Hurricane Jimena Forms in the Pacific as Storm Danny Weakens

Hurricane Jimena forms in the Pacific as a Category 1 storm today, as tropical storm Danny become a depression and dumps heavy rain on the eastern seaboard with some dangerous currents along the coast, closing some of the beaches again. Hurricane Jimena currently has winds of...

2. Natural Disasters: Sharing Emergency Information: 2008 Review

" 2008's Top 10 Moments in User-Generated News 1.    Mumbai attacks2.    Natural disasters: Emergency info 3.    SF Olympic torch relay protests 4.   ...

Hurricane Gustav Domain Names worry Cyber Criminologists

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...

Hurricane Gustav Weakens To Category 2, Hurricane Force Winds Reach Gulf Coast

Updates now being posted hereUpdate 09/01/08 1.10pm GMTGustav now a category 2 hurricane according to The National Hurricane Center12.03pm GMT Tornado warning in Slidel, source" On its current direction, Gustav...

Canada sends aid ahead of Gustav

Opinion Barry Artiste It's nice Canada can offer support to their neighbours to the south at home in Louisiana, as US Troops assist Canadian Troops in Afghanistan....

Police Scanner for New Orleans

Want to follow what's happening with emergency personnel?  Here is a link to a police scanner in the area:"Mount Point /nola.mp3 M3UXSPF Stream Title: Hurricane Gustav Communications - New Orleans Stream Description: State of Louisiana P25 Emergency Management...

Hurricane Gustav Digital Support Brigade on Facebook

If you want to help out please visit this group on Facebook:" This group is primarily just a billboard to direct you to volunteer activities taking place online regarding Hurricane Gustav. Please visit the following links, where the volunteer activities are taking place."

Mandatory Evacuation Order Issued in New Orleans

Moments ago, officials in New Orleans issued a mandatory evacuation order in advance of the expected arrival of Hurricane Gustav, a Category 4 storm at the moment, as early as Monday morning.The information...

Impact of Hurricane Gustav Might Last Four Years

I’ll wager dimes to donuts that the same people who criticized my recent tongue-in-cheek post post, I’ll Be Praying for Rain in Denver on Aug. 28, are now hoping — but not necessarily praying to God about it since they are atheists — that Hurricane Gustav hits New...

Was That the Sound of a Hurricane in Denver?

I heard a lot of liberal noise during Barack Obama’s nomination acceptance speech at Denver’s Mile High Stadium tonight.It began with what I must assume was either a giant sucking-up sound made by Obama as he opened his nomination acceptance speech with a thank you to...

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