Tsunami Warning Signs, Facts in Wake of Samoa Quake Sep 30, 2009
In 1883 some 36,500 people were killed by tsunamis in the South Java Sea, following the eruption of Indonesia's Krakatoa volcano. In northern Chile more than 25,000 people were killed by a tsunami in 1868. (National Geographic)
Dan Browns worst sentences (or at least twenty of them) Sep 19, 2009
The Da Vinci Code, chapter 6: His last correspondence from Vittoria had been in December - a postcard saying she was headed to the Java Sea to continue her research in entanglement physics ... It's a novel, not an "English textbook. People read it and find it entertaining. Probably far more people then the readership of the Telegraph. Adrian on September 19, 2009 at 06:08 AM 7 and 6. The Da Vinci Code, chapter 33: Pulling back the sleeve of his jacket, he checked his watch - a vintage,... (Harper's Magazine)
Maritime disasters over decades Jul 29, 2009
Jan. 27, 1981: 580 killed when Indonesian passenger ship Tamponas II catches fire and sinks in Java sea. July 25, 1956: Two passenger liners, the Andrea Doria and the Stockholm, collide off Massachusetts, sinking the Andrea Doria and killing 46 of its 1,706 passengers and crew. (India Times)
QuikScat Finds Tempests Brewing In 'Ordinary' Storms Jul 3, 2009
ScienceDaily (July 2, 2009) "June is busting out all over," as the song says, and with it, U.S. residents along the Atlantic and Gulf coasts begin to gaze warily toward the ocean, aware that the hurricane season is revving up. In the decade since NASA's QuikScat satellite and its SeaWinds scatterometer launched in June 1999, the satellite has measured the wind speed and wind direction of these powerful storms, providing data that are increasingly used by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric... (Science Daily)
Mud Flood: Indonesian Eruption Also Spewed Oil Apr 5, 2009
But there's also the risk of livestock drinking contaminated water or even more worrisome oil carried by the nearby Porong River to the Java Sea could contaminate operations there. Whether or not oil is part of the mix, Thomas Casadevall, a USGS geologist who has studied the mud , says the mud is expected to flow for decades. (Scientific American)
Windy capital in coming days: BMKG Feb 15, 2009
The wind, he said, would create higher waves in the Java Sea and Indian Ocean. Post Your Comments. (Jakarta Post, Indonesia)
