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Chile Tsunami potential impact maps

Japanese Tsunami Map. Amazing what the Tsunami researchers can create in just a few minutes after a major earthquake. Here is a potential impact map from the 8.8 Chilean earthquake this morning. ETA to Hawaii is about 11:19 am, which is 14 hours after the first earthquake. Pacific Tsunami Center Alaska and NW US Tsunami Center ]]>

PenguinSix's Tweets for the Week

  • It's just not the Olympics unless the Russians have something to whine about. #
  • I am "the man your man could smell like" () Going out to get 'two tickets to that thing you love' while riding a horse. #
  • One-third of all the biathalon competitors in the Olympics are in the military. http://nyti.ms/cA5uBd #
  • @loic pay him as an independent contractor not an employee in reply to loic #
  • @Nehalia Yea but the Chinese gold medal pair skated to music from the movie Highlander. FTW! in reply to Nehalia #
  • Denmark, Sweden and even the skip for the UK team are on my 'Babes of Curling' list. #
  • My cleaning lady's "4wd SUV" got stuck in the snow in my front yard. Had to tell her that she really didn't have a 4WD after I dug her out. #
  • @dcsportsbog They need some funky Norwegian curling pants to get some inspiration. in reply to dcsportsbog #
  • I learn more in one minute on Friendfeed than five minutes of sorting through noise on Buzz http://ff.im/gazpz #
  • Napping on couch watching curling telling myself I am not lazy as at least it is not bowling on TV. #
  • @thekenyeung I copy down all their settings and try to recreate the same photos, but it never works just right. Still learning. in reply to thekenyeung #
  • Dick Button ranting about figure skaters grabbing their skates during performances. World does not stop to take notice. #
  • Sweden's first gold goes to a non-blonde. #
  • Arrest warrant for Tour de France cyclist Floyd Landis for computer hacking. Weird #
  • Just sold my second US Olympic Team Opening Ceremony Hat–this one for $500. Only one more left #
  • @techmama Point out to your kid that the Chinese pair skated to the theme from Highlander, which is pretty cool. There can be only one! in reply to techmama #
  • Watching figure skaters perform to the song that was in the movie Highlander. There can be only one! #
  • @SLOGUNNER I got 2 for my kids & the lady was like 'do you want 1'. I said 'ok sell it pay for the others'. But at that price, all on sale. in reply to SLOGUNNER #
  • @jlcoassin That's why they included curling–so anyone of any age or condition can continue to have the Olympic dream, even into their 50s. in reply to jlcoassin #
  • My Polo Team USA Olympic hat finally sold, for $510 on ebay. wtf? I'll take it. Gotta love being trendy #
  • My Polo Olympic Opening Ceremony hat is now over $400 on ebay. Guess there is a bit of a demand #

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    Norway curling pants the 'hottest' thing on ice

    Much is being made about the Polo Reindeer Cap from the opening ceremony being the hottest fashion item of the Winter Games, but now it seems it has been supplanted by something a bit more garish being the sought after ‘must have’ for Olympic fans (which good for me too as I’ve sold my Polo hats for as much as $500 each on Ebay). The crazy pants for the Norwegian curling team are turning heads throughout Vancouver.  Red, white and blue plaid would look more appropriate on the golf course than the curling ice, which helps explain how the Norway team was able to get the pants.  The captain of the team went online to LoudMouthGolf.com to order these pants just before the Olympics.  Only $99 if you can still find a pair (and I should note their website is getting pounded). Unfortunately for Norway the pants were no help yesterday as Canada beat Norway 7-6. loud mouth golf]]>

    Olympics airlift Zambonis to Vancouver, give up on 'green' ice machines

    [/caption] Follow a disasterous resurfacing yesterday, the Vancouver Olympic Committee has launched an emergency airlift of a Zamboni machine to the Winter Olympics. While often thought of as synonymous with ice resurfacing, Zamboni is actually a trademark of a specific machine.  The Olympic committee, in an effort to ‘go green’ decided not to use the tried and tested Zamboni but an electronic Olympia machine.   The first one belched up a bunch of snow on the long track speed skating oval. Then the backup did the same thing. Then the emergency backup shredded the ice to the point some teams wanted a postponment of the race. That was it.  Back to the standby and an airlift mission was tasked to fly a true Zamboni out to Vancouver so that the ice resurfacing can go ahead without fail. Sometimes going green is not ready for primetime.]]>