2011 Hurricane Preparedness Workshop speakers in Key West Most of the participants at yesterday’s Hurricane Preparedness Workshop for the Florida Keys Tourism Industry posed for a group picture at the Harvey Government Center in Key West. From left, front row, are Bill Becker, U.S. 1 Radio; Max Mayfield, WPLG-TV; Cammy Clark, the Miami Herald; and Bryan...
with the first two months already running ahead of pace, federal forecasters on Thursday bumped their hurricane season predictions upward. The annual pre-season prediction, issued in May by the National Ocean and Atmospheric Administration, originally called for 12 to 18 named storms and 6 to 10 hurricanes. the new one calls for 14 to 19...
Published: Wednesday, July 27, 2011 at 1:36 p.m. Last Modified: Thursday, July 28, 2011 at 10:40 a.m. Ever since Tropical Storm Bonnie drizzled rain over Miami last July, 21 tropical storms and hurricanes have erupted in the Atlantic or Caribbean, including newly formed Tropical Storm Don. None, however, have threatened the Sunshine State, continuing a lucky streak...
August 4, 2011 Putnam woman charged in fatal DUI arrested again Advertiser WINFIELD, W.Va. — A Hurricane woman already accused of killing a motorcyclist while driving drunk was back in court Thursday, after she allegedly caused another collision while she was impaired. Susanne Hamon Thomas, 40, faces one count of driving under the influence, and two...
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Do you know what to do with your pet in the event of an upcoming storm? Hurricane season is among us and the first reaction is to load up on supplies in case we have a pending warning of such a nasty storm. but we usually think of our family’s protection first and quite often neglect...
A powerful Atlas V rocket is being prepped for the planned launch Friday of a $1.1 billion NASA mission to Jupiter, but mission managers will be keeping a close eye on Tropical Storm Emily in the Caribbean. The United Launch Alliance Atlas and its payload — NASA’s Juno spacecraft — are slated to blast off from...
During my lunch break on Wednesday I went to listen to a little bit of the replay of the 2006 Stanley Cup Championship Game 1, Canes vs. Oilers on XM NHL Home Ice. As soon as I got in my car, the broadcast announcers ruined my mood by uttering that horrible word. no, not “Voldemort.”...
Three people drowned in the Dominican Republic after Tropical Storm Emily flooded rural areas, the Listín Diario newspaper reported Friday. Two people drowned in Higüey, Altagracia province, when they were swept by the Duey Rivers current, the newspaper said. Another man drowned in Santo Domingo East while swimming in a drainage ditch, Dominican Today website...
COLLEGE STATION, July 28, 2011 — Tropical Storm Don, now moving across the Gulf of Mexico toward the Texas coast, is not potent enough to break the ongoing Texas drought, says Texas State Climatologist John Nielsen-Gammon. “It’s been so dry in Texas for so long, this one storm will be a drop in an empty bucket,”...
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