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Big rain hits DC metro area

As forecast and anticipated, a wind and rain storm has struck the DC metro area this morning, snarling traffic. Local flooding is happening and it will be slow going until the storm heads out to the Atlantic.

created by YankeeJim | 1 year ago
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Lunch before the snow storm at Willows | Photo 02

YankeeJim

Lunch before the snow storm at Willow

I told Karl that I would try to get some photos of more recognizable scenes along the Potomac today, but then I learned that taking the Metro several stops away could be problematic if the snow started at 2:00 PM as...

opinion by YankeeJim | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago
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National Weather Service Issues Tropical Storm Warning

An inland Tropical Storm Warning has been issued for interior Central Florida including Polk, Desoto, Highlands and Hardee counties. This area was hard hit in 2004 with three hurricanes including the fierce "Charlie" that crippled infrastructure and did billions in damage. It...

created by Amish | 4 years ago
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I smell a rat, or the mystery of the disappearing disaster funding in Louisiana

I said a prayer of gratitude when I turned in for bed on the night of August 28, 2005. Hurricane Katrina, according to the nightly news, had just barely brushed New Orleans. All was well in my adopted city.I awoke...