Study: Warming to worsen hurricane damage in Texas
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- Study: Warming to worsen hurricane damage in Texas
- New rleans again nation’s murder capital
- Karen Carlson – Hurricane Season Begins
- Louisiana Business: Hummer In Shreveport? Film Industry Brad Pitt …
- Konami announces Zephyr a tornado action game
- Hurricane barriers floated to keep sea out of NYC
- How to predict a hurricane
Study: Warming to worsen hurricane damage in Texas
USA Today
Engineering researchers at Texas A&M University focused on Corpus Christi to illustrate how climate change will affect hurricane-related flooding and storm surge damage along the Texas Gulf Coast. “It’s going to get worse” said Jennifer Irish an assistant professor of Coastal and cean Engineering at Texas A&M in. “Hurricanes pose a significant threat to the Texas coast as most recently demonstrated by Hurricane Ike.
New rleans again nation’s murder capital
The Associated Press
Fresh FBI statistics show that with 64 killings per 100000 people in 2008 New rleans had the highest per capita murder rate in the nation well ahead of second-place St. Louis which had 47 murders per 100000 people. Baton Rouge which gained population after Hurricane Katrina in 2005 came in No. 7 with 30 murders per 100000. The FBI’s report bases its per capita number on a New rleans population of 281440 for July 1 2008. The Greater New rleans Community Data Center put the city’s population for the first half of 2008 at 324357. But even using the higher estimate the city recorded 55 murders per 100000 to still lead the nation.
Karen Carlson – Hurricane Season Begins
ABC 4
Gustav made landfall as a Category 2 storm near Cocodrie Louisiana with maximum sustained winds of 110 mph. Gustav made landfall as a Category 2 storm near Cocodrie Louisiana with maximum sustained winds of 110 mph. (Chris Graythen Getty Images) June 1st has meant a little something different to me for the past decade or so.
Louisiana Business: Hummer In Shreveport? Film Industry Brad Pitt …
Bayou Buzz
Members on that industry will be converging at the Capitol to expand the industry growth at a time when legislators and the governor has concerns over the Louisiana budget. Louisiana is now 3rd in the nation for film productions. Hurricanes and Small Business As those living near the Gulf of Mexico and along the Eastern Seaboard prepare for another Atlantic Hurricane season which began June 1 and runs through November 30 the U. Small Business Administration is reminding small businesses homeowners and renters nationwide to write down their emergency preparedness plan before disaster hits. Regardless of where you live it’s a good idea to be ready for any kind of crisis. “Every threat from wind storms floods and wildfires to power outages and computer system failures reminds us to be proactive when it comes to building strategies to survive a disaster and recover quickly” said SBA Administrator Karen G.
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Konami announces Zephyr a tornado action game
GamesAreFun.com
Konami yesterday announced. In it you play as a tornado and destroy everything in your path. The enemy has tricked you into thinking what you are doing is going to save “an epic hero. ” But in actuality you are a tornado so you aren’t doing very nice things. The Konami promises a lot of sandbox style gameplay and destructive environments for you to wreck havok in.
Hurricane barriers floated to keep sea out of NYC
guardian.co.uk
Besides shaking skyscrapers a major hurricane could send the Atlantic cean surging into the nation’s largest city flooding Wall Street subways and densely packed neighborhoods. As a new hurricane season starts Monday some scientists and engineers are floating an ambitious solution: Barriers to choke off the surging sea and protect flood-prone areas. The plan involves deploying giant barriers and gates that would move into place ‘” in some cases rising out of the water ‘” for storms. ne proposal calls for a 5-mile-long barrier between New Jersey and Queens.
How to predict a hurricane
BBC News
getEmpEmbeddedParams(“emp_8078302″);AdvertisementThe annual hurricane season which lasts for six months has begun in America with forecasters predicting an "average" year. But with quiet seasons bringing deadly storms and causing misery for millions accurate predictions can be vital. Andy Gallacher visited the National Hurricane Centre in Miami where he learned how the teams there try to help 35 million people in hurricane-prone areas. Story Tools Bookmark with:.