Hurricane Dean strengthens as it takes aim at Caribbean islands
The News Review:
- Hurricane Dean strengthens as it takes aim at Caribbean islands
- Hurricane fears drive energy prices higher for second day
- Clues from hurricane ‘fingerprints’
- Storm Dean becomes first Atlantic hurricane of 2007
- Classes resume in tornado-ravaged Greensburg.
Hurricane Dean strengthens as it takes aim at Caribbean islands
International Herald Tribune – Aug 16, 2007
The first hurricane of the Atlantic season is expected to pass over St. Lucia and the rest of the Lesser Antilles early Friday then intensify as it enters the warm waters of the Caribbean. It was too early to tell whether the storm would eventually strike the United States. “At some point we'll have just have to hunker down to let the storm pass and then pop up to see what remains” said Dawn French director of St. Lucia's National Emergency Management rganization… Lucia radio and television advisories urged people to stock up on canned food and fill their cars with gasoline. Volunteers knocked on doors to make sure people knew about the storm. The National Hurricane Center in Miami said Dean would likely be a dangerous Category 3 hurricane by the time it reaches the central Caribbean. Forecasters say it is taking a bead on Jamaica and the southern coasts of the Dominican Republic and Haiti which share the island of Hispaniola and could strike the islands on Sunday. As it approaches the Mexican resort town of Cancun on the Yucatan Peninsula on Tuesday it could be an extremely dangerous Category 4 hurricane the National Hurricane Center in Miami said. The hurricane center predicted storm surge flooding at 2 to 4 feet (0.
Hurricane fears drive energy prices higher for second day
International Herald Tribune – Aug 16, 2007
crude oil prices rose above $73 a barrel Wednesday on fears that Tropical Storm Dean might damage platforms refineries and pipelines in the Gulf of Mexico. The National Hurricane Center said the storm might become the first Atlantic hurricane of the season as it approached the Caribbean. Gasoline futures climbed too after a U. Energy Department report showed that inventories of both crude oil and gasoline fell more than forecast last week. il inventories dropped 5.
Clues from hurricane ‘fingerprints’
Christian Science Monitor – Aug 16, 2007
The immediate concern focuses on the likelihood that on average storms will grow more intense as the climate warms. Scientists also are finding evidence from these “proxy” studies for a link between hurricanes and wildfires in the years following the landfall of a major storm. This raises the prospect that as hurricane activity increases for whatever reason the threat of wildfires in the Southeast and Gulf Coast regions could grow as the climate continues to warm some researchers say. Scientists theorize that trees downed by storms provide fuel for fires. While the debate on global warming and hurricanes is not over scientists on both sides agree that historical records and data from aircraft and satellites fail to reach far enough back in time to help resolve the issue. That’s where the slowly growing field of paleotempestology comes in. Some techniques already have yielded records for a single location that reach back 5000 years.
Storm Dean becomes first Atlantic hurricane of 2007
Reuters AlertNet – Aug 16, 2007
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Classes resume in tornado-ravaged Greensburg.
Free with registration – Kansas City Star – AccessMyLibrary.com – Aug 16, 2007
16–GREENSBURG Kan. — Days after the deadly May 4 tornado took out this town the superintendent of schools declared they’d have classes come August. Privately folks in.