2011 in review
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2011 annual report for this blog.
Here’s an excerpt:
A New York City subway train holds 1,200 people. This blog was viewed about 5,000 times in 2011. If it were a NYC subway train, it would take about 4 trips to carry that many people.
Déjà vu
Iceland Ash, the volcanic variety, is back. Click on the picture for the video link.
Picture: BBC
America hit by tornado
Tornado batters Joplin, Missouri. Click on the picture to follow the BBC link
Picture: BBC
Weather Spark
You don’t have to be a weather geek to enjoy this site. Look up atmospheric conditions at any point in time from a weather station as far back as its records will go.
What was the weather like on the day you were born? Click on the picture to follow the link, which is set up to show you Oxford today.
Post Earthquakes
Of course once a few months has elapsed we tend to forget. We no longer see news footage, it no longer commands the front page or middle page special reports on a Sunday.
Click on the pictures for the stories.
Picture: BBC
The aftermath of the Japan Tsunami is nonetheless real.
Likewise the Haiti earthquake. Click HERE to watch a BBC report about living conditions one year on.
Click on the picture below for a ‘good news’ report.
Picture: BBC
Richard Holmes
Not Geography but History and I was very sad to hear yesterday evening that Richard Holmes had died, aged 65. Intelligent, communicative, readable and knowledgeable, I enjoyed his work and style. Click on the picture for a link to a BBC article.
