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Beware those "lesser" hurricanes
Maryland WeatherWe have a natural tendency to discount the "weaker" hurricanes, those Cat. 1 and 2 cyclones that seem so run-of-the-mill compared with the Cat. 4 and 5 beasts that show up from time to time.But the smaller tempests are sometimes......Tags: Hurricane Charley (2004), Disasters, Natural Disasters, Hurricane Damage, Hurricane Katrina (2005)
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"Optimism bias" could kill you
Maryland WeatherThe National Weather Service is turning to social science research to figure out why people don't take their severe weather warnings seriously enough, fast enough.A recent review on the forecast performance and public response during a severe tornado...Tags: Society, Weather Warnings, Weather, Social Sciences, Weather Reports
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Ike now a Cat. 3 hurricane; Josephine weakens
Maryland WeatherThe National Hurricane Center this afternoon upgraded Tropical Storm Ike to hurricane status. Farther west, Hanna was regrouping and turning for the Carolinas. And to the east in the Atlantic, meanwhile, Tropical Storm Josephine was losing strength....Tags: Hurricane Josephine (2008), Melbourne, Disasters, National Hurricane Center, Natural Disasters
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Tropical Storm Watch issued for Maryland
Maryland WeatherParts of Maryland is now under a Tropical Storm Watch as TS Hanna continues its advance on the U.S. mainland. A new track forecast brings the storm up the coast, with the center line of the 'cone of uncertainty' passing directly......Tags: Chesapeake Bay, Tropical Weather, Tropical Storm Hanna (2008), Natural Disasters, Maryland
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Sunny and hot today; Hanna approaches tomorrow
Maryland WeatherYet another day of sunny, 90-plus September weather today, the third in the first four days of the month. It would be welcome late-season summer weather if it weren't for the fact that Baltimore has recorded only four days of......Tags: Baltimore Weather, Weather, Tropical Storm Hanna (2008), Tropical Storms, Weather Reports
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Hanna heads for Carolinas; Ike a Cat. 4
Maryland WeatherAnother sunny day in the 90s today. You'd never know we had two tropical storms to worry about. Tropical Storm Hanna has circled around and is now making a beeline for the Carolina coast with winds that are forecast to......Tags: Tropical Weather, Tropical Storm Hanna (2008), Natural Disasters, Chesapeake (Chesapeake, Virginia), Hurricanes
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FAU D leaves fans in Cone Of Uncertainty
FAU Sports | Sun-Sentinel BlogsOK, the glass half-full part of me is just going to stay in the happy place of FAU on offense. They have the ball and keep marching up and down the field at Lockhart on that sun-splashed Saturday afternoon....... -
Hanna pulling away; rains near end
Maryland WeatherThe radar loop for the Northeast at 4:40 p.m. shows that most of Hanna's rains have passed through Central Maryland. Although the center of Hanna's rotation remains in the southern end of the Chesapeake Bay, and the Delmarva Peninsula, there......Tags: Chesapeake Bay, Weather Warnings, Virginia, Weather, Tropical Storms
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Ike rains pound Cuba; winds down, for now
Maryland WeatherHurricane Ike today was pounding Cuba with torrential rains and high winds. But contact with the island's mountainous terrain disrupted the circulation around the center and knocked the storm's top sustained winds down to 'only' 80 mph. Residents of...Tags: Disasters, Natural Disasters, Florida, Meteorological Disasters, Hurricanes
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Beach erosion spending draws gripes from Palm Beach County commissioners
Palm Beach Politics | Sun-Sentinel BlogsPalm Beach County commissioners voiced frustration Tuesday over the millions of tax dollars they allocate each year on beach restoration. They sharply criticized federal authorities for being slow to finalize long-awaited beach protection barriers. The...Tags: Science and Technology, Engineering, Tourism and Leisure, State Budgets, Tour Operations Industry
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Ike moves into Gulf of Mexico; Texas on alert
Maryland WeatherAfter battering Cuba for several days, Hurricane Ike - just barely a hurricane for the moment, has moved off the northwestern tip of the island and entered the Gulf of Mexico. Next stop? Ike was about 90 miles west-southwest of......Tags: Disasters, National Hurricane Center, Natural Disasters, Tropical Storms, Meteorological Disasters
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Ike intensifies, Texas begins evacuations
Maryland WeatherHurricane Ike now covers about half the Gulf of Mexico, a big, strengthening storm that is already about as big as its next target - Texas. Top sustained winds are running at 100 mph, with further strengthening to Category 3......Tags: Weather Warnings, Weather, Disasters, Natural Disasters, Tropical Storms
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