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  • Biden to visit California areas devastated by extreme weather

    01/17/2023 7:06:37 AM PST · by ChicagoConservative27 · 28 replies
    The Hill ^ | 01/17/2023 | JULIA SHAPERO
    President Biden will travel to California on Thursday to visit parts of the state that have been battered by a recent series of severe winter storms, the White House said late Monday. Biden is set to meet with first responders, state and local officials and impacted communities, while also surveying recovery efforts and the need for additional federal support, following his approval of a major disaster declaration for the Golden State on Saturday.
  • Tsunami that devastated the ancient world could return

    03/09/2008 7:17:08 PM PDT · by NormsRevenge · 55 replies · 2,192+ views
    AFP on Yahoo ^ | 3/9/08 | AFP
    PARIS (AFP) - "The sea was driven back, and its waters flowed away to such an extent that the deep sea bed was laid bare and many kinds of sea creatures could be seen," wrote Roman historian Ammianus Marcellus, awed at a tsunami that struck the then-thriving port of Alexandria in 365 AD. "Huge masses of water flowed back when least expected, and now overwhelmed and killed many thousands of people... Some great ships were hurled by the fury of the waves onto the rooftops, and others were thrown up to two miles (three kilometres) from the shore." Ancient documents...
  • Airman views devastated hometown from air

    09/13/2005 4:32:13 PM PDT · by SandRat · 2 replies · 223+ views
    Air Force Links ^ | sep 13, 2005 | 1st Lt Nathan D. Broshear
    NEW ORLEANS (AFPN) -- Airmen with the 822nd Security Forces Squadron are used to deploy into war-ravaged regions and secure airfields -- that is their primary mission. But for one of the squadron’s Airman, the 822nd’s current mission to provide security here in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina has been particularly important. New Orleans native Airman 1st Class Brandon Johnson flew in a Navy helicopter over his hometown Sept. 11 while providing security escort for news media aboard. The view was sobering. “It’s terrible seeing (flooded) streets (where) I used to ride my bike,” said Airman Johnson, who is deployed...
  • Muslims Rush to Help Devastated Asians

    12/30/2004 5:30:26 AM PST · by bedolido · 26 replies · 802+ views
    islam-online ^ | 12/29/2004 | Muneeb Nasir
    CAIRO, December 29 (IslamOnline.net & News Agencies) – Muslims in the four corners of the world joined the rest of humanity in the world’s biggest ever relief campaign to help the survivors of Asia’s worst earthquake in decades and the resulting tsunami amid warnings that epidemics could multiply the final death toll to over 100,000. Leading US and UK Muslim organizations have launched online donations and appeals to people worldwide to immediately send contributions. The Washington-based Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) and the UK-based Islamic Relief took the initiative, asking “all people of conscience” to offer humanitarian assistance to the...
  • Gunpowder Plot Would Have Devastated London

    11/05/2003 6:19:39 AM PST · by blam · 16 replies · 363+ views
    New Scientist ^ | 11-5-2003 | Damian Carrington
    Gunpowder Plot would have devastated London 00:01 05 November 03 NewScientist.com news service The area potentially affected by the blast covers a large area of contemporary London (Image: IOP/Guildhall Library) A new analysis by physicists shows that if the 1605 Gunpowder Plot to destroy the English parliament and kill the King had succeeded, it would have taken a large part of central London with it. Experts from the Centre for Explosion Studies, at the University of Wales, Aberystwyth, used modern methods to estimate that severe structural damage would have been sustained by buildings up to half a kilometre away. The...
  • Expecting Stark staying off Monday night sidelines

    05/13/2003 8:49:39 AM PDT · by putupon · 36 replies · 278+ views
    cbs sportsline ^ | May 13, 2003 | SportsLine.com wire reports
    Expecting Stark staying off Monday night sidelines May 13, 2003 SportsLine.com wire reports Melissa Stark will not return to ABC's Monday Night Football for a fourth season as a sideline reporter because she is pregnant. Stark is expecting her first child in September. She has worked Monday night games since 2000, when she and Eric Dickerson replaced Lesley Visser on the sidelines. Dickerson left after two seasons. ABC Sports vice president Mark Mandel said Tuesday the show is seeking a new reporter for the 2003 season. AP NEWS The Associated Press News Service Copyright 2003, The Associated Press, All Rights...