Tuesday, January 19, 2010

…1/19-10: surviving, and glimpses of hope

39º in ABQ; 86% humidity at 6A…GAQ; overnight rain at The Beach; snow in W NM, with Winter Storm Warnings; spending cuts vs. tax increases; domestic partnership bill will face opposition; Second & Gold light pole emitting too much voltage, could shock or kill someone; shooting along Santa Fe bike trail; ENMU now has two new mascots; snow falling on Sedillo Hill; a second sinkhole in the NE Heights of the Duke City; snow fell near Grants, and on Santa Fe; another ‘career criminal’ arrested in ABQ; 65 cats found in a NE Heights home, at Academy & Eubank; two Duke City bank robberies within twenty minutes; the last State of the State address for the current NM GOV; what are the goals of the 2010 NM legislature session?;how to increase revenue at the Mother/Baby Unit; HSC designing a Haiti relief website; UNMH passed TJC review; get ready for new student housing for the S Campus;

ABQ rain [and snow?] mentioned on the Weather Channel; more W Coast rain, especially in San Fran; S CA downpours cause roods to flood; mudslides today in the CA foothills; rescue vehicles were stuck in mud; three storms expected this week; snow in Flagstaff, Aspen, Tahoe & Boston; sleet & snow for PA, NY & New England; fog in the Great Plains, for Omaha, KC & Chicago; AZ T’storms; rain caused power outages in Los Angeles; snow in the Sierras, Rockies, Wasatch, & Cascades; icy in the N Plains; tornado warnings for Los Angeles CNTY; temps from the 20s to the 70s;more fees added to more flights; figure of a man with a teddy bear on top of a billboard along I-95 in CT; MA SEN elections today; tech job cut reach a four-year high; TX minister & his mistress killed his wife; San Diego mayor regrets opposing gay marriage when he found out his daughter was in a lesbian relationship; the DOW ended up; Susan Boyle appeared on Oprah; cat saved the lives of an IL family when their house caught on fire; 200 year old tree in MA had to be cut down: it was suffering from Dutch Elm Disease; Obama will ask for another $1.35 billion to aid schools & education; PA burglar showered, cut his hair, fried some chicken, then robbed the house; Citigroup posts a $7.6 billion loss; the ‘destiny of a dynasty’; more wives are more educated; more outdated pharmaceuticals found in drinking water; fish oil: the fountain of youth; the ‘new normal’: texting money; nevermore in Baltimore: person who visited Poe gravestone was not there on the anniversary of his birth; 635K more cribs recalled; what is the fate of health care reform?; killer shoots, kills several people in Appomattox CNTY, VA;one of the space shuttles will be donated to the Smithsonian; a 5.8 quake, 6.2 mile deep tremor, occurred off the coast of the Cayman Islands: so far there have been no injuries or damages reported; should cruise ships dock in N Haiti, bringing supplies, tourists & possibly revenue?; woman found alive, after spending six days among the rubble of a Haitian bank; 20% of the Red Cross Haiti donations have come from texting; Haitian police cannot control the large number of rioters; Haitian orphans arriving in the US; please take the time to donate to the Haiti relief fund; total Haitian monetary donations in the US have reached $220 million; many cameras caught the quake when it struck; wasted water in Haiti, UN will send 3,500 more forces; the precious liquid going for $1 per bottle; US cash can buy fresh fruit; illegal refugees could be sent to GITMO; oil is $79.02 per barrel; gold is $1,140 an ounce; the Great Wall of Chocolate arrives in China; JAL declaring bankruptcy;



No comments: