What's happening in the world?
If you want to know what's going on at any given moment around the world, where do you look? CNN may not have all the up-to-date information and certainly not when you want to hear it, see it, read it. I was sent this link to the Havaria Information Service - AlertMap, a product of the National Association of Radio-Distress Signalling and Infocommunications, Havaria Emergency and Disaster Information Services in Budapest, Hungary.
In graphic format on a world map, flashing icons show what is going on right now across the globe. Epidemics, floods, earthquakes, bird flu, volcanic eruptions, wars, etc. The newest activity is marked with a flashing red circle, and the newest seismic activity by a yellow circle. Icons show you what is being represented, from bioterrorism to vehicle accidents and clicking on the icon sends you to a page with information on that event.
Below the icon map is a listing of all the events, from storms to volcanic eruptions. It's interesting to note that there are 57 volcanoes listed as currently erupting around the world, including Mt. St. Helens. I don't know what their definition of erupting is, but I think this list would need more researching if you were going to rush off to view an erupting volcano or escape to safety based on the information presented on this list. Interesting nonetheless, however. It goes to show how active our planet is. We only hear about volcanic eruptions, for example, when they are spectacular or when lives and property are in danger. Many eruptions are small, steamy, or non-threatening events.
Nemaha County, Kansas and Clay County, Missouri both had hail measuring 5.08 cm in diameter in the past 24 hours. That's 2 inches in diameter. Ouch.
In the U.S over the past 4 days (4/10/06 - 4/14/06) there were 19 reported aircraft accidents or incidents with 8 injuries. Three of them were in North Carolina, hmmm.
RSS feeds and links to Google Earth are also available. You can also sign up to receive free email updates of new activity so you're never far from being up-to-date on global disasters.
In graphic format on a world map, flashing icons show what is going on right now across the globe. Epidemics, floods, earthquakes, bird flu, volcanic eruptions, wars, etc. The newest activity is marked with a flashing red circle, and the newest seismic activity by a yellow circle. Icons show you what is being represented, from bioterrorism to vehicle accidents and clicking on the icon sends you to a page with information on that event.
Below the icon map is a listing of all the events, from storms to volcanic eruptions. It's interesting to note that there are 57 volcanoes listed as currently erupting around the world, including Mt. St. Helens. I don't know what their definition of erupting is, but I think this list would need more researching if you were going to rush off to view an erupting volcano or escape to safety based on the information presented on this list. Interesting nonetheless, however. It goes to show how active our planet is. We only hear about volcanic eruptions, for example, when they are spectacular or when lives and property are in danger. Many eruptions are small, steamy, or non-threatening events.
Nemaha County, Kansas and Clay County, Missouri both had hail measuring 5.08 cm in diameter in the past 24 hours. That's 2 inches in diameter. Ouch.
In the U.S over the past 4 days (4/10/06 - 4/14/06) there were 19 reported aircraft accidents or incidents with 8 injuries. Three of them were in North Carolina, hmmm.
RSS feeds and links to Google Earth are also available. You can also sign up to receive free email updates of new activity so you're never far from being up-to-date on global disasters.
posted by Mike Shipman | 12:48:00 PM
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