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Magnitude 7.0 to Help Go To http://www.whitehouse.gov/

Magnitude 7.0 Quake Hits Haiti at 4:53 PM EST and 1:53 PM PST 01/12/10-Building Codes Are Horrible-Massive Damage with building collapses including several hospitals, people are still trapped!  The quake was about 6 miles deep(6 miles is shallow=more damage) and the epicenter was 10 miles SW of Port-AU-Prince a city of a few million with most buildings down or severely damaged: CNN’s Anderson Cooper is in Port-au-Prince to report  more excellent coverage (Before and After Video/Photo of the Palace Below): Click for CNN Here

Also, a friend of mine, Patricia Firestone mentioned an easy way to help Haiti.  Simply text HAITI 90999 to donate $10.00 to the American Red Cross.  The donation will appear on your next cell bill.  Keep in mind, that’s only 2 morning cappuccinos:)  Thank you!

Port-au-Prince Palace in Haiti(Video Before the quake)

The Palace Now

These are the buildings in Haiti before the 7.0 quake. Many fell !

Buildings Destroyed by the 7.0 quake in Port-au-Prince, Haiti/Largest quake in Haiti

Millions felt Intense Shaking-Massive Damage

Record Cold in Florida – Snow, Sleet & Freezing Rain in Spots 01/09/10

Jan. Records-Florida Cold

Miami, 36 is the New Record low on Jan. 11th, 2010 and 48 for the High on Jan. 1oth. The old records(37 1927 & 53 in 1970).

Records for the longest number of consecutive days with lows at or below45 degrees was set at Miami and Fort Lauderdale. (10 days), and they are approaching the all-time recorded streak of lows below 50 degrees. (13 for Miami and 12 for Ft. Lauderdale).

Snow/Sleet & Freezing Rain Reports in Florida on 01/09/10

5.8 N. Mexico 12/30-6.5 Quake off- N. CA Coast Jan.9- & Jan.11 a 4.3 -80 miles E. of L.A.

6.5 Quake off the N. CA Coast-Eureka, CNN Reports Here

List of aftershocks from the 6.5 quake- Saturday 01/09/11: Click Here

5.8 quake Dec. 30 -N. Baja Mexico Felt in San Diego 3.7 Miles Deep

4.3 quake N. of Palm Springs & E. of L.A. 01/11/10 -6 miles deep

6.5 Quake off the Northern California Coast-18 miles deep

Flood Potential & High Wind in W. WA/ Freezing Rain E. WA 1/11/10

Flood Watches/Warning Around Olympic Mtns.

Hurricane Ridge… The wind won’t blow you away, but the views just might!  That’s what the ski & snowboard website states.  Well, 1/11/10 the wind could have blow you away.  Hurricane Ridge late 01/11/10 they recorded a South wind sustained at 41 mph and gusts to 82 miles per hour in the Olympic Mountains.  The peak gust was 115 miles per hour.   We know how it got the name

Wind Advisory Expired 1/12/10 for Bellingham, Friday Harbor & Whidbey Island

Flood WATCH Ended 1/12/10-Olympics into Wednesday

Flood Warning Skokomish River near Potlatch, the Elwha and Bogachiel Ended: More Here

Freezing Rain Advisory Monday 01/11/10 Expired 1/12/10- Ellensburg, Cle Elum, Easton, Roslyn

Portland Reporter Gets Blown Over in Strong Wind Gusts-Columbia Gorge

Portland Reporter Gets Blown Over in Strong Wind Gusts-Columbia Gorge

Air always flows from High Pressure to Low Pressure and if you get a strong pressure difference, you get extreme wind gusts.  The air in E. WA is cold and dense, while the air in W. WA is milder.   The wind over the last few days has hit the Cascade Crest and the gaps in the Cascades including the Columbia River Gorge with some gusts as high as 100 miles per hour.  The Fraser River gap in Western Whatcom county and places like Gold Bar, North Bend, Issaquah & Enumclaw have also seen some gusts over 50 miles per hour as the cold dense air in E. WA is forced through the Cascade Passes and it shoots out the other side into the Western WA foothills.   The air in E. WA is starting to warm up on 01/09/10 and the extreme wind gusts in the Gorge are dying down.   El Nino is beginning to kick in and I bet we continue with the milder air in the entire NW.

Blue Shades=Colder Air Green/Yellow-Milder 01/09 1PM

By 01/12 10 PM The Blue or Cold in E. WA is Gone

Freezing Rain Advisory-Cascade Passes 01/08/10

Winter Weather Advisories Cascades and E. WA

Winter Weather Advisory-Cle Elum, Easton, Roslyn, Ellensburg, Wenatchee & Tri-Cities: Click Here

Freezing Rain Advisory-Cascade Passes 01/08/10: Click  Here

01/07/10 Snow in much of the U.S., but not in Western WA

Wind Chill Advisories in the Midwest

Kansas City Snowfall Amounts Ending 7am 01/07/10

17 @ 7am on the 7th in St. Louis with light snow and a West wind at 15mph with a wind chill of 2

13 @ 6pm  on the 7th in St. Louis and a wind: W 25 G 38 mph making the wind chill -7

16 @ 7am on the 7th in Chicago with snow and the wind stays light today.  9 to 15″ of snow is now expected.

40 @ 5am on the 7th of January  in Seattle with a high near 50 with sun and clouds mixed and dry.

32 @ 5am in Bellingham with a high around 46 and partly sunny.

31 @ 8 am in Central Park in NYC with a high near 38 and light snow tonight-a trace to 1″.

And a Shout out to Lorie Juckett from S. Everett- HAPPY BIRTHDAY !!!  L.A. is 49 @ 6am-Sunny Today 70.

Lorie Juckett Happy Birthday 01/07/10

Freeze Warnings in Florida for 01/07/10

South Florida Temperatures for Thursday morning 01/07/10

Freeze Warnings in Florida

01/06/10 Snow in Chicago and Pleasant in the Northwest

FORCASTED SNOW TOTALS AROUND CHICAGO AND NORTHERN INDIANA INTO MICHIGAN!  MY COUSINS AND FRIENDS ARE EXCITED,  I USED TO LIVE THERE & THE SNOW CAN BE VERY  FUN !  IT’S 19 IN CHICAGO, NEAR 50 IN SEATTLE. LOWS IN KANSAS CITY WILL BE AROUND 6 DEGREES WITH SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW AND ST. LOUIS WILL HAVE SEVERAL INCHES AND WINDY WITH DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS.

PREDICTED SNOW ACCUMULATIONS FOR CHICAGO INTO 01/07/10

Wind Advisory 1/6/10 Foothills of the Cascades

Wind Advisory: Click for Details