Showing posts with label Natural Disasters. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Natural Disasters. Show all posts
Wednesday, September 28, 2022

Hurricane Ian Makes Landfall in Southwest Florida with 'Catastrophic' Winds and Surge (VIDEO)

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At the Miami Herald , " Hurricane Ian made landfall as a Category 4 hurricane in Cayo Costa Florida at 3p.m. Wednesday. The storm was a...
Thursday, October 11, 2018

Poor, Rural Communities Stuck in Hurricane Michael

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This is really interesting. At the New York Times, " ‘I Got Stuck’: In Poor, Rural Communities, Fleeing Hurricane Michael Was Tough &...
Tuesday, January 16, 2018

U.S. Highway 101 to Stay Closed for at Least Another Week (VIDEO)

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At the video from KSBY Santa Barbara above. And at USA Today below: Many evacuated residents don’t yet fully grasp how badly their town...
Wednesday, January 10, 2018

Montecito Cellphone Emergency Alerts Didn't Go Out Until After Mudslides Began

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Here's the story, at LAT, " Emergency cellphone alerts didn't go out until after mudslides began in Montecito ." I just ...
Sunday, October 1, 2017

No, Trump Didn't Botch the Puerto Rico Crisis

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It's all politics. Here's the idiot Matthew Yglesias, at Vox, via Memeorandum, " Puerto Rico is all our worst fears about Trump...

Professor Caroline Heldman Discusses Trump Administration's Response to Puerto Rico (VIDEO)

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At KCAL 9 News Los Angeles:
Saturday, September 30, 2017

Satellite Phones Running Short in Puerto Rico

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This is interesting. At USA Today, " Puerto Rico's cell service is basically nonexistent. So this is happening ." Puerto Ri...
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Hurricane Maria Aftermath: President Trump 'Lashes Out' After Mayor's Criticism of Administration's Relief Effort

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Yawn. More of the same old, same old. The president's right of course: Thousands of federal officials are working to help Puerto Ric...
Friday, September 29, 2017

Puerto Ricans Evacuate on a Cruise Ship

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What a nightmare. At LAT: "We don’t even know when we’re coming back": Puerto Ricans evacuate to Florida on a cruise ship https...
Friday, September 22, 2017

Mexico Earthquake: Scenes of Desolation and Hope (VIDEO)

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At LAT, " In Mexico, scenes of desolation and hope as the death toll reaches 274 ": Scenes of desolation and rejoicing unspoo...
Wednesday, September 20, 2017

Deadly Earthquake Strikes Mexico

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Kate Linthicum was in Mexico City and she's lucky she wasn't killed in the temblor. Here she is, et al., at LAT, " At least 2...
Friday, September 8, 2017

Irma’s Surge Poses Big Risk to Coast

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Oh boy, this one's a doozy. At WSJ, " Hurricane Irma’s Surge Poses Major Risk to Florida ": The size of this monster...holy...

Officials Urge Residents in Florida Keys to Evacuate (VIDEO)

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These folks are pretty emphatic: If you don't get out now, we can't help you later. Please leave. Oh boy, what a nightmare. Belo...
Sunday, September 3, 2017

Hurricane Harvey's a Wake-up for Los Angeles

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I mentioned to my wife that we don't get that kind of Texas flooding in Southern California (thank goodness), but I fear a catastrophic ...
Wednesday, December 30, 2015

WATCH: Striking Video of Flooding In North of England

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Heh. Included is the guy getting rescued after refusing to leave his Land Rover. The water was already gurgling up over the windshield. Re...

David Cameron Defends Flood Record as Northern England Is Drenched (VIDEO)

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At the New York Times : LONDON — Prime Minister David Cameron walked the flooded streets of York on Monday as Britain’s Environment Age...
Tuesday, December 29, 2015

Missouri Flooding Evacuations (VIDEO)

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It's bad over there. Really bad. At the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, " Historic rainfall brings floods, worries to St. Louis region ,...
Sunday, December 27, 2015

Death Toll at 11 from Swath of Tornadoes That Wreaked Destruction in Dallas Area (VIDEO)

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At USA Today, " Texas under siege: Tornadoes, flooding, snow and ice ." And at Dallas Morning News, " Garland tornado that ...
Saturday, March 29, 2014

Magnitude-5.1 Earthquake Rocks Orange County and Los Angeles

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Actually, there was a swarm of quakes last night. Turns out I'm upstairs reading and my wife comes up to tell me there was an earthquake...
Monday, November 11, 2013

Obama 'Deeply Saddened' by Typhoon Haiyan Devastation

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At London's Daily Mail, " Obama 'deeply saddened' by Typhoon Haiyan devastation as US marines go to Philippines to assist i...