Deadliest Tornado Season In 40 Years
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- Deadliest Tornado Season In 40 Years
- Gulf officials discuss hurricane evacuation problems
- BP gets Texas City refinery up to speed
Deadliest Tornado Season In 40 Years
MSNBC
According to state records the dozen deaths in 2008 are the highest total since 1968. The 2008 tornado season also matched 2001 for the second-most twisters in a year at 105. Among the tornadoes was an EF5 storm that tore through Parkersburg on May 25 spinning a 43-mile path through three counties and killing eight people. Less than a month later there was an EF3 tornado that struck the Little Sioux Boy Scout camp killing four scouts and injuring 48 others from Iowa and Nebraska. The National Weather Service said the two storms accounted for more than $100 million in damage to homes businesses and infrastructure. fficials say that in June 98 of Iowa’s 99 counties reported tornadoes.
Gulf officials discuss hurricane evacuation problems
USA Today
The current contraflow process sends traffic from Louisiana into Pearl River County just south of Poplarville. In September Gustav dumped in many motorists unfamiliar with the area’s roads and streets. fficials say some hurricane evacuees got lost while others crowded into unprepared service stations and other Poplarville businesses. Things might have gone more smoothly if there had been more workers to help control the traffic Pearl River County Administrator Adrain Lumpkin Jr. “Somewhere or another we need some help on that front end” Lumpkin said during a meeting with Mississippi Public Safety Commissioner Steve Simpson and Byron Thompson deputy director for the state ffice of Homeland Security. County Emergency Management Director Danny Manley said he is working with local businesses to get them to think ahead and prepare for the increased traffic.
BP gets Texas City refinery up to speed
Houston Chronicle United States
Rosenthal last publicly addressed the issue at a hearing in ctober and has yet to issue a ruling on whether she accepts or rejects the plea deal. Third-largest refineryBP’s Texas City plant is the third-largest refinery in the country behind Exxon Mobil plants in Baytown and Baton Rouge according to the Energy Information Administration. The company has spent more than $1 billion on upgrades and improvements since the blast and the subsequent total shutdown after Hurricane Rita hit the Gulf Coast in September 2005. BP also earmarked $2. 1 billion to settle thousands of civil lawsuits stemming from the blast the last of which were resolved in 2008.
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