Chertoff: NYC get ready for hurricane
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- Chertoff: NYC get ready for hurricane
- Weeks after devastating tornado Kansas residents struggle with PTSD.
- Add early labor to hurricane concerns
- Hurricane season
Chertoff: NYC get ready for hurricane
USA Today – Jun 11, 2007
“It’s always a little odd being in New York and talking about hurricanes” Chertoff said after touring a new command center at the ffice of Emergency Management in Brooklyn. Still he added a hurricane “would be an extraordinarily devastating blow to the city. Weather experts have said New York is about due for a major hurricane with 130 mph winds and a 30-foot storm surge that could cause the Hudson and East Rivers to overflow. Such a storm could inflict more than $100 billion in economic losses while forcing the evacuation of 3 million people — more than six times the population of pre-Katrina New rleans. Historically the city has endured a hurricane roughly once every 90 years. The last major New York-area hurricane in 1938 caused 700 deaths along the Eastern seaboard… “It’s always a little odd being in New York and talking about hurricanes” Chertoff said after touring a new command center at the ffice of Emergency Management in Brooklyn. Still he added a hurricane “would be an extraordinarily devastating blow to the city. Weather experts have said New York is about due for a major hurricane with 130 mph winds and a 30-foot storm surge that could cause the Hudson and East Rivers to overflow. Such a storm could inflict more than $100 billion in economic losses while forcing the evacuation of 3 million people — more than six times the population of pre-Katrina New rleans. Historically the city has endured a hurricane roughly once every 90 years. The last major New York-area hurricane in 1938 caused 700 deaths along the Eastern seaboard. Last year the city unveiled a new hurricane plan to evacuate 3 million people while sheltering more than 600000 others.
Weeks after devastating tornado Kansas residents struggle with PTSD.
Free with registration – Wichita Eagle – AccessMyLibrary.com – Jun 11, 2007
suffered psychological trauma when he heard the cries for help but he is certain his son will never forget it. Five weeks after the tornado hit the psychological fallout has only reached the early stages. It will take several months or longer for the most severe cases including post-traumatic stress disorder to manifest themselves mental health officials say. ne official expects that the number of PTSD cases could be higher than normal because the tornado uprooted a community whose residents were so deeply rooted. Around Greensburg tornado stress is showing residents and health professionals say. There’s the 3-year-old so terrified that it took three hours of coaxing to get her to leave her sanctuary under a bed when a storm blew through days after the tornado… It will take several months or longer for the most severe cases including post-traumatic stress disorder to manifest themselves mental health officials say. ne official expects that the number of PTSD cases could be higher than normal because the tornado uprooted a community whose residents were so deeply rooted. Around Greensburg tornado stress is showing residents and health professionals say. There’s the 3-year-old so terrified that it took three hours of coaxing to get her to leave her sanctuary under a bed when a storm blew through days after the tornado. There’s the elderly vibrant woman whose short-term memory is so diminished she wonders whether she is now suffering from Alzheimer’s. There’s the 32-year-old sheriff’s deputy who helped save lives but now feels survivor guilt. There’s the woman who worries because her husband is drinking more than ever.
Add early labor to hurricane concerns
St. Petersburg Times – Jun 11, 2007
addVariable(“fontcolor” “0×336699″); ap. write(“flashcontent”); Flooded streets power outages spoiled refrigerator contents and the risk of damage to the house. There are enough things to dread each hurricane season without the prospect of early labor. But as an expectant mom in Florida it's something to consider. 23 falls in the tail-end of the hurricane season when the nastiest storms tend to emerge. And there's an intriguing theory out there that it's the storms – not the storks – that bring babies… But as an expectant mom in Florida it's something to consider. 23 falls in the tail-end of the hurricane season when the nastiest storms tend to emerge. And there's an intriguing theory out there that it's the storms – not the storks – that bring babies. Here's how the theory goes: Hurricanes of course are powerful low-pressure systems. When a storm blows in the falling atmospheric pressure tugs at the amniotic sac of the mother-to-be.
Hurricane season
San Diego Union Tribune – Jun 11, 2007
CNTENT>The north Atlantic hurricane season began June 1 and lasts through November. The hurricane forecast team at Colorado State University in Fort Collins estimated that about 17 named storms would form in the Atlantic between June and November. Census Bureau figures about the number of people living in areas that could be most affected by these acts of nature.