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When some members of the Harvard Outing Club took a canoeing trip over spring break, they got their feet wet in more ways than they expected...
...Twas laid back, mellow, yet rocking, and it went well with my Bass ale and mildly shouted conversations. The stage was a tad too small for a four-piece band—Starhick’s rotund bassist had to stand on the floor a couple feet below his bandmates. We left before they finished their set, but I’m fairly confident that it continued to be sweet. Also, we ran into the “boatmaster” of Harvard—whose job involves taking care of the logistical issues for Harvard’s rowers...
...survival. The optimistic words—“BROADMOOR LIVES”—were ironically staked in front of houses once flooded and in need of gutting. Broadmoor lies at the bottom of the bowl of New Orleans, and after Hurricane Katrina it took on seven feet of water in some parts...
...There’s the poor, there’s poverty, there’s drugs, there’s crime, an ailing public school, six to seven feet of water,” Ahlers said, ticking off from his mental list...
...from far across the ocean. But an earthquake in the Cascadia Subduction zone just off the Pacific Northwest could create tsunami-size waves within five minutes. "You'd feel that kind of an earthquake on land," Nicolini says. "If you do, start running to higher ground" - at least 40 feet above sea level. For residents of low-lying places, says Nicolini, "vertical evacuation" - climbing a tree or going to the top floor of a sturdy-looking building - may be the best they can do with just five minutes' warning...