Hurricane Victims Caught In A No Man's Land of Indifference [VIDEO]
Inhabitants of Caletone have been swept into a no man's land not only by hurricane-force winds, but by indifference.
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Cuban Priest to Castro: Obama Changed America, Now "You Must Have the Courage to Change"
Yoani Sanchez | Posted 03.14.2009 | World
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In his small church, Father Conrado addressed Raul Castro. His speech had the tone of a petition, which cannot, should not, wait any longer.
Natural Disasters Cost Insurers 50 Percent More In 2008
AP | GEIR MOULSON | Posted 01.29.2009 | Green
BERLIN — Insurers' losses from natural disasters rose by about 50 percent in 2008, with Caribbean hurricanes Ike and Gustav powering the increas...
Industrial Production Still Feeling Wrath Of Hurricanes
AP | JEANNINE AVERSA | Posted 11.20.2008 | Business
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WASHINGTON — Big industry production plunged in September by the most since late 1974, largely reflecting fallout from hurricanes Gustav and Ike...
Nicaragua Ten Years After Hurricane Mitch
Richard Walden | Posted 11.14.2008 | Green
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It's important to understand that the immediacy of a disaster response can also be followed by a long term recovery period that leaves those affected by Mother Nature better off than they were before.
Spill, Baby, Spill!
Matthew Filipowicz | Posted 11.06.2008 | Politics
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The scary thing is that the Republicans want more. Even after it's obvious the realities of "drill, baby, drill" are "spill, baby, spill", they still want more.
Ike: Galveston's Big Break?
Isabel Cowles | Posted 11.02.2008 | Green
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The Sunday after Ike, I visited Austin for the first time. Power seemed weeks away, there was debris in the streets and the blessed cool front Houston...
Americans are driving much less; But one area of the country can't get any gas or diesel at all
Steve Parker | Posted 10.31.2008 | Living
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Gas shortages through a major swath of the country? Stations running dry? Welcome Back, 1974! When does the rationing start ... again? Americans are ...
Atlanta is Burning: Where's the Gas?!?
Ben Arnon | Posted 10.30.2008 | Green
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After listening all weekend to friends' stories about waiting in long lines to fill up their cars, it was finally my time to experience this situation first-hand yesterday.
Risky Business: McCain Plays Politics With Weather
Isabel Cowles | Posted 10.26.2008 | Green
Ike revealed many things. Houstonians saw the city in a new light--or sometimes none at all. One afternoon we drove around our hot city, fully intact,...
Galveston Residents Return Home By The Thousands Amid Ike's Destruction
AP | JUAN A. LOZANO | Posted 10.25.2008 | Green
GALVESTON, Texas — Ten days after Hurricane Ike, this devastated beach town reopened to residents Wednesday with stern warnings about what still...
How Hurricane Ike Led To Fine Dining
New York Times | Kate Murphy | Posted 10.25.2008 | Style
But for many, particularly in the first week, the devastation created an opportunity for fine dining. Lacking electricity, people in and around the c...
Read 'Em and Weep
Bob Ostertag | Posted 10.24.2008 | Business
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No one, not Bernanke, not Paulson, not anybody, knows if the bailout will work. It isn't that the details of the plan are wrong. It's that there are no details.
The Ike Effect: Blowing Texas Blue
Elizabeth Gregory | Posted 10.24.2008 | Living
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Lots of Houstonians, spared the direct coastal hit, made the most of the forced slowdown in pace.
Two Worlds
Sam Greenfield | Posted 10.23.2008 | Media
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They looked like they didn't have a lot of money. They didn't look like they were there for the NAB. They weren't. They were victims of Hurricane Ike.
Hurricane Ike: Bad Insurance Winds Blowing
Deborah Senn | Posted 10.21.2008 | Business
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Thousands of Texas Gulf Coast storm victims who are now picking up the pieces after Hurricane Ike may be in for a shock when they file insurance claims.
Ike Uncovers Wreck Said To Be A Civil War Schooner On Alabama Coast
AP | Posted 10.20.2008 | Home
FORT MORGAN, Ala. — When the waves from Hurricane Ike receded, they left behind a mystery _ a ragged shipwreck that archeologists say could be a...
Ike's Texas Wake Is Grim
AP | JUAN A. LOZANO and CHRISTOPHER SHERMAN | Posted 10.20.2008 | Green
GALVESTON, Texas — Authorities laid out a plan Friday _ a week after Hurricane Ike began lashing the Texas coast with 110-mph winds and relentle...
Bush Favors Texas Over Louisiana -- Even Bobby Jindal Notices
Harry Shearer | Posted 10.19.2008 | Politics
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Governor Jindal has noticed a disparity between the federal government's willingness to lift a recovery burden off the state of Texas and its refusal to do the same for Louisiana.
Galveston "Isn't Ready" For Residents -- Water, Sewer And Power Days Away From Functioning
AP | JUAN A. LOZANO and CHRISTOPHER SHERMAN | Posted 10.19.2008 | Green
GALVESTON, Texas — There's a grocery store open for business on Galveston Island. Cell phone towers are connecting calls. More lights are coming...
No FEMA Ice For Ike Survivors
ABC | MEGAN CHUCHMACH | Posted 10.19.2008 | Home
Hurricane survivors are being put at risk in Texas and other hot weather states because the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is no longer pr...
O'Reilly Called Hurricane Ike Warnings Only "Hype"
Steve Young | Posted 10.19.2008 | Media
hype - an ingenious or questionable claim, method, etc., used in advertising, promotion, or publicity to intensify the effect; a swindle, deception, o...
Hurricane Ike Survivors Lash Out At FEMA
AP | PAULINE ARRILLAGA and EILEEN SULLIVAN | Posted 10.18.2008 | Home
HOUSTON — Hurricane Katrina made them worthless feds in windbreakers, a four-letter agency for which some couldn't find enough four-letter words...
Bob Fitrakis & Harvey Wasserman: Why Hurricane Ike Demands Paper Ballots on November 4
Harvey Wasserman | Posted 10.18.2008 | Politics
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A similar storm on election day could knock out virtually all the state's touchscreen machines. Without sufficient paper ballots, hundreds of thousands of Ohioans would lose their right to vote.
Ike and Gustav Reveal America Is Unready to Protect Children During Disasters
Mark Shriver | Posted 10.18.2008 | Politics
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While the federal disaster relief agencies are there to protect us, there is one tragic and gaping hole in our disaster relief system: the protection of our kids.
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