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Ron Lora: Charles Darwin witnessed the 1835 Chilean earthquake

Posted by Fred Steiner on March 2, 2010 - 12:52pm

By Ron Lora

Saturday's earthquake in Chile is linked directly to the earthquake that Charles Darwin witnessed 175 years ago at the same geological fault. He was the sole scientist on H.M.S. Beagle, whose mission it was to complete a survey of Patagonia and Tierra del Fuego, and map the shores of Chile, Peru, and certain islands in the Pacific.

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Was there ever an Old Blue 1?

Posted by Fred Steiner on March 2, 2010 - 2:22am

OLD BLU 2 is, naturally, on a blue vehicle. We wonder if there was once an Old Blue 1. We spotted this plate in the Bren Dell parking lot.

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Regional news
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A view of the east side of Main circa 1906

Posted by Fred Steiner on March 1, 2010 - 4:52pm
Main Street circa 1907

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We recently showed you the west side of Main Street at the turn of an earlier century. Now we show you the east side from the same era. In this view, the photographer was standing in front of what today is Citizens National Bank, looking toward the town hall.

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Historical Bluffton
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February was colder than your any month your grandfather remembers

Posted by Fred Steiner on March 1, 2010 - 4:22pm

If you thought February was colder and snowier than how your grandfather remembers winters, you are correct. According to Guy Verhoff, Pandora weather observer, February 2010 will go down in the history book of weather as being one to forget.

The normal average temperature for February in our community is 27.3 degrees. This year's average February temperature was 24.6 degrees. The highest temperature reading of the month was 38 degrees on Feb. 21 and 28. The low was -2 on Feb. 8.

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Regional news
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February was colder than your any month your grandfather remembers

Posted by Fred Steiner on March 1, 2010 - 4:22pm

If you thought February was colder and snowier than how your grandfather remembers winters, you are correct. According to Guy Verhoff, Pandora weather observer, February 2010 will go down in the history book of weather as being one to forget.

The normal average temperature for February in our community is 27.3 degrees. This year's average February temperature was 24.6 degrees. The highest temperature reading of the month was 38 degrees on Feb. 21 and 28. The low was -2 on Feb. 8.

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Regional news
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What a great comment!

Posted by Fred Steiner on March 1, 2010 - 3:57pm

Ryan Lowry is the website developer for the Bluffton Icon and offers technological tips for Bluffton Icon viewers.

One of the greatest features of online news is the ability to share information and ideas with others. In order to expand on this feature, The Icon has been testing out different methods of user comments. At first, we allowed anyone to comment freely. Unfortunately, we began to get bombarded with spam and had to disable comments.

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