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...their beta- blockers. Among the most provocative: the argument that Bangladesh's problems must not stem from overpopulation since the city of Freemont, California, is just as crowded and yet sustains a pleasant, middle-class life- style; the idea that most Amazon Indians would rather move out of the rain forest; a description of Thoreau as a "sanctimonius beatnik." Still, O'Rourke is funny. In the Amazon he encounters one Yagua Indian with a grass skirt so elaborate that "he was lucky he hadn't been declared an endangered ecosystem from the waist down...
...heavens above Southeast Texas finally seemed ready to give the region a break last Wednesday. More than 20 in. of rain had fallen in less than 48 hours, sending Houston's San Jacinto River to record levels and forcing 13,000 residents to abandon their homes. At least 18 people died in the swirling floodwaters. But now the skies were clearing, the river was subsiding, and people were returning to their homes. Then the river exploded...
There were many other victims. In Baytown, a 10-year-old girl watched in horror as a 46-year-old man was swept into a rain-gorged gully. In Grimes County, three children drowned when currents washed the car in which they were riding off the road. In Hardin County, a construction worker who decided to take a dip in the floodwaters was swept away and lost. In San Jacinto County, the body of a rancher was discovered among his herd of drowned cattle...
Large swaths of southeastern Texas were deluged by torrential rain and widespread flooding. Pipelines burst under the roiling San Jacinto River, sending burning gasoline snaking downstream. At least 18 people lost their lives throughout the drenched region, and some 13,000 were chased from their homes...
...from Indianapolis to Chicago's O'Hare Airport crashed late today in northwest Indiana, killing all 68 passengers on board. American Eagle Flight 4184 went down about 30 miles south of Gary, Ind., at about 4 p.m. EST, according to the Federal Aviation Administration. The heavy rain and driving winds -- gusts up to nearly 50 m.p.h. -- forced authorities to halt the search of the area until tomorrow.People wishing to receive information about passengers may contact American Eagle...