View across the Outer Harbour of Stornoway

Tuesday, 9 June 2009

Tuesday 9 June

Some phenomenal showerclouds bubbling up in my vicinity, said he, looking out of the window. Shall I or shall I not go for that long walk in the island's interior. Hmmm.

The tailfin of the crashed Air France jet has been recovered from the Atlantic, together with more bodies of its passengers, bringing their total now to 24. The US Navy is bringing in sophisticated sonar devices to pick up the pings from the black boxes, which lie 4 km down at the bottom of the Atlantic.

The Twitter hype is not so much of a hype as some would have us believe. Read more here.

2 comments:

  1. Hope you either get better weather today or stay in and keep dry. So sad about all those lost in that crash.

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  2. I am one of those who found both Twitter and Face Book fairly useless. DB

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