A Lawyer Like a Hurricane
The News Review:
- A Lawyer Like a Hurricane
- Expert warns of worse hurricane forecasts if satellite fails
- German Soldiers Contest Tornado Mission in Afghanistan
- Directing flaws stall ‘Hurricane’
A Lawyer Like a Hurricane
New York Times – Mar 16, 2007
“He’s down to earth. If he tells you something it’s gospel. “Less than a year before the hurricane Mr. Scruggs bought a house in xford Miss. the home of the University of Mississippi. He had already shifted his main office there.
Expert warns of worse hurricane forecasts if satellite fails
Houston Chronicle – Mar 16, 2007
html MIAMI — Certain hurricane forecasts could be up to 16 percent less accurate if a key weather satellite that is already beyond its expected lifespan fails the National Hurricane Center’s new director said Friday in calling for hundreds of millions of dollars in new funding for expanded research and predictions. Bill Proenza also told The Associated Press in an wide-ranging interview that ties between global warming and increased hurricane strength seemed a “natural linkage. ” But he cautioned that other weather conditions currently play a larger part in determining the strength and number of hurricanes. ne of Proenza’s immediate concerns is the so-called “QuikScat” weather satellite which lets forecasters measure basics such as wind speed. Replacing it would take at least four years even if the estimated $400 million cost were available immediately he said… “So there’s got to be other factors working and impacting hurricanes and tropical storms than just sea surface temperatures or global warming” he said. His comments distinguished him from Mayfield who had said climate change didn’t substantially enhance hurricane activity especially the number of storms. Both men talked about being in a period of heightened hurricane activity since 1995 as part of a natural fluctuation. Comments are subject to the site’s.
German Soldiers Contest Tornado Mission in Afghanistan
Deutsche Welle – Mar 16, 2007
“The results of the reconnaissance flights will be used directly to support the combat led by ground troops and fighter aircraft” they said. Defense ministry spokesman Thomas Raabe on Friday rejected their argument as “false. pponents’ argument The same claim was made by political opponents of the Tornado mission which was approved by parliament last week with 405 votes to 157. The German military has 2750 soldiers in the relatively stable north of Afghanistan but has resisted pressure from NAT allies to extend its mandate to the south where they would likely face combat against the Taliban.
Directing flaws stall ‘Hurricane’
Rocky Mountain News – Mar 16, 2007
byline –>Friday March 16 2007Hurricane on the Bayou – the latest IMAX feature to hit theDenver Museum of Nature & Science’s big screen – is a strangehybrid blending the structure of an environmental documentary with thesensibility of a human-interest drama. riginally intended to raise awareness about the deterioration ofLouisiana’s wetlands (which serve as natural “speed bumps” tohurricanes) the film switched gears after Hurricane Katrina hit inAugust 2005. Though shooting was complete when the devastating stormstruck New rleans director Greg MacGillivray sent his crew back in togather new footage. Determined to capture aerial shots of the ravagedcity the production tapped the Miami Vice movie set in Floridafor a helicopter on which it could mount its IMAX theater camera. That effort produced some incredible images: a football stadiumnearly submerged in water; a giant tanker shipwrecked on a highway;thousands of homes floating like little boats on top of a vast sea.