From Spring to Winter

Last week it was spring scenes - now it’s back to winter scenes.

 

Nice spring pictures

 

Weather Station read out

Mr F has kindly set the station up and worked out how to display and here it is. This is a snap shot from this morning. It is a live feed. More later.

Long time No post

That’s what happens when a play comes a long. Now it’s over, I should find the time to update this a bit more!

 

Now, the big Geog news is that we now have a sophisticated weather station at school. You’ll see it attached above the Geog room and it’s wirelessly linked to a PC and a data logger, which will record all the weather we want. More later, when I’ve had the time to get it going.

Avalanche warning in Lake District

This is rare in the UK. Helvellyn, which I have climbed (well, walked up) many times in all sorts of conditions, is basically out of bounds at the moment. Striding Edge (pictured below) is a beautiful feature and great fun to cross, especially when visibility is down to a couple of feet! For more from BBC click on the picture.

On this day 1993

Oil tanker runs aground off Shetland

A tanker carrying 85,000 tonnes of crude oil has run aground in hurricane force winds off the Shetland Islands. For the full story from BBC click on the picture.

Good Morning 2008

A Happy New Year to all. Here are some photos to kick it off.

Rajesh Badiani snapped this aerial view of Mount Kilimanjaro. Source BBC.

Khartoum, Sudan: A gigantic cloud of dust known as “Haboob” advances over the city on 29 April 2007. These seasonal type of monsoons can reach a height of 3000 feet and can change the landscape in the few hours they last. Source: Guardian Unlimited.

 

Dhaka, Bangladesh: A large numbers of pitchers and buckets are kept in an queue for collecting drinking water supplied by soldiers on 25 June 2007. Access to drinking water is a regular problem in central areas in the city. Photograph: Abir Abdullah/EPA. Source: Guardian Unlimited.

Ice Storms are cool . . .

. . . unless you happen to be caught up in them. There’s one across a large part of the mid-west right now. Click on the picture for more images and information from the BBC.

A to Z Nations of the World

Alphabet Of Nations - They Might Be Giants

For those of you who like this sort of thing.

Thanks to littlemisssunshhine for the find.