Apr
15
It may not look like much, but this map (click on it to make it bigger) is one of the big lessons we learned form the sinking of Titanic 100 years ago today.
This is the map of known icebergs — of varying shapes and sizes — moving around the north Atlantic Ocean right now. This map is for April 15, 2012…exactly 100 years after Titanic… Read more
Mar
26
Rusty, abandoned and eerie: a ‘ghost ship’ floats the Pacific Ocean off the Coast of Canada.
This one confirmed to have been swept to sea during the Japanese tsunami & mega-quake of 2011.
Experts have been asking this question for months: when will the Japan Tsunami debris reach Canada, California, Oregon & Washington?
Surprisingly, the answer is right now.
The mayor of Tofino, B.C.… Read more
Jan
28
I had just reached the top of a hill as I drove to meet my wife and kids for dinner last night.
Suddenly–it caught my eye.
A bright white meteor streaking, streaking, streaking across the southern sky over the Portland-Vancouver metro area.
I only saw it for about three seconds and then it vanished behind a tree. And at first I was thinking, ‘Wow a meteor.’… Read more
Dec
09
Maybe you’ve heard the moon takes on an eerie red glow.
Or maybe you’ve heard a total lunar eclipse leaves the full moon suddenly dark.
Or maybe you’ve heard a total lunar eclipse can leave make the moon look like a glowing orange in the sky.
The truth is, all of these things–and more–including a turquoise–are possible.
Here’s a short video by the folks at NASA… Read more
Nov
08
It’s been more than 30 years since something this big has passed so close to earth. Near Miss: Big Asteroid About To Fly Past Earth. And even before it’s closest pass — NASA recorded this incredible video of the thing spiraling through outerspace!
Check out this video of Asteroid 2005 YU55:
Nov
04
Here it is: Near Earth Asteroid 2005 YU55.
And on Tuesday November 8, 2011, this black rock will zip by the earth–gettting closer to us than the moon!
NASA says this thing is about the size of an Aircraft Carrier – but it’s more of a round shape.
And it’s going to be the largest thing to get this close to earth since 1976–that’s more than 30 years!… Read more
Bruce Sussman has been forecasting Northwest weather since 1994. He is the Chief Meteorologist at Koin Local 6 News in Portland, Oregon and a member of the American Meteorological Society. Bruce graduated from University of Missouri and completed advanced Meteorology studies at Mississippi State ....
