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How well will your cell phone work during Hurricane Irene or other potential disaster?
Among the biggest questions for cell phone users is how well will my cell phone work during a hurricane or other disaster?
Will you have a strong signal? Will the cell phone towers in your neighborhood be able to handle increased traffic that will likely...Tags: Natural Disasters, Disasters and Accidents, Deerfield Beach, Disasters, Cell Phones
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Bustling 1930s tropical era even busier than previously thought
Sun SentinelThe five-year span from 1931 to 1935 was one of the busiest tropical periods ever, producing four of the top 25 deadliest hurricanes on record. After reanalyzing time-worn storm data with modern techniques, scientists have discovered that stretch was...Tags: Natural Disasters, Disasters and Accidents, Tropical Storms, Hurricane Andrew (1992), Labor Day
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Two Elkhart companies part of class-action settlement following Hurricane Katrina
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Nearly two dozen companies -- including two in Elkhart -- that manufactured government-issued trailers for storm victims after Hurricane Katrina have agreed to pay $14.8 million in a proposed class-action settlement of claims that...
Tags: Natural Disasters, Disasters and Accidents, FEMA, Crime, Law and Justice, Companies and Corporations
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Hurricane season getting an early start
Hurricane season is off to an early start in the Pacific, but not quite yet in the Atlantic. The season’s first tropical depression has formed in the Eastern Pacific, about 645 miles from the Mexican coast. A low pressure system in the Eastern...
Tags: Natural Disasters, Tropical Storms, Disasters and Accidents, National Hurricane Center, Weather
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AccuWeather predicting quiet hurricane season
AccuWeather.com is forecasting a relatively quiet Atlantic hurricane season, predicting a dozen named storms, including two major hurricanes. The weather service is anticipating five hurricanes in all, and seven tropical storms. That is about average,...Tags: Natural Disasters, Disasters and Accidents, Tropical Storms, Pacific Ocean, Weather
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Veteran forecaster Rick Knabb named hurricane center's new director
Sun SentinelRick Knabb, a veteran tropical forecaster and most recently The Weather Channel’s hurricane expert, has been named director of the National Hurricane Center in Miami-Dade County. He replaces Bill Read, who is retiring as of June 1. “For as...Tags: Natural Disasters, Disasters and Accidents, Jane Lubchenco, Tropical Weather, Max Mayfield
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Are you willing to pay thousands to keep the power on after a storm?
South Floridians, some without electricity for weeks after Hurricane Wilma, have pushed to bury power lines underground — until they saw the price tag.
In Fort Lauderdale, residents who want power lines buried could end up paying up to $25,000 over...Tags: Natural Disasters, Local Government, Disasters and Accidents, Politics, Disasters
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Daniel Vasquez: Five hurricane iPad and Android apps you should know about
You have the smartphone in your pocket or purse, why not take advantage of the various apps (many for free) that can keep you up-to-date with approaching storms? The Weather Channel, free. All of the information you get from The Weather Channel show on...Tags: Apple iPad, Natural Disasters, Disasters and Accidents, National Hurricane Center, Broward County
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Will your cell phone work during a hurricane?
Robin Clawson of Boca Raton wonders aloud what the rest of us have thought about our iPads and cell phones: Will they work during and after a hurricane? It's a good question, since smartphones, tablets and other mobile devices, in Florida, have the...Tags: Natural Disasters, Telecommunication Service, Gulfstream Park, Verizon Wireless, Disasters and Accidents
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State Bill Regarding Hurricane Deductibles Passes House Unanimously
The Hartford CourantIf a hurricane is downgraded to a tropical storm before it hits Connecticut, property-casualty insurers could not apply higher, so-called "hurricane deductibles" under a new bill that unanimously passed the state House Wednesday. The legislation also...Tags: Natural Disasters, Disasters and Accidents, Tropical Storms, East Haven, New Haven (New Haven, Connecticut)
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Hurricane Season Will Be Less Active, Forecasters Say
The Hartford CourantThis year's hurricane season is expected to be less active than the seasons between 1981 and 2010, according to forecasters at Colorado State University. "The tropical Atlantic has anomalously cooled over the past several months, and it appears that...Tags: Natural Disasters, Disasters and Accidents, Tropical Storms, National Hurricane Center, Weather
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Sen. Barbara Boxer seeks climate-change action from summit
GreenspaceSenator Barbara Boxer stepped up today to deliver an appeal for action at the mostly lackluster UN Climate Change Conference, which wraps up this week in Durban, South Africa. Her speech was delivered to an almost-empty Senate TV/Radio gallery, which is...
Aug 22, 2011
|Story| South Florida Sun-Sentinel
May 7, 2012
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Apr 17, 2012
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May 15, 2012
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Apr 26, 2012
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May 18, 2012
|Story| South Florida Sun-Sentinel
Jun 25, 2011
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Apr 30, 2012
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Mar 2, 2012
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Apr 18, 2012
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Apr 5, 2012
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Dec 7, 2011
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