Feds Will Not Peform Immigration Checks During Hurricane Evacuations…
The News Review:
- Feds Will Not Peform Immigration Checks During Hurricane Evacuations…
- New Orleans ready for hurricane, but holes remain
- Panavia Tornado ADV – RAF Tornado EF. MK 3B SEAD Upgrade (Internationa…
- Residents Escape Tornado-Stricken Superfund Mining Town
- Study: Early Warnings May Boost Tornado Deaths
- Letter: Open up your home when tornado approaches
- Media Advisory: Canadian Hurricane Centre Ready to Face 2008 Season
Feds Will Not Peform Immigration Checks During Hurricane Evacuations…
FOXNews – May 21, 2008
Homeland Security director clarified that federal border agents would not impede a hurricane evacuation from south Texas by checking fleeing residents’ documents, a revision of plans confirmed by Border Patrol officials in the state only days earlier. Speaking at a hurricane preparedness gathering Tuesday at FEMA headquarters in Washington, Secretary Michael Chertoff said he wanted to “drive a stake through the heart of a misapprehension which is out there. “In the event of an emergency, and the need for an evacuation, priority No.
New Orleans ready for hurricane, but holes remain
Reuters AlertNet – May 21, 2008
0 article title –> New Orleans ready for hurricane, but holes remain 21 May 2008 13:52:41 GMT Source: Reuters. 0 article title end –>. But some local officials fear the respite may have contributed to a false sense of safety in parts of the city that still face great danger. Hurricane Katrina decimated New Orleans and killed 1,500 people on the U. Gulf of Mexico Coast in August 2005, but no other hurricanes have struck the city since… But some local officials fear the respite may have contributed to a false sense of safety in parts of the city that still face great danger. Hurricane Katrina decimated New Orleans and killed 1,500 people on the U. Gulf of Mexico Coast in August 2005, but no other hurricanes have struck the city since. The government is shoring up levees and floodwalls, but completion of some of that work is years away and local officials say little has been done to protect the Mississippi River delta from a tidal surge like the one that devastated Myanmar this month. Post-Katrina New Orleans remains two separate communities as another hurricane season begins on June 1.
Panavia Tornado ADV – RAF Tornado EF. MK 3B SEAD Upgrade (Internationa…
Jane's – May 21, 2008
Title Panavia Tornado ADV – RAF Tornado EF. MK 3B SEAD Upgrade (International) Section Aircraft – Fixed-wing – Military Appearing in Jane’s Aircraft Upgrades Publication date May 21, 2008 Type Combat aircraft upgrade. Programmes Royal Air Force launched an Urgent Operational Requirement (UOR) in 2000 for a limited number of RAF Tornado F3s to be modified with an Emitter Locator System (ELS) for use as an unarmed Suppression of Enemy Air Defence (SEAD) platform. It had long been understood that the F. Mk 3 would make a highly suitable SEAD platform due to its tail and wing-glove mounted Radar Homing And Warning System (RHAWS) antennas – giving it an extremely effective Emitter Locator System (ELS). Sources suggest that the aircraft is able to pinpoint enemy radars with greater precision than dedicated SEAD aircraft like the Tornado ECR and F-16CJ. Furthermore, the Tornado F.
Residents Escape Tornado-Stricken Superfund Mining Town
Environment News Service – May 21, 2008
Senator Jim Inhofe and Oklahoma Governor Brad Henry announced Tuesday that $8 million in federal funds would go to the state of Oklahoma to speed the buyout and relocation of residents of the town of Picher, located in the center of the Tar Creek Superfund Site. Senator Inhofe said, “This $8 million in federal funds will be first used to assist the victims of the May 10 tornado in the Picher area. I have been assured by Governor Henry and the [Lead Impacted Communities Relocation Assistance] Trust that these tornado victims will be moved to the top of the buyout list. “As I toured the area on two separate occasions, once on the morning following the tornado and the second time with Secretary [Michael] Chertoff of Homeland Security, David Paulison, director of FEMA, Governor Brad Henry and Congressman Dan Boren, it became obvious that this funding must be expedited,” the senator said.
Study: Early Warnings May Boost Tornado Deaths
Desastres.org – May 21, 2008
- The researchers say they don’t have enough evidence to conclude that greater advance notice is a bad thing, but their findings do indicate that more warning time alone may not be the answer to tornado threats. “If an F-5 [the most severe type of tornado] hits your house, unless you’re in a [reinforced] safe room, it probably doesn’t matter if you had two minutes of warning or an hour of warning,” said Kevin Simmons, an economist at Austin College in Texas who conducted the study with economist Daniel Sutter at the University of Texas-Pan American. “That thing is so powerful, there’s a pretty high probability you’re going to be injured or killed. ”
Better warning systems
The researchers analyzed data from more than 18,000 tornadoes in the United States between 1986 and 2002. Overall, they found that early warning is very helpful: On average it reduced expected injuries by about 32 percent. This finding seems to agree with historical trends: Between 1925 and 2000, the annual fatality rate from tornadoes in the United States went down from 1… Many experts attribute this decline to improved warning systems. But when the researchers examined data from the most severe cases – the 300 out of 18,000 tornadoes in which people died – the effects of advanced warning were less clear. Overall, when people were notified of a tornado up to about 15 minutes ahead of time, deaths decreased. However, lead times greater than 15 minutes seemed to increase fatalities compared with no warning. The scientists think this result is explained by a handful of the most severe storms. “If you just look at it on the surface, you could come up with the conclusion that extra warning doesn’t pay off,” Simmons told LiveScience. “But when you break it down and look at what’s driving that result, you find that the storms that are much larger are also the storms that are on the ground the longest, and those storms are the easiest ones to detect, so they’re almost inevitably going to have longer lead times.
Letter: Open up your home when tornado approaches
tcpalm.com – May 21, 2008
The center of this spinning air, due to centrifugal force, has a very low air pressure. When this column of low air pressure passes over a closed area like a home, the air pressure in the structure explodes the structure. In the event of a tornado, open all doors and windows letting the air pressure escape from the structure… The center of this spinning air, due to centrifugal force, has a very low air pressure. When this column of low air pressure passes over a closed area like a home, the air pressure in the structure explodes the structure. In the event of a tornado, open all doors and windows letting the air pressure escape from the structure.
Media Advisory: Canadian Hurricane Centre Ready to Face 2008 Season
Maketwire РMaketwire (Communiqu̩s de presse) РMay 21, 2008
Event: Technical BriefingDate: May 22, 2008Time: 1:30 p. (Approximately 45 minutes)Location: Environment Canada Meteorological Service of Canada 45 Alderney Dr, 15th floor Dartmouth, NS Information will be provided at a technical briefing at Environment Canada’s offices in Dartmouth. Media will have the opportunity to ask questions.