Sure, that was turbulent enough, but I'm thinking about the "Super Outbreak" of tornadoes that took place across the eastern U.S. from the afternoon of April 3rd into the early morning hours of April 4th. Those twisters were spawned from a deepening area of low pressure that moved from the Rocky Mountains into the Upper Midwest. CLICK HERE for official archived weather maps from Wednesday, April 3, 1974...select day 4 from the drop down list on the upper right. That weathermaker was part and parcel of the La Nina pattern the nation was locked into at the time. Interestingly, the winter leading up to that disastrous event was mainly warm and mainly wet (sound familiar?). Bowling Green saw no measurable snowfall in the winter of '73-'74 until February 8th, when 1" fell. It's worth noting that the 1" or less of snow in our area last week turned out to be the first measurable snowfall of the season for many.

The Weeklies: Tribes will hold special election about membership

Members of the Three Affiliated Tribes will have a special election in April to decide whether to change who qualifies as a tribal member and whether to increase the number of tribal council members from seven to nine.The tribal council is proposing to use lineal descendency rather than blood quantum for deciding who is a tribal member.To be one of the 10,185 tribal members enrolled now, people have to have at least one-fourth degree blood in a federally recognized tribe, of which one-eighth is either Mandan, Hidatsa or Arikara.The idea of using lineal descendency comes from the tribal council and would be defined as, "Any person born to any member of the tribes, shall be eligible for enrollment."Prior to 1975, the tribe used lineal descendency and residence, plus the official census rolls to determine membership, and blood quantum was not required of any tribal member who lived on the reservation.The second measure, to increase the size of the council, proposes to add an elected tribal treasurer and an elected tribal secretary, both elected at large.

New College Out of Money: Teachers Unpaid, Not Teaching (12)

I wanted to go into a public agency and work with people who don't have funds to go to a private practitioner, and give them the respect and support that someone paying $200 per hour would elicit," says the 26-year-old, who was close to completing her master's in psychology when San Francisco's New College of California began to financially implode last fall.

School was supposed to start more than a month ago. Teachers haven't been paid for nearly four months. Classes are now postponed indefinitely, with the possibility that the college may soon cease to exist.

New College, a self-styled progressive school begun in 1971, is deep in a bizarre meltdown that is creating a wake of human suffering. Students dependent upon financial aid are seeing their aspirations dashed. Teachers are leading classes and helping students, but without getting paid.

Luna Gold releases assay results from Arizona gold project, Brazil

This data coupled with the latest results indicate that like Piaba, Tatajuba is open along strike and at depth. The current drilling program is being conducted to provide additional data for a new resource and reserve estimate for Tatajuba."

Dr Haggan continues, "The gold results from BRAZD-239 are significant in that they confirm that mineralization extends at depth and remains open. No drill holes have yet defined the base of mineralization at Piaba. Following the latest results, Luna's drilling is now concentrated on testing the deeper portions of the deposit to assess the depth extent and resource potential of Piaba Deep."

About Luna Gold Corp

Luna is a mining exploration company focused on the acquisition, exploration, and development of gold resources and advanced stage gold exploration projects in northeastern Brazil.