maize maze
daily dos
tue 10/13/2009
Mayans don't believe the world is going to end in 2012. Yucatan Mayan archaeologist Jose Huchim: "If I went to some Mayan-speaking communities and asked people what is going to happen in 2012, they wouldn't have any idea… We have real concerns these days, like rain."
boob tube
daily dos
mon 10/12/2009
At least 160 people were killed in landslides caused by heavy storms in the northern Philippines. The deaths come two weeks after 337 people were killed as a result of torrential rain in the capital city of Manila.
mi casa es tu casa
daily dos
thu 10/1/2009
At least 75 people are dead in Indonesia as a result of a magnitude 7.6 earthquake that hit the country yesterday. Amelia Merrick of World Vision Indonesia: "Bridges have gone down, phone lines are in total disrepair; it's difficult for us to assess the situation."
earache
daily dos
wed 9/30/2009
A tsunami has killed at least 14 people in the Samoa Islands after a magnitude 8.0 earthquake hit the island.
my ami
daily dos
wed 9/23/2009
Flooding caused by heavy rain has left at least nine people dead in Georgia and affected Alabama, Kentucky, North Carolina and Tennessee. Georgia Governor Sonny Perdue has asked President Obama to declare a state of emergency.
out the kitchen
daily dos
thu 9/3/2009
U.S. Forest Service investigators believe the massive brush fires in the L.A. area that destroyed over 100,000 acres of land were "human-caused."
on bended knee
daily dos
wed 9/2/2009
Check out photographer Brandon Riza's time-lapse video of the Station/Oak Glen/Angeles National Forest fires in California.
drip, drip, drip
daily dos
fri 5/29/2009
A 7.1 magnitude earthquake off the coast of Honduras left five people dead and caused widespread damage in Honduras. The 30-second quake was felt in Guatemala and as far north as Cancun, México.
blame it
daily dos
tue 5/12/2009
Forty people are confirmed dead and over 300,000 people were left homeless in Brazil following floods caused by two months of "unusually heavy" rains.
