Hurricane Dealt Blow to Popularity of Katrina as Baby Name
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- Hurricane Dealt Blow to Popularity of Katrina as Baby Name
- Greensburg Kansas – Tornado – Weather – Storms – New York Times
- Hurricane-damaged cars drive new legislation Lawmakers seek standards…
- Can Greensburg Kan. be saved?
- Hurricane Rated Folding Glass Walls from Solar Innovations
- 1-stop storm help on Web: a new website for local and national…
- Tornado sweeps Axemen soars to SWC title
Hurricane Dealt Blow to Popularity of Katrina as Baby Name
New York Times – May 13, 2007
At a rank of 382nd it is now just below Brenna. From its peak in the 1980s when it regularly ranked among the 100 most popular names it had gradually slumped to 247th by 2005. Now the name’s association with the hurricane seems to have knocked it out of consideration for most parents sinking its popularity to the lowest point since the 1950s. Yet the two states most affected by the hurricane bucked the trend if only in small numbers. In Louisiana the number of babies named Katrina jumped to 15 in the 12 months after the storm from 8 in the 12 months before according to state health officials. In Mississippi seven babies were given the name from 2004 until the storm hit in August 2005 according to state data. The number climbed to 24 from September 2005 through the end of 2006… css); Hurricane Dealt Blow to Popularity of Katrina as Baby Name – New York Times. Yet the two states most affected by the hurricane bucked the trend if only in small numbers. Yet the two states most affected by the hurricane bucked the trend if only in small numbers.
Greensburg Kansas – Tornado – Weather – Storms – New York Times
New York Times – May 13, 2007
an zarks town of about 2000 that calls itself “the black walnut capital of the world. ” When Stockton got socked by a tornado in 2003 it essentially reinvented itself. Stockton’s epicenter had been a simple intersection of two highways but now it is a town square with roads that curve around a town center with grass and flowers at each corner said the mayor Ralph Steele. Wood-frame buildings were replaced with steel and brick structures and several businessmen built bigger shops Lester Johnson doubled the number of bays in his auto-body shop and Aubrey Foster replaced his small restaurant and separate liquor store with a larger building that houses both. The Hammons Black Walnut Emporium was created “kind of like a Starbuck you know what that is?” Mayor Steele said. “But it’s even bigger and better than a Starbuck because they have a lot of gifts candy and nuts and even a bookstore… the country’s first community chartered by African-Americans. Princeville was routed by a flood after Hurricane Floyd in 1999. Sam Knight Princeville’s town manager said the first question was whether to relocate the community out of its vulnerable flood plain. The town council was evenly divided but the mayor broke the tie siding with the large elderly population who are active voters and who felt Mr. Knight said: “This is our land. We don’t want to go anywhere else.
Hurricane-damaged cars drive new legislation Lawmakers seek standards…
San Francisco Chronicle – May 13, 2007
Although more than 5 million vehicles were totaled in the United States in 2005 for reasons such as theft or accidents vehicles damaged in the Gulf Coast hurricanes have been showing up on car lots around the United States. That has been the catalyst for change. Lott whose Mississippi home was destroyed by Hurricane Katrina is concerned that motorists unknowingly are buying flood-damaged or destroyed vehicles — and setting themselves up for possible safety problems down the line. At a recent committee hearing Lott urged consumer advocates and other backers of the bill to push for its passage before Katrina becomes a distant memory and momentum for new legislation stalls. The bills are the latest attempts to make sense of the crazy quilt of state laws that govern vehicle titles in the United States. A vehicle generally is considered a total loss when the cost of repairing it exceeds its market value or it meets a state-mandated damage threshold. After issuing a check to the owner an insurer takes possession of the vehicle and sells it at auction where it is purchased by a dismantler rebuilder or recycler.
Can Greensburg Kan. be saved?
USA Today – May 13, 2007
In fact “the world’s largest hand-dug well” at 109 feet deep and 32 feet wide is one of the main attractions in Greensburg which is 109 miles west of Wichita. Together with a 1000-pound meteorite that was found nearby the well attracts 30000-35000 tourists a year says Don Stimpson 54 who works at the visitor’s center for the well and meteorite. Both attractions survived the tornado; the visitor’s center did not. Before the tornado oil gas and trucking provided some jobs but agriculture was king says Mayor Lonnie McCollum 61. Even so agriculture — primarily corn wheat soybeans and milo — wasn’t providing the economic boost it had in previous generations. Greensburg’s population had fallen steadily for decades reflecting a trend in many small farming towns in Kansas says David Burress director of the Ad Astra Institute a Kansas public policy think tank. Automation and advances in farming technology led to less and less work for area residents.
Hurricane Rated Folding Glass Walls from Solar Innovations
Azom.com – May 13, 2007
In addition to Solar Innovations’ Folding Glass Walls already being certified as hurricane rated Miami Dade certification now bumps Solar to the highest overall coastal rating achievable. This number (07-0326. 07) allows Solar Innovations’ folding glass walls to be installed in any county with Miami Dade requirements for hurricane compliance. These requirements are the most stringent in the country for hurricane compliant products making this quite an accomplishment.
1-stop storm help on Web: a new website for local and national…
Free with registration – Miami Herald – AccessMyLibrary.com – May 13, 2007
1-stop storm help on Web: a new website for local and national emergency advisories will be introduced at this week’s hurricane conference in Fort Lauderdale. (13-MAY-07) Miami Herald (Miami FL).
Tornado sweeps Axemen soars to SWC title
Mail Tribune – May 13, 2007
The top-ranked Black Tornado did its part marching to 10-3 and 11-6 wins over South Eugene in a doubleheader at North Medford High. Meanwhile in Eugene Sheldon knocked Roseburg out of first place with 7-6 and 3-2 victories. North Medford and Sheldon wound up tied for the SWC title with 12-3 records but the Tornado earned the league’s No. 1 state playoff seed by virtue of its three-game season sweep over the Irish. The Tornado (23-3 overall) will open the state playoffs at home on May 22 against a yet-to-be determined opponent… North Medford and Sheldon wound up tied for the SWC title with 12-3 records but the Tornado earned the league’s No. 1 state playoff seed by virtue of its three-game season sweep over the Irish. The Tornado (23-3 overall) will open the state playoffs at home on May 22 against a yet-to-be determined opponent. “We knew with a break or two that good things could happen to us today” North Medford coach Brett Wolfe said. “This was a tough league and it’s a tribute to our kids to have won it. The competition we saw in this league can only make us better in the playoffs. “Pitcher Andrew Jones won Game 1 with a route-going performance to run his record to 8-0.