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This has been a hard year for Florida's panhandle. Two months ago, Hurricane Erin followed nearly the same path. In Fort Walton Beach, which caught both hurricanes, a defiant banner still flies above a popular restaurant called the Sound. It's a relic of the last storm that reads WE'RE OPEN ANYWAY, ERIN. But now the Sound is full of broken glass and water, not to mention two large stranded motor yachts. The restaurant--like much of the Emerald Coast--appears to be closed for the season...
ALLISON. BARRY. CHANTAL. DEAN. Erin. Felix. Gabrielle. Humberto. Iris. Jerry. Karen. Luis. If residents of low-lying coastal areas are anxious this summer, they have a dozen reasons--and more are undoubtedly on the way. The hurricane season has not yet peaked, but menacing storms are already rumbling across the Atlantic Ocean one after another, like warplanes taking off from a carrier deck. Last week alone, four ominously swirling air masses zigzagged across satellite weather maps, packed so close together that it almost seemed they might merge to form a single monster storm. "You feel like you're standing...
Residents of southern Florida were evacuated from coastal areas today as Gov. Lawton Chiles declared astate of emergency, closed state offices, activated the National Guard, and suspended toll-collecting on evacuation routes in preparation for the arrival Tuesday of Hurricane Erin. While not projected to be as lethal as Andrew was, Erin is expected to pound the southern part of the state with 90 mph winds, dumping up to 10 inches of rain and causing widespread flooding...
...assume we'll get beat most of the time," Harvard co-captain Erin Pyka said before the nationals. "No matter what happens, we'll learn a lot. It be an incredible experience...
...downside was that this trio carried practically the entire team on its shoulders. Three juniors--Erin Cleary, Maria Hennessey and co-captain-elect Megan Hall--tied for fourth on the team in scoring with 18 points...