The east coast managed to dodge a Category Four Storm with damage to the Outer Banks without a single death. But, a Tropical Storm carrying incredible amounts of water from the Equator turned into a killer storm.
The Climate Crisis. It definately is.
Storm Kills Five, Drenches East Coast (click here)
by Korva Coleman
The Tropical Storm formerly known as Nicole slid from Florida up toward New England, soaking states that already had too much water and cutting the drought of others. The National Weather Service is warning of flash flooding and strong winds as far north as Maine. Police in North Carolina say four people, including two children, died when their car overturned into a ditch filled with water. A fifth person died when his truck swerved off a road into a river....
One of the many landslides on Castleton main road in St Mary caused by Tropical Storm Nicole. - Rudolph Brown/Photographer
Published: Friday
October 1, 2010
..."However, there are indications there have been significant damage to cash crops, including - but not limited to - lettuce, tomato, yam and cantaloupe," the ministry said. "We anticipate there could be some supply concerns with these crops in the short term, based on the devastation."...
What was really bizarre was a blog entry at the Wilmington newspaper, "Star News." Wilmington, North Carolina recieved nearly 24 inches of rain. I think it was 22.5 to be exact. And what does this jerk has to say about a storm that didn't bring high winds but only huge amounts of water erosion, loss of crops and property damage, five deaths and a complete North Carolina town underwater.
This is what he had to say:
October 1st, 2010 08:53am
Rush Limbaugh has a point about overdone weather coverage — sometimes (click here)
by Si Cantwell
How much weather reporting is too much?
A little after 1 p.m. on Wednesday, Rush Limbaugh was talking about the local media in south Florida, where he lives and works.
I believe he was speaking mostly of television. He said forecasters were talking nonstop in apocalyptic terms about the dangers posed by Tropical Storm Nicole. Limbaugh said it turned out to be just a typical day of thunderstorms. He found it kind of pleasant to sit and listen to the rain drumming on the windows....
Drumming on the windows. How out of touch and insensitive can people be?
October 1, 2010
..."However, there are indications there have been significant damage to cash crops, including - but not limited to - lettuce, tomato, yam and cantaloupe," the ministry said. "We anticipate there could be some supply concerns with these crops in the short term, based on the devastation."...
What was really bizarre was a blog entry at the Wilmington newspaper, "Star News." Wilmington, North Carolina recieved nearly 24 inches of rain. I think it was 22.5 to be exact. And what does this jerk has to say about a storm that didn't bring high winds but only huge amounts of water erosion, loss of crops and property damage, five deaths and a complete North Carolina town underwater.
This is what he had to say:
October 1st, 2010 08:53am
Rush Limbaugh has a point about overdone weather coverage — sometimes (click here)
by Si Cantwell
How much weather reporting is too much?
A little after 1 p.m. on Wednesday, Rush Limbaugh was talking about the local media in south Florida, where he lives and works.
I believe he was speaking mostly of television. He said forecasters were talking nonstop in apocalyptic terms about the dangers posed by Tropical Storm Nicole. Limbaugh said it turned out to be just a typical day of thunderstorms. He found it kind of pleasant to sit and listen to the rain drumming on the windows....
Drumming on the windows. How out of touch and insensitive can people be?
