euronews24 (Free subscription) | 11/30/2008
NEW ORLEANS – In New Orleans, a dire warning to flee emptied the city before Hurricane Gustav in early September. In Houston less than two weeks later, a plea to "hunker down" might have kept evacuation routes from clogging before Hurricane Ik
Boston Globe (Free subscription) | 11/29/2008
In New Orleans, a dire warning to flee emptied the city before Hurricane Gustav in early September. In Houston less than two weeks later, a plea to "hunker down" might have kept evacuation routes from clogging before Hurricane Ike struck.
Miami Herald (Free subscription) | 11/29/2008
In New Orleans, a dire warning to flee emptied the city before Hurricane Gustav in early September. In Houston less than two weeks later, a plea to "hunker down" might have kept evacuation routes from clogging before Hurricane Ike struck.
LA Times (Free subscription) | 11/28/2008
Six consecutive named storms -- Dolly, Edouard, Fay, Gustav, Hanna and Ike -- struck the U.S. mainland in 2008, racking up at least $10.6 billion in losses. The 2008 Atlantic hurricane season, which ends Sunday, seemed to strike the United States and Cuba as if on redial, setting at least five weather records for persistence and repeatedly striking the same areas.
Maribo (Free subscription) | 11/11/2008
This weekend, Paloma became the third Category 3 Hurricane to strike Cuba this season. If, that is, you include November 9th as a part of the "season". The 190 kilometre per hour winds and 6 meter storm surge damaged thousands of buildings in Santa Cruz del Sur. Yet, like with Hurricane Gustav back in August, Paloma caused no fatalities and few injuries in Cuba . The civil defense and evacuation efforts...
WAFB - Local News (Free subscription) | 11/07/2008
Crews hired by the city-parish to pick up storm debris after Hurricane Gustav will make their final pass through the parish next Monday (Nov. 10th).
SciGuy (Free subscription) | 10/22/2008
Way back when, long before Dolly, Edouard, Gustav and Ike, I asked readers to predict the number of named storms this year. We can't declare a winner yet. Although the tropics are steadily winding down, more than six weeks remain...
Space Ref (Free subscription) | 10/20/2008
David King, director of MSFC has awarded the Director's Commendation to members of the Hurricane Gustav rideout crew at the Michoud Assembly Facility for their outstanding effort in planning and implementing emergency operations to protect the facility.
NASA Watch (Free subscription) | 10/20/2008
NASA Michoud Assembly Facility's Hurricane Gustav Rideout Crew Honored with Director's Commendation Award "David King, director of NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala., has awarded the Director's Commendation to members of the Hurricane Gustav rideout crew at the Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans for their outstanding effort in planning and implementing emergency operations...
Indybay newswire (Free subscription) | 10/12/2008
In a very short period of time Cuba has suffered the impact of four cyclonic storms: Fay, which struck Cuba on August 18; Gustav, a near-category 5 hurricane which tore through the western provinces on August 30; Hannah, which caused flooding in eastern Cuba as it devastated Haiti on September 1; and Ike, which hit Cuba as a category 3 hurricane on September 7.
Red Orbit (Free subscription) | 10/06/2008
By Anonymous Hurricane Gustav resulted in at least 33 oil spills, ranging from simple sheens to 8,000-gallon spills, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said today. Most of the oil spills were sheens, not slicks, so were of minimal wildlife concern, the agency said.
Times of the Internet (Free subscription) | 10/04/2008
PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti, Oct. 4 (UPI) -- The death toll from four major storms hitting Haiti in August and September has reached 800 people, International Red Cross officials say. Tropical Storm Fay and Hurricane Gustav hit the impoverished Caribbean nation in August, bringing heavy rains and mudslides to the island. Then in September Tropical Storm Hanna and Hurricane Ike passed through Haiti, bringing...
www.OSIR.org.in (Free subscription) | 09/27/2008
Nick Davies’s book Flat Earth News begins by exposing the falsity of the great media scare story about the Y2K phenomenon. It strikes me that this weekend’s hurricane Gustav story may well turn out to be a similar fake scare. The latest Washington Source: www.guardian.co.uk Nick Davies’ 11th chapter: what Flat Earth News means [...]
www.OSIR.org.in (Free subscription) | 09/25/2008
Just as the human body slowly and carefully begins the process of rebuilding and recovery after trauma, so has the Capital Region after a crushing blow from Hurricane Gustav. In the weeks following the storm, streets have been cleared, trees removed Source: www.businessreport.com Your opinion - Oakland PressI say it is inexcusable that the [...]
www.OSIR.org.in (Free subscription) | 09/24/2008
Just as the human body slowly and carefully begins the process of rebuilding and recovery after trauma, so has the Capital Region after a crushing blow from Hurricane Gustav. In the weeks following the storm, streets have been cleared, trees removed Source: www.businessreport.com Surveillance State - CNET NewsGoogle announced on Monday that the company [...]
