The News Review:

- ABC News: Hurricane Season but FEMA Not Ready
- Hurricane glossary
- Hurricane season looms New rleans worries
- 25 receive diplomas in tornado-hit Kansas town
- ABC News: Tornado-Flattened Town Vows to Rebuild

ABC News: Hurricane Season but FEMA Not Ready
ABC News – May 20, 2007
getElementById(“shareThisButton”); stEntrybj. attachButton(stElement); Hurricane season is just days away and experts are predicting this year will be a very active one.

Hurricane glossary
St. Petersburg Times – May 20, 2007
addVariable(“pid” “FLPET”); ap. addVariable(“fontcolor” “0×336699″); ap. write(“flashcontent”); Hurricane – A tropical cyclone in the Northern Hemisphere in the North Atlantic cean Caribbean Sea or Gulf of Mexico. Maximum sustained wind near the center must be 74 mph or greater for it to be classified as a hurricane. These winds spin counterclockwise around a relatively calm center of extremely low pressure known as the eye. Tropical storm – A tropical cyclone in which the maximum sustained wind is between 39 and 73 mph. At this point the system is given a name… Saharan air layer – The Saharan air layer is a large area of dust that emerges off the African continent into the Atlantic cean during the spring and summer. The SAL usually extends from 5 000 to 25 000 feet into the atmosphere and is associated with large amounts of dust dry air and strong wind aloft. The SAL negatively affects hurricane intensity because the SAL's dry air gets wrapped into a storm and the high wind acts to shear the storm apart. There is still uncertainty with respect to whether the dust actually affects the intensity. Storm surge is secondarily affected by the low pressure of the storm. Tidal surge – This is different from storm surge.

Hurricane season looms New rleans worries
Reuters AlertNet – May 20, 2007
0: inline article box end –>. As the 2007 Atlantic hurricane season begins New rleans officials say the city is better prepared than it was before Katrina but cannot assure people’s safety. "When the mayor tells the citizens to evacuate the citizens should listen and heed the mayor’s warning" said Jerry Sneed director of the city’s office of emergency preparedness. Amant emergency preparedness director for Plaquemines Parish southeast of New rleans agreed. "I would rather have somebody say ‘I was inconvenienced’ (by evacuating) than to have to recover their body… Amant emergency preparedness director for Plaquemines Parish southeast of New rleans agreed. "I would rather have somebody say ‘I was inconvenienced’ (by evacuating) than to have to recover their body. " Last year’s hurricane season passed without a storm hitting Louisiana which gave the city much needed time to continue its slow rebuilding. But this year forecasters predict the hurricane season which starts on June 1 will be busy and the U. Gulf Coast could well be hit.

25 receive diplomas in tornado-hit Kansas town
Seattle Times – May 20, 2007
We will build new landmarks” he said. New rleansCorps proposes dam to close off channelThe Army Corps of Engineers said Saturday it wants to build a $50 million earthen dam to plug a ship channel blamed for much of the flooding from Hurricane Katrina. Area leaders and residents have clamored for years for the closing of the Mississippi River-Gulf utlet known as Mr. The corps’ announcement was a major victory for St. Bernard Parish leaders where residents display signs reading “The Mister Go Must Go.

ABC News: Tornado-Flattened Town Vows to Rebuild
ABC News – May 20, 2007
attachButton(stElement); Greensburg Kan. seems to change by the hour. Two weeks after an F-5 tornado killed 10 people and destroyed most of the town there are now temporary street signs a temporary city hall and temporary housing… “We lived through a tornado” said Lisa King whose family has made a home in a FEMA unit. “We can live through anything. Nearly 8000 truckloads of debris have been removed from Greensburg but it still looks like a war zone. Local leaders look beyond the piles or rubble and see a blank canvas ? an opportunity to build an even better town. “Technology environmental issues energy issues can all be addressed.

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