Studying Weather on Venus

While this article does not talk about hazards I thought it was pretty interesting to find out more about unknown weather on another planet. They have found that the wind on the planet blows in the same direction that the planet rotates in, but they blow at a speed 60 times faster than that!  With this devise they will be able to see if theres lightning, any active volcanoes, and hopefully be able to see the actualy surface of the planet.  I think it will be interesting to see their findings because it is all unknown to us at the moment, and we will be able to compare its weather to ours.

http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2010/12/07/craft-will-study-weather-on-venus/?iref=storysearch

Freezing Temperatures Hit Florida

While here in the midwest we are use to seeing freezing temperatures during this time of year, the people in Florida are not use to this at all.  It was reported that the middle of the state could have reached as low as 20 degrees! The citrus farm owners sprayed the citrus with water hoping that a thin sheet of ice would insulate the fruit.  I have learned about that processes helping fruits in a biology class.  While it seems a little backwards it actually helps and could possibly really help these farmers.  On the up side they we predicting that if we have a cold Dec. then we may have a warm Jan. and Feb. which I am not too sure how I feel about that.  I would really like to see snow staying on the ground until March.

http://www.cnn.com/2010/US/12/07/winter.weather/index.html?hpt=T2