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Palm Beach County hurricane season preparations target social media, smart phone
The hurricane season to-do list now includes adding friends, followers and apps, along with stockpiling bottled water, canned goods and batteries. With the June start to storm season fast approaching, Palm Beach County is counting on social media...
Tags: Social Media, Twitter, Inc., Emergency Incidents, Telecommunication Service, Tropical Storms
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Will the Bermuda High help us again this storm season?
Sun SentinelWhether the Bermuda High will punish or protect Florida during hurricane season remains unknown. Washed out by a winter system over the U.S. Southeast, it’s for now a mushy blob of warm air, so diluted that it’s hard to tell where it’s...Tags: National Hurricane Center, Executive Branch, Hurricane Leslie (2012), National Weather Service, Hurricanes
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Costly new levee to guard against Palm Beach County flooding threatens wetlands
Flooding fears lingering from Tropical Storm Isaac's historic soaking of Palm Beach County shouldn't result in destroying wetlands to add a new levee, according to environmental advocates. After Isaac, concerns about a potential breach of the damaged...
Tags: Boynton Beach, Wildlife, Rick Scott, Wetlands, South Florida Water Management District
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Will Bermuda High help us again this storm season?
Whether the Bermuda High will punish or protect Florida during hurricane season remains unknown. Washed out by a winter system over the U.S. Southeast, it's for now a mushy blob of warm air, so diluted that it's hard to tell where it's centered....Tags: National Hurricane Center, Executive Branch, Hurricane Leslie (2012), National Weather Service, Hurricanes
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Team Pedro helps family of man injured after tropical storm
For the family of Pedro Sanchez, the saying "when it rains, it pours" took on a new – and literal - meaning when Tropical Storm Isaac blew through the area last August. Like most families living in the western communities Sanchez's neighborhood...Tags: Tropical Storms
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Study: Global warming will bring more intense downpours
Sun SentinelSouth Florida, no stranger to heavy rains, could see even more torrential downpours, thanks to global warming. Much of the Northern Hemisphere will be subject to more extreme rain events because of increasing levels of greenhouse gases, according to a...Tags: Science and Technology, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Environmental Issues, Palm Beach County, Natural Disasters
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South Florida assessing impact of climate change on roads, bridges, railroads, airports
In August, Tropical Storm Isaac flooded neighborhood roads in central and western Palm Beach County, dumping a historic 15 inches of rain in a few hours. In November, Hurricane Sandy washed out a portion of State Road A1A in Fort Lauderdale. South...
Tags: Palm Beach (Palm Beach, Florida), Ecosystems, Transportation, Broward County, Tropical Storms
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'American Idol' recap: Five more women survive sudden death
Another 10 contestants – the last of the women -- shrank to just five on the third night of the Sudden Death rounds in Las Vegas. Surveying the landscape, you can't fault the judges for failing to embrace eclecticism. They gave us …...Tags: Keith Urban, Aretha Franklin, Mariah Carey, Randy Jackson, Lady Antebellum (music group)
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Swamp People Season 4 begins this Valentine’s Day on History
Channel Guide MagazineHistory has plenty to love about its hit series Swamp People, so it may only be fitting that the network is starting Swamp People Season 4 on Valentine's Day — this Thursday, Feb. 14, at 9pm ET. Swamp People was, indeed, a real sweetheart to History... -
Warming to the subject
As much as this week's bone-chilling temperatures might offer "cold" comfort to those who deny its existence, the threat of climate change earned a prominent spot in President Barack Obama's inaugural address on Monday. That was welcome, if overdue, given...Tags: Ecosystems, Standards, Barack Obama, U.S. Congress, Energy Saving
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Weather Channel special looks back at extreme weather events of 2012
Channel Guide MagazineThe Weather Channel premieres a year-end special called 2012: A Year Out of Season this Friday, Dec. 28, at 8pm ET. The one-hour program explores the brutal weather that ravaged the United States and defined 2012. Weather Channel on-camera meteorologist... -
Hurricane season 2012 is done: Sandy not 'major'? So they say
This year’s hurricane season — which officially comes to a close Friday — has proved to be one of the most active on record, with Hurricane Isaac and super storm Sandy wreaking havoc on two coastlines, although both storms, technically,...
Tags: Weather Science, Weather Statistics, National Hurricane Center, Science and Technology, Weather Warnings
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