Although you'd never know it to look at me, I absolutely love riding horseback. I've been lucky enough to ride on the beach alongside crystal waters in the Caribbean, across the tundra in Alaska as the sun crept up over the mountains and most recently, deep into Native American territory within the Grand Canyon to visit the incredible turquoise waters of Havasu Falls.
The Natural Gas Supply Association (NGSA) expects working gas in storage to reach 3.5-3.6 Tcf by the start of the winter heating season, which, when coupled with the return of Gulf of Mexico production lost in the 2005 hurricanes -- and no significant hurricanes so far this year -- means lower prices for consumers this winter.
One area is 5 to 11 degrees above average In this northern territory, temperatures are rising, hunters are falling through ice and offices are using something they've never used before--air co They never used to need air conditioners up in the Arctic.
It's the month of getting ready. You can see it in College Village, where compost enthusiast Liz Rockwell lays a blanket of year-old leaf litter over her recently pruned perennials.
- By James 'Dr. Fermento' Roberts As the weather cools down, things are just starting to warm up in Alaska when it comes to good beer. The summer weather was lackluster so it's easy to be done with. Now is the season to take a breath, and at the same time expect more: Oktoberfest is coming.
Americans are finally getting a break on energy costs. Oil and gasoline prices have been dropping since mid-August, and heading into the winter heating season, natural gas is much cheaper than at this time last year.
Scientists at the University of Alaska Fairbanks International Arctic Research Center this fall documented that recent surges of warm water from the North Atlantic Ocean continue to pulse into the Arctic Ocean and are moving toward Alaska and the Canadian Basin.
At least 4 to 8 inches of rain soaked areas from eastern Oklahoma to the Tennessee and lower Ohio Valleys , halting fieldwork and triggering flash flooding.
