Saturday, December 31, 2011

Earthquake Youngstown-Warren Ohio M 4.0


Seismic Hazard Map


Earthquake

Event IDMagnitudeDateTimeLatLonDepthBpgaBpgv
c0007f7s4.012/31/201113:04:58 PSTN41.1589W80.72892.2 km-0.150.47

Seismic Stations


44223:ZIP Code 44223 Cuyahoga Falls (Intensity III, 3 responses)Agency: USGS (Did You Feel It?)
Lat: 41.1713     Lon: -81.5324     Distance: 67.5 km from epicenter
Station CompMax Vel (cm/s)Max Acc (%g)PSA:   0.3 sec (%g)1.0 sec (%g)3.0 sec (%g)
Intensity Questionnaire1.1047 -T1.3962 -T



44224:ZIP Code 44224 Stow (Intensity III, 8 responses)Agency: USGS (Did You Feel It?)
Lat: 41.1762     Lon: -81.4419     Distance: 59.9 km from epicenter
Station CompMax Vel (cm/s)Max Acc (%g)PSA:   0.3 sec (%g)1.0 sec (%g)3.0 sec (%g)
Intensity Questionnaire1.3480 -T1.6862 -T



44231:ZIP Code 44231 Garrettsville (Intensity III, 3 responses)Agency: USGS (Did You Feel It?)
Lat: 41.3067     Lon: -81.0735     Distance: 33.3 km from epicenter
Station CompMax Vel (cm/s)Max Acc (%g)PSA:   0.3 sec (%g)1.0 sec (%g)3.0 sec (%g)
Intensity Questionnaire1.75772.1687



44240:ZIP Code 44240 Kent (Intensity III, 10 responses)Agency: USGS (Did You Feel It?)
Lat: 41.1351     Lon: -81.3429     Distance: 51.7 km from epicenter
Station CompMax Vel (cm/s)Max Acc (%g)PSA:   0.3 sec (%g)1.0 sec (%g)3.0 sec (%g)
Intensity Questionnaire1.3480 -T1.6862 -T



44266:ZIP Code 44266 Ravenna (Intensity II, 3 responses)Agency: USGS (Did You Feel It?)
Lat: 41.1708     Lon: -81.1840     Distance: 38.3 km from epicenter
Station CompMax Vel (cm/s)Max Acc (%g)PSA:   0.3 sec (%g)1.0 sec (%g)3.0 sec (%g)
Intensity Questionnaire0.79271.0194



44286:ZIP Code 44286 Richfield (Intensity II, 4 responses)Agency: USGS (Did You Feel It?)
Lat: 41.2385     Lon: -81.6436     Distance: 77.3 km from epicenter
Station CompMax Vel (cm/s)Max Acc (%g)PSA:   0.3 sec (%g)1.0 sec (%g)3.0 sec (%g)
Intensity Questionnaire0.7927 -T1.0194 -T



44313:ZIP Code 44313 Akron (Intensity III, 4 responses)Agency: USGS (Did You Feel It?)
Lat: 41.1330     Lon: -81.5655     Distance: 70.3 km from epicenter
Station CompMax Vel (cm/s)Max Acc (%g)PSA:   0.3 sec (%g)1.0 sec (%g)3.0 sec (%g)
Intensity Questionnaire1.7577 -T2.1687 -T



44406:ZIP Code 44406 Canfield (Intensity III, 25 responses)Agency: USGS (Did You Feel It?)
Lat: 41.0126     Lon: -80.7734     Distance: 16.8 km from epicenter
Station CompMax Vel (cm/s)Max Acc (%g)PSA:   0.3 sec (%g)1.0 sec (%g)3.0 sec (%g)
Intensity Questionnaire1.87832.3095



44410:ZIP Code 44410 Cortland (Intensity III, 4 responses)Agency: USGS (Did You Feel It?)
Lat: 41.3448     Lon: -80.7241     Distance: 20.8 km from epicenter
Station CompMax Vel (cm/s)Max Acc (%g)PSA:   0.3 sec (%g)1.0 sec (%g)3.0 sec (%g)
Intensity Questionnaire1.44051.7957



44412:ZIP Code 44412 Diamond (Intensity IV, 3 responses)Agency: USGS (Did You Feel It?)
Lat: 41.0966     Lon: -81.0170     Distance: 25.3 km from epicenter
Station CompMax Vel (cm/s)Max Acc (%g)PSA:   0.3 sec (%g)1.0 sec (%g)3.0 sec (%g)
Intensity Questionnaire2.61743.1633



44420:ZIP Code 44420 Girard (Intensity IV, 8 responses)Agency: USGS (Did You Feel It?)
Lat: 41.1698     Lon: -80.6840     Distance: 4.5 km from epicenter
Station CompMax Vel (cm/s)Max Acc (%g)PSA:   0.3 sec (%g)1.0 sec (%g)3.0 sec (%g)
Intensity Questionnaire2.61743.1633



44425:ZIP Code 44425 Hubbard (Intensity IV, 13 responses)Agency: USGS (Did You Feel It?)
Lat: 41.1714     Lon: -80.5752     Distance: 13.2 km from epicenter
Station CompMax Vel (cm/s)Max Acc (%g)PSA:   0.3 sec (%g)1.0 sec (%g)3.0 sec (%g)
Intensity Questionnaire2.14492.6192



44440:ZIP Code 44440 Mineral Ridge (Intensity V, 5 responses)Agency: USGS (Did You Feel It?)
Lat: 41.1456     Lon: -80.7818     Distance: 5.2 km from epicenter
Station CompMax Vel (cm/s)Max Acc (%g)PSA:   0.3 sec (%g)1.0 sec (%g)3.0 sec (%g)
Intensity Questionnaire5.80356.7298



44444:ZIP Code 44444 Newton Falls (Intensity II, 3 responses)Agency: USGS (Did You Feel It?)
Lat: 41.1813     Lon: -80.9817     Distance: 21.5 km from epicenter
Station CompMax Vel (cm/s)Max Acc (%g)PSA:   0.3 sec (%g)1.0 sec (%g)3.0 sec (%g)
Intensity Questionnaire0.90531.1560



44446:ZIP Code 44446 Niles (Intensity IV, 11 responses)Agency: USGS (Did You Feel It?)
Lat: 41.1894     Lon: -80.7481     Distance: 4.3 km from epicenter
Station CompMax Vel (cm/s)Max Acc (%g)PSA:   0.3 sec (%g)1.0 sec (%g)3.0 sec (%g)
Intensity Questionnaire2.29212.7893



44460:ZIP Code 44460 Salem (Intensity II, 4 responses)Agency: USGS (Did You Feel It?)
Lat: 40.9019     Lon: -80.8716     Distance: 31.0 km from epicenter
Station CompMax Vel (cm/s)Max Acc (%g)PSA:   0.3 sec (%g)1.0 sec (%g)3.0 sec (%g)
Intensity Questionnaire1.10471.3962



44481:ZIP Code 44481 Warren (Intensity II, 5 responses)Agency: USGS (Did You Feel It?)
Lat: 41.1773     Lon: -80.8680     Distance: 12.1 km from epicenter
Station CompMax Vel (cm/s)Max Acc (%g)PSA:   0.3 sec (%g)1.0 sec (%g)3.0 sec (%g)
Intensity Questionnaire0.96741.2311



44483:ZIP Code 44483 Warren (Intensity III, 4 responses)Agency: USGS (Did You Feel It?)
Lat: 41.2673     Lon: -80.8179     Distance: 14.3 km from epicenter
Station CompMax Vel (cm/s)Max Acc (%g)PSA:   0.3 sec (%g)1.0 sec (%g)3.0 sec (%g)
Intensity Questionnaire2.00722.4595



44484:ZIP Code 44484 Warren (Intensity III, 8 responses)Agency: USGS (Did You Feel It?)
Lat: 41.2376     Lon: -80.7496     Distance: 9.2 km from epicenter
Station CompMax Vel (cm/s)Max Acc (%g)PSA:   0.3 sec (%g)1.0 sec (%g)3.0 sec (%g)
Intensity Questionnaire1.10471.3962



44502:ZIP Code 44502 Youngstown (Intensity IV, 3 responses)Agency: USGS (Did You Feel It?)
Lat: 41.0836     Lon: -80.6430     Distance: 11.3 km from epicenter
Station CompMax Vel (cm/s)Max Acc (%g)PSA:   0.3 sec (%g)1.0 sec (%g)3.0 sec (%g)
Intensity Questionnaire2.29212.7893



44504:ZIP Code 44504 Youngstown (Intensity III, 3 responses)Agency: USGS (Did You Feel It?)
Lat: 41.1241     Lon: -80.6536     Distance: 7.7 km from epicenter
Station CompMax Vel (cm/s)Max Acc (%g)PSA:   0.3 sec (%g)1.0 sec (%g)3.0 sec (%g)
Intensity Questionnaire1.87832.3095



44505:ZIP Code 44505 Youngstown (Intensity IV, 12 responses)Agency: USGS (Did You Feel It?)
Lat: 41.1274     Lon: -80.6209     Distance: 10.0 km from epicenter
Station CompMax Vel (cm/s)Max Acc (%g)PSA:   0.3 sec (%g)1.0 sec (%g)3.0 sec (%g)
Intensity Questionnaire4.16484.9135



44509:ZIP Code 44509 Youngstown (Intensity IV, 11 responses)Agency: USGS (Did You Feel It?)
Lat: 41.1073     Lon: -80.6936     Distance: 6.8 km from epicenter
Station CompMax Vel (cm/s)Max Acc (%g)PSA:   0.3 sec (%g)1.0 sec (%g)3.0 sec (%g)
Intensity Questionnaire3.64724.3326



44511:ZIP Code 44511 Youngstown (Intensity IV, 19 responses)Agency: USGS (Did You Feel It?)
Lat: 41.0690     Lon: -80.6962     Distance: 10.6 km from epicenter
Station CompMax Vel (cm/s)Max Acc (%g)PSA:   0.3 sec (%g)1.0 sec (%g)3.0 sec (%g)
Intensity Questionnaire2.61743.1633



44512:ZIP Code 44512 Youngstown (Intensity IV, 23 responses)Agency: USGS (Did You Feel It?)
Lat: 41.0230     Lon: -80.6705     Distance: 16.0 km from epicenter
Station CompMax Vel (cm/s)Max Acc (%g)PSA:   0.3 sec (%g)1.0 sec (%g)3.0 sec (%g)
Intensity Questionnaire2.61743.1633



44514:ZIP Code 44514 Youngstown (Intensity III, 9 responses)Agency: USGS (Did You Feel It?)
Lat: 40.9968     Lon: -80.6108     Distance: 20.7 km from epicenter
Station CompMax Vel (cm/s)Max Acc (%g)PSA:   0.3 sec (%g)1.0 sec (%g)3.0 sec (%g)
Intensity Questionnaire1.75772.1687



44515:ZIP Code 44515 Youngstown (Intensity III, 19 responses)Agency: USGS (Did You Feel It?)
Lat: 41.1025     Lon: -80.7628     Distance: 7.2 km from epicenter
Station CompMax Vel (cm/s)Max Acc (%g)PSA:   0.3 sec (%g)1.0 sec (%g)3.0 sec (%g)
Intensity Questionnaire2.14492.6192



ERPA:Erie, Pennsylvania, USAAgency: NEIC
Lat: 42.1175     Lon: -79.9891     Distance: 123.0 km from epicenter
Station CompMax Vel (cm/s)Max Acc (%g)PSA:   0.3 sec (%g)1.0 sec (%g)3.0 sec (%g)
BHZ0.00980.03960.02760.00410.0003
BH20.01970.08500.05310.00580.0012
BH10.02050.09720.05150.00400.0008



M54A:Oil Creek State Park, Oil City, PA, USAAgency: NEIC
Lat: 41.5079     Lon: -79.6647     Distance: 97.2 km from epicenter
Station CompMax Vel (cm/s)Max Acc (%g)PSA:   0.3 sec (%g)1.0 sec (%g)3.0 sec (%g)
BHN0.01550.04090.09860.00870.0010
BHE0.01590.04060.13490.00870.0006
BHZ0.00560.01490.03360.00280.0004



N54A:Moraine State Park, Portersville, PA, USAAgency: NEIC
Lat: 40.9617     Lon: -79.9892     Distance: 66.0 km from epicenter
Station CompMax Vel (cm/s)Max Acc (%g)PSA:   0.3 sec (%g)1.0 sec (%g)3.0 sec (%g)
BHN0.02010.03380.05600.02900.0022
BHE0.00930.03230.06390.00980.0008
BHZ0.00480.02010.02650.00470.0005

Friday, December 30, 2011

AAA "Tipsy Tow" NOT available in all areas! 800-222-4357



No excuses, folks. Don't drink and drive-and don't ride with anybody who does.Tipsy Tow offered by AAA: You don't have to be a AAA member, from 6pm-6am on New Year's Eve/Day they will take your drunk self and your car home for FREE. Save this number... 1-800-222-4357. Save a life, it could be yours or someone you love! Please re-post this if you don't mind.....



The following AAA Clubs currently offer Tipsy Tow programs:
  • AAA Alabama (Statewide. Program is called “Tow-for-Life”)
  • AAA Arizona (Statewide)
  • AAA Auto Club South (Statewide in Florida, Georgia, West and Middle Tennessee. Program is called “Tow-to-Go”)
  • AAA Hawaii (Islands of Kaui, Maui, Oahu and Hawaii only)
  • AAA Merrimack Valley (Program is called “TOWEDD.”  From December 16th-January 1st.)
  • AAA Montana (Missoula, Bozeman, Helena and Billings)
  • AAA New Mexico (Statewide)
  • AAA Nevada (Statewide)
  • AAA Northern and Southern California (Statewide)
  • AAA Oklahoma (Metro Tulsa, Metro Oklahoma City, Shawnee, Bartlesville, Enid, Muskogee and Lawton)
  • AAA South Dakota (Sioux Falls, Rapid City, Aberdeen, Mitchell and Yankton only)
  • AAA Texas (Statewide)
  • AAA Tidewater Virginia (Greater Hampton Roads area including Virginia Beach, Norfolk, Portsmouth, Chesapeake, Suffolk, Newport News, Hampton, Poquoson, Yorktown, and Williamsburg. Program is called ‘Tow-to-Go”)
  • AAA Utah (Statewide)
  • New Jersey Automobile Club (Morris, Essex and Union counties only)
 Taxi Ride Programs
AAA Mid-Atlantic is a key part of the “TipsyTaxi” program in the Baltimore area only. This program offers cab rides home to members and non-members who have had too much to drink.
For a comprehensive list of other community programs listed state by state, please visit AAA’s DUI Justice Link Website.

Sober Ride

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has created a listing of sober/safe ride programs across the country. Find one in your area, and save the number in your cell phone so you always have it on you.  CLICK HERE


Utility Gets Go-Ahead To Purchase Cape Wind Power

WGBH News: Utility Gets Go-Ahead To Purchase Cape Wind Power

News update from WGBH


By Sean Corcoran

falmouth turbine
Wind One, a turbine in Falmouth, Mass., near the proposed location of Cape Wind. (Jess Bidgood/WGBH)

WOODS HOLE, Mass. — The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court has no problem with the state-sanctioned power purchase agreement (PPA) between Cape Wind and the utility National Grid.

In a 34-page ruling, Justice Margot Botsford wrote that the PPA to buy Cape Wind power is consistent with state law, and that the state's Department of Public Utilities did a "thorough" review of the agreement. And just like the DPU, the SJC determined there is evidence that the deal is in the public interest. (Read case information from the Mass. SJC.)

"This decision provides a big boost for creating up to 1,000 jobs and providing Massachusetts with cleaner air, greater energy independence and a leadership position in offshore wind power," Cape Wind president Jim Gordon said in a statement.

The PPA has National Grid purchase 50 percent of Cape Wind's anticipated electricity output beginning in 2013. It has been controversial, mostly because of the cost. The agreement sets a rate of 18.7 cents per kilowatt-hour, which would increase 3.5 percent each year for the 15-year term of the contract.

Nationally, last year, the average retail price for electricity was 9.88 cents per kilowatt-hour, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration, although prices vary greatly by state. National Grid estimates that the cost will translate to a total monthly bill increase of $1.59 for a typical residential customer.
Opponents of Cape Wind say the agreed-upon price is too high, and that National Grid should have expanded its search to find cheaper sources of renewable energy in other states in order to meet Massachusetts’ renewable energy requirements.

In a statement, Audra Parker, president of the Alliance to Protect Nantucket Sound, Cape Wind's primary opposition group, called the court decision "moot," because Cape Wind still lacks a key permit from the Federal Aviation Administration, it has been denied federal loan guarantees and it still does not have a second utility on board to buy the remaining 50 percent of the anticipated power.
"Today's ruling is a blow to ratepayers, businesses and municipalities," Parker wrote, "who are being asked to bear billions of dollars in new electricity costs when other green energy alternatives are available at a fraction of the cost. The good news is the increasingly clear reality that Cape Wind will never be built."

For several years Cape Wind was on a winning streak, garnering permit approvals and positive court decisions. But lately the effort to construct 130 wind turbines in Nantucket Sound has experienced some setbacks. 
As Parker alluded, a key FAA permit recently was struck down by the federal courts, requiring the FAA to go back and reexamine how the turbines would affect aviation between Cape Cod and the Islands. Also, without a buyer for the remaining 50 percent of Cape Wind electricity, the project developers will have trouble attracting construction financing.

That said, after nearly a decade of negotiating the regulatory process, Cape Wind officials have given no indication that they're willing to give up the fight.

No Business Like Snow Business



New Island Forms from a Volcanic Eruption in the Red Sea

New Island Forms from a Volcanic Eruption in the Red Sea

MODIS image from NASA's satellites shows a new island and a volcanic plume in the Red Sea on Dec. 23, 2011. Photo from NASA's Earth Observatory.

MODIS image from NASA's satellites shows the same area of the Red Sea on Oct. 24, 2007. Photo from NASA's Earth Observatory.

A volcano eruption in the Red Sea that gave birth to a new island was recently captured by satellite images.

The Yemen Observer reported that fisherman observed a volcano eruption near Saba Island in the Red Sea on Monday, Dec. 19, 2011. Lava was reportedly expelled 20-30 meters into the air.

Satellite imagery from NASA had been capturing the ash plume from the submarine volcanic eruption for days before the MODIS image from Dec. 23 revealed the new island.

According to NASA's Earth Observatory, "the image from December 2011 shows an apparent island where there had previously been an unbroken water surface. A thick plume (of ash) rises from the island, dark near the bottom and light near the top, perhaps a mixture of volcanic ash and water vapor."

The island is the latest in the Zubair Group, a chain of 10 islands in the Red Sea. It is located between the Haycock and Rugged islands.

All of the islands of Zubair Group have been formed by submarine volcanic eruptions from a shallow platform in the Red Sea.

Thursday, December 29, 2011

Sears Announces Closure Of 79 Stores, Including 2 In NH « CBS Boston


BOSTON (CBS) –Two outlet stores in New Hampshire are among the first 79 Sears and Kmart stores to close after lower-than-expected holiday sales.

“Grant/Essentials” Sears stores in Nashua and Keene will close at some point, the company announced Thursday.

Sears didn’t list the number of employees that would be affected, but did say each store set to close employs between 40 and 80 people.

No Massachusetts stores were included in the first round of store cuts.

Sears plans to close 21-41 more stores nationwide. Complete PDF:


Verizon Wireless To Charge $2 Fee For Some Bill Payments « CBS Boston

Verizon Wireless To Charge $2 Fee For Some Bill Payments « CBS Boston

BOSTON (CBS) –Verizon Wireless plans to starting charging its subscribers $2 every time they pay their wireless bills online or directly over the phone.

The new “convenience fee” will start January 15.

Verizon issued a statement explaining the move on its website Thursday.

“The fee will help allow us to continue to support these single bill payment options in these channels and is designed to address costs incurred by us for only those customers who choose to make single bill payments in alternate payment channels (online, mobile, telephone). It is waived for those who pay by electronic check or enroll in AutoPay —

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