Global Warming Enters Hurricane Debate
The News Review:
- Global Warming Enters Hurricane Debate
- Mississippi to Use Some Hurricane Aid for Housing Program
- FirstCaribbean gives $5.6m to Hurricane Dean victims
- Tornado brings windfall to Vancouver-area contractors
- Local: Widow files suit against driver Tornado Bus Co. | bus…
Global Warming Enters Hurricane Debate
San Francisco Chronicle – Jan 24, 2008
“I’m not going to answer the question because it’s a stupid question” Holland shot back. “OK let’s move on” a moderator intervened. The passion was no surprise to the TV weather forecasters academic climatologists government oceanographers and tornado chasers attending the meeting. “One thing I’ve learned about coming to this conference over the years is that very few people agree on anything” said Bill Massey a former hurricane program manager at the Federal Emergency Management Agency. “There’s a legitimate scientific debate going on and a healthy one and scientists right now are trying to defuse the emotion and focus on the research” said Robert Henson the author of “The Rough Guide to Climate Change. Whether global warming is increasing the frequency of major storms or reducing it Henson said lives are at stake. “Let’s say you have a drunk driver once an hour going 100 miles an hour in the middle of the night on an interstate” Henson said… “In 1992 we had one major storm. It was Hurricane Andrew. It was a very slow year. But one storm can ruin your day.
Mississippi to Use Some Hurricane Aid for Housing Program
New York Times – Jan 24, 2008
Though it has been widely praised for the speed of its hurricane recovery effort Mississippi has been criticized by religious and civic groups for slighting the needs of the poor. Congress gave the state $5. 5 billion in hurricane recovery grants with the proviso that half of it should be used to help low-income families but critics say that less than a quarter of the money is being used that way. The new allocation may not dampen that criticism because the money is being transferred from another program that was supposed to help the poor by giving grants to low-income homeowners whose houses flooded in… Though it has been widely praised for the speed of its hurricane recovery effort Mississippi has been criticized by religious and civic groups for slighting the needs of the poor. Congress gave the state $5. 5 billion in hurricane recovery grants with the proviso that half of it should be used to help low-income families but critics say that less than a quarter of the money is being used that way. The new allocation may not dampen that criticism because the money is being transferred from another program that was supposed to help the poor by giving grants to low-income homeowners whose houses flooded in.
FirstCaribbean gives $5.6m to Hurricane Dean victims
Jamaica Observer – Jan 24, 2008
Charlotte Home for Children Albion Montego Bay which lost its roof in the hurricane;. Shirley Lee Pryce of the Jamaica Household Helpers Association who lost her roof and personal possessions;. Yallahs Seventh Day Adventist Church which established a Hurricane Dean relief fund to assist several parishioners in their recovery efforts;. Clarendon Association for Street People -a rehabilitation project for street people to replace equipment and mattresses damaged in the hurricane;. Children & Community for Change to repair the roof of their head office and. Is There Not A Cause (ITNAC) a Trinidad-based registered non-profit charitable organisation of volunteer doctors nurses technicians manual labourers administrators carpenters and general helpers which does relief work throughout the region and began assisting the community of Rose Town one month after Hurricane Dean. In making the presentation of the cheques FirstCaribbean Managing Director Milton Brady noted that the bank gave similar assistance to victims of Hurricane Ivan which caused major damage in Jamaica in 2004.
Tornado brings windfall to Vancouver-area contractors
kgw.com (subscription) – Jan 24, 2008
Some businesses that had been hard-hit by a homebuilding slump now have all the damage repair jobs they can handle. The twister that hit Jan. 10 stripped shingles from buildings uprooted trees and ripped fences out of the ground. Tornado damage has resulted in more than 100 insurance claims valued at more than $500000 according to the Northwest Insurance Council a nonprofit industry group… The twister that hit Jan. 10 stripped shingles from buildings uprooted trees and ripped fences out of the ground. Tornado damage has resulted in more than 100 insurance claims valued at more than $500000 according to the Northwest Insurance Council a nonprofit industry group. “There’s not too many roofers that aren’t busy” said Mike Warner 38 owner of Warner Roofing & Construction Inc. Warner is working on a third roof replacement in west Hazel Dell with three more jobs waiting. He has offered bids for work on about 30 homes and expects his 13-member crew to remain busy through the winter. “We usually do new construction in the winter and tear-off (replacement roofing) in good weather” Warner said.
Local: Widow files suit against driver Tornado Bus Co. | bus…
Brownsville Herald – Jan 24, 2008
Tapia 28 is listed as a defendant in the lawsuit filed Jan. 9 in the District Clerk’s Office according to court documents. The lawsuit also lists Tornado Bus Co. The case has been assigned to Judge Janet L. Leal’s 103rd District Court. No trial date had been set as of Wednesday afternoon… Leal’s 103rd District Court. No trial date had been set as of Wednesday afternoon. A representative with the Tornado Bus Co. ’s Dallas office provided The Brownsville Herald with the telephone number of Dallas-based attorney Gerardo Rojas who represents the company. Rojas did not return calls for comment Wednesday. The plaintiffs in the lawsuit are Alfonso Macias Sr. representing his wife Maria del Carmen Fuentes Macias who traveled in the bus the day of the accident.