Evacuation

Acid Spill In Pennsylvania: 5,000 Evacuated After Hazardous Spill

AP | Posted 04.21.2009 | Home


WIND GAP, Pa. — A tractor-trailer carrying a dangerous acid overturned on a highway Saturday, prompting authorities to order thousands of reside...

My Account of the Santa Barbara Tea Fire

Peter Kornbluth | Posted 12.22.2008 | Green


Peter Kornbluth

Having since found out about friends who lost their homes, and seen the destruction in their neighborhoods, it feels somewhat inappropriate to communicate our good fortune.

Lessons for Hospitals from Hurricane Gustav

Sheri Fink | Posted 10.12.2008 | Politics


Sheri Fink

Cross-posted with ProPublica As Hurricane Gustav approached the southern Louisiana coastline late last month, an estimated 10,000 hospital, nursing h...

Ike Forces Gulf Coast Evacuations In Texas

AP | MICHAEL GRACZYK | Posted 10.12.2008 | Green


HOUSTON — Cars and trucks streamed inland and chemical companies buttoned up their plants Thursday as a gigantic Hurricane Ike took aim at the h...

'Out-Of-Control' Wildfires Force 5,000 To Evacuate In CA

AP | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home


An out-of-control wildfire raged through the San Bernardino National Forest on Sunday, keeping about 5,000 people from their homes in two mountain com...