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The worst winter storm in decades has thrown northern Europeinto chaos and caused at least 14 deaths, while a fierce”Pineapple Express” has brought record rain and snowfall half a world away toCalifornia, and caused at least 7 deaths.

Parts of the Sierra Nevada, an area noted for intensesnowfalls, have not seen such snow in 90 years, and the next24 hours promises to add another 3 feet to the twenty feetthat have always fallen over the past week in higher elevations.

Seven people have been killed in southern California, houseshave collapsed into canyons throughout the area, and majorroadways have been closed by landslides and snows. Amtrak’sCalifornia Zephyr was stranded overnight in the notoriousDonner Pass. The train had to back up to Sacramento.
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According to NOAA, the number of tornadoes in 2004 set arecord. In September, the U.S. usually has an average of 47tornadoes, but this year we had 247!

We?d better build tornado shelters?or learn toleave ourbodies!

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Newswise – Scientists have discovered that mammals other than humanscan tell which language we?re speaking. They may not know ifit?s French or English, but they recognize the differentspeech patterns. We all know that our dogs recognize wordslike ?walk? and some primates can tell if you switch fromone language to another, but now this ability has been seen,for the first time, in rats.
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?In the universe, that is. U.S. scientists say they?vedetected the largest explosion that?s ever been seen in theuniverse. It?s as if 300 suns suddenly got sucked into ablack hole.

It?s nothing new?Agence France-Presse says it?s been goingon for 100 million years, but we?ve just never seen itbefore. The discovery was made by NASA?s orbiting ChandraX-ray Observatory, which is controlled from a base inCambridge, Massachusetts.

Heard any ?White Noise? lately? There?s a new film out bythat name and it?s based on a book by Mark Macy and Dr. PatKubis. And guess what? We interviewedMark onDreamland and if you?re a subscriber, you can still listento that interview!
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