- During the past few weeks, extreme weather has led to record ozone depletion over the Arctic. The unprecedented loss had reached about 40 percent depletion by the end of March. This is an "extremely significant drop in total ozone content over a wide area."
- Fox affiliate WXIX unveiled an interesting weapon in the Cincinnati area this week: a camara mounted 313 feet off the ground at the center of the King's Island amusement park.
- Our neighbors just over the mountains at Virginia Tech are offering new degrees, among them and closest to being implemented is a meteorology degree, making it the first school in Virginia to offer such.
- On April 6, a bright fireball streaked across the skies of Tennessee. First noticed by the Air Force base in Tullahoma, the meteor measured approximately 2ft in diameter and weighed about 200 lbs. Traveling at 9 miles per second, the hunt is on for any surviving fragments expected to be found near the Kentucky border.
- Lost Springs WY, population 1??? Well, in 2000 Census survey, there were actually 5. They must have forgot to look on the other side of the road, recalls the one resident, which included 4 other residents. According to the latest 2010 census, population now stands at 4. Since 2000, two residents had died and one newcomer moved in.
- For you who enjoy reading about weather, here's a selection from assorted professionals in the field:
Meteorology Today by C. Donald Ahrens
Storm Warning by Nancy Mathis
F5 by Mark Levine
The Perfect Storm by Sebastian Junger
Northeast Snowstorms by Paul Kocin and Lee Uccellini
Any book by Tim Vasquez's Forecaster's Handbook Series
Have a good day. Keep checking back for another installment of Miks Six
MS
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