Cayman Islands airport agencies executes safety walk
ORIA F.O.D. Walk 2014 Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands (18 December, 2014) The Cayman Islands Airports Authority (CIAA) held its annual Foreign Object Debris (F.O.D) Walk on Tuesday, 16th December. The end of year event was organized by CIAA’s Safety Management…
Even weak thunderstorms emit some of the most high-energy light on Earth
By Andrew Freedman From Mashable SAN FRANCISCO — Thunderstorms of all shapes and sized produce high-energy gamma ray bursts, which are potentially harmful to pilots and passengers of aircraft in extraordinarily rare circumstances, scientists reported for the first time on…
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Cayman Islands Police Christmas Safety Campaign – Operation Dasher – 188 prosecutions Since Wednesday 10th December 2014 and start of Royal Cayman Islands Police Service Christmas Safety campaign, Operation Dasher, 188 persons have been prosecuted. From these figures 13 persons…
A massive volcanic flood could be what killed off the dinosaurs
By Becky Oskin for LiveScience from Mashable An incredible outpouring of lava 66 million years ago could have set off environmental changes that killed off the dinosaurs, a new study finds. The research reports precise dates for India’s Deccan Traps,…
Fake bus stop posters in London attack Metropolitan Police
By Tim Chester LONDON — A series of posters attacking the Metropolitan Police have appeared around the capital this weekend. Adorning bus stops across London, they criticise the police force for their stance on drugs and the shooting of Mark…
Red Sail Sports Grand Cayman launches new dive-specific website
Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands (Dec 16, 2014) Red Sail Sports, Grand Cayman’s leading resort watersports operator, is gearing up for 2015 with the launch of a new dive-focused website www.diveredsailcayman.com. The website, a one-stop online shopping location for diving customers,…
The charts that show we’re living through Earth’s warmest year on record
By Andrew Freedman From Mashable This year is almost certain to become the warmest year the planet has had since instrument records began, and very likely for at least 4,000 years before that. Even though November was tied with 2008…
Sea of clouds fills Grand Canyon
Sea of clouds fills Grand Canyon in spectacular weather phenomenon By Megan Specia From Mashable A breathtaking weather phenomenon turned the Grand Canyon into a cauldron of soupy cloud cover on Thursday (11) The rare scenes were caused by a…
Deep-sea asphalt mounds found off West African coast
From Planet Earth Scientists have discovered a large area of the deep seabed strewn with mounds of asphalt off the coast of Angola, hosting rich animal life. This is the first such discovery in the Atlantic proper or in the…
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Sydney siege: Three dead after commandos storm cafe From BBC Two people died, along with an Islamist gunman, after commandos stormed a cafe in Sydney, Australia, to bring to an end a 16-hour siege. The gunman, identified as an Iranian…