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Weather Alert

Weather Alert

...AN AIR QUALITY ALERT HAS BEEN DECLARED...

The officials at the Indiana Department of Environmental Resources
have declared an Air Quality Alert for...

Monday...May 29 for the following Indiana counties...

Carroll, Tippecanoe, Howard, Boone, Hamilton, Madison, Delaware,
Hendricks, Marion, Vigo, Shelby, Brown, and Bartholomew...

Ozone levels are expected to be in the Orange or Unhealthy for
Sensitive Groups range. Active children and adults, and people
with respiratory disease, such as asthma should limit prolonged
outdoor exposure.

Here are some recommended actions that the public can take to reduce
ozone forming emissions:

* Walk, bike, carpool or use public transportation.
* Avoid using the drive-through and combine errands into one trip.
* Avoid refueling your vehicle or using gasoline-powered lawn
equipment until after 7pm.
* Turn off your engine when idling for more than 30 seconds.
* Conserve energy by turning off lights or setting the air
conditioner to 75 degrees or above.

For further information, please see the IDEM Smog Watch page on the
Internet at:

http://www.in.gov/apps/idem/smog/

Kevin's Weather: Earth Day

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Earth Day

Today is Earth Day.

Originally begun in 1970, Earth Day is a day set aside to recognize what a wonderful planet it is upon which we live. Although Earth Day as we know it is now 53 years old, this isn’t a new idea.

For thousands of years, people have paid honor to the earth and the heavens in one way or another. Ancient scriptures from nearly all cultures pay homage to the ultimate divinity of the Earth and our responsibility to take care of it. Genesis 1 is a good example. So, as we recognize Earth Day today, we join a celebration that is nearly as long as humankind itself.

In case you’ve ever wondered where the name Earth comes from, most experts in language agree that it comes from a Middle English word called “erthe”, at least according to the Old Farmer’s Almanac. Originally, the word may have come from some version of the Norse earth goddess Jord, who was the mother of Thor.

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