https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/15/opinion/bottled-water-is-sucking-florida-dry.html
The state’s aquifers are shrinking, yet corporations want to
appropriate even more of them.
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Florida has the largest concentration of freshwater
springs in the world, but they are being devastated by increasing pollution and... mehr

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Keeping the people under control. Thanks to David Glover, who found this bad
advice in Oklahoma City. mehr

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A glance at weather radar in the Midwest on Tuesday might have had
you reaching for the umbrella. The only problem? It was a clear, sunny day.
The likely culprit couldn’t have been rain. It probably wasn’t even
meteorological. There’s a strong chance that these signatures came from
dragonflies.
Social media video emerged... mehr

https://wasatchweatherweenies.blogspot.com/2019/09/how-good-is-new-gfs.html
The GFS was upgraded in June and the changes were substantial. 
The so-called "dynamical core" of the model, the guts of a numerical modeling
system that are responsible for solving the equations that govern atmospheric
motions, is all new and based on... mehr

Tim Delaney was the only sport class pilot to make goal.All five of the Swift pilots made goal with Greg Chastain winning the day.Daniel Velez is doing the scoring remotely from Colombia. The scores aren't up
yet on the SCFR's Airtribune web site. mehr

https://airtribune.com/2020-world-championships/pilotsSix women from four counties have signed up for the 2020 Women's World Hang
Gliding Championship. Three from Russia. When two more women sign up we will
have enough women pilots to have a valid Women's Worlds.Forty three pilots have registered already. Pilots need to register as soon as... mehr

The task committee called a very appropriate task for a post frontal day with a
forecast for very light winds, a top of lift at 6,000' (we got higher), blue all
day, and light lift. The funny part was a thirteen kilometer goal cylinder
around a turnpoint to the west of the Francisco Grande making it so you made
goal when you got to the east... mehr

Sunday evening after a great task. All clear with no cu's in the Casa Grande
area. Great task calling. Thanks to Belinda. mehr

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The view from the seventh floor.

We are at the Santa Cruz Flats Race in Casa Grande, Arizona. This is the
practice day on Saturday afternoon. We're waiting for the rain. mehr

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Jamie Shelden writes:
For the past ten years or so, competitors, crew and organizers at
the Santa Cruz Flats Race have supported an organization that does great work
with the kids of the Casa Grande community. We have generously donated to the
Boys & Girls Club of the Casa Grande Valley. This organization welcomes us each
year by bringing... mehr

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Zhenya Laritskaya <<zhenya.laritskaya>>
writes:
For the Women's Worlds:Alexandra Serebrennikova
Evgeniya Laritskaya
Yulia Sushkova
Natalia PetrovaFor Sport Class:Andrey Solomykin
Azat Masalimov
Valentin Teraud
Egor  Sadyrev
Nikolay Sushkov
Well, four of the Russians have registered so far. Thirty five
pilots in total have... mehr

Geoffrey Rutledge.com <<geoff>>
writes:
Over labor day weekend, a group of pilots met up at "Camp Clement"
in Indian Valley (near Greenville, CA) for a fabulous weekend of flying. Dave
Clement has set up his property there to welcome pilots, who are free to pitch a
tent and use the dedicated kitchen and lovely bathroom with a... mehr

Rich Reinauer <<richreinauer>>
writes:
Four hang glider pilots, one retrieve vehicle. Each of us flew
about 200 miles over six hours Sunday, from Cowboy Up Hang Gliding, south of
Houston to south of Dallas (my home town). Not one poor bastard had to
endure the shame of bombing out and sitting in the car all day chasing the other... mehr

Taking the Pulse of a Sandstone Tower in Utah.
Castleton Tower, near Moab, pulsates at about the rate of a human heartbeat as
it taps into the earth’s natural vibrations.
Nathan Richman paragliding from the base of Castleton Tower, right, in Castle
Valley, Utah, after delivering a seismometer to the formation’s summit. Credit
Kat... mehr

Incoming Australian magpie caught on a bike helmet
GoPro - #OnlyInAustralia photo by Monique Wurth Newton.
Recently a magpie in Sydney was killed by the city council because he fiercely
attacked everyone who came close. The bird was nicknamed the “Windsor Road
Monster”. mehr

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