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Odds 'n Sods:
Eric mentioned that Rock
Port, Missouri is the first US city to be 100% [net meter] wind-powered.
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Burma
death toll worse than Tsunami. We may never have an exact count, but
the previous estimate of 100,000 dead may have been a huge understatement.
And to make maters worse:
UN
halts aid to Myanmar after junta seizes supplies.
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I found an insightful article by Devvy Kidd linked over at the Bull
(Not Bull) blog site: Do
You Have a Plan?
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A reader in Iraq mentioned that US Marine Corps soldiers in fairly significant
numbers are bending their field uniform regulations. They are wearing desert
tan Nomex flight
suits instead of their desert pattern utility uniforms. The reason? Worries
about flash burns from IEDs.
There have been some reports of their standard utility uniforms burning and
causing some severe burns with complications.
Since Nomex is highly
flame resistant, it offers better protection from flash burns. The consensus
seems to be: "I'd rather risk getting an Article 15 [non-judicial punishment
for the uniform violation] than risk a long stay in the hospital."
