Detroit Lions throttle New England
Tulsa World
By New England Patriots Detroit Lions players comment on their Preseason game against the New England Patriots from Ford Field on Saturday, August 27, 2011. "I hadnt really thought about that. Obviously we have some offensive firepower to be able to do The Lions added former Michigan State player Chris Morris and released Greg Niland [...]
Read MoreObama Visits FEMA's Hurricane Response Center
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FEMA's had a mobile version of their website available for a while now, but all that information does you no good if you can't get an internet connection. Given the fragility of mobile networks during disasters, going without web In this week's app roundup: hurricanes, prepared for; pictures, taken everyday; photos, edited by pros; x-men, [...]
Read MoreMass. Residents Rush To Prepare For Hurricane Irene
WBUR
As Hurricane Irene gets ready to bear down on the Northeast, the Boston Red Sox have been forced to wrap up their three-game set with the Oakland Athletics with a doubleheader at Fenway Park. With the storm expected to batter the Northeast the Red Sox The airlines have already scrapped more than 8300 flights from [...]
Read MoreIrene: Hurricane Storm Tracker and Weather Channel Overload?
Muncie Free
by Staff Hurricane Irene is shaping up to be a swirling torrent of destruction for the east coast. You'll need preparedness tips and knowledge of evacuation routes and shelters. We've compiled a short list of tips and included some links so you can Which storm was the strongest ever recorded in the Atlantic basin? President [...]
Read MoreObama visits FEMA, predicts a 'long 72 hours' ahead
Los Angeles
Obama asked as he entered the room where FEMA has been holding daily video conferences since Monday with state and local officials, the National Hurricane Center and other federal agencies. As reporters shuffled into the room, a speaker on the The ever so timely FEMA just released an app for Android phones that'll get you [...]
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Female meteorologists soon put an end to that, however, and from 1978 onward, male names were added to the rotation. Now, each year's names are assigned alp. Meaning, how'd she, I mean it, I mean the hurricane end up being called Irene, specifically? Why not another female name, like Sarah? Or Michelle? (Heh heh. By [...]
Read MoreAs Irene hits N.C., governor pleads, 'Please stay inside'
USA Today
Hurricane Irene continues to crawl north after making landfall Saturday morning in North Carolina. The storm is expected to head up the East Coast from Virginia to Maine, bringing hurricane-force winds, heavy rain, flooding Somewhat weakened but still ferocious, Hurricane Irene slammed into the North Carolina coast Saturday morning, drenching the coastline and starting an [...]
Read MoreHurricane Names
WETM-TV
Interestingly enough, the last time Irene was used was in 2005 when two storms later Hurricane Katrina laid waste to New Orleans. Ladies, it's not a contest. Giving human names to hurricanes may seem odd, but it's part of a major shift in our relationship with tropical cyclones over the past 60 years. Female meteorologists [...]
Read MoreMTA Prepares For Extensive Service Shutdown As Irene Approaches
NY1
With Hurricane Irene taking aim at New York City, the MTA will begin shutting down the entire bus and subway system as well as Metro-North and Long Island Rail Road at noon on Saturday, the governor and MTA officials MTA executives decided to shut down New York City's entire mass transit system beginning at noon [...]
Read MoreHurricane Names
WETM-TV
Female meteorologists soon put an end to that, however, and from 1978 onward, male names were added to the rotation. Now, each year's names are assigned alphabetically, beginning with “A,” so the first letter of a hurricane name can tell you how many Since 1953, Atlantic tropical storms have been named from lists originated by [...]
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