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Items that were once in our Current Events category. |
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 | The small town of Mars Bluff was the place where in 1958 a B-47 Stratojet accidentally dropped a nuclear bomb - fortunately without the removable core. 7,600 pounds of conventional explosives created a 75 feet wide crater. Some people from the family living in a nearby farm house were injured from the explosion, nobody was killed.
Awkward thing, especially for some Air Force guys... |  | 07/01/2009 | 113 | 
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 | This is the street corner where the tragic murder of teenage Ben Kinsella took place....... PLEASE NO MORE
Check streetveiw at this point... there are still tributes being left.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Kinsella | | 06/19/2009 | 50 |
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 | GeoEye imagery of the Italy Earthquake.
ADMIN NOTE: You have to zoom very close to see it. The image is very dark. | | 04/17/2009 | 2,263 |
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 | In the summer of 1995 an iceberg broke in two pieces and it rolled round. The result was a huge tsunami rolling towards the city of Uummannaq.
In the bay of Uummannaq local fishermen and hunters had their boats an on a small island a hunter had his dogs chained. A few days before a local plumber had recieved a load of iron pipes they were placed on a barge in the bay.
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 | this is a pic of the marsh in south louisiana, on fire | | 02/24/2009 | 139 |
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 | The Los Angeles riots of 1992, also known as the Rodney King uprising or the Rodney King riots, were sparked on April 29, 1992 when a jury acquitted four police officers accused in the videotaped beating of black motorist Rodney King following a high-speed pursuit. Thousands of people in the Los Angeles area rioted over the six days following the verdict. Widespread looting, assault, arson, and... |  | 12/22/2008 | 586 |
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 | This is a comprehensive file containing a lot of information regarding the fires currently happening in Southern California. | | 11/17/2008 | 371 |
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 | In the days since Hurricane Gustav first appeared on the radar (swiftly followed by several other storms), a team of Googlers has been gathering information we hope will be useful to residents of the affected regions and the relief agencies working to help them.
Imagery from NOAA
After Hurricane Gustav passed on Tuesday, NOAA's Remote Sensing Division began flying ... | | 09/18/2008 | 216 |
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 | Three days after Hurricane Ike slammed into Galveston, Texas as a Category 2 hurricane, severe flooding has challenged Gulf Coast residents from Texas to Louisiana. A team at Google has been gathering information we hope will be useful to residents of the affected regions and the relief agencies working to help them.
Imagery from NOAA
After Hurricane Ike came ashor... | | 09/18/2008 | 670 |
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 | Various models and plots for the forecasted path of Hurricane Gustav. | | 08/29/2008 | 1,531 |
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 | Various models and plots for the forecasted path of Tropical Storm Hanna. | | 08/29/2008 | 535 |
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 | On May 3, 2003, a group of intense supercell thunderstorms spawned multiple tornados that swept across Oklahoma and nearby states. One of the tornados touched down in the town of Moore, just south of Oklahoma City. The path of the tornado is visible in this high-resolution satellite image, acquired by the IKONOS satellite on May 10, 2003. In the center of the tornado’s swath homes were totally ... |  | 08/13/2008 | 1,080 |
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 | This is the epicenter of the 5.4 earthquake in southern California on July 29, 2008. | | 07/29/2008 | 186 |
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 | Fire crews are tackling a blaze at the Grand Pier in the Somerset seaside resort of Weston-super-Mare. | | 07/28/2008 | 331 |
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 | Launched on 19/2/86, Mir, the Russian space station orbited Earth until 23/3/2001, when it was de-orbited and crashed successfully into the Pacific Ocean. More info available at Wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mir |  | 06/11/2008 | 559 |
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 | Located 20 km east of the epicenter of the 2008 Sichuan earthquake, at the junction of Dujiangyan City and Wenchuan County on the upper Minjiang River the Zipingpu Hydropower Plant was brought into service in 2006. | | 05/15/2008 | 929 |
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 | An updated image from NASA, showing the extensive flooding in Myanmar. |  | 05/07/2008 | 1,569 |
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 | Image overlay of the cyclone that devastated Myanmar on May 1, 2008. |  | 05/05/2008 | 3,006 |
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 | Celebrating the 90th anniversary of its establishment, Canadian Forces Base Borden hosted an Open House and air show that included a variety of military, ex-military and civilian aircraft. Opened in 1916, the base was part of the Royal Flying Corps' training organization in North America during the First World War and has maintained a strong 'air force' connection since, providing at one time o... | | 04/29/2008 | 227 |
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 | Placemark corrected.
At least five people are feared dead after their small executive plane nosedived into a home in Kent.
There are further fears for residents who may have been inside nearby houses at the time of the crash.
An eyewitness described seeing a "big ball of fire" and plumes of smoke rising from the scene.
http://news.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30... | | 03/30/2008 | 1,235 |
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 | The owner of this hous in Aalborg, Denmark, began yesterday renovating his house he had let out.
He began with the basement by increasing the hight but forgot to support the house. The result was the house began yesterday evening to slide towards the road and the facade cracked.
This morning the house was demolished and all the household effects had to be left ins... | | 03/20/2008 | 332 |
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 | The Super 14 is the largest rugby union football club championship in the southern hemisphere, consisting of provincial teams from Australia, New Zealand and South Africa. The fourteen sides all compete against one another, with no divisional or pool system. Each team plays 13 games during the regular season which runs for fourteen weeks. | | 03/17/2008 | 594 |
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 | a general information (english and german)for the football europe championship 2008 in austria and switzerland:
TICKET SERVICE
STADIUMS - DATES OF MATCHES
TEAM ACCOMODATIONS AND TRAININGSCAMPS
FAN ZONES - PUBLIC VIEWING
FAN CAMPS
ACCOMODATIONS (only austria)
have much fun with planning your EM week | | 02/24/2008 | 416 |
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 | Alon USA Big Spring Refinery
There was a large explosion here on February 18, 2008, injuring four people but thankfully killing none. | | 02/18/2008 | 496 |
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 | These are overlays of tornado damage in Arkansas caused on Feb. 5, 2008. | | 02/18/2008 | 760 |
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