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    The OFfiCiAl SNow PhOtOgrAphy ThrEAd!

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    Timmeh,

    The problem is usually the batteries, not the camera. When batteries get cold they loose thier ability to output the proper voltage and the whole unit just stops dead at times with no warning. Back in the car, the battery probably warms up and is usuable again. For super cold conditions, I usually keep a battery in my glove or close to my body and switch it out when the other stops working. Another option is to get some kind of case or cover - it's usually the wind that chills it quickly.

    December 23rd 2007 - The Day of Destiny

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     Originally Posted By: stemik
     Originally Posted By: rach
    Looks like "local officials" are doing what Rahul would want them to do....

    Nov 19, 2007
    JAKARTA (AFP) Local officials in a quake-prone Indonesian province said Monday they were taking precautionary measures after a Brazilian psychic warned a powerful earthquake would strike next month.
    Husni Hassanuddin, a spokesman for Bengkulu province on Sumatra island, said the Indonesian embassy in Brasilia had passed on a letter from a "professor" and psychic predicting a quake would rock the island on December 23.
    "During a recent meeting with all senior officials in Bengkulu, we determined a number of evacuation shelters for residents, especially those who live in the coastal areas," he told ElShinta radio.
    He said there would be several evacuation drills around the province prior to December 23.
    "Though we call it a rumour, we take this information seriously. We don't want people to blame us if it really happens," he said.
    Another Bengkulu official, Fauzan Rahim, told state-run Antara news agency that he had seen a copy of the letter from Jucelino Nobrega da Luz, which predicted an 8.5-magnitude quake on Sumatra, but did not give an exact location. Sumatra is home to nine other provinces.
    Antara said da Luz had sent a letter in 1998 predicting the tsunami that devastated Indonesia in 2004. He also issued a warning in 2006 forecasting September's 8.4-magnitude quake in Bengkulu, which left 23 people dead, it said.
    A seismologist from the Indonesian Meteorology and Geophysics Agency told ElShinta that no technology in the world could predict an earthquake.
    "We have told people repeatedly that we cannot predict a quake. If there's information about the date on which a quake will occur, it is surely untrue," he said.
    Indonesia sits on the Pacific "Ring of Fire" where continental plates collide, causing frequent seismic and volcanic activity.


    This happened on the 22nd December....maybe the guy is right

    Earthquake hits Indonesia's Papua

    Indonesia's eastern province of Papua has been hit by a magnitude 6.4 earthquake, the United States Geological Survey (USGS) said.
    The tremor, at a depth of 37 km (23 miles), had its epicentre 182 km (113 miles) west of Jayapura and hit at 4.11 PM local time (7.11 AM GMT) USGS said.

    Indonesia sits across the so-called Pacific Ring of Fire, one of the world's most seismically active areas.

    There were no immediate reports of damage.

    The Indonesian meteorology and geophysics agency estimated that the quake had a magnitude of 6.0, and said it was followed 22 minutes later by a 5.3 magnitude aftershock.

    "The quake was pretty strong. If it had struck a village or a town it would have had an impact," Suhardjono, an agency official, told Reuters agency.

    "So far we have not received any reports (of casualties or damage) but the quake was mildly felt in parts of Jayapura."

    More than 1,000 people were killed in 1998 when a tsunami hit the eastern part of the island, the territory of Papua New Guinea.

    And in the Asian tsunami of December 2004, more than 130,000 people died on the Indonesian island of Sumatra.



    Predicting an earthquake in Indonesia is pretty easy...pick a date on the calendar. There is daily seismic activity there and quakes of this magnitude are fairly common.

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