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Ocean of Tornadoes Strikes Mid-South

April 10, 2006
As predicted in last week's Unknowncountry.comnewsletter, the second violent weather system in a week developed on Thursday and Friday. The newsletter warned that it couldstrike Kansas, but the fast moving front did not developstorms until it reached Tennessee. It tore... continued

Early Casualties of Global Warming

April 7, 2006
Tuvalu is drowning. The island nation, which is located in the Pacific ocean between Hawaii and Australia, may be the first casualty of global warming. In the US, we?ve had protest marches about proposed laws that would punish and try... continued

New Evolution

April 6, 2006
Evolution isn?t just something that went on in the past, it's still happening today. And some scientists think that evoltion plays out pretty much the same everywhere, meaning that alien life, when we find it, won't be so different from... continued

Oil Shock: No Shortage for 100 Years–UPDATE

April 5, 2006
At $20 a barrel, there's a major world oil shortage. At $50 a barrel, there's enough oil to last well into the next century, regardless of increasing usage. Therefore, the ability of oil to sustain a price much above that... continued

Solution for High Gas Prices

April 4, 2006
Designers assure us that the highways of tomorrow will be filled with lighter, cleaner and more fuel-efficient automobiles made in from recycled plastics (from things like soda bottles), wood pulp and cellulose. Researchers at General Motors are pinning their hopes... continued

Whitley’s Journal: Because of the Children

April 4, 2006
Why do we need to do everything we can to try to save the planet from the scourge of global warming? As Whitley writes in his dynamic new journal, the reason should be obvious: it's "because of the children." NOTE:... continued

Timely Note

April 4, 2006
On Wednesday of this week, at two minutes and three seconds after 1:00 in the morning, the time and date will be: 01:02:03 04/05/06. That won't ever happen again. You know what time it is: time to subscribe to unknowncountry.com.... continued

World Weather Chaos

April 4, 2006
Weather across the world has been violent, with unusualevents in Hawaii and Europe, and exceptionally destructivestorms in the U.S. At least 27 people died overnight in themidwestbecause of tornadoes. Over the past month, thestate of Hawai'i has received record rainfall.... continued

Highest Waves Ever Measured Appear North of Scotland

April 3, 2006
Waves so huge 'they shouldn't even exist' hammered theresearch vessel Discovery off the coast of Scotland for 12hours. The largest of the waves was a ninety foot monster,and the average wave measured seventy feet in height. Thewaves came with a... continued

April Fool!

April 2, 2006
We didn't fool many of you this April 1, but we did manageto suck in a few horrified and/or outraged readers for ourannual April Fool's page. Tradition dictates that we lampoon a prominent figure. Lastyear, it was to be the... continued