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...period from 1940 through 1969 when monster storms swept ashore with greater frequency. Anyone who lived through Hurricane Andrew in 1992 might disagree, but the experts say that for the past quarter-century America has got off easy. The last Category 5, or "catastrophic," hurricane was Camille, which struck the Gulf Coast in 1969 with winds over 200 m.p.h. and a storm surge 24 ft. high. Since then, hurricane activity has been mild...
...began. It probably started with the exceptionally intense seasons of 1995 and 1996. The past year, to be sure, was exceptionally quiet, possibly due to the recent El Nino, which tends to suppress Atlantic hurricanes. But now things are hopping again. Just days before Bonnie hit, a tropical storm struck Texas and caused extensive flooding. Even as Bonnie ran out of steam, a new hurricane, Danielle, was barreling across the Atlantic behind her. Meanwhile, by the end of last week, hurricane forecasters had begun watching a new tropical disturbance whirling in the western Caribbean...
...itself, and it certainly will, what might we expect?" To answer it, the researchers did not simply adjust the original damage totals for inflation. They also included data on the great increase in population, wealth and development that had occurred over the decades in the places where the storms struck...
...which probably saved bodyguard Trevor Rees-Jones' life, may also have provoked the final crash. According to the report of a trauma expert at La Pitie-Salpetriere hospital, the nature of Rees-Jones' facial injuries suggests that the air bags may have inflated with explosive force before the Mercedes struck the 13th pillar. That raises the possibility that the initial brush with another car, the mysterious Fiat Uno, may have triggered the deployment of the air bags, stunning and blinding Paul at a critical moment. At the request of Rees-Jones' French attorney, investigating Judge Herve Stephan ordered a technical...
...slides behind the counter, looking like your typical down-on-his-luck short-order cook. He flips burgers, takes orders, cracks jokes and signs autographs for the fans pouring into the place: businessmen, working women, students from the culinary academy up the street. They're not star struck, just pleased to meet a star who seems like a regular guy. "Can I shake your hand?" someone asks. "Sure," says Buffett, "for a hundred bucks." Everyone laughs. He asks a woman at the counter how she wants her burger, and suddenly he's leading the crowd in a Cheeseburger in Paradise...