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Preparing your home for storms
Jill Sorensen's basement flooded after a winter storm knocked out her power, then again in 2011 during Hurricane Irene.
What stopped another encore performance during last year's derecho? She'd installed a sump pump that uses her home's water pressure to...Tags: Natural Disasters, Hurricane Irene (2011), Laurel, Environmental Issues, Weather
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Forecast calls for pain
Not long after President Barack Obama promised to fight climate change in his inaugural address, temperatures soared to 70 last week in Baltimore — in late January. Our weather continues to be unrecognizable. Last summer was the hottest ever...
Tags: Solar Energy, Natural Disasters, Global Warming, Christopher Van Hollen Jr., Global Change
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Sky-high bacteria could affect climate, scientists say
A team of storm-chasing scientists sampling rarefied air has found a world of bacteria and fungi floating about 30,000 feet above Earth. The findings, detailed Monday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, suggest that microbes have the...
Tags: Science, Natural Disasters, Science and Technology, Weather, Hurricane Earl (2010)
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Speak up against excessive prices after disasters
In the days following Hurricane Sandy, a few people told me they felt area businesses were charging inflated prices and taking advantage of desperate people. State law prohibits businesses from substantially raising prices, often referred to as price...Tags: Natural Disasters, Trials, Crime, Law and Justice, Consumers, Prices
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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... -
Sandy was region's deadliest storm in 40 years, report says
Superstorm Sandy earned its name, the National Hurricane Center reported on Tuesday, in a report that says the storm was the deadliest to hit the region in 40 years and the second costliest in the nation’s history. The report summarizes last fall&...
Tags: Natural Disasters, Long Island, Weather, Kings Point, Caribbean Islands
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Don't just drink hurricanes -- order a Category 5
Whether you're a native, transplant or tourist, if you're in South Florida, one of these hurricane-inspired drinks should grace your palate at least once. New Orleans may have the hurricane, but our tricounty area labels its libations following the...Tags: Natural Disasters, Boynton Beach
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Weather service fires former hurricane chief Bill Proenza
Sun SentinelBill Proenza said fighting to ensure forecasts are as accurate as possible and speaking his mind has gotten him into trouble again. This time, he was fired as a top manager for the National Weather Service. Proenza, 68, was ousted as National...Tags: Natural Disasters, Miami-Dade County, National Weather Service, The Washington Post, Key West
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Details emerge about man at center of Alabama standoff
MIDLAND CITY, Ala. (AP) — As an Alabama standoff and hostage drama marked a sixth day Sunday, more details emerged about the suspect at the center, with neighbors and officials painting a picture of an isolated man estranged from his family....
Tags: Awards and Prizes, Natural Disasters, Radio, FEMA, Crime, Law and Justice
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Americans may face rising gasoline prices again in 2013
It's the kind of news that Americans waiting for holiday spending bills to arrive don't want to hear: “Even with increasing energy production in the U.S., declining fuel consumption, and improving fuel efficiency, Americans may still face rising...
Tags: Energy Resources, Natural Disasters, Market and Exchange, Gasoline Industry, Petroleum Industry
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Making scuba-diving a family sport
Never mind the moray eel. I'm focused on rubbing the "lucky" porthole of a ship that sunk here in a hurricane nearly 150 years ago.
Did I mention that I'm 60 feet underwater, diving mask on my face, breathing oxygen from a tank strapped to my back?...Tags: Natural Disasters, Diving, Weather, Meteorological Disasters, Travel
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Recipe for conservative revival
WASHINGTON -- Happy days are not here again, but they are coming for conservatives. Barack Obama -- with the lowest approval rating (according to Gallup, 50 percent, four points lower than that of the National Rifle Association) of any re-elected...
Tags: Natural Disasters, Energy Resources, American Enterprise Institute, Global Warming, Labor Markets
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