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Volume 2016, Issue No.2, Dated: 16 to 31 January 2016, Time: 8:49A. M
Volume 2016, Issue No.2, Dated: 16 to 31 January 2016, Time: 8:49A. M
January, 2016 Second Fortnight Post
World Wide Weather Onslaught
Professor Dr. Kotcherlakota Lakshmi Narayana,
(Retd. Prof. of Physics, Shivaji University, Kolhapur - 416004)
Res: 17-11-10, Narasimha Ashram, Official Colony,
Maharanipeta. P. O., Visakhapatnam-530002, A.P. Mobile: 09491902867.
kotcherlakota_l_n@hotmail.com
lakshminarayana.kotcherlakota@gmail.com
ABSTRACT
INTRODUCTION
Jan 16, records extreme cold
conditions in Andhra, and Telangana with Friday and Saturday, at agency area
recorded Lambasinghi 3 C, Chinattapalli 6 C, Argoyavaram 12 C. Myth
has it that the Bondas, to be honoured on Jan 26 2016 Republic day, who
recently learnt use of clothes, believed that they were cursed by Goddess Sita,
as they laughed at her while she was bathing in a kunda (pond) which is named
as Sita Kunda at Bonda Hill.Second largest black hole in the centre of Milky
Way, discovered by a team of Japanese astronomers, first detection of an
intermediate mass black hole. Two sizes of black holes. Warmest winter in
114 years an indicator of catastrophic summer in India due to sea temperature
rise in the Pacific.They were cursed by Goddess Sita, as they laughed at her,
while she was bathing in a kunda (pond) which is named as Sita Kunda at Bonda
Hill. Since then, they have remained naked or Semi nude. The zinnia plants began to exhibit
guttation and epinasty, both signs of plant stress. The flower is an edible
zinnia, which can be used in salads.Below the Satavahana layers, the underground layers revealed, the coins
with names as "Gobaddha, Narana, Kamvaaya, Samagopa" the script dates
back to 3 Century BC, with their names are in Telugu script. Half or a third of the total global heat held at
depths of 700 metres or greater in the Ocean, beyond the reach of the Sun
light.An ordinary man makes his way during the storm in New
York Dt. 23 Jan 2016. Lakshmi
Narayana temple in Avanigadda in AP exists in Divi island 1138 AD.
January 4, 2016
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa., A new way to test one of the basic principles underlying Einstein's theory of General Relativity using brief blasts of rare radio signals from space called Fast Radio Bursts is 10 times to 100 times better than previous testing methods that used gamma-ray bursts, according to a paper just published in the journal Physical Review Letters. The paper received additional highlighting as an "Editor's Suggestion" due to "its particular importance, innovation, and broad appeal," according to the journal's editors. Lasting just a few milliseconds until now, only about a dozen Fast Radio Bursts have been detected on Earth. They appear to be caused by mysterious events beyond our Milky Way Galaxy, and possibly even beyond the Local Group of galaxies that includes the Milky Way.
TIME FLOW BACKWARD! published today 19 Jan 2016.
Although we
experience time in one direction, we all get older, we have records of the past
but not the future, there’s nothing in the laws of physics that insists time
must move forward. In trying to solve the puzzle of why time moves in a certain
direction, many physicists have settled on entropy, the level of molecular
disorder in a system, which continually increases. But two separate groups of
prominent physicists are working on models that examine the initial conditions
that might have created the arrow of time, and both seem to show time moving in
two different directions.
Now you see it, now you don’t: The quasar that just disappeared January 8, 2016.
The image shows an artist's conception of the "changing-look quasar" as is appeared in early 2015. The glowing blue region shows the last of the gas being swallowed by central black hole as it shuts off. The spectrum is the previous one obtained by the SDSS in 2003.
START-UP INDIA
PM Narendra Modi to Launch 'Start-Up India'
Programme Today
January 16, 2016
08:47 IST
The event will be telecast live in IITs, IIMs, NITs, IIITs and central universities and in over 350 districts of India.
The event will be telecast live in IITs, IIMs, NITs, IIITs and central universities and in over 350 districts of India.
WARMEST WINTER
Warmest winter in 114 years an
indicator of catastrophic summer in India due to sea temperature rise in the
Pacific.
SECOND LARGEST BLACK HOLE
Second largest black hole in
the centre of Milky Way, discovered by a team of Japanese astronomers, first
detection of an intermediate mass black hole. Two sizes of black holes, formed
after gigantic explosions of very massive stars and super massive black holes
found at the centre of galaxies.
Jan 26, 2016 Bonda Community
The population of Bonda community is about 7,000. Now, the state government has set up two high schools and a residential hostel for girls of Bonda community students in Mudulipada area. Myth has it that the Bondas, who recently learnt use of clothes, believed that they were cursed by Goddess Sita, as they laughed at her while she was bathing in a kunda (pond) which is named as Sita Kunda at Bonda Hill. Since then, they have remained naked or semi-nude.
Weather in Andhra Pradesh
Jan 16, records extreme cold conditions in Andhra, and Telangana with Friday and Saturday, at agency area recorded Lambasinghi 3 C, Chinattapalli 6 C, Argoyavaram 12 C with possible slight rains in the state during next two days. Another ten days the low temperatures might survive in Agency area. Visakhapatnam minimum 20.7 C and maximum only 29.6 C recorded on Jan 16.
2012 Astronaut grew Zucchini, Sunflower and Broccoll
Out of zip-locked plastic bags on ISS as personal science experiments documented in NASA blog. Some have argued that a Sunflower was actually the first flower to grow in space.
SPACE FLOWER
In the space the first flower that bloomed is Zinnia. The orange coloured flower is special as it was grown from seeds taken from America planted in May 2014 in special labs. Several other veggie-systems are being tried. The plant is the zinnia, a flower native in the South-western United States. In 2014, The Veggie plant growth facility was installed on the orbiting laboratory. The zinnia flower was specifically chosen so scientists can understand how plants flower and grow in microgravity. Thirteen stars is astounding.
Jan 16, records extreme cold conditions in Andhra, and Telangana with Friday and Saturday, at agency area recorded Lambasinghi 3 C, Chinattapalli 6 C, Argoyavaram 12 C with possible slight rains in the state during next two days. Another ten days the low temperatures might survive in Agency area. Visakhapatnam minimum 20.7 C and maximum only 29.6 C recorded on Jan 16.
2012 Astronaut grew Zucchini, Sunflower and Broccoll
Out of zip-locked plastic bags on ISS as personal science experiments documented in NASA blog. Some have argued that a Sunflower was actually the first flower to grow in space.
SPACE FLOWER
In the space the first flower that bloomed is Zinnia. The orange coloured flower is special as it was grown from seeds taken from America planted in May 2014 in special labs. Several other veggie-systems are being tried. The plant is the zinnia, a flower native in the South-western United States. In 2014, The Veggie plant growth facility was installed on the orbiting laboratory. The zinnia flower was specifically chosen so scientists can understand how plants flower and grow in microgravity. Thirteen stars is astounding.
The zinnia plants began to exhibit guttation and epinasty, both signs of plant stress. The flower is an edible zinnia - which can be used in salads. Plants pave the way for flowering crops such as tomatoes to be grown. Those crops could provide a vital food source on deep-space missions.
NASA picture
While the crop was ultimately a success, there were fears that all the plants might die after they began leaking water from their leaves causing mold to grow The Veggie project will be beneficial to gain important information in preparation for a Mars mission.
WARMING OCEANS
Absorption of heat by Oceans, has made the Earth's planet surface less hot than it would be otherwise. The Oceans have absorbed as much heat over the preceding 130 years resulted in maintaining the human habitat cooler. But in the long run it would be a ticking time bomb that disturbs the climate and weather globally. Oceans absorbed more than 90% of excess heat generated by man made green-house gasses. Half or a third of the total global heat held at depths of 700 metres or greater in the Ocean, beyond the reach of the Sun light.
NINTH PLANET OF EARTH January 20, 2016
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DELHI
Friday, 22 Jan 2016 as the city woke up to the season’s coldest morning yet with the minimum temperature a frigid 4.2 degrees Celsius, three below normal, pollution levels were up despite good wind speed. The maximum was 17.7ºC, four notches below normal.
NASA picture
While the crop was ultimately a success, there were fears that all the plants might die after they began leaking water from their leaves causing mold to grow The Veggie project will be beneficial to gain important information in preparation for a Mars mission.
Swiss, French and Austrian Snow Reports January 18, 2016
Snow is reported by 107 Swiss Ski Resorts, including Adelboden, Davos, Klosters, St.Moritz and Wengen. Significant Fresh Snow is forecast
for 27 Swiss Ski Resorts, including Andermatt, Engelberg, Grindelwald, Gstaad
Mountain rides and Zermattt. Fresh Snow is reported by 70 French Ski Resorts, including Courchevel, La
Plagne, Les Arcs, Meribel and Vai Thorns. Significant Fresh Snow is
forecast for 22 French Ski Resorts, including Chamonix, Flaine, Les Deux Alpes,
Morillon and Samoens. Powder Snow is reported by 7 Austrian Ski Resorts, including Lech, Pitztai,
St.Anom am Arlberg, Wrarth and Zurs. Significant Fresh Snow is forecast
for 12 Austrian Ski Resorts, including Damuls, Ischgl, Oberau,
Schrocken and Sefauss-Fiss-Ladis.
Mother of Pearl
It does not form in a crystallization process, in clam shells but by an aggregation of Nano-particles within an organic matrix.(The Hindu dated:18 Jan 2016).
It appears that the Andhra Script evolved earlier to 6 century BC, before Christ era, as it was practised and was sung in Telugu Janapada (peoples songs and rhetoric) poems and lyrical dialogues with the people mostly farming. The Prime Ministers of the several Kingdoms in India were responsible, for upkeep of these lyrics and songs, since they are more associated with the people's welfare. The kings of the ruling kingdoms were only warriors, who fought and diff-ended their kingdoms, but the learned Prime Ministers of each kingdom were responsible, for upkeep of the religion, peoples songs, scripts, scholastic verses and social ethics. They honoured and made significant contributions, to preserve the language and its epic supremacy. The names of these Prime Ministers have not been preserved, though the Kings were ruthlessly sought the praise for themselves. Prakrit is the main stem from which many languages of India have sprung up. Brahmi seshanalu, discovered by British in Kolkata in 1837, opened up also about 200 Brahmi seshanalu (rulings) writings. Earlier to Satavahana times, the coins released by local kings and their Prime Ministers, revealed the writings in Telugu language. Below the Satavahana layers, the underground layers revealed, the coins with names as "Gobaddha, Narana, Kamvaaya, Samagopa" the script dates back to 3 Century BC, with their names are in Telugu script.
BALLOON STUDYING SOLAR FLARES
On Jan 18, the GRIPS balloon team sent instruments soaring through towards the stratosphere above Antarctic to study extremely high-energy radiation release by Solar Flares. The balloon helium filled and football field sized would fly, from about 14 to 55 days, carried by circular wind that develops over Antarctica each summer expected to register three times more sharply than previous attempts on land.
ANDHRA SCRIPT
Galaxy Ripping Itself Apart
The galaxy belongs to a type of Quasar, only one out of every 3000 quasars observed by WISE. It has a voraciously feeding super-massive black hole at its centre, obscured by blanket of dust that absorbs, the light from blazing bright accretion disk, emits Infra Red that boils away all of its interstellar gas.[The New Indian Express 20 Jan 2016] WARMING OCEANS
Absorption of heat by Oceans, has made the Earth's planet surface less hot than it would be otherwise. The Oceans have absorbed as much heat over the preceding 130 years resulted in maintaining the human habitat cooler. But in the long run it would be a ticking time bomb that disturbs the climate and weather globally. Oceans absorbed more than 90% of excess heat generated by man made green-house gasses. Half or a third of the total global heat held at depths of 700 metres or greater in the Ocean, beyond the reach of the Sun light.
SOUTHERN CORONAL HOLE Jan. 20.
Coronal Hole 20 Jan 2016
High above the sun's south pole, a vast hole has opened in the
sun's atmosphere. This is called a "coronal hole", and it is the deep
blue-coloured region in this image from NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory: Coronal
holes are places in the sun's atmosphere where the magnetic field opens up and
allows solar wind to escape. White arrows in the image above show where solar
wind is flying away from the sun. Solar wind flowing from this coronal hole is
expected to reach Earth on Jan.
22-23,
with a 30% chance of minor geomagnetic storms when the wind arrives. Auroras
will probably appear around the Arctic Circle, although their visibility may be
mitigated by the glare of the nearly full Moon.
INDIAN ROCKET DATED 20 Jan 2016
Exactly at 9.31 AM the 44.4-metre high Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) rocket weighing 320 tonnes blasted off into the morning sky with an orange flame tailing it. Just over 19 minutes into the flight, the PSLV rocket detached from IRNSS-1E. Soon after the ejection into the orbit, the satellite’s solar panels were deployed. The satellite’s control was taken over by the Mission Control Facility (MCF) at Hassan.
WEATHER IN INDIA
According to Skymet Weather, the confluence of two opposing winds over Central India has led to the formation of a cyclonic circulation over Uttar Pradesh. The rainy spell is expected to continue for another two days before the system shifts in east direction. Moderate to dense fog will also make reappearance over the state.
China Earthquake INDIAN ROCKET DATED 20 Jan 2016
Exactly at 9.31 AM the 44.4-metre high Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) rocket weighing 320 tonnes blasted off into the morning sky with an orange flame tailing it. Just over 19 minutes into the flight, the PSLV rocket detached from IRNSS-1E. Soon after the ejection into the orbit, the satellite’s solar panels were deployed. The satellite’s control was taken over by the Mission Control Facility (MCF) at Hassan.
WEATHER IN INDIA
The spell of rainfall
over Central India will now move eastwards. The cyclonic circulation can now be
seen over Uttar Pradesh and Bihar. During the next 24 hours, good showers
likely over Bihar, Jharkhand, parts of Odisha and West Bengal. Scattered rains
are likely over Sub Himalayan West Bengal, Sikkim, Assam and Arunachal Pradesh.
The southern state of Northeast India will remain dry. A trough can be seen
extending across Chhattisgarh, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka. Some
rains likely in these areas. Quite surprising as it’s not a very favourable
time for rains in Karnataka. Northern plains will remain foggy till about
afternoon hours tomorrow. Hazy conditions likely throughout the day. Moderate
to dense fog also likely in East and North-eastern parts on Wednesday morning. Temperatures
to drop further in the plains of Punjab, Haryana, Delhi-NCR, West Uttar Pradesh
and North Rajasthan. Both Delhi and Lucknow will witness maximum at 16°C and
minimum at 8°C.The effect of cold wave in Northern plains will trickle down to
Gujarat and Coastal Maharashtra. Day temperature in Mumbai will remain at 30°C.
Minimum will come down to 14°C. Wintry chill is all set to tighten its grip
over parts of Uttar Pradesh and Bihar, with states recording good winter rains.
This is the first spell of winter rains over the region that have been dry till
now. As predicted by Skymet Weather, fairly widespread light rains have been recorded
over Uttar Pradesh during last 24 hours. Now, both the intensity and spread of
rain is expected to increase further and cover parts of Bihar. One or two
places can also receive hailstorm. In span of 24 hours from 8:30 am on Monday,
Banda in Uttar Pradesh recorded 3 mm of rain, Jhansi 3 mm, Varanasi 2.2
mm and Agra 1 mm.
According to Skymet Weather, the confluence of two opposing winds over Central India has led to the formation of a cyclonic circulation over Uttar Pradesh. The rainy spell is expected to continue for another two days before the system shifts in east direction. Moderate to dense fog will also make reappearance over the state.
Visakhapatnam recorded 28.3 C maximum and 22.4 C minimum temperatures. Chattisghad, disha and Jarkhand low depression concentrated. Rayalseema several places, Coastal and Telangana, rains would occur. Till Wednesday 20 Jan, morning Bhupallapale 3 cm, Singanamala and Anathpur 2 cm rainfall recorded. Night temperatures increased from four to five degrees excess over normal temperatures. Adilabad recorded 12 C. Srikakulum, 18 C, Eluru 19C, Anatapuram 20C, Hyderabad 20 C, and Kadapa 22 C recordedminimum temperatures.
A magnitude-6.4 earthquake has
struck a remote region of north-west China, damaging a few dozen homes but
causing no casualties. The official Xinhua News
Agency says the epicentre of the 1.13 am quake was in an unpopulated area about
33 km (20 miles) from the county seat of Menyuan in Qinghai province.The
agency quoted local officials as saying the quake caused cracks in about 20
homes and other damage in more than 30 others. A shallow 5.9-magnitude earthquake jolted
awake residents of China's north-western Qinghai province on Thursday, with some
choosing to sleep in their cars out of fear despite freezing temperatures of
-20 C (-4 F). The quake hit at 1:13 am local time (1713 GMT) at a depth of just
10 kilometres (six miles), the United States Geological Survey said, with no
reports of casualties. China's Earthquake Networks Centre put the magnitude
higher at 6.4.The tremor lasted one to two minutes, with a rumbling noise. A 3.4-magnitude aftershock was reported minutes after the
initial quake, according Xinhua.
NINTH PLANET OF EARTH January 20, 2016
Scientists believe they may have found a giant planet in our distant solar system, possibly the long-sought after Planet X. It is believed to have a mass about 10 times that of Earth and orbits about 20 times farther from the Sun on average than does Neptune. As a result, it would take this new planet between 10,000 and 20,000 years to make just one full orbit around the Sun.it is 5,000 times the mass of Pluto and gravitationally dominates its neighbourhood of the solar system.
PLANETS AND A COMET
AUTHORS ATTEMPT TO RECORD ON 23 Jan 2016 morning around 5AM
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The IMG 4394, IMG 4395 and IMG 4396 taken with canon IXUS 130
of 14.1 MP c
anon zoom lens .4x15 with 5.0-20.0mm 1:2.8 -5.9
specifications with PAINT software.
The
planetary alignment of Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn started on 20
January and will continue till 20 February. It will be visible to the naked
eyes from around the globe and the best time to watch is at dawn between January
end and February first week but needs a binocular to see Mercury at the moment.
The celestial show of these five planets appearing together in the same sky
happened a decade ago in 2004. If five planets aren't enough for you, a comet
is making its closest swing by Earth, this week. Comet Catalina doesn't pose
any threat to us, it will safely pass about 67 million miles away, according to
NASA. But that's close enough to spot it with binoculars or a telescope in the
pre-dawn sky.
But the quintet hasn't appeared together during a
single night since 2004. What's more, this week's parade of planets will
be joined in the night time skies by the waxing crescent to waxing gibbous moon
and the super-bright stars Sirius and Canopus.
HARIHARA OF CAMBODIA
France, on Thursday 21 January 2016 returned, the head of
a seventh-century stone sculpture of Hindu deity Harihara, to Cambodia more than 130 years after it
was taken away. Harihara is a fused version of Hindu deities Vishnu, also known
as Hari, and Shiva, also called Hara. Cambodia was ruled by Hindu kings for centuries, and it was the main religion of the country before Buddhism took over. The head of the statue was taken from the
Phnom Da temple in Cambodia by French researchers around 1882-83 and was on
display at France's Guimet Museum.
CHINA EARTH QUAKE ON THURSDAY
A magnitude 6.1 R earth quake struck China which struck at depth of 10 km (6 miles) in Menyuan county in Qinghai province. It struck at 1:13 AM local time (17:13 GMT) China's Earth Quake centre put at 6.4 R. Updated 21 Jan 2016 at 09:59:25 AM IST.
Sydney and NSW on 21 and 22 Jan 2016
Following two to three hot days across New South Wales including Western Sydney in which temperatures have soared to 38 C or higher, Thursday afternoon, a band of heavy rain and storms swept across areas of eastern New South Wales. Storms developed around Canberra, Yass and Young earlier before sweeping into Sydney late afternoon. Some of the storms were significant in nature producing significant wind gusts and occasionally heavy bursts of rain. After reaching 39.9 C at 3.30 pm, a thunderstorm produced a peak wind gust to 65 km/h with storms moving through between 6.30 pm and 7.30 pm. Up to 33.8 mm of rain fell.
MARYLAND TO WHITE HOUSE
CHINA EARTH QUAKE ON THURSDAY
A magnitude 6.1 R earth quake struck China which struck at depth of 10 km (6 miles) in Menyuan county in Qinghai province. It struck at 1:13 AM local time (17:13 GMT) China's Earth Quake centre put at 6.4 R. Updated 21 Jan 2016 at 09:59:25 AM IST.
Sydney and NSW on 21 and 22 Jan 2016
Following two to three hot days across New South Wales including Western Sydney in which temperatures have soared to 38 C or higher, Thursday afternoon, a band of heavy rain and storms swept across areas of eastern New South Wales. Storms developed around Canberra, Yass and Young earlier before sweeping into Sydney late afternoon. Some of the storms were significant in nature producing significant wind gusts and occasionally heavy bursts of rain. After reaching 39.9 C at 3.30 pm, a thunderstorm produced a peak wind gust to 65 km/h with storms moving through between 6.30 pm and 7.30 pm. Up to 33.8 mm of rain fell.
MARYLAND TO WHITE HOUSE
US mid Atlantic
north-eastern region
A major blizzard, Winter Storm Jonas, is expected
to dump close to two feet (60 cm) of snow in the mid-Atlantic and northeast
region including Baltimore, Washington and Philadelphia this weekend. According
to weather.com, thunder snow was reported in the Nashville area on the morning
of Jan. 22, 2016, with snowfall rates of an inch (2.54 cm) per hour. A powerful
storm barrelled towards Washington DC on Friday, threatening to bury parts of
the Middle Atlantic region under as much as 30 inches (76 cm) of snow and bring
the nation’s capital to a virtual standstill. After delivering a wintry mix in Arkansas, Tennessee and Kentucky, the
storm is expected to arrive in the Baltimore and Washington metro areas on
Friday afternoon, according to the National Weather Service. Before ending
sometime on Saturday, it could leave about 2 feet (61 cm) of snow.DELHI
Friday, 22 Jan 2016 as the city woke up to the season’s coldest morning yet with the minimum temperature a frigid 4.2 degrees Celsius, three below normal, pollution levels were up despite good wind speed. The maximum was 17.7ºC, four notches below normal.
US snowstorm:
Massive US blizzard advances north Dt. 23 Jan 2016 8AM
Massive US blizzard advances north Dt. 23 Jan 2016 8AM
WASHINGTON (Reuters): A
winter storm that could bury parts of the U.S. Middle Atlantic region under 3
feet (90 cm) of snow slammed into Washington on Friday, threatening the nation's
capital with record accumulations as it barrelled up the East Coast. The
blizzard started to blanket the Washington area during the early afternoon. In Falls Church, Virginia, about 8 miles (13 km) west
of the capital, a thick curtain of snow was already piling up on deserted streets
on Friday evening, creating a peaceful tableau that disguised dangerous driving
conditions. The weather system affects a huge swathe of the country, from
Arkansas in the south to Massachusetts in the north-east. A massive blizzard
bringing more than 2 ft (61cm) of snow and punishing winds is advancing up the
US East Coast. More than 50 million people across more than a dozen states have
been warned to stay at home as it moves north. The nation's capital,
Washington, could lie under a record 30in (76cm) of snow by the time the storm
passes on Sunday.
An ordinary man makes his way during the storm in
New York Dt. 23 Jan 2016.
Mother and Daughter duo sleds at Hanes Park
in Wisconsin-Salem, North Carolina. Jan 23.
A women decorates a snowman in Times Square as all cars
emergency vehicles are banned from driving in New York City.
Three feet snowfall in New York City, pulling the car out.
emergency vehicles are banned from driving in New York City.
It was 90 years Columbia not witnessed a blizzard of this intensity. The blizzard affected about 85 million people one quarter of American population. Whitewashed cities like Washington, New York, and other north-eastern states, came to a standstill stuck by snow and sleet. About 35 people were killed. It was second biggest in New York city, with car crashes in Arkansas, North Carolina, Kentucky, Ohio, Tennessee and Virginia on Saturday. Ten Governors declared emergency. The vehicular traffic allowed on Sunday at 7 AM. The trailing part of storms lingered over Long Island and Cape Cod. About 7200 flights were cancelled. The snow engulfed Mid-Atlantic cities of Baltimore and Philadelphia and about 150000 lost electrical connections in North Carolina and 90000 homes in New Jersey. Virginiaand West Virginia had about 40 inches Snowzilla. Tides higher than those by Super-storm Sandy pushed water onto roads along Jersey shore and Delaware coast, and set records to Cape May, New Jersey. Barrier Islands in Atlantic city are also facing the significant tidal flooding. Water levels reached chest height in Wild Wood and many refrigerators and soda machines floated down the main street. More than 20 states were affected. Winds up to 80 kmph were forecast. Storm went down on Saturday afternoon.
In Canada also the lakes are frozen. A local Telugu News Paper dated 24 Jan, gives the trouble of Ducks wading through frozen ice.
The
federal government remained closed on Tuesday and Congress put most activity on
hold as the Washington region continued digging out from the snowstorm, which
killed at least 35 people in 10 states and the US capital. A small army of
workers and equipment were making progress in clearing streets after the storm
brought more than 20 inches (50 cm) to the city. Washington's snow emergency
would end at 6:30 pm EST (2330 GMT) on Wednesday.
PRAISE FOR INDIA
HONG KONG HIT BY LOW TEMPERATURE
In Canada also the lakes are frozen. A local Telugu News Paper dated 24 Jan, gives the trouble of Ducks wading through frozen ice.
The Sun over the Snowzilla on Monday
Washington region continued digging out
PRAISE FOR INDIA
Republican
presidential front runner Donald Trump spoke about India for the first time
after he entered the presidential race, saying that the country is doing great
and no one is talking about it
HONG KONG HIT BY LOW TEMPERATURE
A cold snap gripped Hong Kong on Sunday, 24 Jan, with temperature to lowest point in about 60 years. The city was windy mercury dropped to 3.3 C many building lack central heating. There was rain with small ice pellets.
Gawahati:
The traders came from neighbouring Meghalaya and central Assam’s Karbi Anglong district about 1000 mostly from Tiwas (tribesmen) on Friday 22 Jan, to exchange 0n barter trade. A student brought pumpkin and exchanged for ginger. Vegetables, fish, pastries, sweets, bamboo, cane items etc., were exchanged with no money transaction at all. It only fair, in the country where the barter system is still alive. They expect the Chief Minister, last fifteen years, to allot the land for the market.
VISAKHAPATNAM WEATHER
VISAKHAPATNAM WEATHER
Very
chilly in the morning of 23 Jan 2016. Due to America Snow Storm? Apples grown
in agency area and hit market in 2 year time. At Lambasingi they grow fruit
bearing in two year time, with taste superior to Himalayan fruits grown in four year time, but with
size much smaller. Last two days 25 and 24 Jan it was cold in Visakhapatnam though there was no rain at all. On 25 throughout the day it was very chilly. Andhra News papers report small rains in the state. Weather in Visakhapatnam continues be very cold, with minimal Sun light of winter and minimum temperature around 19 to 20 degree C to date 28 Jan 2016.
AN UNUSUAL EARTH QUAKE IN ALASKA FELT IN CANADA
Earthquake of 7.1 magnitude shakes Alaska, shudders felt for hundreds of miles. An earth quake of 7.3 R intensity struck with epicentre at 280 km distant Arunkrunj city. Jan 24, 2016, struck at 1:30 am.
Tyrrel Corveia, 14, lifts a piece of the road surface along a crack in
Kalifornsky-Beach Road near Kasilof, Alaska, on Jan. 24, 2016.
Kalifornsky-Beach Road near Kasilof, Alaska, on Jan. 24, 2016.
Earth quake struck remote southern Alaska early on Sunday, Jan 24, unleashing shudders felt several hundred miles (km) from the tremor`s lake front epicentre near on the far end of Cook Inlet from Anchorage, the state`s largest city. No injuries were reported, but several neighbourhoods in the town of Kenai roughly halfway between the quake`s centre and Anchorage, were temporarily evacuated after a gas explosion damaged four homes several hours later, a city spokesman said. It was not immediately clear whether the blast was related to the earthquake. There were also reports of brief power outages in Anchorage, about 160 miles (257 km) south-west of the epicentre, and cities immediately to the north and south. The quake, initially reported at a magnitude 7.3, struck at 1:30 am about 30 miles (48 km) east-south-east of Pedro Bay on the shore of Iliamna Lake, at the foot of a mountain chain just west of Cook Inlet USGS reported. The quake was felt as far away as Whitehorse, the capital of Canada`s Yukon Territory more than 600 miles (966 km) west of Anchorage, according to the USGS. It was recorded 79 miles (128 km) beneath the surface, a depth that helped keep damage to a minimum, said Dara Merz, a research technician with the Alaska Earthquake Centre in Fairbanks. If you take into account how deep it was, that`s a lot of earth and rock that seismic waves have to work through to get to the surface.
25 Jan 2016 Moroccan city
A
strong 6.1-magnitude earthquake struck in the Mediterranean between Morocco and
Spain early on Monday, 25 Jan 2016. The shallow quake hit at 4.22 am (0422 GMT)
62 km North of the Moroccan city of Al Hoceima, at a depth of 20 miles, and 164
km East-south-east of Gibraltar. It was followed by a 5.3-magnitude tremor.
Followed by a 5.1 R tremor 12 minutes later. Tremors were felt in the south of
Spain and in the Spanish enclave of Melilla bordering Morocco.
Ashes from the Popocatepetl volcano have
rained down on the airport of the central Mexican city of Puebla, prompting
authorities to temporarily shut down operations. Four explosions and 39
low-intensity exhalations of ash were recorded between Sunday (24 Jan) and Monday(25 Jan) at the
5,452-meter (17,887-foot) volcano, according the National Disaster Prevention
Centre. Jesus Morales, director of the Puebla state civil protection
department, said on Monday that airport operations would be closed for three
hours so that workers can remove ash from the runaway.
Cold Wave kills more than 65
across East Asia
Taipei:Taiwan: First snow in
Southern China in almost 50 years, temperature plunged to 4 C, killing almost
57 elderly people. Taipei highest mountain recorded 3.5 inches of snow. Heavy
snow in western and central Japan, left 5 people dead, with heavy snow stranded
motorists, delayed bullet trains, and caused flight cancellations. Mainland
china experienced coldest weather in decades, and Guangzhou saw snow first time
since 1967 on Sunday. Lunar New Year on Feb 8, this year experienced 40 day
travel rush, disrupting cars, flights and trains. In Seoul temperature fell
down to minus 18 C on Sunday, lowest since 2001. On Saturday, 23 Jan, Jeju Island received
4.7” of snow, heaviest since 1984, and airport closed till Monday.
COLD WAVE
Cold wave continued to persist across Punjab and Haryana on
Tuesday, 26 Jan, with Amritsar recording a low of 2.6°C. Besides Amritsar, where
last night’s temperature dropped by two notches, the minimum temperatures also
hovered a few notches below normal at various parts of the two states. Fog
engulfed the region again during early morning affecting normal life in both
states. Ludhiana and Patiala braved cold weather recording below normal at
minimum at 6.2°C and 5°C, respectively. In Haryana’s
Ambala and Hisar minimum temperature settled at 5.6°C and 5.5°C respectively,
both down by two notches each. Narnaul recorded a low of 5.5°C. Dr Lalitha Kumari felt the cold wave with falling snow flakes, and very cold during the night at Varanasi, on the 24 to 27 Jan 2016. She was affected by the cold wave and took Anti-Biotic to recover after returning to Visakhapatnam.
A NEW CHILLI VARIETY
Dharwad
Private research centre harvested a chilli variety called the Dandicut by
inducing a semi-deciduous gene to ensure that the fruit gets de-stemmed on the
plant itself while plucking. It took nine years to develop this variety and
notes that it adds fungi, mites and fibre materials into the chilli
product. Dt. 28 Jan 2016.
EL NINO STORMS SAN FRANCISCO AND HALF MOON BAY
Sections of land missing from coastal properties
in Pacific California, with several apartments likely to falling in to the
Pacific Ocean. Powerful waves and heavy rains from El Nino storms have eroded
the coastal bluffs, on late Friday till Monday and 20 apartments were
condemned.
SUNNY DAYS AT VISAKHAPATANAM
Though it was chilly the morning and night
temperatures rose by about three to two degrees and people started feeling the
hot weather with no chilling in the nights.
FILM SOLITARY WEAVER GLOBAL PRIZE
Now aged 52, Ms. Prabhavathi is the subject of a documentary
film "Magic weavers of Killimangalam" which won prize at the Global
Folklorist Challenge, organized by Cricket Media an education company, in
partnership with Smithsonian Institution in the US. Now there is a huge demand
for the Killimangalam grass mats which have Ayurvedic medicinal values. Dt. Friday 29 Jan 2016.
Friday,
29 Jan 2016 Quebec: AVALANCH
IN CANADA
Five
snow-mobilers were killed Friday after being buried in an avalanche in Canada`s
British Columbia(BC) province, The deaths were confirmed by the BC
Coroner`s office, which said the accident occurred Friday afternoon in the western
Canadian hamlet of McBride, some 800 km (500 miles) north-east of Vancouver.
six other people trapped by the avalanche were rescued alive. Rescuers said the
snow-mobilers had strayed to a part of the area that was off-limits to skiers
and other winter sport enthusiasts. The site of the disaster "is not a
resort" area. Avalanche Canada said the disaster was likely caused by
human activity.
Pollution in the city rose to its highest levels since air quality
data monitoring began last June. The System of Air Quality Weather Forecasting
and Research (SAFAR), which has been taking readings at 10 locations in Mumbai,
measured the air quality index (AQI) at 325, which falls in the ‘very poor’
category, on Friday 29 Jan 2016 morning. By evening, it rose to 341, which was
equal to Delhi’s. [The previous highest pollution level was recorded at 313 on
the day after Diwali, November 12, 2015.]
TEMPLE AND LADY ARCHITECTS
Lakshmi Narayana temple in
Avanigadda in AP exists in Divi island. On the three sides of the temple exist, Garbhaalayam,
Ardhamandapam, Mahamandapam with elephant hands. Shesanalu dating between
1138-1154 AD, exist about six of them, on Ardhamandapam steps, Gopura pillars four,
and on K'appu Banda one exist. Nearby Ganapeswara two Sasanalu, give details
of Lady Carvers of the Temple architecture. Mahamantappa steps on both sides,
has Raddha wheels being pulled by running horses, with driving warriors with
Swords and protecting shields, mesmerises the viewers. It dates 100 years
before the Konark Sun Temple. [Stapathi Emani Sivanagireddi: Mobile 9848598448].
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
The author is indebted to Late Prof. K. R. Rao D.Sc. (Madras) D.Sc. (London) for his concern of Nature and Eventualities that inspired the author, to monitor the awesome peculiarities of Nature. The second forenoon of January 2016 is studded with dominant Washington-New York etc., places with snow falls of about 61 cm, chilly weather, rain, earthquakes and tremors, spread over the world and points to a changing pattern of world weather. The people of the several America, Asia, Russia, China and East countries, are besmeared and happenings out of the usual time bewildered the public.
