Thursday, March 22, 2012

Tsunami Debris to Hit U.S. Sooner Than Expected


abc japan debris jef 111025 wblog Tsunami Debris to Hit U.S. Sooner Than Expected
ABC News
The devastating tsunami that hit Japan in March created lasting images of houses, boats, cars and entire neighborhoods pulled out to sea.
Now, seven months later, that debris is on a direct collision course with the Pacific coast of the United States.
Up to 20 million tons of the debris, all of it potentially toxic, is floating across the Pacific Ocean in an area estimated to be twice the size of Texas.
And it might be coming sooner than expected.
“Across the wide Pacific, the drift rate is about five to 10 miles per day,” oceanographer Curt Ebbesmeyer told ABC News.
Early computer models predicted that the debris would not hit the United States for two to three years.
But a Russian training ship, the STS Pallada, following a map of the computer models, hit an extended field of debris in mid-Pacific, close to Midway Island, a U.S. territory about 1,700 miles from Hawaii.
The ship’s encounter with the 1,000-mile-long mass of tsunami debris came in September, 300 miles ahead of schedule, and nearly 2,000 miles from the site of the tsunami in Japan.
The ship’s crew found a battered, 20-foot fishing boat marked “Fukushima,” the same spot in Japan that was ground zero for the tsunami.
The Pallada’s crew sailed through the debris, surrounded by everything from appliances and televisions to furniture, all of it now headed straight for Hawaii.
The first of it is expected to hit Midway Atoll this winter, then Hawaii in early 2013, and then the U.S. west coast – mainly Washington and Oregon – in early 2014.
Experts now estimate that lighter objects will wash ashore Midway’s beaches this winter.

Tuesday, March 13, 2012

Calendar for year 2012 (India)


Calendar for year 2012 (India)

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Holidays and Observances:
1 JanNew Year's Day
14 JanPongal
15 JanMakar Sankranti
26 JanRepublic Day
28 JanVasant Panchami
5 FebMilad un-Nabi
7 FebGuru Ravidas Jayanti
16 FebMaharishi Dayanand Saraswati Jayanti
19 FebShivaji Jayanti
20 FebMaha Shivaratri/Shivaratri
7 MarDolyatra
8 MarHoli
23 MarChaitra Sukhladi
1 AprRama Navami
5 AprMahavir Jayanti/Id-E-Milad
6 AprGood Friday
8 AprEaster Day
13 AprVaisakhi
14 AprAmbedkar Jayanti
14 AprMesadi/Vaisakhadi
6 MayBuddha Purnima/Vesak
8 MayBirthday of Ravindranath
4 JunHazarat Ali's Birthday
21 JunRath Yatra
2 AugRaksha Bandhan
10 AugJanmashtami
15 AugIndependence Day
17 AugJamat Ul-Vida
18 AugParsi New Year
20 AugRamzan Id/Eid-ul-Fitar
21 AugVinayaka Chaturthi
29 AugOnam
19 SepGanesh Chaturthi
2 OctMahatma Gandhi Jayanti
21 OctMaha Saptami
22 OctMaha Ashtami
23 OctMaha Navami
24 OctDussehra
27 OctBakri Id/Eid ul-Adha
29 OctMaharishi Valmiki Jayanti
2 NovKaraka Chaturthi
12 NovNaraka Chaturdasi
13 NovDiwali/Deepavali
14 NovGovardhan Puja
15 NovBhai Duj
19 NovChhat Puja (Pratihar Sashthi/Surya Sashthi)
24 NovGuru Tegh Bahadur's Martyrdom Day
25 NovMuharram/Ashura
28 NovGuru Nanak Jayanti
24 DecChristmas Eve
25 DecChristmas
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