… with storms over?: Predictions for an above-average hurrican…
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- … with storms over?: Predictions for an above-average hurrican…
- English Channel highlights Hurricane Hall roster
- Guy Carp Partners with WSI Corp. to Assess US Hurricane Risks
- Hurricane evacuation maps
- Soil Conservation Experts to Reflect on Hurricane Katrina Disaster
- Hurricane teacher makes court appearance on rape charges
… with storms over?: Predictions for an above-average hurrican…
Free with registration – Orlando Sentinel – AccessMyLibrary.com – Oct 30, 2007
It’s the month when temperatures cool humidity drops and — for the second year in a row — the odds of Florida surviving another season without a hurricane start looking good. Tropical Storm Noel which lashed the Dominican Republic and Haiti with torrential rains Monday and is headed for the Bahamas is not likely to become a hurricane or pose a serious threat to Florida or the eastern United States. Instead forecasters at the National Hurricane Center expect a trough of low pressure moving across the country to push the year’s 14th named storm to the northeast and away from land. The key for South Florida will be exactly when that happens.
English Channel highlights Hurricane Hall roster
Thoroughbred Times – Oct 30, 2007
Trained by Todd Pletcher for James Scatuorchio English Channel was retired with 13 wins in 23 starts and earnings of $5319028. He won six Grade 1 races all on turf. “English Channel is retiring perfectly sound” said Hurricane Hall President Ben Walden Jr. “What a privilege it is to offer breeders absolute soundness and a horse as physically correct as English Channel is. He is a world-class athlete. ”English Channel won Saturday’s Breeders’ Cup Turf at Monmouth Park by a record seven lengths defeating Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe Lucien Barriere (Fr-G1) winner Dylan Thomas (Ire) among others. English Channel is a leading candidate for champion turf male of 2007.
Guy Carp Partners with WSI Corp. to Assess US Hurricane Risks
Insurance Journal – Oct 30, 2007
“There is perhaps no industry in which weather plays a greater role in operational decision making than insurance” noted Ira Scharf Vice President of Energy and Risk Services at WSI. “By bringing together the latest in forecasting technology and the industry’s most advanced risk management platform this collaboration represents a major step forward in helping insurers use predictive as well as diagnostic forecasting to their strategic advantage. Source: Guy Carpenter and WSI Corp.
Hurricane evacuation maps
Bay News 9 – Oct 30, 2007
Know your area’s evacuation zones now before the winds start whipping up. Check out Bay News 9.
Soil Conservation Experts to Reflect on Hurricane Katrina Disaster
Wisbusiness.com – Oct 30, 2007
7 from 1:45 to 3:45 pm and Nov. “Hurricane Katrina provided the scientific community with an unparalleled opportunity to guide both ecosystem restoration and the design of measures to protect lives and properties from violent natural events” says Charles Groat Jackson School of Geosciences University of Texas at Austin who opens the event. 7 the symposium will focus on the storm’s impact on the land the role wetlands play and the sociopolitical and scientific processes of land and resource management. “Rapid degradation of the Mississippi River delta and climate change are placing the physical and socioeconomic sustainability of coastal Louisiana in doubt” says speaker William Jenkins Louisiana State University. “We must pursue aggressive coastal restoration or face the daunting implications of inaction… Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Service will address the importance of generating interpretative maps with soil suitability data and training response personnel to properly interpret soil information related to the disaster. 8 the symposium will take a broader look at hurricane patterns global climate change and Louisiana’s ongoing recovery and future. Steven Hamburg Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Department Brown University will discuss the impact of a storm’s frequency and intensity on ecosystem resistance and resilience. Chris Renschler University of Buffalo will address the potential of integrated natural resources management as a tool for managing natural disasters. “Field studies remote sensing Geographic Information Systems and process-based environmental models are increasingly used in combination to support decision- and policy-making in natural resources or natural hazards management” Renschler says. “Communication is key among all of these areas.
Hurricane teacher makes court appearance on rape charges
Deseret News – Oct 30, 2007
GEORGE — A female Hurricane High School teacher charged with five counts of rape made her first court appearance on Tuesday. Cris Lynn Morris 29 arrived in 5th District Court with her attorneys for an initial appearance on the first-degree felony charges. Morris is accused of having sexual intercourse with a 17-year-old boy who was also a student aide in one of her classes. During Tuesday’s hearing Morris waived a reading of the charges against her. Morris is accused of having sex with the boy during five separate incidents at her home on Aug… School district officials placed Morris who taught social science and history classes at the high school on administrative leave on Oct. 23 according to a district press release. Morris also served as the Hurricane High School girl’s soccer and track coach. Story continues below Morris posted a $100000 cash bond the same day she was arrested. Following the hearing McKay declined to say when he was retained by his client adding he would have “no comment at this time. Ludlow scheduled a roll call hearing in the case at 2:30 p.