Archive for August, 2008

Aug 31 2008

US braces for major storm hit on New Orleans (AFP)

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The Mississippi River and downtown New Orleans seen from the West Bank in New Orleans, Louisiana. The United States girded for disaster Sunday as Hurricane Gustav plowed toward Louisiana, with over a million people fleeing the Gulf Coast and oil production all but shut off in the Gulf of Mexico.(AFP/Getty Images/Mario Tama)AFP - The United States girded for disaster Sunday as Hurricane Gustav plowed toward Louisiana, with over a million people fleeing the Gulf Coast and oil production all but shut off in the Gulf of Mexico.


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Aug 31 2008

Conditions for Fort Buchanan, PR at 5:56 pm AST

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Current Conditions:
Partly Cloudy, 86 F

Forecast:
Sun - Scattered Thunderstorms. High: 88 Low: 77
Mon - PM Thunderstorms. High: 87 Low: 76

Full Forecast at Yahoo! Weather
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Aug 31 2008

Conditions for Hamilton, BD at 6:55 pm ADT

Published by Yahoo! Weather - Hamilton, BD under Uncategorized


Current Conditions:
Mostly Cloudy, 82 F

Forecast:
Sun - Partly Cloudy. High: 84 Low: 78
Mon - PM Showers. High: 82 Low: 76

Full Forecast at Yahoo! Weather
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Aug 31 2008

Gustav gives Nagin a second change to get it right (AP)

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New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin, center, with other city officials, holds a news conference at City Hall in New Orleans, Saturday, Aug. 30, 2008. Nagin briefed media on preparations for the possible arrival of Hurricane Gustav, which became a Category 4 storm as it crossed over Cuba. (AP Photo/Bill Haber)AP - Ray Nagin's rhetoric was tough

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Aug 31 2008

Gulf Coast utilities ready for Gustav (AP)

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National Hurricane Center Director Bill Read briefs television viewers on the progress of Hurricane Gustav Sunday, Aug. 31, 2008, at the hurricane center in Miami. A video monitor behind Read displays an infrared satellite view of Gustav as it churns over the Gulf of Mexico threatening a portion of the United States' Gulf coast as a major hurricane, according to forecasters. (AP Photo/Andy Newman)AP - After Hurricane Katrina struck in 2005, more than 10,000 workers from 200 utilities across the country spent weeks rebuilding an electrical system devastated by one of the strongest storms to hit Louisiana.


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