The-Vug.com has an impressive listing of mineral clubs organized by state. You might be surprised at how many clubs are listed and there is probably one that meets within a short drive of your home.
Since 1972 the “Roadside Geology” series has provided introductory information on the geology of states and small regions of the United States. The books provide a combination of maps, travel logs, photos and commentary for the geology that can be seen along highways or visited at parks and public viewing areas. They are popular with geologists and others who are interested in the Earth.
The folks at MyTopo.com are now printing supersized topo maps – large enough make a huge 5′ x 8′ (or 8′ x 5′) map that will look fantastic on the wall of your office, conference room, lobby, cabin or den. These maps are custom-centered on any location that you pick using their online map-making tool. Lots of smaller sizes are also available.
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Raven Maps are beautiful examples of shaded-relief wall maps that display the elevation of a state in vibrant colors. These large maps look great in a classroom, den or office. Use one to mark the locations of your work or company.
“Several of the largest historical earthquakes to strike the continental United States occurred in the winter of 1811-1812 along the New Madrid Seismic Zone, which stretches from just west of Memphis, Tennessee into southern Illinois. These earthquakes produced at least three temblors between magnitude 7-8, and hundreds of aftershocks.”
USGS is using their EcoMapper underwater vehicles to map White Bear Lake in Illinois. The small submarine is guided on traverses of the lake by GPS to collect temperature and depth data. It can also collect water samples.
Learn more about the EcoMapper in this USGS document (large .pdf).
A well-known activist claims that ground water exploitation in the Great Lakes region will pump the lakes “bone dry” in 80 years – and promotes a moratorium on any new ground water pumping. A USGS scientist who has done a water budget on the Great Lakes reports that “withdrawals for human use in the entire Great Lakes Basin are dwarfed by the amounts that cycle through the system from rainfall, evaporation and rivers flowing into the lakes.”
After intentionally breaching a Mississippi River levee to save Cairo, Illinois, the city of Memphis, Tennessee is at highest risk of flooding. The Mississippi River there is flowing at a rate of 2 million cubic feet of water per second and the crest is not expected until Tuesday.
As planned, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers intentionally breached a levee on the Mississippi River, allowing flood waters to begin covering about 130,000 acres of Missouri farmland. This is being done to reduce a high risk of flooding for the town of Cairo, Illinois.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is ready to intentionally breach a levee on the Missisippi River a short distance upstream from Cairo, Illinois. The breach will be done Monday evening between 9:00 PM and midnight and will floodwater into land on the Missouri side of the river. Owners of 130,000 acres of land on the Missouri side of the river took their case to block the flooding all the way to the Supreme Court who decided not to rule.
Judge Stephen N. Limbaugh Jr. ruled that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers should intentionally break a levee on the Mississippi River to prevent flooding in the town of Cairo, Illinois. Owners of 130,000 acres of farmland that will be flooded opposed breaking the levee.
Leaders at the U.S. Department of Education and Homeland Security are urging schools to participate in the Great Central U.S. Shakeout – an event targeting schools in states surrounding the New Madrid Fault Zone.
A few companies are building tornado-resistant homes that look like typical homes but have a structural steel frame. They cost just 5% more than a typical home.
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