This is pretty interesting.  A spiral of light with a green beam appears over Norway and no one knows why.  You can bet this will be all over the Art Bell show.  :)

So you have a little one with the flu and everyone is out of the kid friendly version of Tamiflu.  Here’s an article on how to mix your own from the pills. CDC certified.

Estimates of deaths caused by swine flu

A huge outback dust storm - 500 km (310 mi) wide by 1,000 km (620 mi) long - swept across eastern Australia and blanketed Sydney on Wednesday, September 23rd, disrupting flights and ground transportation and forcing people indoors for shelter from the hazardous air, gale-force winds, and in some places hailstorms.

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23 pictures to go along with the other poverty post from the other day.  This is why we should try to help other countries.  I don’t think just pouring money at people is the answer though.  We can’t live like this.

More and more people can’t afford to bury their loved ones. The weak economy is taking its toll, with an increasing number of bodies in Los Angeles County being cremated at taxpayers' expense.

At least there is someone thinking about smokers.  On a route between Germany and Japan Alexander Schoppmann wants to let the friendly skies be a little smokier.  I don’t know if even I could stand being on a plane load of smokers for 14 hours.  Maybe he could charge extra for oxygen. 

Forget helping out other countries for now.  We need to help our own out a little bit at least.  38 Photos from Carl Kiilsgaard.