NZ scientist monitoring volcano

A New Zealand scientist monitoring a volcano that’s forced the relocation of more than 350 people in Vanuatu says its eruptions are not life-threatening.

The Vanuatu government asked for assistance from New Zealand to monitor Mt Garet on the island of Gaua because its own geohazards team is inadequately resourced.

http://www.rnzi.com/pages/news.php?op=read&id=50598

Super Typhoon Nida Heads West, Loses Steam

GUAM - As expected, Super Typhoon Nida is losing intensity as it continues to drift Westerly, away from Guam. Despite windier conditions in parts of Guam yesterday, families across the island were able to enjoy Thanksgiving meals relatively free of weather worry.

This morning a depression has kept up the cloud cover and sputtering rains.

http://www.guamnewsfactor.com/200911271578/Top-Stories/Super-Typhoon-Nida-Heads-West-Loses-Steam.html

How to Make Turducken Recipe - Step by Step Recipe

What is turducken? It is a chicken stuffed inside a duck which is then stuffed inside a turkey. The term turducken comes from the combination of tur(key), duck, and (chick)en. It is fast becoming a popular recipe for Thanksgiving. Each slice contains portions of chicken, duck, and turkey with stuffing in between the layers. Plan on adequate preparation time. It's not difficult to make, but it is a little time-consuming. The end result is a worthy show-stopper.

You will need:

• 10 to 12-pound turkey, deboned (see photo instructions) except for wings and legs.

• 5 to 6-pound duck, completely deboned.

• 3 to 4-pound chicken, completely deboned.

• Prepared stuffing (see recipe).

• Metal skewers.

• Large roasting pan.

• Full Turducken Recipe

MILLION HIT BY 'PLAGUE WORSE THAN SWINE FLU'

A DEADLY plague could sweep across Europe, doctors fear, after an outbreak of a virus in Ukraine plunged the country and its neighbours into a state of panic.

A cocktail of three flu viruses are reported to have mutated into a single pneumonic plague, which it is believed may be far more dangerous than swine flu. The death toll has reached 189 and more than 1 million people have been infected, most of them in the nine regions of Western Ukraine.

http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/140492/Million-hit-by-plague-worse-than-swine-flu-

Halloween 2009

A little late posting since we are moving soon...

Storm brewing in Arabian Sea, cyclone alert sounded

AHMEDABAD/NEW DELHI: All fingers are crossed and eyes are on the storm as the weather office on Tuesday sounded a cyclone alert for the coastal region of south Gujarat where it is expected to make a landfall in early hours of Thursday. Currently the depression is lying 400 km off the coast of Goa. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ahmedabad/Storm-brewing-in-Arabian-Sea-cyclone-alert-sounded/articleshow/5217806.cms

Tropical Storm Ida Weakens as It Moves Ashore

MIAMI — Tropical Storm Ida brought heavy rain and gusty winds to the Gulf Coast on Tuesday, arriving in Dauphin Island, Ala., just before dawn then weakening as it moved northeast through the Florida panhandle.

A rare late season storm at the end of a quiet year, Ida reached land about 7 a.m. with top sustained winds of about 45 miles per hour, according to the National Hurricane Center. Two hours later, forecasters said wind speeds had dropped to 35 m.p.h., and would continue to diminish over the next day or so. Still, the storm may have caused at least one death: the authorities in Plaquemines Parish, La., said a 70-year-old man appears to have drowned when he tried to help two fishermen whose boat broke down in the Mississippi River as Ida sloshed ashore, flooding low-lying areas. The two fishermen were later picked up by the Coast Guard, The Associated Press reported, but the man who tried to help them has not been found.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/11/us/11storm.html