Bob McCarty Writes

Once a Category 5 storm, Hurricane Barack is beginning to weaken, according to election forecasters.  Below is a time line of the storm’s track:

July 27, 2004 — The storm first appeared on the political radar, having surfaced from the weather underground as a no-name tropical depression during the 2004 Democratic National Convention in Boston.

July 28 [...]

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The video above has absolutely no news value.  That’s right!  It has nothing to do with the tragedies of 9/11, the next hurricane bearing down on the Gulf Coast of Texas or the 2008 presidential election race between Democrat Barack Obama and Republican John McCain.  It’s just kind of weird and funny at the same [...]

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It’s a busy hurricane season already:  Gustav just passed, and three more storms — Hanna, Ike and Josephine — are on their way.  As a result, there’s no better time than today to forget about stars and Name a Storm After Someone You Love!
Rather than offer you a gift package that involves selecting a special [...]

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The photos and captions below offer glimpses of what it’s like on the Gulf Coast as citizens and members of the Louisiana National Guard prepare to respond to Hurricane Gustav, now a Category 2 storm, as it pummels Louisiana almost three years to the day after Hurricane Katrina struck, leaving more than 1,800 dead and [...]

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Moments ago, officials in New Orleans issued a mandatory evacuation order in advance of the expected arrival of Hurricane Gustav, a Category 4 storm at the moment, as early as Monday morning.
The information below appears on the City of New Orleans web site under the headline below:

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Mayor [...]

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