Storm chasers: Thrill seekers or scientists?
The News Review:
- Storm chasers: Thrill seekers or scientists?
- Technological advances seen as key to surviving
- Holly gets 50 temporary homes from FEMA
- ‘Scared-to-death’ survivors recall city’s dark day
- Columbia Law Panel Probes Slow Response to Katrina
- Knees and Nicodemus
- Florida Residents Finally Have Reason to Celebrate Earth Day.
Storm chasers: Thrill seekers or scientists?
USA Today – Apr 20, 2007
Hehnly a meteorology student at the University of klahoma said he had never seen a tornado until about 10 years ago when he started chasing them. “(I was) always interested in the weather and had never seen a tornado after having grown up in klahoma” he said. “I wanted to get a little bit more personal with it. I want to see tornadoes I want to see severe thunderstorms but I’m trying to give back to the community as well. He said he thinks chasing storms is probably safer than scuba diving. “As long as you know what the storm is doing you can keep yourself out of harm’s way” he said… “As long as you know what the storm is doing you can keep yourself out of harm’s way” he said. But he’s had his share of close calls. The closest he said was a night tornado in klahoma City on May 9 2003. He and some other storm chasers were following a tornado on the north side of the road by way of flashes from power poles. While they were watching the north a new tornado formed on the south side of the same road forcing them to take cover in the hall of the first house that offered cover he said. “Just shows you that you think you know what’s happening and at night it’s a lot harder to tell if anything new is developing” Hehnly said. “We thought we were behind a tornado and ended up in front of a new tornado.
Technological advances seen as key to surviving
Rockford Register Star – Apr 20, 2007
CM FILE PHTThis 1967 file photo shows the widespread damage caused by a tornado that tore through Belvidere. More related photos… The devastating tornado struck around 3:50 p. catching the town off guard and unprepared.
Holly gets 50 temporary homes from FEMA
Rocky Mountain News – Apr 20, 2007
They will also be invaluable as plans for rebuilding Hollymove forward. Thursday a FEMA team was in town helping to direct the set-up ofthe temporary homes. Some of the units had been used by victims of Hurricane Katrina andHurricane Rita. They have since been refurbished. The units were declared surplus by FEMA and are now considered theproperty of Colorado.
‘Scared-to-death’ survivors recall city’s dark day
Rockford Register Star – Apr 20, 2007
It began to rain and the wind started to howl. Eyewitnesses described the sky as gray turning black then a sickly green. The Belvidere tornado struck at 3:50 p. on Irene Road south of I-90. There was little damage to the farmland as the twister hit the Henry Brummel farm but by the time the storm had finished moving through Belvidere 125 homes were damaged. Path of destruction Width: 3600 feet Length: 25… Each had different vantage points and weren’t reunited until after the storm passed. Mark remembers hitting the floor and crawling toward the locker room. He couldn’t see the tornado but "glass and pebbles were flying everywhere. "Debris flew like bullets Mark said shredding everything and injuring nearly everyone caught in it. The brothers were among students who helped look for survivors in the storm’s aftermath. "I had a history teacher say it looks like a war zone out there" he said. "That is something I always remembered.
Columbia Law Panel Probes Slow Response to Katrina
NY Lawyer – Apr 20, 2007
In one of the milder assessments of a perfect post-Katrina storm – government ineptitude opportunistic real estate developers and foot-dragging insurance companies – Damon T. Hewitt spoke of the power of institutional racism in holding back progress in predominantly black New rleans. “What we’ve seen is failure to invest in human resources” he said. “We should be outraged but not shocked.
Knees and Nicodemus
pEdNews – Apr 20, 2007
::::::::While Hurricane Charley blew threw central Florida Johnny and I were in Memphis at a three day party celebrating the wedding of Johnny's niece. Live bands every night dancing for hours fueled by vodka tonics and feeling no pain in those last few days before VIXX was pulled from the market I blew my knee out. But I didn't admit it until three weeks before hurricane Jean slammed us. Every time I mention my aches and pains to Johnny my husband a stoic and 16 years my senior a Memphis boy [one of four brothers and everyone a physician] he just shakes his head squints and says "What do you expect? You baby boomers are all alike. You abuse your bodies then come whining to the docs to fix you up… ::::::::While Hurricane Charley blew threw central Florida Johnny and I were in Memphis at a three day party celebrating the wedding of Johnny's niece. Live bands every night dancing for hours fueled by vodka tonics and feeling no pain in those last few days before VIXX was pulled from the market I blew my knee out. But I didn't admit it until three weeks before hurricane Jean slammed us. Every time I mention my aches and pains to Johnny my husband a stoic and 16 years my senior a Memphis boy [one of four brothers and everyone a physician] he just shakes his head squints and says "What do you expect? You baby boomers are all alike. You abuse your bodies then come whining to the docs to fix you up. Take a couple of Tylenols. "People assume that because I am married to a physician that I receive excellent medical attention.
Florida Residents Finally Have Reason to Celebrate Earth Day.
Free with registration – Business Wire – AccessMyLibrary.com – Apr 20, 2007
– Rob Kornahrens says with respect to Earth Day on Sunday it’s time to change the way Florida has relied upon electricity. After spending the past five years perfecting a hu.