Florida’s orange farmers just love a good hurricane
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- Florida’s orange farmers just love a good hurricane
- New rleans families say the stress of Hurricane Katrina hastened…
- Tornado Gold Reports Geophysical Study Results
- Lessons from the Duke case and Hurricane Katrina
- Make it 5-0 for the Hurricane
- Southwest Florida emergency leaders honor Mayfield
Florida’s orange farmers just love a good hurricane
Taipei Times – Taipei Times – Dec 13, 2006
The commodity price of his fruit is at a 16-year high — and the cost of a carton of juice on supermarket shelves is rocketing around the world. “It has the makings to be one of our best seasons for many years” says Hunt whose family has a 2000-hectare citrus plantation on a ridge of sandy soil an hour’s drive west from the Disney-inspired tourist traps of rlando. Ironically his optimism is a result of a dismal crop. While farmers in most agricultural industries pray for a bountiful harvest Florida’s orange growers have been over-producing for years — they barely scrape a living when their trees yield copious fruit.
New rleans families say the stress of Hurricane Katrina hastened…
Free with registration – America's Intelligence Wire – AccessMyLibrary.com – Dec 13, 2006
New rleans families say the stress of Hurricane Katrina hastened deaths of loved ones. (13-DEC-06) The America’s Intelligence Wire. Major survived the floodwaters that gushed th.
Tornado Gold Reports Geophysical Study Results
ccnmatthews.com – Dec 13, 2006
Paleozoic sedimentary rocks of various ages are exposed on the property in an erosional window through Tertiary volcanic rocks. Magnetic data indicate an intrusion along the eastern boundary of the property that may be the source of gold mineralization. Detailed aeromagnetic data acquired by Tornado Gold in late 2005 and announced in a news release on 1-31-06 confirms the presence of widespread Paleozoic sedimentary rocks and discovered evidence for the existence of a number north trending dikes traversing the property. The Company believes that these features are all favorable indicators that a gold deposit may exist at the NT Green Property thus further exploration is in order to determine if such deposit is possible. Wilson Peak Property Elko CountyA total of 61 lode claims (about 1220 acres) in Elko County Nevada comprise the Wilson Peak Property. It is located about 70 miles north of the town of Elko and about 20 miles north of the Tuscarora mining district. The property is located in the Tuscarora Corridor defined by a number of north-south trending faults extending from south of the Tuscarora mining district through the Wilson Peak Property and extending to the Edgemont mining district about 7 miles north of the property… The Company believes that such intrusions are intimately associated with all of the significant gold and copper deposits in this area although without further exploration of this property there can be no assurance that any gold deposit exists or that it will be discovered at the Horseshoe Basin Property. About Tornado Gold International Corp. Tornado Gold focuses on the discovery of giant gold deposits (greater than 7M ounces). To that end we have chosen Nevada – one of the most prospective places on earth to find and exploit giant gold deposits. ur exceptional team of proven explorers utilizes unique cutting-edge technology that we believe helps us to quickly and precisely target the areas on the earth where these giant deposits may lie undiscovered. Tornado Gold is headed by an experienced management team with decades of collective experience contributing to discoveries of significant ore-bodies.
Lessons from the Duke case and Hurricane Katrina
renewamerica.us – Dec 13, 2006
The media initially made former FEMA Director Michael D. Brown the scapegoat for Katrina. They preferred to tell who the story of an uncaring and incompetent federal government victimizing the poor black people of New rleans not the story of Louisiana having failed for decades to prepare for a hurricane like Katrina and having corruption and competence problems that facilitated and exacerbated the damage wrought by Hurricane Katrina. The media mostly ignoring FEMA’s limited statutory role (assisting first responders) and capability as well as the failings of New rleans a black-dominated city under Ray Nagin a black mayor known for bungling bluster and racist oratory (remember his insistence that New rleans remain “a chocolate city”?) who did not have a workable master plan for a natural disaster and recklessly refused the requests of Mr. Brown’s request President Bush to order a mandatory evacuation. The media decision was to scapegoat Mike Brown even though he was an experienced disaster manger who had been lauded by Congress for the way he had dealt with the four major hurricanes that struck Florida is quick succession in 2004 and had been warning (albeit unsuccessfully) of the need to prepare for precisely the kind of catastrophe that Hurricane Katrina became… The media initially made former FEMA Director Michael D. Brown the scapegoat for Katrina. They preferred to tell who the story of an uncaring and incompetent federal government victimizing the poor black people of New rleans not the story of Louisiana having failed for decades to prepare for a hurricane like Katrina and having corruption and competence problems that facilitated and exacerbated the damage wrought by Hurricane Katrina. The media mostly ignoring FEMA’s limited statutory role (assisting first responders) and capability as well as the failings of New rleans a black-dominated city under Ray Nagin a black mayor known for bungling bluster and racist oratory (remember his insistence that New rleans remain “a chocolate city”?) who did not have a workable master plan for a natural disaster and recklessly refused the requests of Mr. Brown’s request President Bush to order a mandatory evacuation. The media decision was to scapegoat Mike Brown even though he was an experienced disaster manger who had been lauded by Congress for the way he had dealt with the four major hurricanes that struck Florida is quick succession in 2004 and had been warning (albeit unsuccessfully) of the need to prepare for precisely the kind of catastrophe that Hurricane Katrina became.
Make it 5-0 for the Hurricane
Wilmington News Journal H – Dec 13, 2006
Make it 5-0 for the HurricaneWHS topples Indians 76-55By RYAN CHESNUTSports WriterDAYTN – The Wilmington High School boys basketball team went to Stebbins Tuesday night looking to keep its record unblemished for the season. The Hurricane was able to improve to 5-0 scoring early and often on its way to a 76-55 victory. The Hurricane got on the board first with a put-back by Derrick Rice who had a double-double with 17 points and 11 rebounds. The Indians also were able to score on their first possession when they broke the WHS press and James Tyces scored on a layin. However Dusty James countered with a trey for the ‘Cane and Mike McGinnis made another bucket for SHS. Wilmington began to roll… Make it 5-0 for the HurricaneWHS topples Indians 76-55By RYAN CHESNUTSports WriterDAYTN – The Wilmington High School boys basketball team went to Stebbins Tuesday night looking to keep its record unblemished for the season. The Hurricane was able to improve to 5-0 scoring early and often on its way to a 76-55 victory. The Hurricane got on the board first with a put-back by Derrick Rice who had a double-double with 17 points and 11 rebounds. The Indians also were able to score on their first possession when they broke the WHS press and James Tyces scored on a layin. However Dusty James countered with a trey for the ‘Cane and Mike McGinnis made another bucket for SHS. Wilmington began to roll. Quentin Rollins hit a jumper in the lane and after Stebbins scored on a free-throw James made a steal and pushed it ahead to Rollins for another basket.
Southwest Florida emergency leaders honor Mayfield
Naples Daily News – Naples Daily News – Dec 13, 2006
Mayfield received a standing ovation from emergency managers and fire chiefs from around Southwest Florida who gathered at Tuesday’s Collier County Commission meeting where the longtime director of the National Hurricane Center in Miami received a proclamation honoring his efforts to forecast hurricanes and save lives. Mayfield has become a ubiquitous presence on television when hurricanes are in the Atlantic cean or the Gulf of Mexico. He is retiring in January after 34 years with the Hurricane Center. Mayfield said he accepted the proclamation on behalf of everybody at the hurricane center and local emergency managers who work with the hurricane center. “You’re all way too kind considering I’m usually the person who brings the bad news” Mayfield joked. “This has never been about Max Mayfield. I’m just part of a large team… ”Summers joked that getting a call from Mayfield isn’t always good because it means Collier County is in danger of being hit by a hurricane. After getting the proclamation Mayfield reflected on his years of trying to get the nation prepared for approaching hurricanes. “Every hurricane is unique and there is always something to learn” Mayfield said. “But the one I’ll remember most is Katrina just because of the large loss of life. ”As bad as that storm was it could have been worse if more people hadn’t evacuated in Louisiana and Mississippi he mused. Mayfield is leaving following a surprisingly calm 2006 hurricane season that defied expectations. Many forecasters thought there would be a lot more hurricanes than there actually were.