Extras

Diary of the planet

Steve NewmanNovember 21, 2007June 29, 2025

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this.T_FONTCOLOR='#003399'; this.T_DELAY=100; this.T_TEMP=2500; this.T_STICKY=true; return escape('Tropical Storm Guba‘)” shape=”circle” coords=”529,181,15″ href=”/ew/ew071116/ew071116f.html” onclick=”window.open(href, ”, ‘height=588, width=780, left=0, top=0, scrollbars=yes, resizable=yes’); return false;” /> <area onmouseover="this.T_ABOVE=true;this.T_LEFT=false; this.T_OFFSETX=20; this.T_OFFSETY=50; this.T_WIDTH=140; this.T_BGCOLOR='#FFCC00'; this.T_BORDERCOLOR='#003399'; this.T_FONTCOLOR='#003399'; this.T_DELAY=100; this.T_TEMP=2500; this.T_STICKY=true; return escape('Indian Monkey Menace‘)” shape=”circle” coords=”407,106,17″ href=”/ew/ew071116/ew071116g.html” onclick=”window.open(href, ”, ‘height=659, width=780, left=0, top=0, scrollbars=yes, resizable=yes’); return false;” /> <area onmouseover="this.T_ABOVE=true;this.T_LEFT=false; this.T_OFFSETX=25; this.T_OFFSETY=35; this.T_WIDTH=120; this.T_BGCOLOR='#FFCC00'; this.T_BORDERCOLOR='#003399'; this.T_FONTCOLOR='#003399'; this.T_DELAY=100; this.T_TEMP=2500; this.T_STICKY=true; return escape('Anchorage Tremor‘)” shape=”circle” coords=”75,63,16″ href=”/ew/ew071116/ew071116h.html” onclick=”window.open(href, ”, ‘height=470, width=780, left=0, top=0, scrollbars=yes, resizable=yes’); return false;” /> <area onmouseover="this.T_ABOVE=false;this.T_LEFT=false; this.T_OFFSETX=40; this.T_OFFSETY=10; this.T_WIDTH=118; this.T_BGCOLOR='#FFCC00'; this.T_BORDERCOLOR='#003399'; this.T_FONTCOLOR='#003399'; this.T_DELAY=100; this.T_TEMP=2500; this.T_STICKY=true; return escape('Guatemalan Shaker‘)” shape=”circle” coords=”94,147,17″ href=”/ew/ew071116/ew071116i.html” onclick=”window.open(href, ”, ‘height=527, width=780, left=0, top=0, scrollbars=yes, resizable=yes’); return false;” /> <area onmouseover="this.T_ABOVE=false;this.T_LEFT=false; this.T_OFFSETX=40; this.T_OFFSETY=10; this.T_WIDTH=130; this.T_BGCOLOR='#FFCC00'; this.T_BORDERCOLOR='#003399'; this.T_FONTCOLOR='#003399'; this.T_DELAY=100; this.T_TEMP=2500; this.T_STICKY=true; return escape('Chile Quake Disaster‘)” shape=”circle” coords=”121,214,17″ href=”/ew/ew071116/ew071116j.html” onclick=”window.open(href, ”, ‘height=675, width=780, left=0, top=0, scrollbars=yes, resizable=yes’); 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This article appears in Nov 21-28, 2007.

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