Gustav did not do as much damage as Katrina did three years ago, but residents of New Orleans are still going to have to deal with devastating damage to their homes and property when they return.Many people...
created by Amy Judd | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago 625 views | 9 recommendations | 5 comments
The Grand old Party is back in action this week, as a reduced hurricane gustav has cleared the way for the continuation of the Republican National Convention. Tonight current president Bush, who McCain has been...
Katrina was the biggest natural disaster that ever hit the United States. Noone anticipated or was prepared for such damage. Besides being a smaller hurricane that did not hit New Orleans directly, Gustav...
opinion by joellerose | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago 708 views | 13 recommendations | 5 comments
Phrases deserving junking include "dodging a bullet." Taking metaphorical liberty, does anybody assume a shooter has a single-shot gun? At least three more Atlantic storms are either near the Gulf...
With Hurricane Gustav and Palin pregnancy updates defining the news agenda for the day, the opening of the Republican National Convention has, despite the distractions, been called to order. For real-time...
created by Jarrett Martineau | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago 872 views | 15 recommendations | 9 comments
Some interesting new developments in the way the people are responding to Gustav."This map contains an aggregation from several user-contributed and official sources of shelters, evacuation centers, and weather...
created by mtippett | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago 409 views | 2 recommendations | 1 comment
In the face of natural disasters, even those far from ground zero can be sitting ducks. In more ways that one, Gustav is filling the shoes of its devastating forebear. As of yesterday, there were nearly 100 registered domain names related to Hurricane Gustav, potentially...
created by jessica.lam | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago 254 views | 2 recommendations | 1 comment
Compared to the pet rescue disaster that happened after Katrina made landfall three years ago, Hurricane Gustav pet evacuation efforts are a lot more organized with mass pre-storm pet evacuations and pet-friendly...
created by Yuliya Talmazan | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago 743 views | 2 recommendations | 2 comments
The following is NowPublic's compendium of real-time updates, resources, and information on Hurricane Gustav, as of September 1, 2008. Our coverage is ongoing and these links will continue to be updated. If...
created by Jarrett Martineau | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago 992 views | 5 recommendations | 1 comment
The price of oil has fallen to below $111 a barrel as Hurricane Gustav weakened on its approach to the US coastline. "A stronger dollar also helped reverse the course for oil prices, which had risen by nearly $3 to over $118 a barrel earlier in the session.Still,...
created by Rachel Nixon | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago 276 views | 4 recommendations | 2 comments
To deal with the number of missing people that may result from Gustav’s landfall, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has created a new locator system that allows displaced people submit their...
created by Yuliya Talmazan | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago 284 views | 5 recommendations | 1 comment
Hurricane season comes every June through November. Though Americans dread the storms, eastern Asia and many other areas of the world, including the Baja Peninsula of Mexico, depend on hurricanes to bring...
" Hurricane Gustav made landfall on the Dominican Republic and Haiti. In Haiti, it has killed at least two people, but weakened to a tropical storm. Gustav''s winds fell to 95km/h (60mph), although experts...
created by Albert Milliron | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago 2944 views | 12 recommendations | 5 comments