[Enviro-word-of-the-day] Enviro-Word of the Day

 

 

ENVIRO-Word of the Day for Monday, February 16, 2009

 

Bycatch Reduction Device (BRD) - a devise used to cut bycatch while fishing. These gear modifications are most

commonly used with shrimp trawls. They are also called "finfish excluder devices" (FEDs) or, when specifically designed

to exclude sea turtles, they are called "turtle excluder devices" (TEDs).

 

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Flash Flood Watch: Debris flows, Mud Flow Threat in Burn areas critical Posted: 15 Feb 2009 09:58 PM PST Flash flood watch now in effect from 2 am pst Monday through Monday afternoon VENTURA COUNTY INTERIOR VALLEYS-VENTURA COUNTY COASTAL VALLEYS- SANTA CLARITA VALLEY-LOS ANGELES COUNTY SAN FERNANDO VALLEY- LOS ANGELES COUNTY SAN GABRIEL VALLEY- THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR * THE VALLEYS OF LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTIES. * FROM 2 AM PST MONDAY THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON * RAIN WILL FALL HEAVY AT TIMES LATE TONIGHT AND MONDAY. RAIN MAY FALL AT RATES OVER ONE HALF INCH PER HOUR FOR SEVERAL HOURS IN A ROW DURING THE HEIGHT OF THE STORM. RAIN AT THESE RATES WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING. RAINFALL TOTALS ARE EXPECTED TO AVERAGE ONE AND A HALF INCHES TO THREE INCHES. * THERE IS ALSO A THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING AND DEBRIS FLOWS FOR THE RECENT BURN AREAS INCLUDING THE BARHAM... GRIFFITH PARK... RANCH... BUCKWEED...MAGIC...SESNON... SAYRE...MAREK... SANTA ANITA BURN AREAS...INCLUDING THE CATALINA ISLAND BURN AREA Instruction: A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. RESIDENTS IN THE AREA SHOULD MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED. Affected Counties or parts of: Santa Barbara, Ventura, San Luis Obispo, Los Angeles FLOOD ADVISORY - NWS SAN FRANCISCO CA Actual/Future/Severe/Possible NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN FRANCISCO CA Alert sent at 21:42 PST on 2009-02-15 FLOOD ADVISORY - NWS SAN FRANCISCO CA Actual/Future/Severe/Possible NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN FRANCISCO CA Alert sent at 21:33 PST on 2009-02-15 FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON Actual/Future/Severe/Possible NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA Update sent at 21:30 PST on 2009-02-15 FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON Actual/Future/Severe/Possible NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA Update sent at 21:30 PST on 2009-02-15 FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING Actual/Future/Severe/Possible NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA Update sent at 21:30 PST on 2009-02-15 FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING Actual/Future/Severe/Possible NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA Update sent at 21:30 PST on 2009-02-15 FLASH FLOOD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM PST MONDAY THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON Actual/Future/Severe/Possible NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA Alert sent at 21:30 PST on 2009-02-15 FLASH FLOOD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM PST MONDAY THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON Actual/Future/Severe/Possible NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA Alert sent at 21:30 PST on 2009-02-15 FLASH FLOOD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM PST MONDAY THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON Actual/Future/Severe/Possible NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA Alert sent at 21:30 PST on 2009-02-15 FLASH FLOOD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM PST MONDAY THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON Actual/Future/Severe/Possible NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA Alert sent at 21:30 PST on 2009-02-15 FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN AFFECT FOR MOST OF SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA Actual/Future/Severe/Possible NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA Cancel sent at 21:30 PST on 2009-02-15

LODD: CHILE - 13 FORESTRY FIREFIGHTERS - HELICOPTER CRASH Posted: 15 Feb 2009 10:17 PM PST 14 FORESTRY FIREFIGHTERS KILLED IN THE LINE OF DUTY IN CHILE-HELICOPTER CRASH A helicopter carrying firefighters from a forest fire crashed in southern Chile killing 14 on board this afternoon. The helicopter had just retrieved the Firefighters from a day's working the fire which is still burning. The Firefighters were young men between the ages of 18 and 25 who worked for a Chilean timber and pulp company known as CELCO. Our condolences to all affected. Update: Chilean officials now say 13 people, 12 of them firefighters, have been killed in a helicopter crash. Earlier reports put the death toll at 14. The helicopter crashed into a hill Sunday in the Maule region south of the capital, Santiago. Authorities say the victims, who were between the ages of 18 and 25, were headed to a forest fire. It was not clear what caused the crash. In recent weeks, Chile has been grappling with forest fires, mainly in the south of the country, that have consumed thousands of hectares of land. Source: FireFighterCloseCalls.com - Link, Some information for this report was provided by AFP, AP and Reuters.

BOLO: Lance Armstrongs bike stolen last night - San Jose. Posted: 15 Feb 2009 06:19 PM PST APB out to the twitterati A pic of the stolen tt bike. There is only one like it in the world therefore hard to pawn it off. Reward being offered. Lance Armstrong Twitter alert - Perp broke into his team's truck and stole his time trial bike and three others out of their Ryder rental truck that was parked in an alley behind their Residence Inn motel. He posted the above picture on Twitter. "Whoa!! They just came to my room and said our truck was broken into and someone stole my time trial bike! Wtf?!? APB out to the twitterati. about 9 hours ago from TwitterBerry" Lance Armstrong on Twitter regarding today's race: "Holy hell. That was terrible. Maybe one of the toughest days I've had on a bike, purely based on the conditions. I'm still freezing." Source: Twitter Lance Armstrong - Link

Earthquake 3.9 M - Central California, Bakersfield, CA Posted: 15 Feb 2009 05:17 PM PST Earthquake Shake Map Magnitude 3.9 Date-Time Monday, February 16, 2009 at 01:03:38 UTC Sunday, February 15, 2009 at 05:03:38 PM at epicenter Location 35.305°N, 119.437°W Depth 9.7 km (6.0 miles) Region CENTRAL CALIFORNIA Distances 8 km (5 miles) W (275°) from Tupman, CA 11 km (7 miles) NNW (333°) from Dustin Acres, CA 11 km (7 miles) NNW (347°) from Valley Acres, CA 37 km (23 miles) W (261°) from Bakersfield, CA 176 km (110 miles) NW (322°) from Los Angeles Civic Center, CA Location Uncertainty horizontal +/- 0.5 km (0.3 miles); depth +/- 1.6 km (1.0 miles) Parameters Nph=040, Dmin=7 km, Rmss=0.46 sec, Gp= 79°, M-type=local magnitude (ML), Version=1 Source California Integrated Seismic Net: USGS Caltech CGS UCB UCSD UNR Event ID ci14421592

Earthquake Magnitude 3.1 - CENTRAL CALIFORNIA Posted: 15 Feb 2009 05:21 PM PST Earthquake location Map Earthquake Details Magnitude 3.1 Date-Time Sunday, February 15, 2009 at 22:05:20 UTC Sunday, February 15, 2009 at 02:05:20 PM at epicenter Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones Location 36.861°N, 121.600°W Depth 6.6 km (4.1 miles) Region CENTRAL CALIFORNIA Distances 5 km (3 miles) SE (128°) from Aromas, CA 6 km (4 miles) WNW (288°) from San Juan Bautista, CA 9 km (6 miles) NE (42°) from Prunedale, CA 16 km (10 miles) ESE (114°) from Watsonville, CA 18 km (11 miles) W (275°) from Hollister, CA 59 km (37 miles) SSE (154°) from San Jose City Hall, CA Location Uncertainty horizontal +/- 0.2 km (0.1 miles); depth +/- 0.3 km (0.2 miles) Parameters NST=124, Nph=124, Dmin=3 km, Rmss=0.08 sec, Gp= 65°, M-type=local magnitude (ML), Version=2 Source California Integrated Seismic Net: USGS Caltech CGS UCB UCSD UNR Event ID nc40231861

Australia: US crew to investigate snapped power line Posted: 15 Feb 2009 01:26 PM PST Improperly maintained power lines were responsible for some of America's most devastating wildfires in 2007, public investigators found last year, leading to class actions being launched against a US electricity company. Smith River Firefighter Nick Miller, left, and the rest of his hand crew hike up a fire line on the Slide Fire near Arrowbear Lake, California in October 2007. Photo: REUTERS Firefighters arriving from the US yesterday to help local fire crews said they were struck by the parallels between Victoria's bushfires and the wildfires that swept through southern California in October 2007. ''In San Diego, the power line companies have been in a lawsuit because of the fire starts there, so what we are going through [in Melbourne] is mirroring what is happening in southern California,'' Ron Woychak, from the Bureau of Land Management, said. Victorian Premier John Brumby declined yesterday to comment on a class action launched against Singapore-owned electric company SP AusNet. The Sunday Age revealed that the Phoenix bushfire taskforce was examining a 2km stretch of power line in Kilmore East that snapped during strong winds and record heat on February 7. The fallen power line is believed to have sparked the blaze that tore through Kinglake, Steels Creek and St Andrews, killing more than 100 people and destroying 100 homes. Mr Brumby declined to comment on the police investigation into the cause of the blaze, saying the Teague royal commission as well as coronial investigations would look at all of the factors involved with the fires. ''I'm not going to comment on any of those [class action] matters; they're matters which will be fully examined in the context of the royal commission,'' he said. Mr Woychak said many of the difficult political issues emerging here had already played out in California after forest fires in recent years. ''We keep not learning the same lessons over and over again. The politics gets in the way.'' The US consul-general, Michael Thurston, said there were similarities between Melbourne's bushfires and recent US forest fires. ''Particularly in California ... where it is coming on to increasingly urbanised areas. The frontier between where the wilderness ends and the urban area begins is becoming less defined. People are living in areas they weren't living in 30 years ago.'' Source: canberratimes.com - Link

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