This entry was posted by Dave Jackson (Scoop0901) on Friday, September 12, 2008 at 11:02 am (UTC), and is filed under Government, Health, History, News, People, Society, Technology, and Weather.
When Hurricane Katrina was heading toward New Orleans, Louisiana just over three years ago, many residents were shoo’ing off warning to evacuate the city and other areas. In the case of Hurricane Gustav, estimates were for severe flooding and possible levy breaks. In essence, pretty much a repeat of Hurricane Katrina. Fortunately, for taxpayers around country, as well as residents of the areas where the hurricane made landfall, the hurricane didn’t live up to its projections.
With Hurricane Ike bearing down on the South Texas to Louisiana coast, evacuation orders for many towns have been issued, including in Galveston, Texas, which saw 16,000 people die in a hurricane in 1901. Galveston now has 15-foot storm walls to protect the city, which is basically bowl-shaped, but the National Hurricane Center and the National Weather Service are saying storm surges could be as high as 20 feet – five feet over the storm walls.
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This entry was posted by Dave Jackson (Scoop0901) on Monday, July 21, 2008 at 10:42 am (UTC), and is filed under Crime, Government, History, Immigration, Life, News, People, Politics, Random Thoughts, and Society.
Two girls — described as being from a "Gypsy minority group" — died on the beach at Torregaveta, Italy, just west of Naples, after finding themselves in fierce waves and unable to swim to safety, CNN is reporting.
Lifeguards on-duty at the beach attempted to reach the girls in time, but managed only to pull their lifeless bodies from the sea, then initiate cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). Despite the best efforts of the lifeguards and emergency service personnel, the girls were not resuscitated.
After giving up on lifesaving efforts, the lifeguards covered each of the girls’ bodies with a beach towel out of respect for the dead. The feet and ankles of both girls poked from under the beach towels, a testament to two young lives snuffed out.
Within feet of the girls’ bodies, folks went about sunbathing and other beach antics as normal, ignoring the two dead bodies.
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