AFC Risk Blog http://www.afcrisk.com/blogs Just another WordPress weblog Sat, 19 May 2012 21:24:05 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 First tropical storm of the season forms off S.C. http://www.afcrisk.com/blogs/2012/05/19/first-tropical-storm-of-the-season-forms-off-s-c/ http://www.afcrisk.com/blogs/2012/05/19/first-tropical-storm-of-the-season-forms-off-s-c/#comments Sat, 19 May 2012 21:24:05 +0000 admin http://www.afcrisk.com/blogs/2012/05/19/first-tropical-storm-of-the-season-forms-off-s-c/ The first tropical storm of hurricane season formed off the coast of South Carolina on Saturday, the National Hurricane Center said.


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]]> http://www.afcrisk.com/blogs/2012/05/19/first-tropical-storm-of-the-season-forms-off-s-c/feed/ 0 Rare solar eclipse visible Sunday over Western states http://www.afcrisk.com/blogs/2012/05/19/rare-solar-eclipse-visible-sunday-over-western-states/ http://www.afcrisk.com/blogs/2012/05/19/rare-solar-eclipse-visible-sunday-over-western-states/#comments Sat, 19 May 2012 10:20:03 +0000 admin http://www.afcrisk.com/blogs/2012/05/19/rare-solar-eclipse-visible-sunday-over-western-states/ A rare “annular” solar eclipse treks across Western states on Sunday, astronomers report.


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]]> http://www.afcrisk.com/blogs/2012/05/19/rare-solar-eclipse-visible-sunday-over-western-states/feed/ 0 New director named for National Hurricane Center http://www.afcrisk.com/blogs/2012/05/18/new-director-named-for-national-hurricane-center/ http://www.afcrisk.com/blogs/2012/05/18/new-director-named-for-national-hurricane-center/#comments Fri, 18 May 2012 20:30:16 +0000 admin http://www.afcrisk.com/blogs/2012/05/18/new-director-named-for-national-hurricane-center/ Richard Knabb, the tropical weather expert at The Weather Channel, will be the next chief of the hurricane forecasting hub in Florida.


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]]> http://www.afcrisk.com/blogs/2012/05/18/new-director-named-for-national-hurricane-center/feed/ 0 Most of the USA will have a calm, pleasant weekend http://www.afcrisk.com/blogs/2012/05/18/most-of-the-usa-will-have-a-calm-pleasant-weekend/ http://www.afcrisk.com/blogs/2012/05/18/most-of-the-usa-will-have-a-calm-pleasant-weekend/#comments Fri, 18 May 2012 18:13:23 +0000 admin http://www.afcrisk.com/blogs/2012/05/18/most-of-the-usa-will-have-a-calm-pleasant-weekend/ The main exceptions will be the Plains, the Southeast coast and most of Florida.


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]]> http://www.afcrisk.com/blogs/2012/05/18/most-of-the-usa-will-have-a-calm-pleasant-weekend/feed/ 0 Spring in America: Palmetto Trail http://www.afcrisk.com/blogs/2012/05/18/spring-in-america-palmetto-trail/ http://www.afcrisk.com/blogs/2012/05/18/spring-in-america-palmetto-trail/#comments Fri, 18 May 2012 12:00:00 +0000 admin http://www.afcrisk.com/blogs/2012/05/18/spring-in-america-palmetto-trail/ Theresa Yerkes sent us this photo of wild rhododendron in bloom along the Palmetto Trail by the North and South Carolina border.


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]]> http://www.afcrisk.com/blogs/2012/05/18/spring-in-america-palmetto-trail/feed/ 0 More firefighters called in to battle Colo. wildfire http://www.afcrisk.com/blogs/2012/05/18/more-firefighters-called-in-to-battle-colo-wildfire/ http://www.afcrisk.com/blogs/2012/05/18/more-firefighters-called-in-to-battle-colo-wildfire/#comments Fri, 18 May 2012 08:16:03 +0000 admin http://www.afcrisk.com/blogs/2012/05/18/more-firefighters-called-in-to-battle-colo-wildfire/ More firefighters are on their way to a fire that has burned across more than 11 square miles in northern Colorado.


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]]> http://www.afcrisk.com/blogs/2012/05/18/more-firefighters-called-in-to-battle-colo-wildfire/feed/ 0 Hundreds flee raging wildfires in Colo, Ariz. http://www.afcrisk.com/blogs/2012/05/17/hundreds-flee-raging-wildfires-in-colo-ariz/ http://www.afcrisk.com/blogs/2012/05/17/hundreds-flee-raging-wildfires-in-colo-ariz/#comments Thu, 17 May 2012 22:38:33 +0000 admin http://www.afcrisk.com/blogs/2012/05/17/hundreds-flee-raging-wildfires-in-colo-ariz/ Officials have ordered evacuations for residents of 65 homes in Colorado, while more than 300 people have evacuated due to an Ariz. fire.


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]]> http://www.afcrisk.com/blogs/2012/05/17/hundreds-flee-raging-wildfires-in-colo-ariz/feed/ 0 Summer forecast sparks concern over fires, water shortages http://www.afcrisk.com/blogs/2012/05/17/summer-forecast-sparks-concern-over-fires-water-shortages/ http://www.afcrisk.com/blogs/2012/05/17/summer-forecast-sparks-concern-over-fires-water-shortages/#comments Thu, 17 May 2012 22:03:17 +0000 admin http://www.afcrisk.com/blogs/2012/05/17/summer-forecast-sparks-concern-over-fires-water-shortages/ About three-fourths of the nation — from the Southwest to the Mid-Atlantic — faces elevated odds of above-average temperatures this summer.


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]]> http://www.afcrisk.com/blogs/2012/05/17/summer-forecast-sparks-concern-over-fires-water-shortages/feed/ 0 Spring in America: Waunakee, Wis. http://www.afcrisk.com/blogs/2012/05/17/spring-in-america-waunakee-wis/ http://www.afcrisk.com/blogs/2012/05/17/spring-in-america-waunakee-wis/#comments Thu, 17 May 2012 12:00:00 +0000 admin http://www.afcrisk.com/blogs/2012/05/17/spring-in-america-waunakee-wis/ Steve Miller sent us this photo of a backyard robin’s nest in Waunakee, Wis.


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]]> http://www.afcrisk.com/blogs/2012/05/17/spring-in-america-waunakee-wis/feed/ 0 Volcano puts on a spectacular lightning show http://www.afcrisk.com/blogs/2012/05/16/volcano-puts-on-a-spectacular-lightning-show/ http://www.afcrisk.com/blogs/2012/05/16/volcano-puts-on-a-spectacular-lightning-show/#comments Wed, 16 May 2012 20:41:00 +0000 admin http://www.afcrisk.com/blogs/2012/05/16/volcano-puts-on-a-spectacular-lightning-show/ The violent 2009 eruption of the Mount Redoubt volcano in southern Alaska gave scientists a rare chance to study volcanic lightning.


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