Tag: forecasters

Huge Tornado in Oklahoma (Update)
ecthompsonmd May 21, 2013

  So sad… From MSNBC: Rescue teams combed through pulverized buildings and splintered homes early Tuesday after one of the deadliest tornadoes in U.S. history blasted through the suburbs of Oklahoma City, killing at least 51 people — including 20 children. Officials warned that the death toll from Monday’s mid-afternoon twister was almost certain to rise significantly when dawn broke in the devastated city of Moore, and as more bodies were taken to the Office of the Medical Examiner. Elementary school children were among the many missing.

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Hurricane Sandy
ecthompsonmd October 29, 2012

Heed the warnings. Be safe!!! Hurricane Sandy isn’t going to play nice. From NYT: Hurricane Sandy churned relentlessly through the Atlantic Ocean on Monday on the way to carving what forecasters agreed would be a devastating path on land that is expected to paralyze life for millions of people in more than a half-dozen states, with extensive evacuations, once-in-a-generation flooding, widespread power failures and mass transit disruptions. The huge storm, which picked up speed over the water on Monday morning, was producing sustained winds of 90 miles per hour by 11 a.m., up from 75 m.p.h. on Sunday night. The center

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What's Going On: News Roundup
ecthompsonmd October 3, 2008

Here’s the Friday morning news roundup: Senator Barack Obama is coming to Asheville on Sunday. Details can be found here. Let’s all stand up and give Governor Sarah Palin a round of applause. For some reason, commentators seem to have been under the impression that she might spontaneously combust under the pressure on stage. I suspected she was going to be well rehearsed. She was. Unfortunately, she is tied to bankrupt philosophies: Tax cuts for the rich, the endless war, and “drill baby drill.” Americans, for the most part, have moved on. I’m in the process of filling out the paperwork

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