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Seeing the smell of rain with a high-speed camera
2015-01-19 17:00:32| Extremetech
One of the enduring mysteries of life on Earth is how scented organic molecules are activated and become airborne after rain. Using high speed photography, engineers from MIT have now discovered the secret -- the effervescent action of energetic microbubbles produced when raindrops of the right size and speed strike dry porous earth.
Freezing rain causes crashes, bridge closings
2015-01-18 17:01:26| Railroads - Topix.net
Freezing rain causes crashes, bridge closings Freezing rain tangled traffic on highways on Sunday morning throughout New Jersey.
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Heavy rain causes sewer overflow to the Willamette River
2015-01-18 05:42:07| PortlandOnline
January 17, 2015
Rain Eases California Drought Anxiety, If Not The Actual Drought
2014-12-31 22:26:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Public Radio: The small city of Orange Cove, at the doorstep of the Sierra Nevada in central California, was suffering the brunt of the state's drought in April. The rolling hills around the town are lined with citrus groves, and most people work on farms. As the irrigation canals dried up last summer, so did the economy. "If there's no water, there's no work," Salvador Perez told NPR at the time. Farm workers like Perez were being laid off as local farms ran out of water. Groves were pulled up as the...
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Falling tree kills man as rain, high winds thrash California and Oregon
2014-12-13 04:09:59| Energy - Topix.net
The Pacific coast's strongest storm in years pummeled California and Oregon on Thursday, leaving at least one man dead and knocking out power in urban areas. Phillip Crosby died when a tree fell on the tent where he was sleeping in south Oregon, said the Jackson County Sheriff's Office.
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