Air Quality Los Angeles
With all the fires around Los Angeles, the air quality in the city is very low.
Even health officials have issued a warning, telling people to try not to breath in areas where you can small and see smoke (kind of hard not to breathe if you are there though).
There has been portable air monitors setup around these smoky areas, to get data about what the air quality is really like. Later a number between 0 and 500 should be released, which is the area’s air quality index. This basically measures the amount of bad, small particles in the air around Los Angeles.
Authorities have advised that outdoor sports events and activities should be cancelled. And residents should try and stay inside their homes with the air conditioner set to recirculate the air.
The Fires around Los Angeles did not cause too much physical harm to people (it did to houses), let’s hope this bad air quality doesn’t affect too many people either.
Hurricane Kyle 2008
The tropical storm ‘Kyle’ is almost becoming ‘Hurricane Kyle’, as it strengthens in size.
This storm is expected to hit new England and then Atlantic Canada during this weekend. The Canadian hurricane centre has issued warnings to various areas that there will be major wind and storms.
The past tropical storms Canada has been hit by in the past few years have caused major damage even though they weren’t near hurricane strength. Read more
Hurricane Ike Computer Model
Hurricane Ike’ projected path is that it is going to go through the Bahamas to Cuba, and then on to Mexico.
While this is bad news for Cuba and Mexico, it is great news for Southern Florida, yet the Florida Keys were still told to flee.
According to the computer model, hurricane Ike will not die down any time soon, remaining a category 4 hurricane. It may even become worse and turn into a category 5 hurricane.
Earthquake San Francisco
A minor earthquake of magnitude 4.0 shook San Francisco at 9pm last Friday night. This earthquake was in the bay area and could be felt throughout the surrounding region.
Luckily there were no reports of injuries to anyone, and only very minor damage in the surrounding area.
Some people reported that they didn’t even realise there was an earthquake until they were told (so it couldn’t have been too bad). Read more