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Freak Winter Tornadoes Strike the Midwest US: Inc Video
"Jan. 8: A cluster of tornadoes tore across the unseasonably warm Midwest, demolishing houses from Wisconsin to Arkansas and killing two in Missouri "
Greed Stampede
Normally, I am never at a loss for words on any topic, this time News Columnist Eric Margolis takes the words right out of my mouth."Western nations have been rightly scourging China for flooding world markets...
created by Barry ORegan | 5 years ago | updated 5 years ago
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521 views | 20 recommendations | 2 comments
Storm blows through Southern California
Severe weather continues to plague the west coast, but in this case it wasn't nearly as severs as expected as half the amount of the expected rain actually fell. "A Pacific Northwest storm blew through Southern California early Friday without causing much damage or delivering...Washington State Declares State of Emergency: Massive Storm Swamps Seattle
"OLYMPIA -- Gov. Chris Gregoire declared a state of emergency Monday authorizing state agencies to assist local governments in their response to massive wind and flooding in Western Washington that left at least...Development of Jakarta airport railway to start in March 2008
""The project`s ground breaking will be carried out in March 2008 and it is expected to be completed in June 2009," the minister told the press after the launching of Ciliwung Blue Line at Gambir railway station here on Friday.The airport railway was an urgent need and could...Indonesia`s poor will be worst hit by climate change: UN
""Its impact is intensifying the risks and vulnerabilities facing poor people, placing further stress on already over-stretched coping mechanisms," it warned.Released ahead of a major global climate change conference on the Indonesian island of Bali next month, the report... Hundreds of Thousands Evacuate Homes as Typhoon Mitag Nears Philippines
One of the areas hit hard last year by typhoons is in danger again and hundreds of thousands of people are being evacuated from their homes as typhoon Mitag strengthens and continues plodding towards the...
created by Rob Walker | 5 years ago | updated 5 years ago
1215 views | 2 recommendations | 5 comments
1215 views | 2 recommendations | 5 comments
Online Spoof of the Levee Review Causes Controversy
"Advocacy panel says report easy on corps Wednesday, November 14, 2007 By Mark Schleifstein A long-simmering dispute about whether a leading engineering organization whitewashed the role of the Army Corps of Engineers in the failure of the levee system during Hurricane... Record high waves, but dikes pass test
10-metre high waves beat the North Sea coast of the Netherlands
overnight, but no major problems were reported by Friday morning.
The north-west storm that raced over the Netherlands with wind
speeds of more... Coastal defences under close watch
Almost all the dikes along the Dutch coast will be monitored because of the storm expected over the next few days. The monitoring will be in effect from Thursday afternoon already in Zeeland. A spokesperson... ‘Mini-Tsunami’ Wipes Out Mexican Town
Critics said the Mexican government is not doing enough to help the impoverished areas."OSTUACAN, Mexico (Nov. 6) - Survivors saw relatives swept away by huge waves or buried by debris after a landslide hit... Virus outbreak tied to fake YouTube e-mails
I received a couple of Trojans from two spammers from youtube emails last week. When I clicked on the link my system security asked me if I wanted to install two .dll files. I quarantined them and proceeded to the...Exposed: Global-Warming Deniers: A Well-Funded Machine
There is an excellent article in Newsweek on-line that traces what one hopes will ultimately be the unsuccessful tactics of global warming deniers. "This summer, Texas was hit by exactly the kind of downpours and flooding expected in a greenhouse world,...If this is a national disaster, I’m a tomato
"You could almost hear the sighs of disappointment echoing around television and radio studios yesterday morning as the threatened flooding of a power station in Gloucestershire failed to occur." BRITISH FLOODS
BY SIMON WILLIAMS
British floods cause misery to thousands, test the emergency teams and sees the UK Government not embracing emergency funds from the EU -funds that have helped emergencies across...
created by Simply Simon Williams | 5 years ago | updated 5 years ago
793 views | 28 recommendations | 3 comments
793 views | 28 recommendations | 3 comments
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