Quick Take: Prepare Yourself for Hurricane Season
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- Quick Take: Prepare Yourself for Hurricane Season
- Report From Hurricane Alley
- Hurricane Center Chief Criticized for Aging Satellite Warning
- Tornado damages homes in Copperas Cove
- … Changes Fernandez Schwartz promoted former Hurricane Morto…
- Tornado edge Saints in LA action
Quick Take: Prepare Yourself for Hurricane Season
Motley Fool – Jun 18, 2007
Forecasters predict 2007 will be an above average hurricane season and estimate three to five category 3 storms with high odds that a major hurricane will hit land. So if you live along the Atlantic Coast or Gulf Coast please take heed. What can you do to prepare yourself? First things first: basic necessities. Experts advise stockpiling bottled water nonperishable food medicine and first aid supplies in addition to flashlights duct tape radios (with extra batteries) tarps and other necessities. Evacuation plans are advisable.
Report From Hurricane Alley
Motley Fool – Jun 18, 2007
Florida is a peninsula and because of its latitude tropical storms and hurricanes show up nearly as often as crowds of tourists. Capital “F” Fools buy straw hats in the winter and prepare for hurricanes when the sun is shining. But there’s a lot more to hurricane planning than looking for an evacuation route on Yahoo’s Mapquest. It doesn’t matter if you are a Fool living in Minnesota or in Miami — disasters can strike any area. Here are some tips for weathering any storm: As a Floridian whose family has lived here for generations I can vouch for Florida Disaster Management’s.
Hurricane Center Chief Criticized for Aging Satellite Warning
Insurance Journal – Jun 18, 2007
The satellite was launched in 1999 and designed to last two to three years. It is now showing signs of its age. Certain hurricane forecasts could be up to 16 percent less accurate if it fails Proenza has said. That could lead to wider areas placed under hurricane watches and warnings. A satellite with technology meant to replace QuikScat would not fly until 2016 seven years later than planned The Associated Press reported last week. Last Friday Proenza was given a three-page letter from the acting head of the Weather Service Mary Glackin. Proenza’s recent statements “may have caused some unnecessary confusion about NAA’s ability to accurately predict tropical storms” Glackin wrote.
Tornado damages homes in Copperas Cove
KVUE – KVUE – Jun 18, 2007
Monday night residents were picking up the pieces. Hardest hit was a neighborhood on the southwest edge of town. The tornado was only on the ground for a couple of minutes but it was enough for it to leave its mark. Rachel Medina of Copperas Cove spent Monday with friends and family salvaging anything and everything she could after a tornado gave her her husband and 3-kids the scare of their lives. "You got a 3-year-old and a 7 and 8-year-old and plus trying to stay calm for them yeah real scary" said Medina. “The street was flooded and we looked up and the house across the street had shingles flying all around it. By the time we had gathered the kids and ran to the bathroom it had already hit the house so we barely made it to the bathroom for protection… ne woman was injured when flying debris struck her in the head. She was treated on the scene and refused to be transported to the hospital. It was a well-defined tornado a dark funnel cloud on a lighter sky" said Dennis Haas chief of the Copperas Cove Fire Dept. "My first thought was for my family’s safety I sent them to a closet in the interior of my house because I wasn’t sure how it was traveling which way that kind of thing. " Haas saw the twister from his own home.
… Changes Fernandez Schwartz promoted former Hurricane Morto…
CSTV.com – Jun 18, 2007
) from 2000-04 following a one-year stay at Bowie State during the 1999-00 campaign. A four-year letterwinner at Miami from 1988-93 Morton tallied 909 points 245 rebound and 194 assists during his UM career. His name scattered throughout the Hurricane record books Morton ranks seventh all-time in UM history in three-pointers made (136) eighth in three-pointers attempted (390) and 12th in career three-point percentage (. During the 1989-90 season he recorded a team-high 45 steals while averaging 11. 0 points per game as a sophomore. That same season he garnered the team’s “Hustle” award – an honor he would earn again following the 1991-92 season – and was named the team’s defensive player of the year three separate times.
Tornado edge Saints in LA action
simcoe.com – Jun 18, 2007
The Saints got on the board first as James Neville scored at the 7:14 mark of the opening frame. Zach Tomkinson scored a minute and a half later for Barrie before Acorn made it 2-1 just past the halfway mark of the period with his first of the game. Scarborough then scored twice within a minute to make it 3-2 before the Tornado?s Greg Reid knotted the game up at 3-3 with 4:15 left in the frame. Barrie then outscored the Saints 4-2 over the remaining two periods to earn the win… Acorn also had two assists for a five-point effort while Donato added four helpers to his one goal. Coady Adamson was the top point-getter for the Saints scoring once and earning three assists. The game on Sunday was the final home date for the now 11-7 Tornado who head into the final two games of the campaign in fifth place in the East Conference two points back of both Halton Hills and Mimico and four back of second-place akville. The Clarington Green Gaels lead the entire Junior B league as well as the East Conference with a perfect 16-0 record. Barrie plays in Scarborough on Thursday night ending the season on the road against the akville Buzz on Tuesday June 26. For more information visit.