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A rare album featuring Detroit music legends gets a special release
Read full article: A rare album featuring Detroit music legends gets a special releaseVinyl, as in records and albums, has seen a rebirth in popularity in recent years, and it even has its own day. Tomorrow is National Vinyl Record Day, and to commemorate the day, a coveted vinyl album highlighting Detroit music talent will be released. Weโre talking about Sponge, Mike Skill from The Romantics, and more.
Red Wings history: Detroit sets NHL record consecutive single-season home wins on Feb. 14, 2012
Read full article: Red Wings history: Detroit sets NHL record consecutive single-season home wins on Feb. 14, 2012(Photo by Frederick Breedon/Getty Images)DETROIT โ The Detroit Red Wings set an NHL for the most consecutive wins at home in a single season on Feb. 14, 2012. They won their 21st consecutive game of the season in a 3-1 victory over the Dallas Stars that day, then won a 23rd consecutive home game on Feb. 19, 2012 to break the Boston Bruinsโ consecutive home game wins record that spanned two seasons in 1929-30. The Red Wings went on to extend their impressive playoff streak record that season to 21 consecutive. The Nashville Predators, however, defeated the Red Wings in the opening round in five games. Hereโs a look a the Red Wings roster for that series:Justin AbdelkaderTodd BertuzziDan ClearyPavel DatsyukCory EmmertonJonathan EricssonValtteri Filppula*Johan FranzenDarren Helm*Tomas HolmstromJimmy HowardJiri HudlerNiklas KronwallNicklas LidstromDrew MillerGustav NyquistKyle QuinceyBrad StuartIan WhiteHenrik Zetterberg* Filppula and Helm are on the Red Wings 2020-21 roster -- this is Filppulaโs second stint with the franchise.
Ann Arbor student breaks US high school record for indoor mile run
Read full article: Ann Arbor student breaks US high school record for indoor mile runANN ARBOR, Mich โ Only 12 high school athletes have broken the four-minute barrier for the indoor mile run record. But, on Sunday, Ann Arbor high school student Hobbs Kessler finished the run with 3:57.66 at the American Track League -- a new national prep record. A student at Skyline High School, Hobbs beat the previous record of 3:57.81 set by Drew Hunter in 2016, according to the USA Track & Field. Two years ago, he competed in the Youth World Climbing Championships in Europeโs Alps mountain range. โAs soon as the gun goes off in a race, all that is going on in the world is the race.
Metro Detroit Weather: Another record within reach
Read full article: Metro Detroit Weather: Another record within reachDETROIT โ We could see our fourth straight day of record high temperatures in Metro Detroit on this mild Tuesday. Clouds will be pouring in this morning, and the southerly breezes wills start to increase throughout the morning and afternoon. SUNRISE: 7:18 AMTodayโs afternoon Record High in Detroit is only 68F, and we may be near that mark by lunchtime. SUNSET: 5:16 PMA cold front will be racing through Metro Detroit after midnight, or early Wednesday morning with rain and isolated thundershowers. Remember, the Local4Casters app is always your best weapon and tool when preparing for our crazy, changing weather, and itโs free!
Megaflashes -- 2 new lightning world records approved
Read full article: Megaflashes -- 2 new lightning world records approvedA World Meteorological Organization (WMO) committee of experts has established two new world records for the longest reported distance and the longest reported duration for a single lightning flash in, respectively, Brazil and Argentina. The greatest duration for a single lightning flash is 16.73 seconds from a flash that developed continuously over northern Argentina on March 4, 2019. (WMO)These are extraordinary records from single lightning flash events. These new instruments include the Geostationary Lightning Mappers (GLMs) on the R-series Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites (GOES-16 and 17) that recorded the new lightning records, and their orbiting counterparts from Europe (the Meteosat Third Generation (MTG) Lightning Imager) and China (FY-4 Lightning Mapping Imager). Other previously accepted WMO lightning extremes are: