Hurricane Dean Gathering Strength;
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- Hurricane Dean Gathering Strength;
- NASA to Land Endeavour a Day Early to Avoid Hurricane Dean
- Texas Closely Watching Hurricane Dean
- Texas Gets Ready for Hurricane Dean
- Memories of Katrina fresh Bush gets out front on Hurricane Dean
Hurricane Dean Gathering Strength;
CNN International – Aug 18, 2007
We’re going to tell you how to take action to keep your family safe. HLMES: We are first going to start with that menace that is growing into a monster. Forecasters say hurricane Dean could strengthen into a category 5 storm today. That of course the most dangerous on the scale with winds topping 155 miles per hour. Dean has been roaring across the eastern Caribbean flooding streets and ripping the roofs off buildings. It is expected to slam into Jamaica tomorrow possibly a direct hit there. Police armed forces and emergency service are on high alert… Also parts of Cuba now under a tropical storm warning. KEILAR: That’s right. Meteorologist Bonnie Schneider is live in the Hurricane Headquarters with more on where hurricane Dean is right now. BNNIE SCHNEIDER CNN METERLGSIST: Well taking a look at our satellite perspective you can see as we put this map into motion a well defined eye of very powerful and intense storms. As we look at hurricane Dean you can see outposts particularly here on the western side of the storm. This storm will only strengthen.
NASA to Land Endeavour a Day Early to Avoid Hurricane Dean
FXNews – Aug 18, 2007
NASA worried the hurricane might veer toward Houston the home of Mission Control forcing an emergency relocation of flight controllers to Cape Canaveral. The makeshift control center there would not be nearly as good or big as the Houston operation and that’s why managers wanted to bring Endeavour back to Earth early. Hurricane Dean a fierce Category 4 storm was headed toward Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula and the Gulf of Mexico. It was uncertain whether the storm might strike the Texas coastline late in the week; that uncertainty made NASA’s decision — so many days in advance — all the harder. Related Stories… NASA worried the hurricane might veer toward Houston the home of Mission Control forcing an emergency relocation of flight controllers to Cape Canaveral. The makeshift control center there would not be nearly as good or big as the Houston operation and that’s why managers wanted to bring Endeavour back to Earth early. Hurricane Dean a fierce Category 4 storm was headed toward Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula and the Gulf of Mexico. It was uncertain whether the storm might strike the Texas coastline late in the week; that uncertainty made NASA’s decision — so many days in advance — all the harder. Related Stories.
Texas Closely Watching Hurricane Dean
Washington Post – Aug 18, 2007
fficials throughout central and south Texas expected more rain Friday with forecasts of 8 inches in West Texas. “The ground’s already saturated then with the amount of rain we got today it’s just running off and causing flash flooding so if we get additional rain it will be a major concern for us” said rlando Hernandez emergency management coordinator for Bexar County where San Antonio is located. In the eastern Caribbean islands of St. Lucia and Martinique Hurricane Dean tore roofs off buildings and knocked out power. Airports were closed hotels evacuated and tourists sent to shelters as 100 mph winds swept over the islands. But Dean the first hurricane of the Atlantic season appeared days away from the Gulf Coast. Dean strengthened into a Category 4 hurricane Friday and was expected to get stronger in the next day… Lucia and Martinique Hurricane Dean tore roofs off buildings and knocked out power. Airports were closed hotels evacuated and tourists sent to shelters as 100 mph winds swept over the islands. But Dean the first hurricane of the Atlantic season appeared days away from the Gulf Coast. Dean strengthened into a Category 4 hurricane Friday and was expected to get stronger in the next day. The National Weather Service forecast several potential tracks for the unpredictable storm over the next five days _ some had it barreling into Mexico; others had it hammering the Texas coast. Rick Perry declared the storm an “imminent threat” and initiated full-scale preparations.
Texas Gets Ready for Hurricane Dean
FXNews – Aug 18, 2007
17: A boat sinks as it takes on water amid debris after Hurricane Dean hit Martinique. jpg”Satellite image of Hurricane Dean in Caribbean… Hundreds of miles away Hurricane Dean gathered strength as it churned across the Caribbean its destination still unclear. If the fierce storm appears to be bearing down on Texas Monday they’ll be boarding up windows and fastening down roofs preparing for the worst. But on Saturday Lee and Courtwright were more interested in surfing. “It’s too far away a little too early to panic” said Lee 56.
Memories of Katrina fresh Bush gets out front on Hurricane Dean
International Herald Tribune – Aug 18, 2007
Bush who was criticized for a slow federal response to Hurricane Katrina took a pre-emptive strike Saturday against Hurricane Dean as it swept into the Caribbean and threatened the Texas coast. Bush who received two hurricane briefings at his ranch signed a pre-landfall disaster declaration allowing the federal government to move in people equipment and supplies immediately in case Hurricane Dean hits the state. White House spokesman Gordon Johndroe said that after Katrina the federal government began reaching out to states facing a disaster and suggesting they request the declaration sooner rather than later. Rick Perry asked the Federal Emergency Management Agency for the declaration late Saturday morning and Bush approved it hours later. “We are working closely with the state of Texas to address the special-needs populations along the south Texas border which is the current projected path of the storm” Johndroe said.