I have been fighting a bug since last Saturday, and have decided to come to a full stop this weekend in an effort to get plenty of rest and keep hydrated so I can kick its butt once and for all. I hope to be back to full speed by Monday.
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Saturday, April 30, 2011
Friday, April 29, 2011
Watch the STS-134 Launch Live
The Last Flight of Endeavour
**2.21pm** Today's launch has been scrubbed. I will re-post on Monday.
Engineers and Managers to Assess APU IssueFri, 29 Apr 2011 01:14:11 PM EDT
Shuttle launch director Mike Leinbach stated that Endeavour's launch will be no earlier than Monday at 2:33 p.m. EDT. Engineers need that time to troubleshoot an issue that resulted in today’s launch scrub.
During today’s countdown, engineers detected a failure in one of two heater circuits associated...
Thursday, April 28, 2011
Day of the Tornadoes
This tornado outbreak began on April 25th and maxed on April 27th, when over 100 tornadoes were reported. Tornadoes are still being spawned by the storm this morning. This has been the deadliest tornado outbreak since 1932, overtaking the Super Outbreak of 1974. For more information, I refer you to the Wikipedia article on this outbreak, which is being continually updated with new information as it comes in.
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. - Deadly tornados...
Wednesday, April 27, 2011
Severe Weather Update #1 for 04-27-2011
Chances of Severe Hail for today
Here are a couple of video weather briefings I forgot to add to the last post.
**9.53am** A Severe Thunderstorm Warning has been issued for Clay and Cherokee Counties in North Carolina...just a few miles to my west.
Matthew East also has his video detailing his concerns for the storms today. See it here.
I'm also following the storm reports in real-time on NWS-Chat, a public page where you can...
Severe Weather Expected Across Carolinas Today And Tonight
**5.50am** I just noticed this statement from the National Weather Service, issued at 5am this morning:
THUNDERSTORMS WILL GRADUALLY INCREASE IN COVERAGE ACROSS THE
WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA TODAY...ESPECIALLY THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING. AS THE ATMOSPHERE BECOMES MORE UNSTABLE
THROUGH THE DAY...THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL GAIN THE POTENTIAL TO
PRODUCE LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WIND GUSTS...AND LOCALLY VERY HEAVY
RAINFALL.
A MORE SOLID LINE...
NC General Assembly
04-27-2011 Legislative Calendar
Links to Bills and Live Audio Feeds
The new session of the North Carolina General Assembly is well underway and here is the schedule for today. Lots of committees are meeting today, as well as sessions of the NC Senate and the NC House. I have included links to bill histories, downloadable PDFs of the current versions of bills and links so that you can listen to the audio feed of these meetings live...provided they are taking place in a room that is wired...
Tuesday, April 26, 2011
Macon County Commissioners 04-26-2011
Meeting Agenda and Live Coverage
There has been no agenda released for this meeting. I will be there, covering it and uploading photos from time to time. You may follow via the Twitter hashtag #MaconGov or on the widget below.
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NC General Assembly
04-26-2011 Legislative Calendar
Links to Bills and Live Audio Feeds
The new session of the North Carolina General Assembly is well underway and here is the very heavy schedule for today. several committees are scheduled to meet today, and the NC House and the NC Senate are also scheduled to meet today. I have included links to bill histories, downloadable PDFs of the current versions of bills and links so that you can listen to the audio feed of these meetings live...provided they are taking...
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