This glossary contains information on more than 2000 terms, phrases and abbreviations used by the NWS. Many of these terms and abbreviations are used by NWS forecasters to communicate between each... More > other and have been in use for many years and before many NWS products were directly available to the public. It is the purpose of this glossary to aid the general public in better understanding NWS products. Previously, this book was only availableonline as a search tool. This hardcopy edition is based on material posted to the website as of late 2012. We believe this edition is more useful in many situations.< Less
Number 5 in the new series. With global weather changes causing more and more violent storms, the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration decides to move to a new base in Florida, but... More > when Tom tries to help, he and the base are attacked by an old foe in a mysterious white submarine. And when Tom decides to build something to try to control hurricanes, he runs into two problems: the same enemy, and what the heck to actually build. Time is against him. Can he get around the old adage, "You can't do anything to change the weather?"< Less
Number 5 in the new series. With global weather changes causing more and more violent storms, the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration decides to move to a new base in Florida, but... More > when Tom tries to help, he and the base are attacked by an old foe in a mysterious white submarine. And when Tom decides to build something to try to control hurricanes, he runs into two problems: the same enemy, and what the heck to actually build. Time is against him. Can he get around the old adage, "You can't do anything to change the weather?"< Less
The author has spent a lifetime living on the edge of chaos to experience all that the journey has to offer. His travels have carried him across the globe to places like Africa, Cuba, Ecuador and... More > Thailand, often while rubbing shoulders with some of the most unsavory individuals on the planet. In this book he draws upon some of those experiences to entertain you with tales that range from reality to fanciful penetrations of the surreal, spiritual, inspirational and bizarre. Some stories are real, some are imagined. Will you be able to tell which is which?< Less
Have you ever wondered what it would be like to be a cop, a Merchant Marine or a spy rubbing shoulders with ambassadors, mercenaries and gold and diamond smugglers in South America, Asia and Africa... More > surrounded by revolution and political intrigue? If you read some of this in Soldier of Fortune Magazine or TALES OF A COUNTRY COP IN AFRICA, you will be riveted by the rest of the story. The author shares his convoluted journey beginning with his birth so you can discover for yourself what it takes to form a man into the kind of person who packs three lifetimes into one as he survives three African revolutions and overcomes more challenges than the average person ever has to face.< Less
Have you ever wondered what it would be like to be a cop, a Merchant Marine or a spy rubbing shoulders with ambassadors, mercenaries and gold and diamond smugglers in South America, Asia and Africa... More > surrounded by revolution and political intrigue? If you read some of this in Soldier of Fortune Magazine or TALES OF A COUNTRY COP IN AFRICA, you will be riveted by the rest of the story. The author shares his convoluted journey beginning with his birth so you can discover for yourself what it takes to form a man into the kind of person who packs three lifetimes into one as he survives three African revolutions and overcomes more challenges than the average person ever has to face, growing wiser and stronger in the process.< Less
Have you ever wondered what it would be like to be a cop, a Merchant Marine or a spy rubbing shoulders with ambassadors, mercenaries and gold and diamond smugglers in South America, Asia and Africa... More > surrounded by revolution and political intrigue? If you read some of this in Soldier of Fortune Magazine or TALES OF A COUNTRY COP IN AFRICA, you will be riveted by the rest of the story. The author shares his convoluted journey beginning with his birth so you can discover for yourself what it takes to form a man into the kind of person who packs three lifetimes into one as he survives three African revolutions and overcomes more challenges than the average person ever has to face, growing wiser and stronger in the process.< Less
Have you ever wondered what it would be like to be a cop, a Merchant Marine or a spy rubbing shoulders with ambassadors, mercenaries and gold and diamond smugglers in South America, Asia and Africa... More > surrounded by revolution and political intrigue? If you read some of this in Soldier of Fortune Magazine or TALES OF A COUNTRY COP IN AFRICA, you will be riveted by the rest of the story. The author shares his convoluted journey beginning with his birth so you can discover for yourself what it takes to form a man into the kind of person who packs three lifetimes into one as he survives three African revolutions and overcomes more challenges than the average person ever has to face.< Less
The author has spent a lifetime living on the edge of chaos to experience all that the journey has to offer. His travels have carried him across the globe to places like Africa, Cuba, Ecuador and... More > Thailand, often while rubbing shoulders with some of the most unsavory individuals on the planet. In this book he draws upon some of those experiences to entertain you with tales that range from reality to fanciful penetrations of the surreal, spiritual, inspirational and bizarre. Some stories are real, some are imagined. Will you be able to tell which is which?< Less
In 1997, Charles Moore and his crew were returning from competing in the Los Angeles-to-Hawaii sailing race known as the Transpac. Even though they had been sailing for days in one of the most... More > desolate areas of the Pacific Ocean, they found that human contaminates were a common sight.
This brought on the discovery of what is now called the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, an area of the Pacific roughly twice the size of Texas. Plastic flotsam is getting caught in the Northern Pacific Gyre and is quickly becoming an environmental disaster as it is continuously growing.
… Enter Jack Regal, captain of the Greenpeace ship Sea-angel. In this short story Captain Regal, with the help of a volunteer diver, bring home the environmental impact to a guest reporter hoping to write a front page story. Using the dialog between Captain Regal and Hawaiian Gazette reporter Miguel Dragos, you’ll learn about the impacts of this flotsam and what we should do to help battle the threat.< Less
