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f 'er 6,: ^ EWS THE BATTALION Lightning Continued from page 6A ptually are, and how it all works.” An important aspect of the show is the light ing safety it teaches children. arah Fowler, an A&M gradu- te student in the architecture epartment, is part of the group orking on the visualization ortion of the project. “We hope that the people oming to watch (the show) get a general sense of light ing safety — that’s our main oncern,” Fowler said. “And en they come away with a Id le of how it works and why it’s [angerous in some respects and retty neat in others.” People do not always realize le dangers that are associated ith lightning and storms, rville said. “Lightning kills about 100 people in the Jnited States each year and injures between and 500 people,” he said. “When lightning hrikes the body, it sends the heart into fibrilla- |onand the person will die in five to 10 minutes ■first aid is not administered immediately.” 7A U When lightning strikes the body, it sends the heart into fibrillation, and the person will die in five to ten minutes if first aid is not administered immediately — Richard Orville atmospheric sciences professor I'Lunar eclipse to occur Saturday WW-VILTAMM ‘ video ports' forms presr j present s on the i irrent undr nd lightnin ence mated' ach childra uind thenir are) a cot- lad. but a* really pi II help (p what’s ga? and tl®- : By Rick Callahan THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Stargazers across North \merica will watch the full bon dim into a dark, ruddy orb Saturday night as the moon prifts through Earth’s shadow in She latest celestial event this pr to pull eyes skyward. Astronomers who scruti- hized Mars this summer during ts closest approach to Earth in 1)0,000 years were more recent- y awed by red and green aurora Displays as far south as Florida pnks to big explosions on the jlin. And now more heavenly hap penings are on the way. Saturday’s lunar eclipse will be followed by the Leonid mete- ot shower, a total solar eclipse Director over the southern hemisphere — and a chance for more auroras if the sun stays active. Another eruption Tuesday on the sun may rank among the most intense solar events ever record ed. But the explosion was aimed away from Earth, meaning it would have little impact here. Still, the otherworldly event the public has the best chance of seeing is Saturday’s total eclipse of the moon. At its peak, the moon will hang eerily in the night sky like a dark, reddish- orange coal. Unlike unpredictable comets and meteors, the moon is a reli able show, said Stephen Maran, a spokesman for the American Astronomical Society. “Nowadays people who’ve grown up in the city or suburbs have never seen the Milky Way, Guilty Continued from page 1A Continued from page 1A \griculture, said many positive Ganges have occurred during filer’s term as dean. “We’ve seen a lot of empha- fsonmore basic sciences in the ollege and more attention jven to environmental issues,” fazer said. Hiler has also done a good ob of promoting diversity, fazer said. About a year and a half ago, he College of Agriculture was he first college to place a ecruiter in south Texas. This esulted in more students, pre- lominately Hispanic, coming to ' &M, Bazer said. “He’s the kind of person that hard not to like,” Bazer said. He always has a smile on his face.” Upon his retirement, Hiler is onsidering several professional options, including possibly eturning to the classroom to each. 2 d However, no deal was cut that might spare him from death penalties in other jurisdictions. Ridgway has not been charged elsewhere, but admitted dumping victims outside the county and in Oregon. The King County agreement, signed June 13, puts more mur ders on his record than any other serial killer in U.S. history. Since signing off on the deal, Ridgway has worked with inves tigators to recover still-missing remains of some victims, one of the most baffling and chilling serial killer cases the nation has ever seen. The Green River Killer’s murderous frenzy began in 1982, targeting women in the Seattle area, mainly runaways and pros titutes. The first victims turned up in the Green River, giving the killer his name. Other bodies were found near ravines, airports and freeways. The killing seemed to stop as suddenly as it started, with prose cutors believing the last victim had disappeared in 1984. But one Thursday, November 6, 2003 Orville said he hopes the planetarium show will increase awareness of the dangers of light ning and will help people know what to do if they find themselves stuck in a lightning storm. “(People viewing the show) will learn to rec ognize when there is a light ning danger,” he said. “They will learn to pay attention to warnings from the National Weather Service and the local television stations.” A&M has a lightning warn ing system on campus to alert people when there is a high possibility for lightning to strike on or near the campus. “When there is a high lightning electric field at the earth’s surface produced by a nearby thunderstorm, the warning system will sound,” said Orville. “A high electric field at the surface (of the earth) frequently precedes a lightning flash to ground.” If a student hears the warning system sound — a horn will blare for about 15 seconds — he should stay away from trees, light poles or high open areas, and seek shelter inside a building or car. but even in the most light-pol luted place I’ve ever been — downtown Los Angeles — you can see the moon,” he said. Weather cooperating, people in the eastern United States will witness the entire eclipse; it will already be under way when the moon rises around sunset in the West. The eclipse reaches totality at 8:06 p.m. EST. That stage — when the moon, Earth and sun are lined up precisely and the moon passes through the darkest part of Earth’s shadow — lasts just 24 minutes. The eclipse can also be seen in South America, Europe and Africa. The last eclipse of the moon visible from North America was on May 15, but much of the United States was cloudy. of the killings Ridgway admitted to occurred in 1990 and another in 1998. In court Wednesday, Ridgway entered the 48 guilty pleas, one by one. He said in his statement that he killed all the women in King County, mostly near his home or in his truck not far from where he picked them up. He said he enjoyed driving by the sites afterward, thinking about what he had done. “In most cases, when I killed these women, I did not know their names,” Ridgway said in the statement. “Most of the time I killed them the first time I met them, and I do not have a good memory of their faces.” He said he had several reasons for preying on prostitutes. “I hate most prostitutes and I did not want to pay them for sex,” he said. “I also picked prostitutes as victims because they were easy to pick up without being noticed. I knew they would not be report ed missing right away and might never be reported missing. I picked prostitutes because I thought I could kill as many of them as I wanted without getting caught.” HAVE YOU RECEIVED DEFERRED ADJUDICATION? 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