay will all be affected. Timing of the strongest winds are forecast to happen Tuesday evening thru Wednesday morning as this strong system’s cold front sweeps thru. Damaging winds can blow down trees & power lines which may result in power outages… Stay tuned to the latest forecast for the most up-to-date weather info online…

Howard County Library System's Evening in the Stacks held on February 22, 2014 at the Miller Branch.

Howard County Library System's Evening in the Stacks held on February 22, 2014 at the Miller Branch.

Talk about a stormy night! Very strong & gusty southerly winds & rain were observed as this strongly awaited atmospheric river/storm system’s main cold front made ‘landfall’ in the Bay Area. This was indeed the strongest storm so far this season for the region. Conditions outside looked like a tropical storm! Certainly, this was a stormy night for the region. The Sierras were also looking at feet of snowfall before all this is said & done. This evening was just the 1st part of the storm. More heavy rain & wind was in store for the state over the next day or two as this atmospheric river was forecast to inch back north towards the South Bay the very next day... Things would finally die down by Friday. Stay safe out there, everyone! (Video taken Tuesday nearing midnight, ‎January ‎26, ‎2021)

 

*Weather forecast/update: A strong Pacific storm, or atmospheric river, was expected to bring periods of moderate to heavy rain to the region. This system was forecast to arrive by Tuesday (Jan 26) & was to bring periods of heavy rain & high winds. This will likely result in an increased risk of mudslides over steep terrain, debris flow over wildfire burned areas, as well as localized ponding of water in low-lying areas. Up to 3 inches of rain was expected in urban areas & 3-7 inches possible over higher terrain. The entire area from Napa south thru Monterey & San Benito Counties would get a good soaking from this atmospheric river. Latest model guidance suggests the coastal slopes of the Santa Cruz Mountains & Big Sur look to be the primary target of the heaviest rain. On top of this, a high wind watch was also in effect during the period. South winds 20-30 mph with gusts up to 50-60 mph are possible. North Bay, San Francisco Bay Shoreline, East Bay, Santa Cruz Mountains, and the South Bay will all be affected. Timing of the strongest winds are forecast to happen Tuesday evening thru Wednesday morning as this strong system’s cold front sweeps thru. Damaging winds can blow down trees & power lines which may result in power outages… Stay tuned to the latest forecast for the most up-to-date weather info online…

Howard County Library System's Evening in the Stacks held on February 22, 2014 at the Miller Branch.

Howard County Library System's Evening in the Stacks held on February 22, 2014 at the Miller Branch. Bestselling author Chris Bohjalian.

鮭と蕪の、。Salmon and turnip stew

 

Photographed with OLYMPUS OM-SYSTEM S ZUIKO AUTO-ZOOM 35~70mm 1:3.5-4.5 143233

Driving in the storm. Very strong & gusty southerly winds & rain were observed as this strongly awaited atmospheric river/storm system’s main cold front made ‘landfall’ in the Bay Area. This was indeed the strongest storm so far this season for the region. Conditions outside looked like a tropical storm! Certainly, this was a stormy night for the region. The Sierras were also looking at feet of snowfall before all this is said & done. This evening was just the 1st part of the storm. More heavy rain & wind was in store for the state over the next day or two as this atmospheric river was forecast to inch back north towards the South Bay the very next day... Things would finally die down by Friday. Stay safe out there, everyone! (Video taken Tuesday nearing midnight, ‎January ‎26, ‎2021)

 

*Weather forecast/update: A strong Pacific storm, or atmospheric river, was expected to bring periods of moderate to heavy rain to the region. This system was forecast to arrive by Tuesday (Jan 26) & was to bring periods of heavy rain & high winds. This will likely result in an increased risk of mudslides over steep terrain, debris flow over wildfire burned areas, as well as localized ponding of water in low-lying areas. Up to 3 inches of rain was expected in urban areas & 3-7 inches possible over higher terrain. The entire area from Napa south thru Monterey & San Benito Counties would get a good soaking from this atmospheric river. Latest model guidance suggests the coastal slopes of the Santa Cruz Mountains & Big Sur look to be the primary target of the heaviest rain. On top of this, a high wind watch was also in effect during the period. South winds 20-30 mph with gusts up to 50-60 mph are possible. North Bay, San Francisco Bay Shoreline, East Bay, Santa Cruz Mountains, and the South Bay will all be affected. Timing of the strongest winds are forecast to happen Tuesday evening thru Wednesday morning as this strong system’s cold front sweeps thru. Damaging winds can blow down trees & power lines which may result in power outages… Stay tuned to the latest forecast for the most up-to-date weather info online…

VA employees, Veterans and community members at the VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System's Toledo Community Based Outreach Clinic (CBOC) put on their walking shoes and joined in the fourth nationwide VA2K event on May 21, 2014. The annual Walk and Roll of about 1.2 miles took place at VA hospitals and CBOCs encourages people to step up their fitness level and to support homeless Veterans with donated food and clothing items.

Howard County Library System's Evening in the Stacks held on February 22, 2014 at the Miller Branch. Washington Post Book Critic Ron Charles, left, and bestselling author Chris Bohjalian.

On Saturday, October 7, more than 1,700 of Rochester Regional Health’s friends and employees gathered at the Joseph A. Floreano Rochester Riverside Convention Center for the system’s signature celebration.

ATLANTIC OCEAN (July 8, 2014) -- Gas Turbine System's Technician Mechanical 2nd Class Amber Coleman, reads a material readiness card (MRC) to prepare for maintenance aboard the guided-missile destroyer USS Forrest Sherman (DDG 98). Sherman is underway participating in Exercise Greyhound Armor in support of Destroyer Squadron 2. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Bounome Chanphouang/RELEASED).

  

NASA’s Exploration Ground System’s Landing and Recovery team, partners from the Department of Defense, and U.S. Navy personnel practice recovery procedures in boats during Underway Recovery Test 11 (URT-11) off the coast of San Diego on Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2024. URT-11 is the eleventh in a series of Artemis recovery tests, and the first time NASA and its partners put their Artemis II recovery procedures to the test with the astronauts. Photo credit: NASA/Isaac Watson

NASA image use policy.

Berger Health System's Bentley Beagle rides the Berger float in the 2011 Ashville Fourth of July Celebration parade.

An MWMO intern poses in front of the north side of the system's soon-to-be-buried concrete tank.

1890-era photo shows Lakeland's train depot when it was still being operated by the Plant System's South Florida Railroad. Polk County Historical Museum

More tree damage... Very strong & gusty southerly winds & rain were observed as this strongly awaited atmospheric river/storm system’s main cold front made ‘landfall’ in the Bay Area. This was indeed the strongest storm so far this season for the region. Conditions outside looked like a tropical storm! Certainly, this was a stormy night for the region. The Sierras were also looking at feet of snowfall before all this is said & done. This evening was just the 1st part of the storm. More heavy rain & wind was in store for the state over the next day or two as this atmospheric river was forecast to inch back north towards the South Bay the very next day... Things would finally die down by Friday. Stay safe out there, everyone! (Video taken Tuesday nearing midnight, ‎January ‎26, ‎2021)

 

*Weather forecast/update: A strong Pacific storm, or atmospheric river, was expected to bring periods of moderate to heavy rain to the region. This system was forecast to arrive by Tuesday (Jan 26) & was to bring periods of heavy rain & high winds. This will likely result in an increased risk of mudslides over steep terrain, debris flow over wildfire burned areas, as well as localized ponding of water in low-lying areas. Up to 3 inches of rain was expected in urban areas & 3-7 inches possible over higher terrain. The entire area from Napa south thru Monterey & San Benito Counties would get a good soaking from this atmospheric river. Latest model guidance suggests the coastal slopes of the Santa Cruz Mountains & Big Sur look to be the primary target of the heaviest rain. On top of this, a high wind watch was also in effect during the period. South winds 20-30 mph with gusts up to 50-60 mph are possible. North Bay, San Francisco Bay Shoreline, East Bay, Santa Cruz Mountains, and the South Bay will all be affected. Timing of the strongest winds are forecast to happen Tuesday evening thru Wednesday morning as this strong system’s cold front sweeps thru. Damaging winds can blow down trees & power lines which may result in power outages… Stay tuned to the latest forecast for the most up-to-date weather info online…

Author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie at the Howard County Library System's Miller Branch.

Anniston Army Depot electronics mechanics connect a dispensing control unit to the M139 Volcano mine system’s racks to test each of the firing mechanisms.

It was a tropical storm-y kind of night in the Bay Area. Very strong & gusty southerly winds & rain were observed as this strongly awaited atmospheric river/storm system’s main cold front made ‘landfall’ in the Bay Area. This was indeed the strongest storm so far this season for the region. Conditions outside looked like a tropical storm! Certainly, this was a stormy night for the region. The Sierras were also looking at feet of snowfall before all this is said & done. This evening was just the 1st part of the storm. More heavy rain & wind was in store for the state over the next day or two as this atmospheric river was forecast to inch back north towards the South Bay the very next day... Things would finally die down by Friday. Stay safe out there, everyone! (Video taken Tuesday late evening, ‎January ‎26, ‎2021)

 

*Weather forecast/update: A strong Pacific storm, or atmospheric river, was expected to bring periods of moderate to heavy rain to the region. This system was forecast to arrive by Tuesday (Jan 26) & was to bring periods of heavy rain & high winds. This will likely result in an increased risk of mudslides over steep terrain, debris flow over wildfire burned areas, as well as localized ponding of water in low-lying areas. Up to 3 inches of rain was expected in urban areas & 3-7 inches possible over higher terrain. The entire area from Napa south thru Monterey & San Benito Counties would get a good soaking from this atmospheric river. Latest model guidance suggests the coastal slopes of the Santa Cruz Mountains & Big Sur look to be the primary target of the heaviest rain. On top of this, a high wind watch was also in effect during the period. South winds 20-30 mph with gusts up to 50-60 mph are possible. North Bay, San Francisco Bay Shoreline, East Bay, Santa Cruz Mountains, and the South Bay will all be affected. Timing of the strongest winds are forecast to happen Tuesday evening thru Wednesday morning as this strong system’s cold front sweeps thru. Damaging winds can blow down trees & power lines which may result in power outages… Stay tuned to the latest forecast for the most up-to-date weather info online…

A tropical stormy kind of evening. Very strong & gusty southerly winds & rain were observed as this strongly awaited atmospheric river/storm system’s main cold front made ‘landfall’ in the Bay Area. This was indeed the strongest storm so far this season for the region. Conditions outside looked like a tropical storm! Certainly, this was a stormy night for the region. The Sierras were also looking at feet of snowfall before all this is said & done. This evening was just the 1st part of the storm. More heavy rain & wind was in store for the state over the next day or two as this atmospheric river was forecast to inch back north towards the South Bay the very next day... Things would finally die down by Friday. Stay safe out there, everyone! (Video taken Tuesday nearing midnight, ‎January ‎26, ‎2021)

 

*Weather forecast/update: A strong Pacific storm, or atmospheric river, was expected to bring periods of moderate to heavy rain to the region. This system was forecast to arrive by Tuesday (Jan 26) & was to bring periods of heavy rain & high winds. This will likely result in an increased risk of mudslides over steep terrain, debris flow over wildfire burned areas, as well as localized ponding of water in low-lying areas. Up to 3 inches of rain was expected in urban areas & 3-7 inches possible over higher terrain. The entire area from Napa south thru Monterey & San Benito Counties would get a good soaking from this atmospheric river. Latest model guidance suggests the coastal slopes of the Santa Cruz Mountains & Big Sur look to be the primary target of the heaviest rain. On top of this, a high wind watch was also in effect during the period. South winds 20-30 mph with gusts up to 50-60 mph are possible. North Bay, San Francisco Bay Shoreline, East Bay, Santa Cruz Mountains, and the South Bay will all be affected. Timing of the strongest winds are forecast to happen Tuesday evening thru Wednesday morning as this strong system’s cold front sweeps thru. Damaging winds can blow down trees & power lines which may result in power outages… Stay tuned to the latest forecast for the most up-to-date weather info online…

This overhead vista was my view last night while I stood along the centreline of the Braidwood Road near Nowra, Australia. A fierce wind was blowing through the area making the camera shake a little, but the sky was very clear and satisfyingly dark.

 

Our solar system’s most massive planet, Jupiter, is the bright light in the trees on the left of the shot. Shining with an unmissable orange glow over on the right is Mars, about ten days away from its closest approach to Earth in 15 years. On average, Mars is the fifth-brightest object visible to our eyes in the night sky, but from July through September this year it will be brighter than the third-place holder, Jupiter.

 

The dusty-looking, colourful streak running between these two bright planets, stretching from the top to the bottom of my photo, is the edge-on view we have of our home galaxy, the Milky Way. A third planet, Saturn, is hiding amongst this strip of stars, dust and dark gas that marks the winter nights here in Australia.

 

This image is a single-frame shot, captured with a Canon EOS 6D camera, a Samyang 14mm XP lens @ f/2.8, for an exposure time of 25 seconds @ ISO 6400.

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