Daily Archives: May 4, 2011

About 40,000 Americans die in automobile accidents every year.  On average, about 64 Americans are killed by tornadoes per year. http://spc.noaa.gov/climo/online/monthly/newm.html

CIA director tells Brian Williams there wasn’t question that image would “ultimately” be released. http://thepage.time.com/2011/05/03/panetta-public-likely-to-see-obl-picture/ The last pdf took three years to produce. Hopefully they will be faster this time.

Osama Bin Laden dead: White House backtracks on how bin Laden died The White House admitted last night that its initial account of the way Osama bin Laden died at the hands of US forces had been riddled with errors. … Continue reading →

The last hurricane to hit the US was Ike in September, 2008. Residents were told by the National Weather Service to leave or face “certain death.” Most didn’t leave and few died. They got lucky. The animation below is made … Continue reading →

I have been out most of the day and won’t see the Barcelona/RM match for another hour.  Anyone who spoils it for me is in big trouble.