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Preparing for disaster (View Original Story)
Source: topix.net Posted: 02-16-2006 at 12:00:09
| Four natural disasters are headed directly toward your home. Floodwaters are coming in from the west, a tornado is twisting in from the east, fire is burning landscapes from the north and the earth is splitting ... |
Ask Tom Why (View Original Story)
Source: topix.net Posted: 02-15-2006 at 06:00:10
| Dear Tom, What is the earliest in the year that a tornado has hit Illinois? Henk ten Have, Champaign, Ill. |
shines at WNA awards (View Original Story)
Source: topix.net Posted: 02-15-2006 at 03:00:09
| The Westby Times brought home an equal number of gold, silver and bronze awards from the 2005 Wisconsin Newspaper Association awards banquet held in Stevens Point on Feb. |
Bill could spur telephone warning systems (View Original Story)
Source: topix.net Posted: 02-13-2006 at 06:00:12
| Associated Press report Monday February 13, 2006 INDIANAPOLIS The tornado that ripped through the Evansville area last November struck when many residents were most vulnerable: They were asleep and never heard ... |
Tornado deaths prompt 'reverse 911' bill (View Original Story)
Source: topix.net Posted: 02-13-2006 at 12:00:20
| INDIANAPOLIS -- The tornado that ripped through the Evansville area last November struck when many residents were most vulnerable: They were asleep and never heard the warning sirens. |
Northeast snowstorms get rating system (View Original Story)
Source: topix.net Posted: 02-13-2006 at 09:00:14
| Meteorologists have invented a mathematical system for scoring Northeast snowstorms on a five-step scale -- like hurricanes. |
Bill could spur telephone warning systems (View Original Story)
Source: topix.net Posted: 02-12-2006 at 12:00:09
| The tornado that ripped through the Evansville area last November struck when many residents were most vulnerable: They were asleep and never heard the warning sirens. |
On This Date in 1945 (View Original Story)
Source: topix.net Posted: 02-12-2006 at 03:00:11
| The front pages of newspapers around the country were dominated by reports from the different theatres of World War II. |
1945 tornado traumatized family (View Original Story)
Source: topix.net Posted: 02-10-2006 at 09:00:23
| Former Montgomery County Board of Education member Herman Harris visits the area where a tornado in 1945 destroyed his house and killed four members of his family. |
Teens help tornado victims (View Original Story)
Source: topix.net Posted: 02-09-2006 at 09:00:17
| Members of the Ankeny Mayor's Youth Council are selling bracelets to support Woodward residents affected by November's tornadoes. |
Helping others a habit (Reg Req'd) (View Original Story)
Source: topix.net Posted: 02-09-2006 at 03:00:10
| The feeling Bridgett Naas gets when she helps a tornado victim is the same as when she gave Iraqi children their first pencils. |
First Responders, CERT members train for spring's stormy season (View Original Story)
Source: topix.net Posted: 02-08-2006 at 06:00:10
| Sacha Champion photo National Weather Service Senior Forecaster James "Jim" Packett talks to area first responders and CERT members about how to spot dangerous weather. |
Tornado Victims Now Contemplating Same Ideas As Katrina Victims (View Original Story)
Source: topix.net Posted: 02-05-2006 at 03:00:08
| Tonight, business owners in Jefferson debate whether to rebuild after Thursday's tornadoes ripped through the Industrial Park off Iris Avenue. |
The Legend of Zorro (View Original Story)
Source: topix.net Posted: 02-05-2006 at 03:00:08
| Ten years have passed since the story told in The Mask of Zorro . In 1850, Don Alejandro de la Vega still plays the non-confrontational rich landowner in public while privately protecting his people from ... |
Winds hit hotels (View Original Story)
Source: topix.net Posted: 02-05-2006 at 03:00:08
| Feb 5, 2006 - People at the Sheraton Four Points in Manchester Township said it sounded like an explosion and felt like an earthquake. |
Tornadoes Knock Down What Hurricane Didn't; Kenner, New Orleans Feel Brunt Of Storms (View Original Story)
Source: topix.net Posted: 02-05-2006 at 03:00:08
| February 3, 2006 Friday NATIONAL; Pg. 1 1995 words Tornadoes knock down what hurricane didn't; Kenner, New Orleans feel brunt of storms By Bob Ross, East Jefferson bureau A trio of tornadoes spawned from severe ... |
Tornadoes knock down what hurricane didn't (Reg Req'd) (View Original Story)
Source: topix.net Posted: 02-03-2006 at 03:00:11
| A trio of tornadoes spawned from severe thunderstorms damaged one of the four concourses at Louis Armstrong International Airport and tore apart dozens of homes and businesses from Kenner to Lakeview, knocking ... |
Government Revises Tornado Ratings Scale (View Original Story)
Source: topix.net Posted: 02-02-2006 at 09:00:08
| Government Revises Tornado Ratings Scale By DANIEL YEE Associated Press Writer ATLANTA -- The government is changing how it categorizes tornadoes after finding that it doesn't take 300 mph winds to disintegrate ... |
Tornado Rating Scale Revamped (View Original Story)
Source: topix.net Posted: 02-02-2006 at 09:00:08
| The National Weather Service announced Thursday plans to implement a new scale to rate tornadoes. |
Government Revises Tornado Ratings Scale (View Original Story)
Source: topix.net Posted: 02-02-2006 at 06:00:16
| Government Revises Tornado Ratings Scale By DANIEL YEE Associated Press Writer ATLANTA -- The government has for the first time changed its system of categorizing tornadoes after learning that much weaker winds ... |
Weather Service Revises Tornado Scale (View Original Story)
Source: topix.net Posted: 02-02-2006 at 06:00:16
| The government has for the first time changed its system of categorizing tornadoes after learning that much weaker winds than previously thought can create the most powerful funnel clouds that disintegrate ... |
Twister touches down in Lakeview (View Original Story)
Source: topix.net Posted: 02-02-2006 at 06:00:16
| A tornado ripped through Lakeview early Thursday morning adding insult to an injured New Orleans neighborhood already hard-hit by Hurricane Katrina. |
Working With Schools to Curb Burglaries (View Original Story)
Source: topix.net Posted: 02-02-2006 at 12:00:15
| The crime rate in the city of Yakima is one of the worst of the state. Now even homes in quiet neighborhoods are falling victim to daylight robberies. |
Never hurts to be prepared (View Original Story)
Source: topix.net Posted: 01-30-2006 at 03:00:12
| So Osama bin Laden issues another tape threatening to attack the United States. And America yawns. |
Toto - I Don't Think We Are in Kansas Anymore (View Original Story)
Source: topix.net Posted: 01-29-2006 at 12:00:11
| View Opinions Post Your Opinion Tornado Season is Right Around the Corner - Are your Prepared? Compared with other states, Texas ranks number 1 for frequency of tornadoes, number 1 for number of deaths, number ... |
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