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.

Click here to see the complete report.

It’s snowing . . .

. . . on my blog again until 4 Jan – now isn’t that nice!

More Sir Ken Robinson – no apologies . . .

For posting a couple of animations here.

 

Sudan splits – independence for the south

Picture BBC. Click on the picture for the full story.

Satellite image showing geography of Sudan, source: Nasa

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.

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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.

A ship pushed on to land in Kesennuma, Miyagi prefecture, on 2 April 2011

Picture: BBC

The aftermath of the Japan Tsunami is nonetheless real.

Infographic showing the number of people evacuated from the town surrounding Fukushima Dalicha

 

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.

Mike Dewar and Echo on duty in Haiti

Picture: BBC

Spanish Earthquake

We’re not used to headlines like this. Click on the pictures to follow BBC links

 Earthquake damage in Lorca

Resident takes a photo of a house destroyed by the earthquake

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-13368599

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.

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