Louisiana bserves 1-Year Anniversary of Hurricane Rita
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- Some handy hurricane meals to enjoy during and after a storm.
Louisiana bserves 1-Year Anniversary of Hurricane Rita
FXNews – Sep 25, 2006
com’s Natural Disaster Center The nondenominational service featuring scriptural readings and spirited singing was held in this city’s civic center. The facility had served as a staging point for aid workers after Rita hit on Sept. 24 2005 less than one month after Hurricane Katrina devastated the Louisiana and Mississippi coasts. Blanco called the two storms an “unimaginable double punch” that marked “the longest year of our lives. “As the dawn rises on this next year I feel the warmth of progress” Blanco told the crowd. Category 3 Rita struck along the Texas-Louisiana border killing at least 11 people in the two states. More than 100 died in the pre-storm evacuation of Houston in accidents and exposure deaths.
… to Hurricanes Scientists learning to track hurricane activit…
CBS News – Sep 25, 2006
25 2006By DUNCAN MANSFIELD Associated Press Writer (AP) Within the annual growth rings of old longleaf pines scientists are discovering a previously unknown record of hurricane activity in the Southeast. A University of Tennessee-led team has found that hurricane rain can leave a chemical mark in the woody tissue of these shallow-rooted trees that can date when storms occurred. That may provide “a high-resolution precisely dated biological archive of climate that could be extended back for centuries and even millennia” the scientists write in a new study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Understanding how often hurricanes occurred in the past could help predict how often they will occur in the future. “This is an exciting new development” said Chris Landsea with the National Hurricane Center. “That they can see historic hurricanes in trees is just an amazing discovery… “This is an exciting new development” said Chris Landsea with the National Hurricane Center. “That they can see historic hurricanes in trees is just an amazing discovery. “A noted increase in hurricane activity in the Southeast from the Atlantic cean and Gulf of Mexico since the mid-1990s has scientists looking for historical trends and an explanation of whether this is a natural pattern or linked to human-induced global warming. “The question of how global warming is impacting hurricanes is crucially important” Landsea said. “I don’t think it is a yes or a no question. I think the real question is how much of a change is going on today and in the future. “And it may be that studies like this can help answer some of those real important questions” he said.
Some handy hurricane meals to enjoy during and after a storm.
Free with registration – South Florida Sun-Sentinel – AccessMyLibrary.com – Sep 25, 2006
Some handy hurricane meals to enjoy during and after a storm. (25-SEP-06) South Florida Sun-Sentinel (Fort Lauderdale FL). I feel like everything is out of my control as the storms head… –>CPYRIGHT 2006 South Florida Sun-Sentinal Byline: Steve Petusevsky I hate hurricane season in South Florida with its weather reports of tropical depressions rolling off Africa. I feel like everything is out of my control as the storms head toward us like angry bowling balls ready to strike. I have no hurricane shutters no generator not even a completely safe room. The only thing I have is a portable butane stove and a hurricane-proof pantry. My stove works well and the good ones are available at most Army-Navy stores. In my pantry I stock every kind of canned bean. They are great for hummus soups salads and quick sautes.