Category: Hurricane Ivan From Space

This is image of Hurricane Ivan taken from space on Sept. 15, 2004. Ivan had estimated winds of 135 mph at the time. The Boston Globe has a collection of impressive hurricanes from space photos here take by NASA.

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Reuters reports that biologists discovered a species of ant living in the Amazon that they believe has been around for 120 million years. The ant species is blind, subterranean and predatory. German biologists believe it is the oldest ant species on the planet

Researchers from Karlsruhe’s Natural History Museum found the 3-millimeter-long (0.118 inch) insect in […]

The aftermath of Hurricane Ike is starting to set in. Thousands of people have been rescued along the southeast Texas coast after they were inundated by Hurricane Ike’s powerful surge. KHOU, Chron.com and the Galveston Daily News are working hard to keep locals informed. The video from MSNBC explains how many of those who remained […]

Hurricane Ike is a monster storm with hurricane force winds that extend out 120 miles and tropical winds force that extend out 275 miles. Ike is forecast to become a Category 3 storm before landfall but the surge is expected to be larger than a typical Category 3 storm because of Hurricane Ike’s immense size. […]

Here’s a video showing flatworm’s penis fencing. Flatworms have both male and female sex organs and they fight to determine who gets to be the male and who gets to be the female. The winner of the fight is the flatworm that is able to pierce the other flatworm with one of its penises. […]

New Scientist reports that an object in the Kuiper belt named 2008 KV42 is orbiting the Sun backwards. The article says some comets can have retrograde orbits but this object does not appear to be a comet.

Researchers led by Brett Gladman of the University of British Columbia first spotted the maverick object in May. Observations […]

The latest five-day forecast from the National Hurricane Center takes Hurricane Ike directly into South Florida. Ike is currently a Cat 4 hurricane with winds of 135 mph. A major hurricane hitting South Florida will be an extremely costly storm. It would also require a massive evacuation from South Florida to save lives. We […]

The above graphic shows the surface wind field of Hurricane Gustav. You can see a much larger version of this graphic here. The strongest winds are generally on the right side of the hurricane. After Gustav makes landfall the wind field will expand outward but the storm will also start to weaken. The NHC expects […]

The tale of two tracks. Accuweather and the National Hurricane Center currently have forecast tracks that vary considerably for Gustav once it enters the Gulf of Mexico. Accuweather’s forecast has all of Texas in the cone. The official forecast path from the NHC is right of Accuweather’s cone.

The local National Weather Service (NWS) offices will […]

A ten-year-old African Spurred Tortoise named Arava was given a set of wheels for her two paralyzed hind legs. Zookeepers at Jerusalem’s Bibilical Zoo allow the tortoise to use the wheels for a few hours each day. The skateboard wheels help Arava move around her habitat normally and she has even started to mate. […]