Katrina is scary. The photos from the news sites reminds me of the Day After Tomorrow. Here are photos from real people posted at flickr. Even scarier photos from newswires
Also, here are some evidence that Hurricanes will go from bad to worse in the upcoming years due to global warming.
An implication of these studies is that if the frequency of tropical cyclones remains the same over the coming century, a greenhouse-gas induced warming …
I was very lucky to watch this year's Perseid meteor shower.
Last Friday, in Marina, my cousin noticed two shooting stars. I vaguely remembered that there was a meteor shower in mid August. We drove about 20km west of El-Alamein, we escaped city lights. We didn't stay long because they were not really showers. They were like 1 meteor every 6 or 8 minutes. Anyways, since this was my first meteor shower I get to …
Whoa, a very minor quake happened few minutes ago (19:17). My heart dropped for a moment, I remembered October '92. I guess I am seismophobic. It probably lasted around 20 seconds. Till now there is no information at the USGS website. May be it was so mild that it will go unreported. For sure it was due to the usual secret Israeli A-bomb test conspiracy theory.
Anyways, here is an entertaining list of phobias …
Starting from Thursday 28/07 at noon, in the garden of el sakkia (in Zamalek), you can leave anything to express your feelings about what happened in Sharm el-Sheikh and about terrorism. Just put anything you want, a picture, a poem, a candle, flowers...
It will be open for sometime after this Thursday, so come anytime you like!
بدءاً من ظهر الخميس 28 - 7 - 2005
في حديقة ساقية الصاوي
اتركوا وردة ، أقيدوا شمعة ، خطوا عبارة …
Ok, I am starting to recover from my shock. Here are some links related to the Sharm El-Sheikh bombings.
Since this is probably the largest terror attack to hit my home country in my lifetime. I think I have to post something.
My reaction is very different to other attacks, I am avoiding the news, television and other sources of information. On other similar events I would be glued to the TV and the Internet. Trying to follow every news piece or report.
I am glad, I didn't lose anyone I know. But still …
Forget the lousy egymaps site. Google maps expanded to include several cities around the world. And by far this is the most detailed satellite imagery available freely for the public. Your loved and hated Cairo in amazing detail probably 1 meter resolution.
Ok, let us do some google sightseeing.
Go spend hours looking around an …
Human rights groups condemn the trafficking and exploitation of kids used as camel jockeys. They lobby hard to stop the use of young children slaves in such a dangerous sport. In 2003, UAE responded by a law that prohibits children under 15 or weighing less than 45 kilograms to take part in the sport. However there are evidence that young kids are still used.
Qatar recently responded by developing, with a Swiss robotics firm, a …