Look for the Star: Energy Star products can save households about 30 percent on electric bills while curbing your emissions. The Instant Oatmeal Effect: Using the microwave to cook small meals uses less power than the oven.

It’s always a sad day when any paddler dies on the water, but the Idaho boating community and beyond are experiencing profound grief after the Sunday death of local legend Conrad Fourney.

National River Cleanup Week started the summer river cleanup season in style June 2-10, with nearly 100,000 volunteers and more than 200 tons of trash collected so far, with approximately two thirds of the scheduled cleanups completed. “You can’t find a more hands-on way to get people directly involved in protecting the rivers they love,” said Rebecca R. Wodder, president of American Rivers. “A cleaner river is a healthier one, and healthy rivers benefit all the communities through which they flow.”

No tropical cyclones as of Fri, 10 Oct 2008 21:30:29 GMT

000
ABNT20 KNHC 101735
TWOAT
TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
200 PM EDT FRI OCT 10 2008

FOR THE NORTH ATLANTIC...CARIBBEAN SEA AND THE GULF OF MEXICO...

THE LARGE AREA OF DISTURBED WEATHER LOCATED ROUGHLY MIDWAY BETWEEN
THE WEST COAST OF AFRICA AND THE LESSER ANTILLES CONTINUES TO SHOW
SIGNS OF ORGANIZATION. ADDITIONAL SLOW DEVELOPMENT OF THIS SYSTEM
IS POSSIBLE OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS AS IT MOVES SLOWLY
WEST-NORTHWESTWARD.

SHOWER ACTIVITY NEAR THE LESSER ANTILLES IS ASSOCIATED WITH A
TROPICAL WAVE. SIGNIFICANT DEVELOPMENT OF THIS SYSTEM IN NOT
EXPECTED DUE TO UNFAVORABLE UPPER-LEVEL WINDS.

ELSEWHERE...TROPICAL CYCLONE FORMATION IS NOT EXPECTED DURING THE
NEXT 48 HOURS.

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FORECASTER BERG