Evacuate the Coasts - For Good

    Before humans arrived on the scene nearly 100,000 years ago, the earth experienced climatic changes at somewhat regular intervals.  Ice sheets expanded and melted, droughts and floods ravaged...

Hurricane Ike - Pre and Post Storm Photos

Photos and videos courtesy of Personal Hurricane Center.com. Photos taken in Galveston, Kemah, and Houston before and after Hurricane Ike.

Hurricane Ike Storm Surge

Wunderground graphic. See my NP story to see the storm surge graphic. Sending pictures or graphics to NP doesn't work quite right.

Massive Storms Battering the UK

"Rain and fierce winds are hitting parts of the UK, as what could be winter's worst storm moves in from the Atlantic. Winds of almost 80 mph (130km/h) had brought down trees and power lines in south-west ...

How did New Orleans avoid annihilation?

Breach of Faith: The near death of a great American cityCINCINNATI, Ohio, July 24, 2007- The city of New Orleans was battered by the gale force winds of Hurricane Katrina on August 29, 2005. The destructive...

How did New Orleans avoid annihilation?

Breach of Faith: The near death of a great American cityCINCINNATI, Ohio, July 24, 2007- The city of New Orleans was battered by the gale force winds of Hurricane Katrina on August 29, 2005. The destructive force of this storm was underestimated by officials in the city of...

Officials Order Lower Fla. Keys Evacuated - Yahoo! News

KEY WEST, Fla. - Officials ordered residents evacuated from the lower Florida Keys on Monday as Tropical Storm Rita headed toward the island chain, threatening to grow into a hurricane with a potential 8-foot storm surge.

Tampa Bay could be hit by 25-foot storm surge in Category 4 hurricane

A Category 4 hurricane could cause a storm surge of as much as 25 feet in Tampa Bay, according to a University of Central Florida researcher who is looking at the risks Florida cities face from tidal surges and...

Critics Say Bush Undercut New Orleans Flood Control

President Bush repeatedly requested less money for programs to guard against catastrophic storms in New Orleans than many federal and state officials requested, decisions that are triggering a partisan debate over administration priorities at a time when the budget is...

New Orleans Braces for Catastrophic Hurricane

Monstrous Hurricane Katrina barreled toward the Big Easy on Sunday with 175-mph wind and a threat of a 28-foot storm surge, forcing a mandatory evacuation, a last-ditch Superdome shelter and prayers for those...

** KATRINA GETTING BETTER ORGANIZED - SE FLORIDA STORM IMPACT IN 24 HRS/HURRI...

Posted By: SteveGregory at 9:05 PM CDT on August 24, 2005Updated: 9:11 PM CDT on August 24, 2005AUG 24 - 8:45 PM CDTSatellite imagery...Doppler radar data from the Bahamas and Miami...and the last RECON reportshow Katrina is getting much better organized this afternoon, has...

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