Frenchmen grab Tornado lead
The News Review:
- Frenchmen grab Tornado lead
- Gutter Topper Gutter Guards Withstand Tornado Winds In Michigan
- Echo Tornado Hero One Year Later
- Project Home Again to Build Homes for Hurricane Victims in Louisiana
- KATU takes a ride aboard a Hurricane Hunter
- Shelton: Lightning is better than a hurricane
- Day3: Tornado Worlds – light winds stop racing
Frenchmen grab Tornado lead
stuff.co.nz – Feb 27, 2008
Guichard Guyander posted first and third placings in yesterday's two races to improve from fifth overall. He now have 17 points two ahead of the previous leader Germany's Roland Gaebler and Gunnar Struckman. The Germany finished fourth and ninth today to stay four points ahead of Mitch Booth and Pim Nieuwenhuis of the Netherlands. Canadians Oskar Johansson and Kevin Stittle also made good progress finishing third and first to move from eighth overall to fourth.
Gutter Topper Gutter Guards Withstand Tornado Winds In Michigan
AZoBuild – Feb 27, 2008
Houses in the path ofthe tornado experienced extensive damage from the howling and swirling130-140 mph winds. But as shown by photos taken immediately after thetornado Gutter Topper’s® gutter covers held securely in placeeven under such extreme conditions. GNews Imageutter Topper’s® authorized dealer SunriseSeamless took the photos in the days following the tornado’s fury. They found that their Gutter Topper® installations survivedeven though these houses were in the direct path of the tornado. Andas also shown by the photos competing gutter guard products were “GoneWith The Wind” – and some of the homes weren’t even in the direct pathof the tornado’s worst winds… Houses in the path ofthe tornado experienced extensive damage from the howling and swirling130-140 mph winds. But as shown by photos taken immediately after thetornado Gutter Topper’s® gutter covers held securely in placeeven under such extreme conditions. GNews Imageutter Topper’s® authorized dealer SunriseSeamless took the photos in the days following the tornado’s fury. They found that their Gutter Topper® installations survivedeven though these houses were in the direct path of the tornado. Andas also shown by the photos competing gutter guard products were “GoneWith The Wind” – and some of the homes weren’t even in the direct pathof the tornado’s worst winds. “Obviously we were saddened to see the death and destructioncaused by this tornado.
Echo Tornado Hero One Year Later
WTVY – Feb 27, 2008
“It’s definitely a blessing its definitely a second chance because we a lot of people wouldn’t have survived that and it’s just an act of God that we did survive” Andy Phillips said. if (self['plpm'] && plpm['Mid-Story Ad']) document. write(plpm['Mid-Story Ad']);} else { if(self['plurp'] && plurp['97']){} else {document… The Phillips home was one of about 20 to 35 houses that were damaged in the tornado. Blakenship says last year’s storm was a good reminder to all how destructive these storms can be. “A lot of us take for granted you know that there’s a tornado warning? he says. ?You see it on TV here and there you don’t think much about it but if you actually see first hand the damage that it does it kind of puts everything into perspective of you know this could be my house. Phillips and his family say it was definitely an eye opener and have already taken extra precautions for this year. “We got a weather radio there at the house and we keep a lot closer eye on what’s going on. We take more precautions than we did before.
Project Home Again to Build Homes for Hurricane Victims in Louisiana
AZoBuild – Feb 27, 2008
The new homes are for thosewho lost theirs as a result of Hurricane Katrina. A press conferenceand groundbreaking ceremony will be held today at 10:30 A. toannounce the Riggios’ first pilot project. The pilot will build 20wind-resistant homes in the Gentilly neighborhood known as PlanningDistrict 6 in Orleans Parish… Bernard Avenue (corner of Mandolin Street) inNew Orleans. Their approach has been to create a neighborhood forProject Home Again that draws on culturally significant architecturaldetailing climate specific passive design strategies a landscape thatis both amenity and infrastructure and flexible comfortable livingspaces for the 20 families coming back home. The hurricane-resistant homes have been designed to integrateinto the style of the neighborhood and the city. The homes willwithstand winds in excess of 130 miles per hour and will be elevated toat least six feet. They will incorporate green building materials and techniquesincluding non-toxic termite and mold-resistant materialspassive solar design and natural ventilation strategies to takeadvantage of prevailing breezes sunlight and shading to reduce theneed for heating and cooling solar thermal panels for hot waterreclaimed architectural elements from deconstructed homes in NewOrleans and numerous other green and energy efficiency features. “By redeveloping a single neighborhood that is only roughly 21percent re-occupied we hope this pilot serves as a model for recoveryand other redevelopment in New Orleans. We chose Gentilly because it isa great neighborhood where people of different ethnic economic andcultural backgrounds choose to live together” said Riggio.
KATU takes a ride aboard a Hurricane Hunter
katu.com – Feb 27, 2008
- Hurricane Hunters are used to flying right through the center of hurricanes but this winter they are flying off the Oregon coast. Using the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Hurricane Hunters meteorologists are getting a better understanding of the dynamics of Pacific storms. With very few monitoring sites in the middle of the Pacific the information is vital to understanding how storms will affect Oregon and the West Coast. KATU was invited along for a ride that took us 1200 miles off the Pacific Coast to collect raw data from a storm system. Watch the video to see the trip… – Hurricane Hunters are used to flying right through the center of hurricanes but this winter they are flying off the Oregon coast. Using the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Hurricane Hunters meteorologists are getting a better understanding of the dynamics of Pacific storms. With very few monitoring sites in the middle of the Pacific the information is vital to understanding how storms will affect Oregon and the West Coast. KATU was invited along for a ride that took us 1200 miles off the Pacific Coast to collect raw data from a storm system. Watch the video to see the trip. It was the luck of the draw that Portland hosted the Hurricane Hunters.
Shelton: Lightning is better than a hurricane
Hot Springs Village Voice – Feb 27, 2008
The surge protectors that cover lightning strikes are not the simple strips you may already have. They offer phone line protection with splitter coaxial and Ethernet line protection as well as a lifetime protection warranty if the electronic devices in your home are damaged while properly connected to the surge protector. “We rode out hurricanes when we lived in Orlando” said Shelton. “This is still a lot better than a hurricane. There’s no better place to live than in the Village. ” Click ads belowfor larger version.
Day3: Tornado Worlds – light winds stop racing
Sail World – Feb 27, 2008
The Pricipal Race Officer took the competitors out onto the water for a start at 1300hrs while there was 7kts or more of breeze from a southerly direction in parts of the race course in others it was down to less than 2kts. Around the Hauraki Gulf there was up to 14kts of wind from the south west (offshore direction) but it did not reach the competitors. At 1400hrs the PRO sent the competitors ashore to wait for the wind’s arrival however the breeze did not materialise and at 1630hrs racing was called off for the day. Tomorrow Thursday was scheduled as a rest day however it will now be used for racing with the first of two races scheduled to get underway at 1300hrs.