UPDATE: HEAVY RAIN IS NOW THE ISSUE AS THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOW TRAINING IN ON OUR REGION
FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE ARLINGTON HEIGHTS AREA ISSUED AT 10:03 AM
Thunderstorms in the area have produced rainfall rates of 1.5 to 2 inches per hour.
Elmhurst Road is under water from Golf Road to Algonquin Road in the Mount Prospect – Des Plaines area.
NEW STORMS NOON/AFTERNOON COULD BRING HIGH STRAIGHT LINE WINDS ACCORDING TO RADAR INDICATIONS.
Severe weather with several Severe Thunderstorm Warnings and Tornado Warnings have been activated and canceled throughout the morning.
After an apparent lightning strike at a house at 849 Cantebury in Crystal Lake has caused an extra alarm fire. Heavy fire reported in the attic and second floor.
Significant hail reported by police in the Lake Zurich and Barrington area.
Severe thunderstorms are expected throughout the day. Storm tracking seems to at the lattitude of Winnebago County, McHenry County, Kane County, DuPage County, Lake County and northern Cook County.
A view of the night sky looking north May 29, 2009 at 1:08 a.m. Click the image to see the dynamic view for May 29, 2009, then use the controls to see the current view, or choose another date and time.
A view of the night sky looking east August 29, 2009 at 1:08 a.m. Click the image to see the dynamic view of the night sky for August 29, 2009, then use the controls to see the current view, or choose another date and time.
A view of the night sky looking east September 9, 2009 at 1:08 a.m. Because stars appear to advance from east to west, just like the sun, the sky at 1:08 a.m. on September 9, 2009, except for the moon, is about the same sky at 2:08 a.m. on August 29, 2009. In other words, the stars appear to advance ahead an hour as the year passes by … and the advance seen in one hour on a single night is about the same advance seen 11 days later at the exact same time. Click the image to see the dynamic view of the night sky for September 9, 2009, then use the controls to see the current view, or choose another date and time.
The location for the nearest whole numbers for latitude, longitude coordinates for Arlington Heights, Illinois is 42° North and 88° West (42,-88). The location is actually just south of Busse Woods and just southeast of Arlington Heights Road and Biesterfield Road in Elk Grove Village.*
What star is that in the night sky in Chicago?
What planets are visible? Planet Viewing from StarDate ONLINE
* The links to the NEAVE Planetarium are set for 42° North and 88° West (42,-88), which is pinpointed to Elk Grove Village, Illinois. The lat-long position is acceptable for calculating the night sky for the following cities and suburbs of Chicagoland (see lat-long notes at the bottom of the page for adjusting for some of the following locations):
Addison, Algonquin, Antioch, Arlington Heights, Aurora, Barrington, Barrington Hills, Bartlett, Batavia, Beach Park, Beecher, Belleville, Bellwood, Belvidere, Bensenville, Berwyn, Bloomingdale, Bolingbrook, Brookfield, Buffalo Grove, Burr Ridge, Byron, Carol Stream, Carpentersville, Village of Cary, Channahon, Chenoa, Cherry Valley, night sky City of Chicago, Chicago Heights Clarendon Hills, Countryside, Crete, Crystal Lake, Village of Deer Park, Deerfield, DeKalb, Des Plaines, Downers Grove, Village of East Dundee, El Paso, Elgin, Elk Grove Village, Elmhurst, Elmwood Park, Elsah, Evanston, Fairfield, Fairview Heights, Village of Flossmoor, Fox River Grove, Freeport, Galena, Galesburg, Geneseo, Geneva, Genoa, Village of Gilberts, Glen Ellyn, Glencoe, Glendale Heights, Village of Glenview, Grayslake, Gurnee, Harwood Heights, Village of Hawthorn Woods, Village of Hazel Crest, Highland Park, Highwood, Village of Hillside, Village of Hinsdale, Hodgkins, Hoffman Estates, Village of Homer Glen, Homewood, Indian Head Park, Village of Island Lake, night sky Village of Inverness, Village of Johnsburg, Joliet, Kankakee, Kenosha, Village of Kildeer, LaGrange, Village of La Grange Park, Lake Geneva, Lake Forest, Lakemoor, Lake Zurich, LaSalle, Lemont, Village of Libertyville, Village of Lisle, Lockport, Village of Lombard, Long Grove, Machesney Park, Manhattan, Manteno, Maquon, Mascoutah, Mendota, Minooka, Village of Mokena, Monee Township, Monmouth, Village of Montgomery, Village of Morton Grove, Mount Carroll, Mount Prospect Village of Mundelein, Naperville, Nauvoo, Niles, Norridge, North Barrington, Northbrook, Oak Brook, Village of Oak Lawn, Oak Park, Olympia Fields, Oquawka, Orland Park, Oswego, Ottawa, Village of Palatine, Palos Heights, Palos Park, Paris, Park Ridge, Paxton, Pecatonica, Peoria, Village of Peotone, Petersburg, Phoenix, Pittsfield, Village of Plainfield, Pontiac, Pontoon Beach, Princeton, Prophetstown, Red Bud, Richmond, Village of Richton Park, Village of River Forest, Village of River Grove, Riverside, Riverton, Riverwoods, Rock Island, Illinois Rockford, Village of Rockton, Rolling Meadows, Village of Romeoville, Village of Roselle, Rochelle, Village of Roscoe, Sadorus, Saint Charles, Salem, Sandwich, Savanna, Village of Schaumburg, Village of Schiller Park, Shelbyville, Shiloh, Village of Skokie, Village of Sleepy Hollow, South Holland, Village of South Jacksonville, Spring Valley, Staunton, Streamwood, Streator, Village of Sugar Grove, Sullivan, Sycamore, Village of Tinley Park, Tower Lakes, Tuscola, Urbana, Village of North Utica, Vandalia, Village of Vernon Hills, Village of Villa Park, Waterloo, Waukegan, West Chicago, Village of West Dundee, West Frankfort, Village of Western Springs, Village of Westmont, Wheaton, Village of Wheeling, Williams Bay, Village of Williamsville, Village of Willowbrook, Willow Springs, Wilmette, Village of Winnetka, Wood Dale, Wood River, Woodstock, Village of Worth, Urbana, Yorkville
41,-88 is located just southwest of Kankakee, Illinois. Therefore if you start getting south of an east-west line from about Tinley Park, Lockport or Plainfield; then you might want to re-adjust the lat-long position control in the planetarium.
42,-89 is located just northwest of Dekalb, Illinois. Therefore if you start getting west of a north-south line Harvard, Marengo, and North Aurora; then you might want to re-adjust the lat-long position control in the planetarium.
43,-88 is located just southwest of Milwauke, Wisconsin. Therefore if you start getting north of an east-west line Kenosha, Lake Geneva, Paddock Lake, and Williams Bay; then you might want to re-adjust the lat-long position control in the planetarium.
Discovery successfully lifted off during the second launch attempt on Saturday, December 9, 2006 at 8:47:35 p.m. EST. It was the first night launch of a Space Shuttle orbiter since STS-113, which launched on November 23, 2002.
The STS-116 mission was notable to Sweden because it marked the first time a Scandinavian astronaut (Christer Fuglesang) visited space. Also, STS-116 was the last scheduled Space Shuttle flight planned for launch from Pad 39B as NASA reconfigures the pad for Ares I launches.
View World in a larger map Embedded Google map satellite image showing Launch Complex 39, Launch Complex LC 40, LC 41, LC37, the NASA Vehicle Assembly Building and the northern tip Missile Row at Cape Canaveral Air Force Base.
Solo Blue Angel Boeing F/A-18 Hornet flyover at about 100 feet near Alliance Airport in Texas.
The mission of the Blue Angels is to enhance Navy recruiting, and credibly represent Navy and Marine Corps aviation to the United States and its Armed Forces to America and other countries as international ambassadors of good will.
The “Blues” FA-18 aircraft are former fleet aircraft that are nearly combat-ready. They can be repainted and readied for combat service in just 72 hours.
The Blue Angels do not wear G-suits, because air bladders inside the suits would repeatedly deflate and inflate during frequent maneuvers, which would interfere with the control stick between a pilot’s legs. Instead, Blue Angel pilots contract their stomach muscles and leg muscles to attenuate blood circulation to their brain, preventing blood from rushing or draining from their heads and rendering them unconscious.
Arlington Heights snowfall at midnight Sunday/Monday was 2.5 inches. No snow accumulated on any driveways, streets or sidewalks. Grassy areas are completely covered by a wet snow.
Forecast 2:04 am CDT Apr 6, 2009
Overnight: A 50 percent chance of snow. Cloudy, with a low around 30. Blustery, with a north wind around 25 mph, with gusts as high as 35 mph.
Monday: A 20 percent chance of snow showers. Cloudy, with a high near 39. Breezy, with a north northwest wind around 20 mph, with gusts as high as 35 mph.
Video of recent release claiming to be evidence of the November 7, 2006 UFO sighting near O’Hare.
On November 7, 2006 about 4:30 p.m. ground crew radio chatter at O’Hare International Airport started reporting that an object was hovering right above gate C-17 (See excellent witness account here … ‘The November 7 O’Hare UFO Sighting‘). The UFO appeared to be hovering right below the ceiling of the cloud cover (about 700 or 800 feet). The cloud ceiling that day was 1900 feet. The top of the craft was clearly outlined as a very dark gray material, but the bottom and the edges of the craft were reported to be hazy … like when you see the mirage-like surface of the road on a hot day. Witnesses reported that the diameter of the UFO was estimated to be about 30 feet or 10 meters.
OFFICIAL O’HARE WEATHER REPORTS at time of UFO sighting at 4:30 pm …
3:51 PM 53.1 °F 48.0 °F 83% 29.81 in 4.0 miles West 8.1 mph - N/A Haze
4:51 PM 53.1 °F 48.0 °F 83% 29.81 in 5.0 miles SW 4.6 mph - N/A Haze
5:51 PM 53.1 °F 48.0 °F 83% 29.81 in 5.0 miles West 8.1 mph - N/A Haze
On March 21, 2009 a video was released with the source claiming to have a cell phone video of a cigar-shaped UFO “well over 100 meters in length.” The video shows a dark disk or cigar-shaped UFO with a jet (MD-80) that appears to be taking off in the background (the source claims the jet flew under the UFO). The size report from the latest source is in serious conflict with the report from witnesses the day of the incident. It is unlikely that there was a second UFO that would have been missed by the previously-known witnesses. A magnitude of 30 feet and “100 meters” is a big, big difference.
The sky in the background appears to show cumulus clouds in the lower two-thirds of the frame and blue sky in the upper third of the frame. That sky is in conflict with witness accounts and official weather data (overcast and mostly cloudy, ceiling 1900 feet, not broken). Also the amount of light in the sky is too bright for a day in the first week of November at 4:30 p.m. in Chicago. Sunset was at 4:38 p.m. on November 7, 2006. With only about 10 minutes before sunset of a low, Winter sun on a cloudy day in Chicago, the image would probably be a lot darker. It is possible the phone affected the appearance of the lighting, but that is doubtful.
Except for the jet on takeoff, there are no distinguishing landmarks that could associate the video with the O’Hare location.
The audio is also suspect. November 7, 2009 at 4:30 p.m. was rush hour on a Wednesday in Chicago — near O’Hare. There are no sounds of passing cars, freight trucks or any jets taking off or landing. That area is a bustle of energy at that time of day.
This latest account, even though there is video, is not as credible as the accounts from witnesses reporting immediately after the event.
Exercise, Sports Medicine
Nutrition News & Journal
Nutrition Data & Analysis FITNESSMATH.COM calculator
Anatomy/Physiology reference
News comes fast every day. Some of it is incomplete. Some of it is wrong. Often it is not connected with past news, so the information on TV, newspapers and magazines is often conflicting and confusing. Many people just turn off the news. The negativity is too much. Too many questions and not enough answers. Overly stressed, these people are wise enough to focus on affirmations and hope, but they miss opportunities and cautions. The Cardinal goal is to process news -- to inform and encourage connection of information, adaptation to news, and ultimately affirmation and the pursuit of excellence in human effort: Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness.
Fitness is a luxury in prosperous times. Fitness is a necessity in tough times. Strength, stamina, injury prevention and disease prevention are priorities, especially in tough times. 1. Exercise everyday. 2. Lift weights 3-5 days per week. 3. Get cardiovascular exercise 3-5 days per week. 4. Walk every day. 5. Learn posture and anatomy and optimal body mechanics for safety and injury prevention. 6. Drink plenty of water. 7. Learn nutrition and healthy eating. 8. Learn your optimal consumption of macronutrients (carbohydrates, protein and fat) and consume accordingly. 9. Get enough rest and sleep. 10. Be intelligent: Learn and adapt to the changing world.
