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Global Warming Or Warning

Jerry Puffer — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 17:13:14 +0000

Take your pick. According to NOAA scientists, the global averaged temperature for this January tied with 1995 as the 9th warmest January since record keeping began back in 1980. It also marked the 37th consecutive January & 335th consecutive month with a global temperature above the 20th century average. The last below average January temperature [...]

How High's The Water Mama

Jerry Puffer — Tue, 25 Dec 2012 16:47:23 +0000

I'm blogging about author & oceanographer John Englander's new book that anticipated Superstorm Hurricane Sandy. In fact, just 1 week BEFORE Superstorm Sandy hit, ocean expert Englander released his book "High Tide On Main Street: Rising Sea Level and the Coming Coastal Crisis"! Englander says as the eastern seaboard begins the painful recovery process after Sandy's devastation, it is important to see the larger picture of why this happened, what the other likely future impacts are, & what we can do

Fracking, What's It All About Alfie

Jerry Puffer — Wed, 19 Sep 2012 18:10:44 +0000

Hydraulic fracturing is the “propagation” (this is the biggest word I’ve ever used in a blog) of fractures in a rock layer, as a result of the action of a pressurized fluid. Fracking is a technique used to release petroleum, natural gas, or other substances for extraction. The 1st use of hydraulic fracturing was back [...]

Global Warming?

Jerry Puffer — Tue, 14 Aug 2012 17:50:44 +0000

I’m not sure. According to NOAA, July marked the hottest month on record here in the United States. Drought expanded to cover nearly 63% of the Lower 2 million acres. According to NOAA scientists, the average temperature during July was 77.6 degrees which was 3.3 degrees above the 20th century average, and the hottest month [...]

How Can You NOT Be A Friend Of Our Library

Jerry Puffer — Tue, 01 May 2012 18:40:02 +0000

Libraries are something that we are all blessed with as Americans, and here in Shelby, we are most fortunate to have the services of the Toole County Library. Sometimes I like to say that the library building is "the building with the most stories in town"! And it doesn't even have an elevator! The Friends Of The Library will be holding their book sale this Thursday (5/3) at the white building, next to Hong Kong Chans

East Coast Earthquake May Have Restored Deaf Man's Hearing [VIDEO]

Jeremy Taylor — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 21:03:52 +0000

Not only was last week’s East Coast earthquake nice enough not to seriously injure anybody, but its rumbling effects may have actually helped a deaf man hear again. Washington D.C.-area cancer patient Robert Valderzak, who lost most of his hearing on Father’s Day when he fell and fractured his skull, said the quake “shook me terrible – right out [...]