‘Hurricane Hugo’ Chavez won’t shut up on tour
The News Review:
- ‘Hurricane Hugo’ Chavez won’t shut up on tour
- Bangladesh: Hurricane Sidr and the aftermath
- Hurricane Katrina boosted greenhouse gases
- In Mississippi Poor Lag in Hurricane Aid
- Notes: Yankees offer hurricane relief
‘Hurricane Hugo’ Chavez won’t shut up on tour
stuff.co.nz – Nov 16, 2007
In Paris Chavez wants to show President Nicolas Sarkozy proof a French captive is alive displaying his statesmanship as the meditator with rebels from neighbouring Colombia over the release of a group of hostages that also includes Americans. The man who called President George W Bush the devil at the United Nations is also unlikely to duck a fight with Spain on a trip that takes him to its borders. And with a stop in fellow US antagonist Iran “Hurricane Hugo” – as he is dubbed in foreign media – will no doubt leave headlines and controversy in his wake. “Nobody can expect us not to say who we are not to say what we feel and not to say what we want” Chavez said. Chavez’s hero is Simon Bolivar the Venezuelan who ejected Spain from South America in the 19th century. A socialist who calls Cuban leader Fidel Castro his mentor Chavez sees himself as a modern-day liberator ridding the region and beyond of “imperialism” and capitalism. Political analysts say his bark is worse than his bite.
Bangladesh: Hurricane Sidr and the aftermath
Reuters AlertNet – Nov 16, 2007
When the Hurricane struck communications and electricity supplies were snapped across the country. Most parts of the coastal region were virtually blacked out during the night. The capital Dhaka had power and communications link cut off as driving rains flooded some streets and strong winds sent billboards flying through the air. Buildings and roofs were shaken by fierce winds during the night and that by morning power and water supplies had been cut. And these were being updated by the countries 24 hour online news site.
Hurricane Katrina boosted greenhouse gases
stuff.co.nz – Nov 16, 2007
The monster storm that tore across Louisiana and Mississippi in 2005 killed or severely damaged approximately 320 million big trees the scientists wrote in the journal Science. Trees like other vegetation soak up carbon dioxide a potent global-warming gas creating what climate scientists call a carbon sink. In a carbon sink the carbon stays locked up in living trees instead of being released into the atmosphere to create greenhouse warming. But when trees die they stop taking in carbon dioxide and the process of decay starts emitting this gas and that is what happened after Katrina roared through said Jeffrey Chambers of Tulane University.
In Mississippi Poor Lag in Hurricane Aid
New York Times – Nov 16, 2007
Skip to next paragraph Hurricane Katrina. The state says that the expansion will add about 1000 jobs over the next five years and that many of those will be reserved for low-income residents.
Notes: Yankees offer hurricane relief
MLB.com – Nov 16, 2007
Three players — second baseman Robinson Cano outfielder Melky Cabrera and pitcher Edwar Ramirez — represented the team at Hogar Santo Domingo Savio in the Dominican Republic which was struck by Tropical Storm Noel in late October. Coaches Rob Thomson and Tony Pena helped present the Yankees’ $25000 donation to Food for the Poor a non-profit organization that ministers to spiritually renew impoverished people throughout Latin America and the Caribbean. Yankees manager Joe Girardi was also in the Dominican Republic on Thursday performing a scouting trip to the team’s academy in Boca Chica. The Yankees said that Girardi spoke to Latin coaches and staff then talked with players before watching tryouts and a Dominican Instructional League game against the Blue Jays.