Posts With Keyword ‘Midwest’

Meteor Streaks Across Midwest

Posted: Thursday, April 15th, 2010 at 9:52 am

The National Weather Service has confirmed that it was massive meteor that lit up the Midwestern sky last night.

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Large Quakes Would, and Have Been Devastating to the Midwest

Posted: Friday, February 12th, 2010 at 5:58 am
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A geologist with the Iowa Geological and Water Survey says Midwestern earthquakes like the one that hit Illinois this week are intensified by the rocks that the region sits on.

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