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I am sure that the rabbit population has exploded this year with the plentiful rain all summer.
Thursday, September 25, 2014
Wednesday, September 24, 2014
Photos of Flooding in Durango Last Weekend
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I didn't catch this one - part of the residual from the Baja hurricane.
I didn't catch this one - part of the residual from the Baja hurricane.
Saturday, September 20, 2014
Mountain Lion Gets Aggressive with Steamboat Hikers
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An interesting account, wrongly reported as an attack. The mountain lion was aggressive and threatening, but did not make physical contact with anyone. We had a similar incident in our Open Space park about 10 years ago, when a hiker encountered a cat that was standing over a fresh deer kill. In that case the hiker made himself "big", yelled at the cat and was able to back away slowly facing the cat the whole time, and return back down the trail.
An interesting account, wrongly reported as an attack. The mountain lion was aggressive and threatening, but did not make physical contact with anyone. We had a similar incident in our Open Space park about 10 years ago, when a hiker encountered a cat that was standing over a fresh deer kill. In that case the hiker made himself "big", yelled at the cat and was able to back away slowly facing the cat the whole time, and return back down the trail.
Wednesday, September 17, 2014
Monday, September 15, 2014
Friday, September 12, 2014
Space Science Institute Has Online Tool to Estimate the Impact of Meteor Strikes
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Some interesting things can be seen with this game. If a school bus-sized meteor were to hit head-on in downtown Denver, the crater would cover most of the city and the blast zone would level buildings throughout much of the immediately surrounding suburbs. A 1,000 foot asteroid, the size of Apophis would cause a crater about 7 miles in diameter and the fireball would cause 1st degree burns all the way from Fort Collins to Colorado Springs. While a 7 mile crater sounds pretty big, the La Garita caldera from a supervolcanic eruption in Colorado 25 million years ago was 47 miles across. The chances of another supervolcanic eruption in Yellowstone are about 20 times greater than a small asteroid hitting Colorado.
Some interesting things can be seen with this game. If a school bus-sized meteor were to hit head-on in downtown Denver, the crater would cover most of the city and the blast zone would level buildings throughout much of the immediately surrounding suburbs. A 1,000 foot asteroid, the size of Apophis would cause a crater about 7 miles in diameter and the fireball would cause 1st degree burns all the way from Fort Collins to Colorado Springs. While a 7 mile crater sounds pretty big, the La Garita caldera from a supervolcanic eruption in Colorado 25 million years ago was 47 miles across. The chances of another supervolcanic eruption in Yellowstone are about 20 times greater than a small asteroid hitting Colorado.
Thursday, September 11, 2014
Big Solar Storm Headed for Earth
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Scientists sure storm will disrupt power and communications, unsure whether today or the next few days and which part of earth will be facing sun when it arrives.
Scientists sure storm will disrupt power and communications, unsure whether today or the next few days and which part of earth will be facing sun when it arrives.
Wednesday, September 10, 2014
Tuesday, September 9, 2014
Sunday, September 7, 2014
Another Case of Tularemia Surfaces in Larimer County
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In this case, they think the man got it from mowing tall grass where rabbits had been. This is the first time I've heard that theory. More likely the mower ran over part of a dead rabbit or he was bitten by mosquitoes that were carrying the bacteria . That's four cases in Colorado this year, a normal number of cases.
In this case, they think the man got it from mowing tall grass where rabbits had been. This is the first time I've heard that theory. More likely the mower ran over part of a dead rabbit or he was bitten by mosquitoes that were carrying the bacteria . That's four cases in Colorado this year, a normal number of cases.
Longmont Infant with Tularemia Recovers in Hospital
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Tularemia is carried mainly by rabbits. They think the child was bitten by an insect that had been in contact with a rabbit.
Tularemia is carried mainly by rabbits. They think the child was bitten by an insect that had been in contact with a rabbit.
Friday, September 5, 2014
Wednesday, September 3, 2014
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