Wal-Mart opens stores in Cedar Hills Hurricane adding 600 employees
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- Wal-Mart opens stores in Cedar Hills Hurricane adding 600 employees
- After Hurricane Ike hardship and hope in Galveston
- Tornado safety tips
- Building Back after Tornado ne Year Ago
- Remembering Wichita Falls tornado
- Documentary on victims of Hurricane Katrina to be shown discussed …
- Why Many Didn’t Heed Tornado Warnings
Wal-Mart opens stores in Cedar Hills Hurricane adding 600 employees
Salt Lake Tribune
Both stores will open to customers at 8 a. Grand opening ceremonies begin in Cedar Hills at 7:30 a.
After Hurricane Ike hardship and hope in Galveston
Houston Chronicle
utside his office the recently remodeled lobby of Moody National Bank still has some folding tables and make-do furniture especially near the vault which couldn’t be opened for a week after Hurricane Ike ravaged the island because floodwaters rusted the door shut. Pierson Moody Bank’s president was more concerned though with furnishing local businesses the financing they needed to rebuild after Hurricane Ike. In the days after the floodwaters receded Galveston’s community banks like Moody’s took the lead in financing the recovery. “We had a plan that was critical to get funding to our businesses so they could rebuild” Pierson said. “We knew it was important to get the money out. ”Moody National and other banks made millions of dollars in loans to business owners providing what amounted to unsecured bridge financing to help with repairs while they waited on insurance settlements and loans from the U.
Tornado safety tips
WAVY-TV
Thunderstorms are quite common around here but tornadoes are pretty rare in Virginia and North Carolina. Strong tornadoes are extremely rare. However a strong EF 3 tornado hit Suffolk last April so we know first hand that they can happen here. If you are ever in the path of a tornado you need to know what to do to keep you safe. First let’s discuss the difference between a tornado watch and a tornado warning: A tornado WATCH means that conditions are favorable in your area for the development of a tornado. A tornado WARNING means that a either a tornado has been spotted or that doppler radar is showing rotation indicating the possible development of a tornado. If a tornado warning is issued for your area you must take action immediately! If you are in a building when a tornado warning is issued do not leave the building.
Building Back after Tornado ne Year Ago
WCIV
href;Branchville SC – Returning to normal is easier said than done for one small South Carolina town. “It was shocking to look at what I call my little town and see it torn to shreds” said Branchville Mayor Tim Cooner. That’s how Conner described his town one year ago seeing the aftermath of a powerful tornado which destroyed much of the town including a popular local restaurant. 4 Interact:Click Here to Comment on this Story “It was devastating. There wasn’t anything standing but one wall on the other side over there. All of this was gone from the counter down was left and the columns were standing” said The Churn owner Johnny Dukes. He owns The Churn along with his mother Joan who was actually working at the restaurant minutes before the twister hit.
Remembering Wichita Falls tornado
Houston Chronicle
It was when three supercells spawned a series of tornadoes that dispatched that fury — more than 50 tornadoes that barreled through not only Texas and klahoma but through Kansas Arkansas Missouri Louisiana Nebraska Mississippi Tennessee Kentucky Indiana and Alabama. It was the perfect storm and Wichita Falls was in the middle of it all. An F4 tornado hit Wichita Falls late in the afternoon that day Terrible Tuesday killing 42 people in Wichita County and another 12 in Wilbarger County as it dug its heels over almost 47 miles leaving unimaginable damage in its path. It’s been 30 years since that day and the Wichita Falls Museum of North Texas History is remembering the Terrible Tuesday that left its indelible mark in the area with its latest exhibit “Gone With the Big Wind: 30th Anniversary of the 1979 Tornado. The exhibit is mainly a photography exhibit with countless 8×10 black-and-white images displayed at the museum showing the destruction: cars pummeled as if they were made of tin and frames of houses surrounded by a swirl of debris. Also on display is the Red River Chapter of the Embroiderers Guild of America tapestry that’s on loan to the museum for the exhibit. It has moved from its permanent display home at the Wichita Falls Public Library to the museum for the next few months.
Documentary on victims of Hurricane Katrina to be shown discussed …
UST Bulletin Today
"Trouble the Water" is one of many documentaries that Amnesty International USA promotes because of its human rights and anti-racism focus. AI-UST hopes that this moving and powerful documentary will raise awareness about the ongoing problems of post-Katrina New rleans. The documentary which takes viewers inside Hurricane Katrina opens the day before the storm makes landfall just blocks away from the French Quarter but far from the New rleans that most tourists knew. Kimberly Rivers Roberts an aspiring rap artist is turning her new video camera on herself and her Ninth Ward neighbors trapped in the city. As the hurricane begins to rage and the floodwaters fill their world and the screen Roberts and her husband continue to film their harrowing retreat to higher ground and the dramatic rescues of friends and neighbors. The couple’s return to New rleans the devastation of their neighborhood and the failures of government are documented.
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Why Many Didn’t Heed Tornado Warnings
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“If it’s that close I will go outside and listen and see what is blowing around. If it’s typical storm stuff I go back in and watch TV” says Wingfield. His son Brian reacts differently. “I would get in my car and go the opposite way” says Brian Wingfield.