Natural Disasters, April 1

1946    A 7.8 magnitude earthquake near the Aleutian Islands creates a tsunami in Hawaii that kills 159 people, most of them from Hilo on the Big Island.

Natural Disasters, March 31

1931    An earthquake destroys Managua, Nicaragua, killing 2,000 people.

1997    April Fool’s Day Blizzard

1985    Barrie, Ontario Tornado 8 dead

Dog Tip of The Day, April 2

You wouldn’t go on a trip and not take toys for the kids would you?  The dogs are like kids, take their favorite toy or toys with them.

Dog Tip of The Day, April 1

Don’t forget, no chocolate for dogs.  Watch where the kids lay down the Easter candy. The dog will pick it up and eat it whether its good for them or not.

Dog Tip of The Day, March 31

Keep a checklist of what you keep in your pet “go bag” and update it with every use. Keep the checklist in the bag or better yet in your pets notebook so you can periodically make sure the bag is up to date and ready to go.

Science Birthdays, March 30

Robert Bunsen was born on this day in 1811, a German chemist he investigated emission spectra of heated elements. He discovered cesium and rubidium.  He developed the Bunsen burner which are still used in laboratories today.  He died in 1899 at the age of 88.

Also born on this day was Bernhard Schmidt, he invented the Schmidt telescope to correct distortion when trying to enlarge something while keeping the field enlarged at the same time,  he died in 1955 at age 76.

Maimoides was born in 1135. He was the physician to Saladin, wrote a book called Guide for the perplexed, he died in 1204 at age 69.

 

Natural Disasters, March 30

1823    Great Northeast storm, hurricane force winds raged from Pennsylvania to Maine with heavy snow inland.

1899    The mining town of Ruby, CO was buried under 141 inches of snow when the storm came to an end.

1987    A snow storm struck the Ohio Valley and Lower Great Lakes Region. Cleveland received 16 inches of snow in 24 hours. There were 100 record lows in three days.

1989    Thunderstorms, hail and a tornado, developed ahead of a slow moving cold front with damaging winds at more than 50 locations in the southeast quarter of the US. The tornado injured 11 people in Northampton, NC.

Dog Tip of The Day, March 30

My “go bag” is yellow, that way I can find it easy if there is reduced light.  I responded to a tornado one night and you can’t believe how dark it is when all of the power is out. It is hard to find your way in towns and cities that you think you know very well. You might need to get to the bag quickly for extra leashes, flashlights etc.

Science Birthdays, March 29

Sanctorius Sanctorius, born in 1561, he was a physician who measured weights of humans as they perspired. This was the beginning of the study of metabolism. He measured body temp using the first clinical thermometer, a water level thermometer. He also invented a device to measure pulse rate. He died in 1636 at age 75.

Sir Harold Jones, born in 1890, astronomer he measured the distance to the sun. He died in 1960 at age 70.

Natural Disasters, March 29

1999    A 6.8 magnitude earthquake struck the Chamoli district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, killing 103 people.

2013    A landslide in the Tibet Autonomous Region of China near Lhasa kills 66 people.