Archive for May, 2009

May 31 2009

AP IMPACT: Foreclosures add to hurricane hazards (Sunday, May 31, 2009 9:09:00 PM)

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May 31 2009

Sunday at 1800 GMT: thunderstorm. 28°C (82°F)

Temperature: 28°C (82°F), Wind Direction: N, Wind Speed: 2 mph, Relative Humidity: 79%, Pressure: 1014mB, Falling, Visibility: Poor

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May 31 2009

Atlantic Hurricane Season, Are you ready? (weather.com)

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May 31 2009

Tips for preparing for and surviving a hurricane (AP)

AP - The National Hurricane Center offers these tips in preparing for a big storm:

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May 31 2009

Atlantic tropical storm names for 2009 (AP)

FILE - In this file photo taken Sept. 12, 2008, a boarded up home sits along the beach as Hurricane Ike approaches Galveston, Texas. As the 2009 hurricane season arrives Monday, June 1, 2009, many homeowners are finding insurance is either more expensive, or harder to get. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip, File)AP - Here is a list of this year's names for Atlantic tropical storms and hurricanes:


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May 31 2009

Foreclosed homes a problem during hurricane season (AP)

This May 19, 2009  photo shows a model home with an overgrown yard in Lehigh Acres, Fla. This community and others in southwest Florida, at the epicenter of the nation's housing crisis, are awash in thousands of vacant, foreclosed homes. As hurricane season approaches, the failure to put up special shutters, batten down garage doors and otherwise secure these homes could send heavy debris flying into neighboring structures, causing extensive damage and endangering residents. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)AP - Mike Manikchand points toward his neighbors — a half-dozen empty, foreclosed-upon homes, sitting on weed-strewn yards — and he wonders: What will happen if a hurricane slams into southwest Florida this year?


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May 31 2009

Franse Snowboard legende komt om in gletsjerspleet

Karine Ruby de Olympische snowboard kampioene uit 1998 is afgelopen vrijdag omgekomen toen zij samen met twee klanten in een gletsjerspleet viel. Karine werd 31 en was een van Frankrijk beroemdste sportsters.

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May 31 2009

WEATHER UNDERGROUND - JEFF MASTERS’ TROPICAL BLOG (Sunday, May 31, 2009 3:31:00 PM)

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May 31 2009

NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER - ATLANTIC OUTLOOK (Sunday, May 31, 2009 3:31:00 PM)

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May 31 2009

NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER - ATLANTIC DISCUSSION (Sunday, May 31, 2009 3:31:00 PM)

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