HurricanesNews and information about hurricanes.New Tech Tools Improving Hurricane Forecasts - WBZ-TV- September 16, 2008 BOSTON (WBZ) Back in September of 2003, I flew into Hurricane Isabel on a C-130 aircraft . The 12 hour mission required a 5 person crew and millions of dollars worth of equipment. Athough the risk is very real, a Hurricane Hunter aircraft has ...http://wbztv.com/weatherfeatures/forecasting.hurricanes.technology.2.818855.html Bush lands in Texas as Galvestonians urged to leave - Seattle Post Intelligencer- September 16, 2008 www.cnn.com2008USweather0916hurric ane.ikeindex.html Excerpt GALVESTON, Texas (CNN) -- President Bush arrived in hurricane-ravaged south Texas on Tuesday with a message that the federal government will be there with aid and support. Speaking ...http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/forum/boards/viewtopic.asp?topicID=126196 Is the Hurricane madness of 2008 finally over - USA Today- September 16, 2008 It got a little crazy there for a while in the Caribbean, didn't it, as one hurricane after another barreled towards big name cruise ports. First Fay then Gustav then Hanna then Ike. What a mess. But look at the latest tropical storm update from the ...http://www.usatoday.com/travel/cruises/item.aspx?type=blog&ak=55690498.blog Bush pledges swift aid to hurricane-hit Texas - Reuters UK- September 16, 2008 HOUSTON, Sept 16 (Reuters) - U.S. President George W. Bush pledged swift federal aid for millions of storm-struck Texans on Tuesday as the energy hub of Houston and other areas struggle to recover from Hurricane Ike's mighty punch. Millions of people ...http://uk.reuters.com/article/homepageCrisis/idUKN15334407._CH_.2420 Ike remnants blamed for Midwest deaths, blackouts - Houston Chronicle- September 15, 2008 CHICAGO Residents of the Midwest faced blackouts affecting nearly 1.5 million homes and businesses, flooded homes and streets clogged by fallen trees Monday after a weekend of devastating weather caused by the remnants of Hurricane Ike. The ...http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/nation/6002708.html At resort cut off by Ike, whole subdivisions gone - Boston Globe- September 15, 2008 GALVESTON, Texas More than 48 hours after Hurricane Ike swamped the Gulf Coast, rescuers flew for the first time Monday into areas cut off by the storm and found a scene of devastation, with whole subdivisions obliterated, and began evacuating ...http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2008/09/15/nearly_2000_brought_to_safety_in_tex... Hurricane remnants blamed for 3 deaths in Midwest - Seattle Times- September 14, 2008 A father and son drowned in northwest Indiana while trying to rescue children from a flooded ditch as heavy rains from the remnants of Hurricane Ike forced hundreds of evacuations across the Midwest on Sunday. MUNSTER, Ind. A father and son ...http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2008179276_apsevereweather.html Plymouth Twp. hit by tornado; flood warning issued for 16 counties - Detroit News- September 14, 2008 PLYMOUTH TOWNSHIP -- With the remnants of Hurricane Ike making its way through Michigan, the National Weather Service issued a wind advisory for 16 Southeast Michigan counties expecting wind gusts of up to 45 miles per hour through Monday morning ...http://www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080914/METRO/809140316/1409/METRO Kirby Corporation Reports on Impact of Hurricane Ike - Forbes- September 14, 2008 HOUSTON, Sept. 14 PRNewswire-FirstCall -- Kirby Corporation ("Kirby") (NYSE: KEX) announced today that no personnel were injured and no boats or barges suffered any material damage due to Hurricane Ike which struck the upper Texas coast on ...http://www.forbes.com/prnewswire/feeds/prnewswire/2008/09/14/prnewswire200809141724PR_NEWS... |