Hurricane Paul Weaker Still a Threat A weaker Hurricane Paul still…
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- Hurricane Paul Weaker Still a Threat A weaker Hurricane Paul still…
- Hurricane Season Blows Past Quietly
- Tornado crash airmen are ‘fine’
- Conditions conspire to make hurricane season seem tame compared with…
- Suspended Hurricane Moore could return vs. Ga. Tech – College Football
- Plymouth Rocks
- S. Fla. hurricane plans getting $4M plug
Hurricane Paul Weaker Still a Threat A weaker Hurricane Paul still…
CBS News – Oct 24, 2006
24 2006By MARK STEVENSN Associated Press Writer. About 2000 to 3000 families could be evacuated from flood-risk areas to 49 shelters mostly schools ahead of Paul the third hurricane this season to threaten the area said Francisco Cota civil defense director for the two resort cities of San Jose del Cabo and Cabo San Lucas. Paul had maximum sustained winds near 80 mph and was moving north at about 8 mph the U. National Hurricane Center in Miami said… Paul’s winds weakened from 105 mph and the storm was downgraded to a Category 1 the center said. Forecasters predicted it was likely to weaken further before hitting Mexico’s mainland Pacific coast by Wednesday. A Category 1 hurricane is generally accompanied by a 4-5 foot storm surge and causes minimal damage. A hurricane watch was replaced with a tropical storm warning for the tip of Baja California which has been battered by two other hurricanes this season. The storm was forecast to pass just south of the peninsula late Tuesday before hitting Mexico’s Pacific coast near the resort of Mazatlan. Mexico’s government also issued a tropical storm watch for the west coast of the country’s mainland from Mazatlan to Altata.
Hurricane Season Blows Past Quietly
ABC News – Oct 24, 2006
“I’ve got a lot of money out there” Hitchcock said. Stocking up made sense this past spring when the National ceanic and Atmospheric Administration issued a sobering forecast predicting yet another hyperactive season with 17 tropical storms nine of them hurricanes — and five of them major. At the annual hurricane conference in Fort Lauderdale Fla. this spring businesses scrambled to profit from hurricane anxiety. Instead it has been a long lazy hurricane season with just half the number of hurricanes predicted and not a single one making landfall. “Weather forecasting is a chancy business” said Hugh Willoughby a professor of hurricane science at Florida International University. “It’s gotten a lot better but if you can’t stand being wrong you shouldn’t be in the business.
Tornado crash airmen are ‘fine’
BBC News – Oct 24, 2006
The Ministry of Defence (MoD) said the incident happened on Tuesday morning at Holbeach Range. It is thought the two-seater GR4 Tornado from RAF Marham in Norfolk was using the range. The airmen were taken to hospital in King’s Lynn. An inquiry has been launched into the cause of the crash. The crew were picked up from the sea by Sea King helicopters from the Wattisham Army Base and RAF Leconfield near Beverley East Yorkshire. ‘Flying safely’Air Commodore Greg Bagwell from RAF Marham said: “I’ve spoken to the crew and they’re fine.
Conditions conspire to make hurricane season seem tame compared with…
Columbus Dispatch – Oct 24, 2006
php”);logitem (“DISPATCH” “STRY” “Science” “Science” ” ” 20061024); ?>. This hurricane season the Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico seem almost placid compared with last year. WIn 2005 the Gulf Coast was hammered by a string of powerful storms some of which became hurricanes… Katrina was one of 28 named tropical storms in the 2005 season. Fifteen became hurricanes including four major hurricanes that hit the United States making for a record-setting year. The hurricane season typically ends Nov. 30 but last year?s extended into January contributing to billions of dollars worth of damage. Although tropical storm activity seems light this year the numbers fit the long-term average. Through mid-ctober hurricane forecasters recorded nine tropical storms including five hurricanes. “There?s been a normal level of activity but it?s all been east of Bermuda” said Hugh Willoughby a tropical weather scientist at Florida International University.
Suspended Hurricane Moore could return vs. Ga. Tech – College Football
ESPN – Oct 24, 2006
attachButton(document. getElementById(“espnstlink”)); Associated PressCRAL GABLES Fla. — Ryan Moore stood on the sideline on a breezy Tuesday tossing a football around with Miami teammates before practice began. His actions only looked insignificant. Moore’s return from an indefinite suspension may be looming. Hurricanes coach Larry Coker said the senior could see his first action of the season Saturday when Miami visits No. 21 Georgia Tech in a game that’ll likely go a long way in deciding the Atlantic Coast Conference’s Coastal Division race.
Plymouth Rocks
Forbes – Oct 24, 2006
From its founding until Daimler folded the brand in 2001 Plymouth’s mission was to bring well-built affordable cars to the masses. But for a short time in the late 1950s Plymouth had some of the world’s best car designers. The company’s 1958 Tornado prototype designed to knock auto-show attendees off their feet showed Plymouth at its peak… “You never know with vintage cars especially concept vehicles like this one. “Brown said the car–which was built on the frame of Plymouth’s premium-priced 1958 Fury coupe itself a styling showpiece–has already drawn interest from at least one high-profile celebrity collector plus several automotive museums. With its huge fin and shocking front-end design the Tornado in its day showed the American auto business at its most audacious extravagant and awe-inspiring. Built in an era when the future looked bright the space age was dawning and American automakers felt invincible the Tornado was not supposed to be sexy so much as outrageous and it is: half sleek half hideous. “This car like many custom cars built during that era resembles a space ship with its winged back rocket exhaust and curvaceous body” said Brown. “bviously it was influenced by space travel a theme that had gripped the public’s imagination. This spilled over into automotive design.
S. Fla. hurricane plans getting $4M plug
Palm Beach Post – Oct 24, 2006
According to the director of disaster response programs for IEM J. Krause Wilson the firm will place seven planners in Florida another at FEMA regional offices in Atlanta and another at FEMA in Washington. They all will contribute to the writing of two hurricane preparedness plans for Florida. The first involves a possible failure of the dike and the second will plot preparation and response for a "catastrophic event" such as a Category Five hurricane hitting South Florida. It will cover the area between the Florida Keys and Palm Beach County. That second plan should be completed in two years and will include components on debris removal water and fuel supply transportation and temporary housing. Another major aspect of the planning is evacuation.