China declares quake lake crisis over

The potential for the 'quake lake' - a lake in China whose dam was threatened by the earthquake there - to flood has been removed, according to the Chinese government."Evacuees headed down from temporary camps Wednesday after Chinese authorities declared the flood threat over...

Water Gushes from China Quake Lake

The Chinese government is reporting that the "quake lake" in Sichuan province is finally draining, after heightened concerns over the past few days that it would cause flooding."China says the water level in the Tangjiashan quake-lake in southwestern Sichuan province is...

Aftershocks hit brimming China quake lake

Aftershock has forced rise in water levels in tunnels and dumped more debris into the water. Chinese Army is working on a war footing basis to clear the debris. They are working to finish it before starting of...

Aftershock Near Quake Lake

An aftershock to the May 12 earthquake has hit near the lake formed by the initial tremor. The instability of such lakes is proving to be a potentially deadly knock-on effect of the devastating earthquake."The...

Beware the toads...what's in your emergency kit?

UPDATE:  CNN has a video of the Bakersfield "frogswarm"Here's an interesting article from the "Unknown Country" website that just might make you go, "hmmmmm.""In the days prior to the gigantic earthquake that devastatedSichuan province in China, oddswarmsof frogs were...

Flooding continues in Louisiana

Rain, rain and more rain.  Shreveport Louisiana got drenched with rain over the last few days and remains under a flood watch.  So far at least 125 have been flooded."A third day of drenching storms loomed...

£ Millions Lost in Drainage Scam

Northampton, UK. an area that has housebuilding earmarked for every vacant plot, 125,000 houses for Northamptonshire by 2026, without the nessarary infrastructure, in this case flood defences. In the following...

Federal judge rules flood victims can't sue Corps

"Wednesday January 30, 2008, 3:03 PM, By Susan Finch, Staff writer, Times-Picayune Thousands of homeowners who sued the Army Corps of Engineers over flooding of their property when three New Orleans drainage canal levees failed after Hurricane Katrina are out of luck...

Mumbai to get Rs 1,200 cr grant for drainage system

Finally, some new hope for all of us at Mumbai, in fresh news from the capital city of India, it seems as if all the tax money we pay is not going to be drowned in corruption, nonsensical reasons to spend money, and...

Corps Placed Faulty Pumps in New Orleans

After reading an aritcle like this, I can only conclude that the Government is beyond incompetent, has lost its mind, and its bureaucratic blunders never cease to amaze me. Those poor people in New Orleans. There seems to be no limit to unfairness." NEW ORLEANS (AP) - The...

Rescuer pins fallen teenager, as subway passes over them

Those ditches are very shallow indeed, fullof stagnant water, rubbish and dead critters. That Wesley Autrey guy is a stud."NEW YORK (AP) -- Wesley Autrey faced a harrowing choice, as he tried to rescue a teenager who had fallen off a platform onto a subway track in front of...

More Votes Than Registered Voters

The mainstream media censored the vast majority of the evidence of fraud, so that most Americans to this day, have never heard a fraction of what was amiss.

Indian village uploads itself onto Internet

An Indian village has uploaded itself onto the Internet, giving the outside world a glimpse of life in rural India

Next on menu for Starbucks? It's hot food

According to New York Daily News, Starbucks is making changes to its menu. The coffee giant got 12 percent of its $4 billion in sales through food last year, mostly with cold items like cookies, muffins and salads. ...

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