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...Gustav - she plans to keep an eye on the latest news updates. "You just don't know where they'll go," she said. And so residents along the Gulf Coast watch, and wait, praying for the best and hoping against the worst in this still bruised, still storm-battered region...
...Republican National Convention, which was supposed to begin Monday in St. Paul, Minn. The White House announced that Bush was heading to Texas Monday to monitor emergency response efforts, and Republican officials have already postponed most of Monday's convention activities. Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff headed to the region Sunday and planned to stay for the duration of the storm...
...nationalities...[who] travel thousands of miles to arrive at this sacred site and experience a mystical communion with the magical cactus." Now narco-tourists are ravaging the Huichols' sacred peyote lands, says Terry, who surveyed the countryside himself this summer. He says he found many sites in the region laid to waste, the mescaline extracted and the plants destroyed...
...reviewing somewhat randomly selected bottles priced around $15 to $20, I learned a few general truths. White is easier to make than red. Wines made at golf courses are not good. And the importance of terroir is definitely questionable, since no region of the country seems ill suited for winemaking except the Deep South, all of which I think Sherman salted. Though I didn't touch the dirt on these vineyards, my impression is that it's more a matter of finding the right grape for your climate. (Michigan's riesling was one of my favorites...
...more than three decades in the citrus business, Doug Bournique has never seen such a downpour over Florida's Treasure Coast and Space Coast regions. It's been impossible to pump the stormwater out quickly because adjacent bodies of water are also above normal level. "We're in unchartered territory. I've never seen it this wet," says Bournique, executive director of the Indian River Citrus League, which includes 900 grower-members from Palm Beach County north to the Daytona Beach area. "It really was a one-in-100-year rainfall event for this region...