Record Atlantic Hurricane Season Ends Time to Plan for 2009
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- Record Atlantic Hurricane Season Ends Time to Plan for 2009
- In hurricane-ravaged Texas town holiday brings hope
- Hurricane surges past the Aggies
- Prep volleyball: Hurricane’s McKeehan coach of the year
- Hurricane warning
- Two gas firms cleared in Hurricane Ike spike
Record Atlantic Hurricane Season Ends Time to Plan for 2009
Environment News Service
“We welcome the close of this busy season that has touched the lives of so many Floridians as well as our neighbors to the south north and west” said Governor Crist. “We are fortunate that our beautiful state did not receive a major hurricane impact but storms such as Fay remind us to never underestimate the power of tropical systems. Tropical Storm Fay is the only storm on record to make landfall four times in the state of Florida and to prompt tropical storm and hurricane watches and warnings for the state’s entire coastline at various times during its August lifespan. “The 2008 season was the most active and deadly since 2005.
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In hurricane-ravaged Texas town holiday brings hope
USA Today
It was a day for Hurricane Ike survivors to gather once again under white tents to pull into a parking lot for boxes of food and to receive help from a small army of volunteers — just as they did in the bleak blurred days following the Sept. San Leon a town of 4200 where many make a living from fishing shrimping and oystering was nearly crippled by the storm. About 900 people lost their homes with as many as 1500 of the 1800 houses there damaged by the storm. Ike also wiped out about half of the bay’s oysters and shredded fishing boats.
Hurricane surges past the Aggies
Tulsa World OK
The Golden Hurricane was led by the inside-out combination of Ben Uzoh and Jerome Jordan who survived foul trouble all evening. Uzoh finished with 16 points nine rebounds and seven assists. Jordan had 13 points and seven rebounds in 21 minutes. Tulsa will face Illinois in Saturday’s 7:30 p.
Prep volleyball: Hurricane’s McKeehan coach of the year
Salt Lake Tribune United States
He wanted to turn the Tigers into a state championship team and he gave himself a five-year deadline. In his fifth year as Hurricane’s coach the Tigers won a Class 3A title with a three-game win over Carbon. For turning a mediocre program into a championship team McKeehan has been named The Salt Lake Tribune’s Coach of the Year. “We wanted to win a state championship and that was very clear from Day 1″ McKeehan said.
Hurricane warning
Charleston Gazette WV
The Golden Hurricane (9-2 overall 6-1 Conference USA) still has a shot at repeating as West Division champion depending on the outcome of today's Houston-Rice contest. Tulsa coach Todd Graham who served two seasons as a co-defensive coordinator under Rich Rodriguez at West Virginia won't focus much on the out-of-town scoreboard. That not only violates a half-dozen coaching clichés it can be dangerous. If nothing else Marshall has shown it can mess up somebody's season. "Last year it was the same situation" for Marshall Graham said.
Two gas firms cleared in Hurricane Ike spike
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