Will you be ready for a hurricane?
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- Will you be ready for a hurricane?
- 9 Firefighters Killed In Charleston Blaze “Tornado f Flames"…
- Publix links its Web site to online hurricane resource neStorm.org.
- Storm warning Reprimand of Hurricane Center’s chief shapes up as…
- Florida once again top spot: Hurricanes? What hurricanes? Florida…
- Possible Tornado successor in Round Texel Race
Will you be ready for a hurricane?
USA Today – Jun 19, 2007
It’s not too late but the time to get ready is now. The Atlantic and eastern Pacific hurricane seasons last through November although it’s the Atlantic storms that usually strike the USA. Most eastern Pacific tropical storms spin over the open ocean. Prepare your home With common materials you can easily protect your home from hurricane-force winds:•Windows. The cheapest most popular method to protect your windows is to cover them with plywood… If you have shingles secure them with a quick-setting asphalt bond. Improve the uplift resistance of your roof deck by applying wood adhesive along the intersection of the roof deck and the roof support element. Hurricane straps can be used to improve the roof-to-wall connection. Federal weather agencies including the National ceanic and Atmospheric Administration offer advice and instructions on these topics on the Internet. Be sure trees and shrubs are trimmed and dead limbs removed. Clean your gutters.
9 Firefighters Killed In Charleston Blaze “Tornado f Flames"…
CBS News – Jun 19, 2007
Witnesses said the store’s roof collapsed throwing debris over about two-dozen rescue workers. nlookers were hit with flying ash. “It was like a 30-foot tornado of flames” said Mark Hilton who was struck in his eye. Eric Glover told CNN that he and a number of other firefighters were at a golf tournament to benefit the family of a firefighter who had recently died when they heard the call come over their scanners. By the time he arrived he said the roof had already collapsed. “It all happened pretty fast. They didn’t really have a chance” Glover said.
Publix links its Web site to online hurricane resource neStorm.org.
Free with registration – South Florida Sun-Sentinel – AccessMyLibrary.com – Jun 19, 2007
19–Publix Super Markets is working to show its customers that being prepared for a hurricane is just a few easy clicks away. The Lakeland-based grocery chain has linked.
Storm warning Reprimand of Hurricane Center’s chief shapes up as…
Free with registration – Sarasota Herald-Tribune – AccessMyLibrary.com – Jun 19, 2007
The expense he said was troubling in the wake of the NAA’s $700000 cut in funding for hurricane research and amid growing concerns about the reliability of a key weather satellite that has already outlived its life expectancy. Proenza’s comments came in response to media questions at a hurricane.
Florida once again top spot: Hurricanes? What hurricanes? Florida…
Free with registration – Miami Herald – AccessMyLibrary.com – Jun 19, 2007
Hotels say travelers seem. 19–It took two nasty hurricane seasons for California to bump Florida as America’s favorite vacation spot. But one calm summer has lifted Florida back into top slot.
Possible Tornado successor in Round Texel Race
Sail World – Jun 19, 2007
A possible successor of the Tornado the VX20 carries a Tornado mast the jib is smaller and the main a bit bigger. The VX20 weighs 125 kilograms which is 45kg less than the Tornado. A week prior to the start of the 30th Zwitserleven Round Texel Race the organization has received 482 pre-entries. Among them the overall winners of 2006 Remco Kenbeek and Paul Brouwer with their F18 Capricorn (NED)… A possible successor of the Tornado the VX20 carries a Tornado mast the jib is smaller and the main a bit bigger. The VX20 weighs 125 kilograms which is 45kg less than the Tornado. A week prior to the start of the 30th Zwitserleven Round Texel Race the organization has received 482 pre-entries. Among them the overall winners of 2006 Remco Kenbeek and Paul Brouwer with their F18 Capricorn (NED). The golden fleet is at full strength with over two hundred top teams from the Netherlands Australia France Belgium Germany and the UK.