Saturday, December 31, 2011

Earthquake Youngstown-Warren Ohio M 4.0

Earthquake

Event ID	Magnitude	Date	Time	Lat	Lon	Depth	Bpga	Bpgv
c0007f7s	4.0	12/31/2011	13:04:58 PST	N41.1589	W80.7289	2.2 km	-0.15	0.47

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 Comp	Max Vel (cm/s)	Max Acc (%g)	PSA: 0.3 sec (%g)	1.0 sec (%g)	3.0 sec (%g)
Intensity Questionnaire	1.1047 -T	1.3962 -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 Comp	Max Vel (cm/s)	Max Acc (%g)	PSA: 0.3 sec (%g)	1.0 sec (%g)	3.0 sec (%g)
Intensity Questionnaire	1.3480 -T	1.6862 -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 Comp	Max Vel (cm/s)	Max Acc (%g)	PSA: 0.3 sec (%g)	1.0 sec (%g)	3.0 sec (%g)
Intensity Questionnaire	1.7577	2.1687

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 Comp	Max Vel (cm/s)	Max Acc (%g)	PSA: 0.3 sec (%g)	1.0 sec (%g)	3.0 sec (%g)
Intensity Questionnaire	1.3480 -T	1.6862 -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 Comp	Max Vel (cm/s)	Max Acc (%g)	PSA: 0.3 sec (%g)	1.0 sec (%g)	3.0 sec (%g)
Intensity Questionnaire	0.7927	1.0194

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 Comp	Max Vel (cm/s)	Max Acc (%g)	PSA: 0.3 sec (%g)	1.0 sec (%g)	3.0 sec (%g)
Intensity Questionnaire	0.7927 -T	1.0194 -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 Comp	Max Vel (cm/s)	Max Acc (%g)	PSA: 0.3 sec (%g)	1.0 sec (%g)	3.0 sec (%g)
Intensity Questionnaire	1.7577 -T	2.1687 -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 Comp	Max Vel (cm/s)	Max Acc (%g)	PSA: 0.3 sec (%g)	1.0 sec (%g)	3.0 sec (%g)
Intensity Questionnaire	1.8783	2.3095

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 Comp	Max Vel (cm/s)	Max Acc (%g)	PSA: 0.3 sec (%g)	1.0 sec (%g)	3.0 sec (%g)
Intensity Questionnaire	1.4405	1.7957

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 Comp	Max Vel (cm/s)	Max Acc (%g)	PSA: 0.3 sec (%g)	1.0 sec (%g)	3.0 sec (%g)
Intensity Questionnaire	2.6174	3.1633

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 Comp	Max Vel (cm/s)	Max Acc (%g)	PSA: 0.3 sec (%g)	1.0 sec (%g)	3.0 sec (%g)
Intensity Questionnaire	2.6174	3.1633

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 Comp	Max Vel (cm/s)	Max Acc (%g)	PSA: 0.3 sec (%g)	1.0 sec (%g)	3.0 sec (%g)
Intensity Questionnaire	2.1449	2.6192

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 Comp	Max Vel (cm/s)	Max Acc (%g)	PSA: 0.3 sec (%g)	1.0 sec (%g)	3.0 sec (%g)
Intensity Questionnaire	5.8035	6.7298

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 Comp	Max Vel (cm/s)	Max Acc (%g)	PSA: 0.3 sec (%g)	1.0 sec (%g)	3.0 sec (%g)
Intensity Questionnaire	0.9053	1.1560

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 Comp	Max Vel (cm/s)	Max Acc (%g)	PSA: 0.3 sec (%g)	1.0 sec (%g)	3.0 sec (%g)
Intensity Questionnaire	2.2921	2.7893

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 Comp	Max Vel (cm/s)	Max Acc (%g)	PSA: 0.3 sec (%g)	1.0 sec (%g)	3.0 sec (%g)
Intensity Questionnaire	1.1047	1.3962

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 Comp	Max Vel (cm/s)	Max Acc (%g)	PSA: 0.3 sec (%g)	1.0 sec (%g)	3.0 sec (%g)
Intensity Questionnaire	0.9674	1.2311

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 Comp	Max Vel (cm/s)	Max Acc (%g)	PSA: 0.3 sec (%g)	1.0 sec (%g)	3.0 sec (%g)
Intensity Questionnaire	2.0072	2.4595

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 Comp	Max Vel (cm/s)	Max Acc (%g)	PSA: 0.3 sec (%g)	1.0 sec (%g)	3.0 sec (%g)
Intensity Questionnaire	1.1047	1.3962

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 Comp	Max Vel (cm/s)	Max Acc (%g)	PSA: 0.3 sec (%g)	1.0 sec (%g)	3.0 sec (%g)
Intensity Questionnaire	2.2921	2.7893

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 Comp	Max Vel (cm/s)	Max Acc (%g)	PSA: 0.3 sec (%g)	1.0 sec (%g)	3.0 sec (%g)
Intensity Questionnaire	1.8783	2.3095

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 Comp	Max Vel (cm/s)	Max Acc (%g)	PSA: 0.3 sec (%g)	1.0 sec (%g)	3.0 sec (%g)
Intensity Questionnaire	4.1648	4.9135

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 Comp	Max Vel (cm/s)	Max Acc (%g)	PSA: 0.3 sec (%g)	1.0 sec (%g)	3.0 sec (%g)
Intensity Questionnaire	3.6472	4.3326

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 Comp	Max Vel (cm/s)	Max Acc (%g)	PSA: 0.3 sec (%g)	1.0 sec (%g)	3.0 sec (%g)
Intensity Questionnaire	2.6174	3.1633

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 Comp	Max Vel (cm/s)	Max Acc (%g)	PSA: 0.3 sec (%g)	1.0 sec (%g)	3.0 sec (%g)
Intensity Questionnaire	2.6174	3.1633

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 Comp	Max Vel (cm/s)	Max Acc (%g)	PSA: 0.3 sec (%g)	1.0 sec (%g)	3.0 sec (%g)
Intensity Questionnaire	1.7577	2.1687

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 Comp	Max Vel (cm/s)	Max Acc (%g)	PSA: 0.3 sec (%g)	1.0 sec (%g)	3.0 sec (%g)
Intensity Questionnaire	2.1449	2.6192

ERPA:	Erie, Pennsylvania, USA	Agency: NEIC
	Lat: 42.1175 Lon: -79.9891 Distance: 123.0 km from epicenter

Station Comp	Max Vel (cm/s)	Max Acc (%g)	PSA: 0.3 sec (%g)	1.0 sec (%g)	3.0 sec (%g)
BHZ	0.0098	0.0396	0.0276	0.0041	0.0003
BH2	0.0197	0.0850	0.0531	0.0058	0.0012
BH1	0.0205	0.0972	0.0515	0.0040	0.0008

M54A:	Oil Creek State Park, Oil City, PA, USA	Agency: NEIC
	Lat: 41.5079 Lon: -79.6647 Distance: 97.2 km from epicenter

Station Comp	Max Vel (cm/s)	Max Acc (%g)	PSA: 0.3 sec (%g)	1.0 sec (%g)	3.0 sec (%g)
BHN	0.0155	0.0409	0.0986	0.0087	0.0010
BHE	0.0159	0.0406	0.1349	0.0087	0.0006
BHZ	0.0056	0.0149	0.0336	0.0028	0.0004

N54A:	Moraine State Park, Portersville, PA, USA	Agency: NEIC
	Lat: 40.9617 Lon: -79.9892 Distance: 66.0 km from epicenter

Station Comp	Max Vel (cm/s)	Max Acc (%g)	PSA: 0.3 sec (%g)	1.0 sec (%g)	3.0 sec (%g)
BHN	0.0201	0.0338	0.0560	0.0290	0.0022
BHE	0.0093	0.0323	0.0639	0.0098	0.0008
BHZ	0.0048	0.0201	0.0265	0.0047	0.0005

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

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.

Cape Wind multimedia resources from WCAI/WGBH

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.

Listen to the WGBH/WCAI series: “The Falmouth Experience,” about one town’s life under the blades of a wind turbine

"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.

Read reporter Sean Corcoran’s Cape Wind blog.

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

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.

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