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Tuesday: Cooler and drier
Sun SentinelAfter several days with hot stormy afternoons, expect cooler and drier conditions today. It also should be mostly sunny and breezy. South Florida's Tuesday forecast calls for afternoon highs in the low 80s and evening readings in the upper 60s. Winds...Tags: Natural Disasters, Miami (Miami-Dade, Florida), Miami-Dade County, Tropical Storms, Weather
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It's report card time for electric companies, for their performance during Hurricane Sandy
Watchdog with Paul MuschickThe state Public Utility Commission issued a report today to state lawmakers about how electric companies performed during Hurricane Sandy. Overall, the commission gave utilities high marks, but suggested areas for improvement. Utilities turned to... -
Reopening Night
Scaffolding still surrounds a huge hole in the southeast wall, the staff is a shadow of its former size, only two of 15 sprawling dining rooms are functioning, half the specialty dishes have been lopped off the menu and there was a last-minute scramble to...Tags: Dining and Drinking, Natural Disasters, Mardi Gras, Human Interest, Hurricane Katrina (2005)
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Insurance stalls revival
There were 11,256 bottles of wine in the cellar of Antoine's Restaurant on the morning of Aug. 29 when Hurricane Katrina struck, some of them rare, most of them expensive and all of them ruined when the power failed, the air conditioning died and the...Tags: Federal Housing Administration, Premature Birth, Natural Disasters, Economy, Business and Finance, Companies and Corporations
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Suspicions fire racial tensions
Gina Blandin has a theory about what caused the flooding disaster that befell New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina struck last August, an idea that has little to do with engineering studies or physical evidence and everything to do with the poisonous...Tags: Houston Chronicle, Engineering, Mardi Gras, Technology, Alphonso Jackson
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Myths and realities about hurricanes: What you need to know
Like many catastrophic phenomena, hurricanes have become encrusted with mythology. From bad advice on how to protect your home to erroneous ideas about the most dangerous regions within a hurricane, meteorologists hear all sorts of lore from the public....
Tags: Natural Disasters, National Weather Service, National Hurricane Center
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Boaters hit snags after Hurricane Sandy changed South Jersey inlets
Capt. Frank Camarda has piloted his 80-foot party boat Miss Beach Haven to the tip of Holgate on the southern end of Long Beach Island for ages. Camarda knows his boat drafts 4.5 feet of water. He knows Little Egg Inlet is about 6.5 feet at low tide, and...Tags: U.S. Army, Ocean City, Hatteras, Natural Disasters, Technology
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Site shows how storm could affect your area
Sun SentinelWant to know in detail how a tropical storm might impact your neighborhood? Don’t refer to the cone of error. The National Weather Service now offers Tropical Cyclone Potential Impacts – weather.gov/tcig – a site that provides color-...Tags: Government, Natural Disasters, National Weather Service, Executive Branch, Politics
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Stephen Goldstein: Bush Library a lesson in hypocrisy
Everything that looked right about the recent dedication of the George W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum is what's wrong with America. First, hypocrisy was in overdrive: Against the backdrop of an architecturally pre-pubescent building, on a...Tags: Media Industry, Arts and Culture, Iraq, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Natural Disasters
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Gov. Scott: Sequestration could hurt hurricane recovery
Sun SentinelFederal sequestation could hurt Florida’s ability to recover in the aftermath of a hurricane because less money will be available to prepare the National Guard, Gov. Rick Scott said Wednesday. Further, he said National Guardsmen are to be...Tags: Hurricane Andrew (1992), Natural Disasters, Emergency Incidents, Regional Authority, Tropical Storms
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Governor Rick Scott warns sequester puts Florida at risk in hurricane season
The federal sequester could hurt Florida's ability to recover after a hurricane because less money will be available to prepare the National Guard, Gov. Rick Scott said Wednesday. Further, he said National Guardsmen are to be furloughed and won't...
Tags: Natural Disasters, Regional Authority, Global Change, Layoffs and Downsizing, Rick Scott
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Still adrift after the storm
First Hurricane Katrina took John Hoffmann Jr.'s home, which flooded, then exploded, and then burned. Next the storm took Hoffmann's job of 23 years washing dishes at Antoine's Restaurant, a position that vanished when the heavily damaged New Orleans...Tags: Unemployment Benefits, Religion and Belief, Natural Disasters, Mardi Gras, Relief and Aid Organizations
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|Story| South Florida Sun-Sentinel
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May 11, 2013
|Story| South Florida Sun-Sentinel
May 11, 2013
|Story| Allentown Morning Call
May 10, 2013
|Story| South Florida Sun-Sentinel
May 12, 2013
|Column| South Florida Sun-Sentinel
May 8, 2013
|Story| South Florida Sun-Sentinel
May 9, 2013
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May 8, 2013
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