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- Hurricane Wilma: Two years later
- 3A football preview: Delta at Hurricane
- Scientists play the weather god
- Carousel made in Port Townsend to spread joy to hurricane-damaged…
- California Wildfires: FEMA Responds
Two contend for Hurricane Center top post | Chron.com – Houston…
Houston Chronicle – Oct 24, 2007
html FORT LAUDERDALE FLA. — The National Hurricane Center may have a new director within a month and at least two names are on the candidate list: acting deputy director Bill Read and senior hurricane specialist Rick Knabb. Today is the deadline to apply for the job. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration officials who will ultimately select the director are tight-lipped about who is in the running. However Read on Tuesday confirmed that he has applied and longtime colleagues at the hurricane center said Knabb has as well. “Those are two first-class acts in Rick Knabb and Bill Read” former director Max Mayfield said… However Read on Tuesday confirmed that he has applied and longtime colleagues at the hurricane center said Knabb has as well. “Those are two first-class acts in Rick Knabb and Bill Read” former director Max Mayfield said. “Our nation’s hurricane program would be well served by either of those folks. Read has been a National Weather Service manager for 15 years most recently as head of the Houston-Galveston office. That gives him considerably more management experience than Knabb. Knabb who recently was named team leader over the hurricane center’s 10 main forecasters has more hands-on expertise in tropical forecasting. Based on past history Read may have the edge.
Hurricane Wilma: Two years later
WBBH – Oct 24, 2007
Here are some interesting facts about the storm provided by FEMA:While at sea Hurricane Wilma became the most intense Atlantic hurricane ever recorded with a central pressure of 882 mbar and Category 5 winds of 185 mph. Similar to Hurricane Katrina in Louisiana Wilma was a Category 3 storm when it made landfall in Florida. Wilma’s 125 mph winds hit south of Naples on October 24 2005. Hurricane Wilma moved across the Florida in just over four hours causing $21… Here are some interesting facts about the storm provided by FEMA:While at sea Hurricane Wilma became the most intense Atlantic hurricane ever recorded with a central pressure of 882 mbar and Category 5 winds of 185 mph. Similar to Hurricane Katrina in Louisiana Wilma was a Category 3 storm when it made landfall in Florida. Wilma’s 125 mph winds hit south of Naples on October 24 2005. Hurricane Wilma moved across the Florida in just over four hours causing $21. 5 billion in damages and the largest power outage in state history.
3A football preview: Delta at Hurricane
Deseret News – Oct 24, 2007
Parry’s Power Guide: Hurricane by 4 All-time series: Delta leads 29-8. Last meeting: 2007 regular season Delta won 19-15 Hurricane and Delta have experienced similar 2007 seasons and will collide in the opening round of the 3A postseason this Friday. Both endured some ups and downs during the year yet both seem to have gotten better as the season’s progressed. For Hurricane its push to beat Delta and get to the quarterfinals will largely center around running back Gordie Dotson. The talented back is currently tied with Bingham’s Sam Langi for fifth among the state’s leading rushers. Dotson has 1329 yards and 11 touchdowns on the ground… Last meeting: 2007 regular season Delta won 19-15 Hurricane and Delta have experienced similar 2007 seasons and will collide in the opening round of the 3A postseason this Friday. Both endured some ups and downs during the year yet both seem to have gotten better as the season’s progressed. For Hurricane its push to beat Delta and get to the quarterfinals will largely center around running back Gordie Dotson. The talented back is currently tied with Bingham’s Sam Langi for fifth among the state’s leading rushers. Dotson has 1329 yards and 11 touchdowns on the ground. Interestingly Delta finished with a better region and overall record than its first-round opponent but Hurricane gets home-field advantage because of the UHSAA’s decision last winter to classify half of Region 9 Hurricane’s league as 4A schools. Delta advanced to last year’s 3A semifinals but its 2007 prognosis was unclear because it lost so much experience.
Scientists play the weather god
Times of India – Oct 24, 2007
So-calledhurricane modifiers aim to steer dangerous weather patterns off course and toweaken hurricanes in the hope of preventing disasters like Hurricane Katrina. Scientists have devised a plan to reduce hurricane wind speeds by having a planedrop soot into near-freezing clouds at the top of a hurricane causing it towarm. “If they’re done in theright place at the right time they can affect the strength of the hurricane”Moshe Alamaro of MIT said. “We’re starting with computer simulations and thenwill hopefully experiment on a small weathersystem. Scientists at HebrewUniversity of Jerusalem announced last month that they similarly simulated theeffect of sowing clouds with microscopic dust to weaken a hurricane… So-calledhurricane modifiers aim to steer dangerous weather patterns off course and toweaken hurricanes in the hope of preventing disasters like Hurricane Katrina. Scientists have devised a plan to reduce hurricane wind speeds by having a planedrop soot into near-freezing clouds at the top of a hurricane causing it towarm. “If they’re done in theright place at the right time they can affect the strength of the hurricane”Moshe Alamaro of MIT said. “We’re starting with computer simulations and thenwill hopefully experiment on a small weathersystem. Scientists at HebrewUniversity of Jerusalem announced last month that they similarly simulated theeffect of sowing clouds with microscopic dust to weaken a hurricane. Thosefindings were presented at a conference in Trieste Italy in which the teamdemonstrated that dust dropped into the lower part of Hurricane Katrina wouldhave reduced wind and diverted itscourse.
Carousel made in Port Townsend to spread joy to hurricane-damaged…
Peninsula Daily – Oct 24, 2007
The carousel will go to Waveland Miss. which is still rebuilding after being hit hard by Hurricane Katrina in 2005. Dentzel will have a display of some of the panels figurines and a scale model of the carousel along with information about the relocation to Waveland at the Nov. 3-4 Port Townsend Woodworkers Show at the American Legion Hall 209 Monroe St… Dentzel 57 and five others from Port Townsend helped after the 2005 natural disaster traveling down the southern state in two biodiesel buses. What they saw there and who they met created a lasting bond between the two cities Dentzel said. The trip and subsequent journeys have come to be called the Hurricane Katrina Sister City Project. “You see roofs all over the place and the house is gone” he said. “They just got blown down. There’s been a constant stream of people going down there since. “Besides offering Waveland residents the glee of spinning around and around on the carousel there was another reason he wanted to donate it:”To bring awareness to the fact that this situation is not over.
California Wildfires: FEMA Responds
Washington Post – Oct 24, 2007
____________________Maryland: Good afternoon Pat. Do you think that FEMA’s response will be more effective than their response to Katrina? Already there are signs that the media is referring to the California victims as "evacuees" instead of immigrants as with Katrina! Definitely the perceptions have changed!Pat Philbin: FEMA has dramatically improved its coordination and communication capabilities with state local and federal partners. This has been evident in our response to Hurricane Dean tornados in the Midwest and in CA. Short answer is yes. _______________________washingtonpost. com: The first question was inadvertently posted early. Please join us live at 1 p.