andPOP.com News (Free subscription) | 08/27/2007
Reggae star SHAGGY is relieved his Jamaican home survived the onslaught of Hurricane Dean. The storm is the ninth most intense Atlantic hurricane ever recorded - and Shaggy admits his house had a close call when the storm passed just south of Jamaica earlier this week (begs20Aug07).
NDTV (Free subscription) | 08/24/2007
Nearly 20,000 banana workers across the Caribbean were left jobless by Hurricane Dean, officials said Thursday. Governments are hastily preparing emer
Business Wire (Free subscription) | 08/23/2007
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Vulcan Materials Company (NYSE: VMC) announced that its quarry on Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula is in full operation following
Starpulse News (Free subscription) | 08/23/2007
Reggae star Shaggy is relieved his Jamaican home survived the onslaught of Hurricane Dean. The storm is the ninth most intense Atlantic hurricane ever recorded - and Shaggy admits his house had a close call when the storm passed just south of Jamaica earlier this week.[...] Read more!
Andy Carvin's Waste of Bandwidth (Free subscription) | 08/21/2007
So Talk of the Nation executive producer Sue Goodwin decides to get away from it all and go to Mexico's Playa del Carmen for some R&R, and instead finds herself in the middle of Hurricane Dean. Here are a couple of video clips she shot of the monster storm and its effect on the coastline: Thanks for sharing the footage, Sue - now keep your head down! -andy
Blogcritics: Sci/Tech (Free subscription) | 08/21/2007
It is 11:00 PM here in Bacalar. It is still quiet although a rain has begun. There is a quality in the air and the humidity that recalls Bogart, Bacall, Edward G. Robinson and Lionel Barrymore in Key Largo. Anticipation, perhaps a touch of fear and resignation -- the preparations were done and now the wait to see that it was done well. State & municipal leaders continue to warn more energetically...
CITIZEN-TIMES.com - News (Free subscription) | 08/20/2007
HOUSTON -- Their mission cut short by Hurricane Dean, astronauts aboard the shuttle Endeavour wrapped up their work in orbit Monday and prepared to come home.
Examiner (Free subscription) | 08/20/2007
Even with powerful Hurricane Dean days away and its path uncertain, officials in sodden south Texas left little to chance Sunday, readying planes, gasoline and hundreds of buses to get residents out in a hurry.
KUTV: Top News (Free subscription) | 08/19/2007
Texas officials were in emergency mode Sunday making preparations in case distant Hurricane Dean strikes the already waterlogged state after charging through the Caribbean. The Category 4 storm is on a course for nothern Mexico, but could shift and hit the region around Brownsville, Texas, along the state's southeastern coast, said FEMA chief R. David Paulison. Hurricane Preparation, Survival And Recovery...
TheSpoof.com - Spoof News (Free subscription) | 08/19/2007
Virginia Beach, Virginia: The Very Reverend Pat Robertson, an avid supporter of divine retribution, claims he originated, and is now 'steering' Hurricane Dean to a direct hit on Jamaica. 'Jamaica has overstepped Christian bounds,'...
Blogs of War (Free subscription) | 08/19/2007
Astronauts Dave Williams and Clay Anderson were conducting a spacewalk during this pass. Sightseeing doesn't get any better than that.
Caribbean 360 (Free subscription) | 08/19/2007
Air Jamaica, the national carrier of Jamaica, has cancelled all flights to and from Jamaica from the island to the U.S., Toronto and London for today, Sunday, August 19, 2007.
Beyond Katrina (Free subscription) | 08/19/2007
This just in from Margie Kieper: Margaret I provided a couple of satellite images that should answer some of your questions. In early afternoon, Dean began an eyewall replacement cycle (ERC), which was noted in the recon observations. I have...
ElsaElsa.com (Free subscription) | 08/19/2007
Outtakes and Various Other Sundries... Reports on Hurricane Dean: From The Independent: Poor huddle in flimsy shacks as Hurricane Dean gathers speed Leonard Doyle writes: “Hurricane Dean churned across the Caribbean yesterday, heading directly for the dirt-poor island of Hispaniola, Jamaica and Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula. At the dark eye of the storm, winds reached 150mph. Forecasters predicted that...
Blogs of War (Free subscription) | 08/19/2007
The show ran from 1973-1975 and was one of my favorites. Billy Barty was in the Sigmund suit.
