David Tenant and Billie Piper to return for Doctor Who 50th Anniversary

 

Yes you did hear it right!! The BBC has just confirmed that David Tenant and Billie Piper will be returning for the 50th Anniversary episode.

 

Billie Piper played Rose Tyler, the 10th Doctors (David Tenant) sidekick from 2005. The show is due to air on November 23rd 2013 in 3D!

 

 

Rose Tyler and The David Tenant Doctor

In a nutshell

 

In 2005 Rose sees the Doctor generate into David Tenant form and throughout that series falls in love with him. At the end of the series Rose Tyler gets trapped in a parallel universe and is declared dead in this one, but the Doctor manages to transmit her one last message and Rose declares her love for the Doctor. But she is trapped and there seems to be no way of getting her back.

 

Her absence in the following series is clearly missed; when saving the world with his new companion, Martha (Freema Agyeman. It is still Rose  he dreams of. It is during the next series in which the Doctors companion is Donna Noble (Catherine Tate) that Rose Tyler begins to appear again, firstly only seen by Donna and at points when the Doctor fails to notice. There is a time in which Rose helps Donna to correct a timeline in which the Doctor dies after Donna is tricked into forming one.

 

During an episode in which the "Supreme Dalek" and Davros the creator of the Daleks attack Earth and Dalek Caan performs a temporal shift so that those that can time travel cannot enter and the Doctor cannot save the Earth. Rose and a whole host of previous cast are trying to find ways to battle the Daleks and somehow get the Doctor back to Earth. After finally finding a way to do so, Rose and the Doctor are finally reunited. But the Doctor is shot by a Dalek. He begins to regenerate.

In the following episode the final of the 4th new series, the drama continues...

 

A severed right hand of the doctors(which he lost from an attack from the Sycorax previously) was kept in the TARDIS and it is this of which the Doctor uses during regeneration to transfer some remaining energy so that he does not regenerate into a new Doctor but keeps his current form. The Doctor emerges restored but the TARDIS is then captured by Davros along with Donna inside and is ordered for it to be destroyed.

Donna collapses by the Doctor's severed hand, and activates the energy stored in the hand to form a half human, half Time Lord copy of the Doctor, with the side effect of giving Donna the knowledge of a Time Lord.

 

After saving the Universe from the Daleks the Doctor parts ways with his companions. Determined to stay with the real Doctor, Rose asks both what was the last thing the Doctor said to her before the transmission ended in Doomsday. The other Doctor whispers the response to Rose and they kiss, while the real Doctor and Donna leave the parallel world in the TARDIS forever.

 

As the walls between realities are repaired, the fully Time Lord Doctor leaves, allowing Rose and her mortal ageing Doctor to live out their lives together in the parallel universe.

 

It is in "The Return of the Timelords" in which the Doctor is forced to sacrifice himself to save Wilfred Mott (Donnas father.) Although he survives initially as his body absorbs the radiation, the healing of the Doctor's wounds shows his regeneration process has begun, which means he will soon change appearance and personality. He visits previous acquaintances before he completes his regeneration and finally visits the day Rose first meets him, he tells her she will have a great year and stumbles back to the TARDIS before he regenerates and the David Tenant Doctor is no more.

Doctor Who!

 

 

Soooo Doctor Who is back this weekend!! Woo and it looks to be a great series leading up to the 3d 50th anniversary extravaganza!!! Series 7 continues after it was split into two parts, this being the second, and will show off the new TARDIS interior, title sequence, theme tune and outfit for doctor who. 

 

This first episode "The Bells of Saint John" sees the Doctor and his new companion Clara Oswold investigate a threat within the WIFI networks in London. See the trailer for it below:

 

 

 

Enjoy it this Saturday at 6.15pm!

New GTA V Screenshots

Rockstar released some new screenshots for GTA V!!! The pictures come around the time when the game was first set for released, now pushed back until September. The pictures show off the range of cars and guns and the activities in the sky and under the sea.

 

 

Happy Freeze-ter

Happy Easter everyone! Hope you all have an amazing weekend! I am off to the Wintry Welsh Mountains. A likely place of no internet and therefore possibly no blogs for a few days but I will be back!

Its going to be a chilly one but dry and sunny for most whoop whoop. No heatwave though and its to stay cold into next week... yaay. But for many though there will be no white flakes  falling from the sky but snow is still covering many parts across the UK from last weeks downfalls, therefore making a White Easter. Some newspapers are stating it could be the coldest Easter ever if temperatures reach lows of past -10C but that would only occur in rural parts.

 

Debbie Muldoon, Belfast (Via BBC website)

 

But yes have a great weekend, wrap up warm and enjoy you're choccie eggs!

 

 

Remeber this...? Budgie the little Helicopter

So this weeks Remember this...? takes back to 1994 to 1996 when this little gem of a kids TV show was on the screens! "Budgie the Little Helicopter" was an animated TV show.

 

 

NEW SHOW: Revolution

Hellooo there,

Just giving you the heads up on a new show hitting the telly this Friday night! If you are a fan of LOST, Fringe, The Hunger Games and a whole mixture of Post-Apocalyptic dramas; then this is the show for you. Produced JJ Abrams and the Bad Robot team and is a Post-Apocalyptic science fiction television drama.

What if the power shut off...and never turned back on.

The series takes place in a dystopian future, after an unknown phenomenon disable electricity on  Earth and defected all devices. People had to adapt to it, with the collapse of the government and public order many places are ruled by warlords and militias.

There is 20 episodes in the season and it starts on Good Friday on Sky1 at 9pm.

Here is the trailer.

It is said to be very similar to the LOST shows with flash backs.

Check it out this Friday!

The 1975 - Chocolate

Check out this amazing new song from a little known band called The 1975. A little bit of research tells me they are an alternative rock band from Manchester and have only been active within the last year. This is their latest single "Chocolate" Currently doing well in the charts at number 19!

 

Has the government and media overlooked the severity of the recent weather?

So over the last few days I have noticed there has been a lack of focus from the government and from the media on the severity of the weather conditions that have stormed across the Northern half of the United Kingdom. At times it is as if the government and media central bodies found in Southern England feel that if there is no bad weather around their locations and its not worth being too bothered about. However, the situation from Fridays blizzards has been very severe, nothing like this has happened over the last few years. I mean yes we have had numerous severe winters with prolonged cold temperatures, but the sheer amount of snowfall and strong winds produced from last Fridays storm seems to have been seen as yet another crazy winter.

 

 However the depths of the snowfall and the size of drifts are of immense size and it is not just affecting one area but large parts of Yorkshire, Derbyshire, Northern England, Wales, Scotland, Isle of Man and Ireland. Even today three days after the snow fell, there are hundreds of roads closed and these are the major ones. There are hundreds of homes still without power. In places the 4 x 4s are getting stuck, in others the snowploughs, tractors and even the JCBs are no match against the depth of some of the drifts. Its going to be numerous days if not weeks before there will be significant melting and be a further few weeks for these drifts and piles of snow the size of houses to fully disappear. There are still people cut off and are surely to be running low on supplies of food and water by now. With the onset of further cold weather and possibly more snow the situation is not improving fast enough.

 

 

Another major issue is the loss of livestock. Farmers fear that there are thousands of cattle and sheep that have been killed by this bad weather. There are hundreds of sheep buried in snow drifts and in the Isle of Man one quoted that he had managed to save 50 of his 70 flock of sheep with others saying of "Catastrophic Losses". The meteorological office at the Isle of Man said it was the most significant snowfall event since 1963. Farmers that managed to get some stock into farm buildings said that in some cases the weight of the snow had caused them to collapse and they were fighting a battle they could not win.

 

Last year was the warmest March since 1962, this year it seems it will be the coldest March since 1969. It may sound like the start of The Day after Tomorrow, but it seems that the recent weather has been overlooked by the government and media and maybe when the snow has melted and spring finally arrives the costs, impacts and the extent of the bad weather will become clear.

 

 

New World War Z Trailer!

 

Today a new trailer for World War Z was released along with this epic poster!

Out in June, the film centres around a world which is smothered with infection and zombies!!!!

The video shows scenes of Zombies on a Plane!!!! The plane of which is supposedly to crash in a small Cornish town in England where scenes of the movie were filmed.

 

Take a lookie!

 

Check out my piece of fiction based on World War Z, in the UK.
http://blogsandboulders.blogspot.co.uk/2013/02/world-war-z-lancaster.html

Bad Monday? This will make you laugh...

So todays "Bad Monday? This will make you laugh..." comes from a freaky snowman, thought I'd get a snow related one with all the bad snow around at the mo...

 

 

New Star Trek Trailer

So there has been a new Star Trek: Into Darkness Trailer released over the last few weeks. This movie looks amazing! So looking forward to it. Out May 17th:

 

 

Snowmageddon

So its a few days after the huge amount of snowfall settled across the UK and there are still thousands of home without power across parts of Wales, Cumbria, Scotland and Northern Island. The Isle of Arran has no power and several foot of snow. Places saw over 34 hours of continuous snowfall in the UK. The body of a 27 year old man was found by a farmer near Burnley after the man tried to walk home through the snow. Hundreds of drivers were left stranded across the UK with roads in Cumbria seen having buried cars in the snow.

 

 

Farmers on the Isle of Man had to rescue their sheep after they were trapped in fields with 6 foot snow drifts saying they had not managed to save some of their livestock.

 

The strong winds and heavy snowfall have resulted in hundreds of trees and power lines falling down. The heavy rain which began prior to the snow saw numerous landslides one of which killed a woman in her home. The strong winds saw blizzard like conditions and huge drifts forming across roads and fields. The thickness and weight of the snow has seen many buildings roofs collapse.

 

The snow is set to stay around throughout the week with cold temperatures and strong easterly winds meaning the snow cannot melt. Drifts of snow will continue to form and be greater in size and numerous wintry showers are expected.

However, the Easter weekend is to be another extremely heavy snowfall event. With another weather system heading for the UK and cold weather colliding. further snow will be likely and further disruption is certain.

 

Here are some pictures from my near my hometown in Lancashire which saw 10inches of snow and drifts of up to 5 feet and upon the hillside were there are gaps in the hedges even deeper snowdrifts.

 

The roads were mainly clear but in places where snow was blowing off the fields,
huge drifts covered the road, here being the highest and with cars stuck.

 


This car was unlucky enough to get stuck in a drift and the
snow kept falling and covered the vehicle

 



This was one of the roads were huge drifts were forming
and we didn't dare go on any further

This Month looks to be the coldest March in the last 50 years.
I'll keep you updated on the situation for Easter Weekend

 

Why is it still snowing in March?

So this weekend the UK is being covered by another blanket of snow. It seems that since the start of January we have been stuck in a very cold and icy grip and there is no signs of it letting go. This is going to be the fourth or fifth major snowfall event of the winter so far with heavy snow battering Europe and the Channel Islands only weeks ago. The last few months however have been significantly dry and cold with temperatures rarely reaching double figures. But why has our weather changed so much and for so long?

Why is it still so cold in mid March when this time last year we were basking in a mini heatwave with temperatures in the low twenties?!

Well if we look at the location of the Jet Stream, we can get an answer. The Jet Stream a fast ribbon of air that circles across the Northern Hemisphere and is the divider of the cold Arctic Air and the Warm Tropical Air. This Jet Stream is also what brings the wet weather systems to the UK. But so far this year there has been a massive transition in the location of the Jet Stream. The figure below from netweather.tv shows the regular position of the Jet Stream. It normally sits right across the UK shown by the red area. The Warm Air sits to the south and the Cold Air sits to the North. We are normally on the battle ground between the two which is why are weather is normally so wet. The Jet Stream varies and wobbles around a little and you can see here there is a trough of cold air sitting over Scandinavia. On occasions we get these troughs which brings much cooler air.

However currently the Jet Stream is dramatically different. From the figure below it predicts the location of the Jet Stream for this weekend. It has been like this for most of winter and has meant that cold air has been across the UK and resulting in us getting winds from the East and Scandinavia. It also means it is a lot drier as we are not getting these weather systems. Occasionally we do get a strong weather system that tries and pushes its way in and that is what is occurring now. The weather system is pushing in but its hitting this cold air, resulting in the heavy snowfall.

As you can see from this map the Jet Stream is much lower in Latitude and sitting across the Mediterranean. It also seems to be slightly weaker. This is resulting in much cooler weather across much of Europe and much wetter weather in these areas too. This Jet Stream circles the globe at around this latitude, it majorly influences weather in the UK and Europe but also affects weather in Russia and the USA. Currently the USA is experiencing heavy snowfall events but this is likely to be because here the jet stream is much higher than normal meaning more wet weather is affecting the cooler regions. The Jet Stream varies significantly throughout the year. However, it seems that we have been in this position for sometime and unfortunately for the next few days and possibly further it seems that it isn't changing and temperatures are still going to be kept cool. 

So what influences the Jet Streams position? Well its relatively unknown area of science. The main theories are to sea surface temperatures and melting ice. A large influx in freshwater from melting ice in the arctic may influence the jet stream. A result of the world warming is melting ice and in return is making our weather patterns to be more Arctic?

So as of yet there are no signs of an ending winter. However as we do get closer to summer the effects will be less severe and the Jet Stream will probably have changed position by that time.

Remember this ...? Follow me

So this weeks Remember this...? comes from 2001 and Uncle Kracker. Not my uncle but the Uncle Kracker. Don't remember him? Well you should remember this song:

 

You'll find yourself singing along to the words even when you don't really recognise it. The song reached number 1 in Australia, number 5 in the US and number 3 in the UK. It also re-entered the chart at 49 in the UK in 2012. The country rock song has also been used in some films and TV shows.

 

Whilst we are talking about Follow Me,

thought I'd drop my twitter account, so if you want to see when I put a blog up and anything else about me...

 

Follow Me, everything is alright

I'll write you blogs that you can read all night

and if you want to read, I can guarantee

you won't find no blogger that's just like me.

 

@Adam_Dargan

For true LOSTies

Okay, so if I hadn't already mentioned numerous times I am a huge LOST fan. Yes, yes it was years ago, yes, yes there were polar bears and yes, yes everyone thinks the ending was pants...well no. Not everyone does, in fact there are hundreds and thousands of fans out there that thought the ending was fitting, beautiful, magical.... true LOSTies. The ones that don't, hadn't engaged in the show enough, hadn't been emotionally attached to the characters, hadn't understood the meaning of the show, hadn't seen the underlying story as a whole:

 

A group of people brought to a mystical island. People who had something missing in their lives. People who needed to find something, to be healed, to lead, to grow, to love, to get a second chance, to be forgiven, to redeem themselves, to fulfil their destiny. They together, saved the world from an evil. They were protectors of all that is good even when they had done bad. They all had their part to play: to kill, to sacrifice, to let go, to believe. For the greater good. Through challenging times they gained friendship and love and after life had passed them by, they were reunited together and lived on after death.

 

LOST

 

Here is one of the best fan made videos I have come across. Enjoy.

 

Somehow, this show has made me look at life completely differently and will always be my favourite.

Its hard to explain, only the true LOSTies will know.

Dream Diary: Through to the live shows

 

 

So last night I had a dream which didn't involve any disasters or epic adventures.

But I did get a letter from a company called RGE which stated that I had got through to the Live Shows on the TV Show "The Voice". I was pretty shocked and sheeting myself thinking I was going to be on live TV in front of millions. But I was confused as to how this came about as I had not applied for the show or had an audition. I had three really small pieces of paper through the post telling my congratulations. One small piece gave me a list of 30 songs of which I had to choose 2 to sing live on the show, in alphabetical order, some of which included Chaka Khan "Ain't no Body" and Jackson 5's "ABC." Another piece told me that I was taking part in a show with people that all had a name beginning with J as they were keen to see whether people whose names began with J are better singers. I, nor anyone else on the list had J-names and we were told we would need to change them....

I had never heard of RGE before and it sounded like a scam, so looking online I found it looked very real, but I was still not convinced. I went to some BBC centre to find someone to talk to, found the complaints section and waited for someone to be free in their tiny little glass box offices. Whilst waiting I was watching a programme on the TV in which two women had to swim down a river rapid - lazy river type course which was full of sewage water.... I was gagging and close to throwing up watching this, along with the presenters of the show as these two women were drenched in sewage water and they had specs of crap all over their face... I'm not even sure what it was for....

 

So I then went on to see a lady in her office and explained about RGE and The Voice, she said that she had never heard of the company either and that it was probably a scam and that she was to put a warning on the website....what that would have done I don't know. So I had some relief...until she then went onto say that I was still booked on the show -.-

 

Then I woke

Lava Fountains and the Northern Lights

Nooo its not another one of my dreams but this little blog looks at the latest eruptions at Etna and looks at whether or not the Northern Lights were seen across the UK or not over the weekend?

 

 Lava Fountain

Following a blog a few weeks ago talking about eruption at Mt Etna, there has been further activity as predicted. Normally eruptions occur every three to four weeks in a time of activity amongst continuous activity. The latest eruption saw huge lava fountains spewing lava up to 1000m in the air. The eruption comes from a newly formed crater on the South East side of the volcano. Once again it has been said that there is no danger to residents in nearby towns and cities.

Northern Lights
So the other day I mentioned that there had been a large coronal mass ejection (CME) which would see an increased chance for people to witness the Aurora Borealis across the UK and other regions where it is not normally seen.

Well last night on the Isle Of Man the Northern Lights were seen and photographed, here by James Brew in Smeale.

 

Bad Monday? This will make you laugh...

Today is the start of a new feature - "Bad Monday? This will make you laugh..." (These names are great)

So has it been a dull day? Been in a bad mood? Need cheering up? Need to have a good laugh? Need me to stop asking these questions? Okay

So here is something I came across a couple of years ago now, it is a "Literal Video Version" of Total Eclipse of the Heart by Bonnie Tyler. All the lyrics have changed to what is actually happening in the video and is really really funny!!! Check it out-

Dream Diary

So this morning I had another end of the world like dream! I was back at home and it was late night and there was a few loud bangs outside, so I looked outside to see a large half moon in the sky. As I looked, I remembered that there was a chance of seeing the northern lights and shooting stars on that night. I was looking to see if I could notice anything when I saw some white dots move in front of the moon. They were moving relatively slowly and as they passed the dots slowed, split apart and then suddenly shot away across the sky. I shouted all my family and friends to come and look and whilst we all wondered what was going on it began to get cloudy. Suddenly the whole sky turned yellow and the northern lights were wisping around above. As everyone rushed to get a camera that ground shook and things began to fall off shelves. It stopped and I looked outside to see a bright white light shining up the street, I put my hand out the window and could see the light on my hand but I could not see where the light was coming from. I leaned forward and the light flickered but got gradually brighter. I could see a white meteor sort of object heading in this direction getting bigger and bigger and then suddenly bam it hit behind the houses across the street, there was huge bang and I shouted that there had just been a meteor. A cloud of bluey white smoke rose behind. We all ran downstairs to hide and then I heard pattering on the window, I looked outside to see a full roaring hail storm. Then things went crazy and further meteors came down. I ran upstairs looked out the window to see that next door had no roof or back wall and they were running around the garden getting blown about by the wind.

 

Then I woke.

Simon Cowell Gets Married

So last night it was Comic Relief a British Charity that raises for causes here in the UK and in Africa in response to famine and disease. It was the 25th Anniversary this year and saw a whole range of celebrities doing silly things to raise cash. Jessie J shaved off her hair, there was TV specials, Peter Kay did a sit down marathon and there was this hilarious video:

It's only Simon Cowells Wedding!

But to who?!

 

The video is full of special guests and celebrities from many of the talent shows he has been in and is one of the funniest things I have seen in a while.

 

This isn't the full video but to see the whole video you can download it on iTunes or watch it on BBC Iplayer being within the first fifteen minutes or so of the show.

 

 

If you enjoyed it you can donate to comic relief to:

 http://www.comicrelief.com/ 

 

Add to the already record breaking £75 million that has been raised so far this year!

 

Space Weather Alert increases chances of Aurora sightings.

Early this morning there was something known as a "Solar Filament Eruption" from the Sun, with an associated Coronal Mass Ejection (CME.) The Ejection is directed towards the Earth and there is an increased chance of a geomagnetic disturbance. This CME is expected to arrive late on 16th to early 17th March in the UK.

 

Depending on the size of the geomagnetic storm that is activated and the Solar Winds, it could result in enhanced auroral displays. This means that there is an increased chance of seeing the Northern Lights at lower than usual latitudes. Depending on light levels and weather conditions those in Scotland, Northern England and Northern Ireland  may have a chance of seeing them.

There maybe some magnetic disturbances but no other major effects will be caused.

 

 

Director for Jurassic Park IV revealed.

It was revealed today that the director for the new Jurassic Park IV will be little-known Colin Trevorrow. He made his debut on the time travel comedy, Safety Not Guaranteed. Steven Speilberg the director of the first two films will be executive producer.

The franchise worth a whopping £1.26bn dinosaur will return in June 2014 in 3D and will come after a 13 year wait. Speilberg announced the films development in 2011 and no other details have been announced of the plot or cast.

The film will be released in cinemas in the US in April to coincide with 20th anniversary of the first film.

Keep checking the blog for further info in the future.

 

 

Remember this...? Thats not my name

This weeks Remember this...? goes back not too far in the past but to 2008 and the song "That's Not My Name" by The Ting Tings. The song reached number 1 in the UK on the 18th May. Definitely a huge song of that year!

 

 

Wait until games are like this ....

Came across this video the other day and thought it was great; the visual FX are amazing and it is just like the game Roller Coaster Tycoon and how it would be played if it was "Real Life." For those who don't know, but really should cos its an awesome game, RollerCoaster Tycoon is a construction and management simulation video game that simulates amusement park management.

 

Here is showing how all games normally start off and what normally happens when people get bored and making dangerous rides!

 

 

Check it out!

Mars Rover finds a key water indicator in rocks!

The Mars Rover, Curiosity has been drilling in rocks over the last few weeks and the US Space Agency has reported that it has found a significant indicator of past water. The robot has drilled into a rock that contains clay minerals - minerals that are only found in rocks that have formed under conditions of or altered by neutral water. This is another step forward to showing previous conditions on the red planet and whether it could have supported life. The clay deposits may not show direct indication of life on the planet but show favourable conditions.

 

Already, it has revealed the remains of an ancient riverbed system, where water once flowed perhaps a metre deep and quite vigorously.

 

 

Star Wars: Star Wars Trio to return

Lucas revealed a few days ago that not only will there be returning characters of, Han Solo, Luke Skywalker and Princess Leia but the original actors that played them will also be reprising their roles!

Yes, Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher and Harrison Ford will be back, with Lucas saying they were in the "final stages of negotiation." The 70-year-old Ford, the 61-year-old Hamill and the 56-year-old Fisher are expected to play smaller, supporting roles, likely to be the parents to youngsters who are likely to be the main characters.

Meanwhile, Ewan Mcgregor revealed in a BBC interview that he would rather play Obi-Wan Kenobi than have the character re-cast. This comes after rumours that the character may return in new films, likely to be in those that are in character centric films rather than the next episodes.

And the UKs entry for Eurovision is....

BONNIE TYLER

 

Welsh pop singer Bonnie Tyler has been confirmed as the UK representative at the 2013 Eurovision Song Contest. She is best known for her 1983 Total Eclipse of the Heart and has a great reputation across Europe with many fans. The 61 year old said she was "honoured" to be given the job. She will perform the song "Believe in Me" which is the video below.

 

 

She will sing in front of around 120 million viewers in Malmo, Sweden on May 18th. The UK entry for the 58th Eurovision Song Contest was written by American songwriter Desmond Child with British songwriters Lauren Christy and Christopher Braide. The writer has worked on numerous Bonnie Tyler hits and written hits for Kiss, Bon Jovi and even Ricky Martin with "Livin' la Vida Loca"

 

The UK last won the Eurovision in 1997 when Katrina and the Waves received 227 points for their song Love Shine a Light.

Lets hope she can at least get above last years place of 25/26 with Engelburt Humperdinck.

Monday Morning Quake-Up Call for LA

On Monday Morning, Los Angeles and the surrounding area were awoken by what geologists are saying to be earthquakes that were felt across an unusually large area. The Magnitude 4.7, centred in the San Jacinto Mountain, was one of the largest quakes to hit the area in 3 years. There was little damage from the 9:56am shock but over 100 aftershocks were recorded. The area affected by a medium sized earthquake was a lot larger than usually felt with the size of earthquake; geologists have said that this is because the San Jacinto Fault Zone is in an area of rock which is made of hard Granite that transmits waves more effectively due to its crystalline structure.

 

The largest recent quake from this area was 1968 were a 6.35 Magnitude quake downed power lines and rocked the area and across LA for 5 minutes. However, though the quake results in stress release along this fault line it is likely to have caused increase stress on others and there is a very small chance that this quake precedes a larger quake, similar to that of the Northridge quake of 1996.

 

The Earthquake comes exactly two years after the Japan Earthquake and Tsunami.

Snowiest March Event on record in the Channel Islands?

Yes, winter won't let go will it! Today saw some more of the white stuff and just as it started warming up and looking a little bit more like spring. Wintry conditions which included hail, snow, wind and blizzards were seen across the whole of the UK from Scotland, Cumbria, South East and even the channel islands. In fact at a time in the year when the only snow normally seen is in the Scottish Highlands, however the worst weather seen over the last few days has been from the south and from the Channel Islands. The weather saw blizzards cover the island in over 20cm of snow and Northern France was also severely affected.

 

The Channel Islands, which includes Jersey, Guernsey, Alderney and numerous smaller islands have very little snow, in fact the last time it snowed there with such severity was in 1987. The bad weather comes after an area of low pressure which is a lot lower in latitude than normal collides with the cold air from the NorthEast.

So with further snow expected to fall over adding to the already high snowfall depth totals, will it be the snowiest March Event for the Channel Islands on record?

 

The cold weather is set to continue over the next few days but it is to get warmer by midweek and also a lot wetter. However, don't put those winter woollies away just yet, winter can bite back with snow falling in April last year. 

 

 

Japan Earthquake 2011 could be heard from space

Scientists revealed yesterday that the huge Earthquake that rocked Japan in 2011 and sent a tsunami rolling onto its coasts could be heard from space! The study comes on the 2nd anniversary of the disaster and looks at how a satellite circling the Earth detected low frequency sound waves generated by the massive shift in the planet's crust, when the earthquake hit.

"The atmospheric infrasounds following the great Tohoku earthquake... induced variations of air density and vertical acceleration of the GOCE platform," said a report published in the US-published journal Geophysical Research Letters.

The Gravity Ocean Circulation Explorer (GOCE) is a super-sensitive satellite run by the European Space Agency. Earthquakes don't just create seismic waves that travel through the planet but some of the large tremors cause the surface of the planet to vibrate like a drum producing sound waves that travel upwards through the atmosphere and out to space. GOCE is designed to capture and register these signals, acting like an orbital sismograph. The instrument can pick up an acceleration of airwaves due to the vibrations. This provides another source of monitoring areas affected by quakes.

Japan Tsunami: 2 Years On

On March 11^th 2011 a large earthquake M_w 8.9 similar to that of the Indian Ocean Earthquake in 2004, resulted in a huge tsunami. The earthquake was detected and warnings were given across Japan of an oncoming Tsunami, but the amplitude and sheer size of the tsunami was not anticipated, due to the fact that there had never been such a large tsunami in recent history and therefore inundation and flooding maps were not extensive enough. The models also produced a prediction of the tsunami that was less than the actual size and therefore warning systems only told to expect a smaller but still significant wave. This event cost the lives of over 15,000 and once again showed the world the destructive power of tsunamis. However it is still believed that thousands of lives were saved from the mitigation methods and warning systems.

 

The Tohuku Earthquake was one of the worst quakes to ever hit Japan and one of the worst disasters to hit in recorded history.

 

 

 

 

 Its still shocking to see the full force of these waves and the scale of the disaster.

This was the first disaster in which videos, photographs and social network data could map the scale of the disaster across the country.

  

 

 

2 years on

The Midnight Beast: Ke$ha parodies

So over 3 years ago now around the time when Ke$ha, Gaga, Tinie Tempah and a whole load of new artist first appeared on our airwaves, this little beauty of a cover or parody was produced by a little unknown group called "The Midnight Beast." After making their cover they were featured on the front page of MTV.com and had positive reviews from around the world even from Ke$ha herself.
 
The song comes with the same tune but with a whole range of crude and hilarious lyrics, here is an extract:

 

Wake up in the morning feeling like Winehouse. (Hey, what up girl?)
Grab my breezer, I'm out the door
I'm gonna be really loud,
Cuz I don't care who I piss off
Yeah, I'm a real big sinner.
Sometimes, I eat my dessert before my dinner.

I'm talking odd socks on my toes, toes
Taking off all my clothes, clothes
Feeling overexposed,
So, I put all of my clothes, uh, back on...

Flush before I wee, wee.
Get arrested daily, ly.
Tryin' to get a peek of some titties...

I'm mad, really bad, but don't tell my mum and dad.
Pucker up, kiss my butt,
Cuz I'm bloody freakin nuts.
Hear the bass, skinny waist
Now let's copy Pokerface like, 

 Woah oh Woah oh oh, Woah oh Woah oh oh.

The song has got over 14million youtube hits and here it is:

The second Ke$ha song which has been uploaded in the last month was a cover of die young:



The song is another hilarious cover and is very similar to the first video with similar lyrics, dance moves and clothing! Its another great tune:

So that's their Ke$ha cover, but they have a whole range of other covers and many of their own songs. They have a huge fanbase and have had tours and sell out shows and even got their own TV show on E4! Check out their back catalogue of hilarious songs!