Word: globality
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...course, there are other ways in which global warming might boost the power of hurricanes. It's possible, for instance, that in a warmer world hurricanes might tank up with a lot more rain, which would greatly increase the damage caused by flooding. In addition, storm surges could be expected to become a lot more lethal if, as many anticipate, global sea levels rise...
Suppose, for the sake of argument, that global warming does cause the intensity of hurricanes to increase to supercane proportions. How stable would such megastorms be? A hurricane packing 200-m.p.h. winds would be significantly more powerful than Camille, whose top sustained winds were in the 180-m.p.h. range. Such a supercane would be capable, certainly, of taking a catastrophic toll, but its winds would also presumably penetrate to greater depths. Long before making landfall, a supercane might stir up a lethal dose of chilly water. More intense storms, in other words, could prove to be exceedingly fragile entities...
...NCAR's Roger Pielke Jr. observes, it's really not necessary to concoct ways to make hurricanes any more threatening than they already are. With or without global warming, there are going to be some whoppers in our future, and unlike Floyd, many of these will prove to be megadisasters. For the days when a big hurricane could make landfall in sparsely populated places are fast disappearing, Pielke notes, and that alone is cause enough for worry...
...Austin bureau chief, but for the past few weeks he's been stationed in New York City reporting on laundered Russian money and its alleged appearance at the Bank of New York. An international banker before joining the magazine in 1988, Gwynne brings rare insight into the world of global finance. And he needs it to follow the tangled trail of tainted cash as it trundles through the world's banks. Of the current situation he says, "I think we're just seeing the tip of the iceberg of how much illegal Russian money moved through American banks...
...Handspring: the Visor has a proprietary slot in the back--a data port called Springboard--that allows you to plug in an array of different devices. Within the year, you'll be able to buy Springboard modules from other manufacturers that convert the thing into a cell phone, pager, global-positioning device, universal remote, MP3 player and more. It's a radically cool idea; in the marketing parlance of the company, it makes the Visor "infinitely expandable," allowing you to choose the devices you need to add functionality. Buy the cell-phone attachment, plug it in (even while your Visor...