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...fact that almost half the local Coast Guard personnel lost their own homes in the hurricane. In decimated St. Bernard Parish east of New Orleans, Sheriff Jack Stephens says the Coast Guard was the only federal agency to provide any significant assistance for a full week after the storm. Coast Guard personnel helped his deputies commandeer boats and rescue thousands. So last week, when two representatives from the U.S. Government Accountability Office came to ask how he would fix the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), he had his answer ready: "I would abolish it," he told them. "I'd blow...
...first storm came barreling in off the Pacific in the early hours of Dec. 26, dumping snow by the foot on the mountains of Washington, Oregon and California and paralyzing Seattle, which rarely sees anything but rain. Then a second storm rolled in, and after that a third. By New Year's Day the Northwest and British Columbia had been pounded by a week of unrelentingly foul and often deadly weather...
...narrowly miss the net or find the post. “We are just really unlucky, and it’s really unfortunate,” senior midfielder Jen McDavitt said. “All we can do is just keep shooting.” After weathering the initial storm, BC slowly regained control and added three late goals to close out the game, the first coming with 23:47 to play. Despite the shutout, the game did signal a promising turn for the Crimson offense, which has struggled of late. Even though Harvard was outshot...
...greenhouse effect are making hurricanes worse. John Meyer Golden, Colorado, U.S. I commend your choice of global warming as a cover story. The effects of worldwide climate change, fueled by human activity, are becoming ever more apparent. Even if it turns out that warmer temperatures do not strengthen tropical storms, we need only look north to find alarming signs of warming trends. Many studies document melting polar ice caps, thinning permafrost and rising sea and air temperatures in the Arctic, which threaten the livelihood of people native to the region. Like so many helpless Gulf Coast residents, these people will...
...last Saturday at a benefit concert for the victims of Hurricane Katrina, but the President’s Office has not yet said if it will match any part of those funds. The printed program includes a letter from University President Lawrence H. Summers, who promised soon after the storm to match all staff, student, and faculty contributions of up to $100, and student group contributions of up to $2,500. Though 11 student groups collaborated in the fund-raising, which will benefit the American Red Cross, the funds from the concert would be treated as the product...