In the early morning hours of May 8, 2009, a derecho storm began to impact the southwestern portion of Missouri. The storm lasted for much of the morning and when it was done, it had impacted almost the entire southern portion of Missouri. Derechos are extremely violent, long lived storms that can cover hundreds of miles. I live in the area hit by this derecho and can attest first hand to the violent nature and speed at which these storms occur. Below are a couple of links that I found to be helpful in beginning to understand derecho storms. Some people have described them as an inland hurricane due to their nature of being driven by low pressure.
http://www.sciencedaily.com/videos/2006 ... erecho.htm
http://www.spc.noaa.gov/misc/AbtDerecho ... ofacts.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derecho

Here are some photos I took from around the Carl Junction, MO area after the derecho struck. The damage was similar to what you would see after a tornado but much more widespread.
http://www.marshalgraham.com/cpg/thumbnails.php?album=2

Summary report of the storm event by the Springfield, MO National Weather Service.
http://www.crh.noaa.gov/news/display_cm ... p;source=0

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I added a photo gallery section to my website. You can access it by using the Photo Gallery link on the left. This will mostly be used for pictures of severe storms and storm damage from my area.

You may also access it directly with this url: http://www.marshalgraham.com/cpg.

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This is part 2 of installing a minimal CentOS 5 server. In this article we will be installing some essential software, customizing and updating our system.

This article builds on the system we started building in CentOS 5 Server Install - Part 1 http://www.marshalgraham.com/comments.p ... 129-204450.

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In this article, we will be doing a basic install of CentOS 5 as a VMWare Workstation guest. I am using the 64 bit (x86_64) version of CentOS 5.2. The directions will be the same for 32 bit (i386) version and actual hardware.

This is a step-by-step guide with screen shots. By following these directions, you will end up with a minimal installation of CentOS. There will not be a GUI and you will only have access via command line or ssh. The total installation uses less than 1GB of hard drive space.
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I just downloaded the new Windows 7 Beta and thought I would share the screenshots from the installation. These are from the latest build 7000. If you've ever installed Vista, there isn't anything groundbreaking here.

This install was in a VMWare virtual machine, but it will look the same with real hardware. With VMWare you can't run Aero, other than that it is identical.

Click below to see the pretty pictures...

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