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. [...]
‘Hurricane Barack’ Losing Strength
September 12th, 2008 · 2 Comments
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Video: Burger-Eating Lettuce Caught on Tape!
September 11th, 2008 · No Comments
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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Go Ahead, ‘Name a Storm After Someone You Love’
September 4th, 2008 · 1 Comment
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 [...]
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Army National Guard Braces for Hurricane Gustav
September 1st, 2008 · No Comments
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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Mandatory Evacuation Order Issued in New Orleans
August 31st, 2008 · 4 Comments
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: Click to see City of New Orleans [...]
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Early Naming of Storm Prompted by Warming
May 11th, 2007 · 2 Comments
Yesterday, the first wanna-be-a-hurricane storm of the season in the Atlantic was named Andrea by officials at the National Weather Service’s National Hurricane Center. As near as I can determine, however, the naming action represents the first time our nation’s weather experts have given a name to a subtropical storm. Why? Because, it appears, they’ve [...]
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Storm Forecast Leaves Businessman Optimistic
April 3rd, 2007 · No Comments
President Ralph W. Eathervane hopes expert predictions of a busy storm season result in brisk business this year for his company, International Storm Registry, which auctions and/or sells naming rights to violent and destructive storms around the world. “Experts predict 17 named storms in 2007, with nine of them hurricanes and five capable of sustained [...]
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