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Friday, November 20, 2009

England, Ireland hit by rains, flooding

COCKERMOUTH, England (AP) – Military helicopters winched dozens of people to safety and emergency workers in inflatable boats rescued scores more as floods on Friday swamped northern England's picturesque Lake District. One police officer was missing and feared dead after a bridge was swept away.

British soldiers conducted house-to-house searches for those trapped by floods as deep as 8 feet (2.5 meters). Troops also dropped down on lines from air force helicopters, breaking through rooftops to pluck people to safety.

Monday, November 9, 2009

Text of email from UI provost's office regarding GEO

The GEO membership has voted to authorize its strike committee to call a strike at any time. The GEO made a formal press release today. Unofficial reports indicate that the strike would begin on Monday, November 16, 2009. Although we continue to believe that a strike is not in the best interests of either the GEO or the University, we recognize the GEO's legal right to take a strike action.

Saturday, October 31, 2009

Rain falls shy of monthly record

But it's more than enough to mess with parking at today's UI game

The area just missed setting a record for October rainfall Friday, as water and leaves clogged sewers.

Friday, October 30, 2009

C-U edges closer to October rainfall record

CHAMPAIGN — Overnight rainfall boosted October’s precipitation total to 7.96 inches, enough to make this the second-wettest October on record in Champaign-Urbana.

Thursday, October 29, 2009

Rain record set in 1941 could be washed away

CHAMPAIGN – With 7.16 inches of rain reported so far this month at the Illinois State Water Survey station in south Champaign, this is already the fifth-wettest October on record.

And there's "an outside chance," said WILL chief meteorologist Ed Kieser, that the all-time record of 9.01 inches, set in 1941, could be broken.