The News Review:

- Hurricane Paul kills two in northwestern Mexico
- NC coastal residents relieved at light hurricane season
- New York’s Worst Hurricane Fears Confirmed in New Study
- Seahawks Notebook: ‘Cool breeze’ or tornado?
- Tornado crashes on bombing range run

Hurricane Paul kills two in northwestern Mexico
Boston Globe – Oct 26, 2006
A spokesman for Mexico’s civil protection agency in the northwestern state of Sinaloa said two people were found dead in the municipality of Navolato one of the worst-flooded areas during Paul’s passage through the region earlier this week. The spokesman could not confirm details but El Universal newspaper reported the victims were a couple whose truck was swept away by a swollen river. Televisa news channel reported a drowned man was found dead in a canal in Navolato. His death could not be confirmed by authorities… tourist who is presumed dead. Paul strengthened to a hurricane in the Pacific cean as it headed toward the Los Cabos resorts on the tip of the Baja California peninsula but lost steam over the mainland.

NC coastal residents relieved at light hurricane season
USA Today – Oct 26, 2006
(AP) — Hurricanes Charley Floyd and Isabel have wrecked the North Carolina coast in recent years flooding fields and homes stranding people and straining economies. This year brought welcome relief. With a little more than a month remaining in the hurricane season only a handful of relatively tame tropical systems have blown through or near the state. Still following a year when the Atlantic hurricane season saw a record 28 named storms and 15 hurricanes including the massively destructive Katrina those who live closest to the coast haven’t dropped their guard. “We’re still holding our breath” said Susan Paul a 16-year resident of cracoke Island. The season doesn’t end until Nov. 30 — and winter storms are sometimes even more ferocious than their summer counterparts Paul noted… This year brought welcome relief. With a little more than a month remaining in the hurricane season only a handful of relatively tame tropical systems have blown through or near the state. Still following a year when the Atlantic hurricane season saw a record 28 named storms and 15 hurricanes including the massively destructive Katrina those who live closest to the coast haven’t dropped their guard. “We’re still holding our breath” said Susan Paul a 16-year resident of cracoke Island. The season doesn’t end until Nov. 30 — and winter storms are sometimes even more ferocious than their summer counterparts Paul noted. North Carolina got its first peek of the hurricane season in late July when rain bands from Tropical Storm Alberto flooded parts of eastern North Carolina.

New York’s Worst Hurricane Fears Confirmed in New Study
Environment News Service – Oct 26, 2006
“With sea level at these higher levels flooding by major storms would inundate many low-lying neighborhoods and shut down the entire metropolitan transportation system with much greater frequency” said Gornitz. As sea levels rise so does the risk of a hurricane storm surge in New York City Gornitz said. Storm surge is an above normal rise in sea level accompanying a hurricane. Hurricanes are categorized on the Saffir-Simpson scale from one to five with five being the strongest and most destructive. Rosenzweig and Gornitz’s two year study used the Goddard Institute’s Atmosphere-cean Model a computer program that simulates the Earth’s climate. Based on previous research by Columbia University scientists for the U… 5 feet of sea level rise by the 2050s to the surge for a category three hurricane on a worst-case track would cause extensive flooding in many parts of the city said Gornitz. (Photo courtesy NAA) Areas potentially under water include Lower Manhattan much of southern Brooklyn and Queens portions of Long Island City Astoria Flushing Meadows-Corona Park Queens the Rockaways Coney Island and eastern Staten Island from Great Kills Harbor north to the Verrazano Bridge. For perspective Rosenzweig and Gornitz point to a 1995 study by the U. Army Corps of Engineers which looked at what surge levels for hurricanes of categories one through four would do to the city.

Seahawks Notebook: ‘Cool breeze’ or tornado?
Seattle Post Intelligencer – Oct 26, 2006
com>CLARE FARNSWRTHP-I REPRTERKIRKLAND — Now that Seneca Wallace is the Seahawks starting quarterback coach Mike Holmgren has two words of advice:Calm down. Wallace who will make his first NFL start Sunday against the Chiefs in Kansas City for the injured Matt Hasselbeck can expect to hear that more than once the rest of the week. “Seneca is pretty much of a cool breeze out there” Holmgren said Wednesday. “He’s kind of acting like this is another day at the office. My feeling is deep down he’s pretty excited and.

Tornado crashes on bombing range run
Spalding Today – Oct 26, 2006
They were airlifted from the sea by Sea King rescue helicopters and taken to Queen Elizabeth Hospital in King’s Lynn before being transferred to a specialist unit at Queen’s Medical Centre Nottingham where they are both said to be recovering well. The Tornado was on a training mission from RAF Marham in Norfolk from where community relations officer Squadron Leader Rem Merrick said that a board of inquiry had been convened yesterday to investigate the crash. He added: “The aircraft was not carrying any live ordnance and the crew ejected safely. “They were airlifted by RAF Sea King helicopters from RAF Leconfield and Wattisham. “Initially the crew were taken to Queen Elizabeth Hospital King’s Lynn before being transferred to a specialist unit at Queen’s Medical Centre Nottingham. This is normal procedure when aircrew eject.

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