NZ crews chase Olympic tornado berth
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- NZ crews chase Olympic tornado berth
- Children of Sept. 11 victims helping New Orleans recover from Hurrican…
- Hurricane Wal-Mart complete
- A blow to your holiday plans?
- Tornado watch for Southeast Texas canceled.
NZ crews chase Olympic tornado berth
stuff.co.nz – Feb 21, 2008
With 50 entries confirmed from 21 different countries the championships double as the final Olympic qualifier for the multi-hull class. Twelve of the maximum 16 Olympic Tornado berths have already been decided. New Zealand entries include former Olympic medallists Aaron McIntosh Bruce Kendall and Rex Sellers. McIntosh a world champion and Olympic bronze medallist as a windsurfer switched to the Tornado in 2003. He sails this regatta with Mark Kennedy as crew. Kendall who sails with Blair Tuke won Olympic bronze in 1984 in Los Angeles and Olympic gold in 1988 in Seoul.
Children of Sept. 11 victims helping New Orleans recover from Hurrican…
San Diego Union Tribune – Feb 21, 2008
February 21 2008NEW ORLEANS – Sixteen-year-old Caitlin Leavey remembers people she didn’t even know coming to her family’s aid with food and comfort after she lost her firefighter father in the World Trade Center in New York on Sept. On Wednesday she and more than a dozen other young people who lost parents in the terrorist attacks were hanging siding on a house in New Orleans – their way of helping a city and its residents recover from the loss inflicted by Hurricane Katrina in 2005. “I know what they went through. I know what we went through and I wanted to give back.
Hurricane Wal-Mart complete
Charleston Gazette – Charleston Gazette – Feb 21, 2008
February 21 2008 Hurricane Wal-Mart complete Putnam officials working to bring more business to plaza HURRICANE – Putnam County's first Wal-Mart is set to open in about two weeks and construction is complete on a 31000-square-foot shopping plaza next to it. By Alison Knezevich Staff writer HURRICANE – Putnam County's first Wal-Mart is set to open in about two weeks and construction is complete on a 31000-square-foot shopping plaza next to it. grand opening is scheduled for March 7 at the Wal-Mart off Hurricane Creek Road… Ribbon-cutting ceremonies will start at 7:30 a. At Hurricane Marketplace – the shopping plaza next door – Dollar Tree and GameStop have put up signs. Hurricane City Manager Ben Newhouse said he does not know whether those stores will open when Wal-Mart does.
A blow to your holiday plans?
Telegraph.co.uk – Feb 21, 2008
Following the devastation wrought during last year’s record-breaking season especially by Katrina Rita and Wilma people going to the Caribbean or to Florida this summer and autumn are naturally worried that 2006 may turn out to be as bad and that Tony Gordon or any of the 20 other names on the list will ruin their holiday plans. Until last year there was only ever one serious forecast for the coming season and that was produced by the doyen of hurricane forecasters Dr William Gray of Colorado State University. He has been predicting storms for more than two decades. This year for obvious reasons everyone else has jumped on the bandwagon.
Tornado watch for Southeast Texas canceled.
KHOU – Feb 21, 2008
Harris Montgomery Galveston Chambers Liberty and Walker counties were included under the advisory. The storm conditions let up as a cool down took affect… The rain chances will come to an end just in time for the weekend on Friday afternoon. A high pressure system behind the front should allow for the sun to return.