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National Hurricane Center http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/text/refresh/MIATCMAT3+shtml/260842.shtml HURRICANE SANDY FORECAST/ADVISORY NUMBER 16 NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL182012 0900 UTC FRI OCT 26 2012 CHANGES IN WATCHES AND WARNINGS WITH THIS ADVISORY… A TROPICAL STORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FROM SAVANNAH RIVER NORTHWARD TO OREGON INLET NORTH CAROLINA…INCLUDING PAMLICO SOUND. SUMMARY OF WATCHES AND WARNINGS IN EFFECT… […]

CNN: Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings declared Wednesday that the city is facing an emergency as the West Nile virus spreads, killing at least 14 people in Texas and 26 nationwide, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The Dallas declaration clears the way for aerial spraying to kill the infected mosquitos that carry […]

PHONE calls could land you in court Travelinfo.ca: REFUSING to turn off a cell phone or laptop during takeoff from a New York area airport could soon land airline passengers a one-way ticket to court. According to report the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey said on Tuesday that it is exploring suing […]

Accuweather.com Jan 19 at 1:40 pm Snow shovels will be required from the Plains to the Northeast to close out the workweek and begin the weekend. A fast-moving, but moist storm system threatens to bring the biggest snow of the winter so far to cities including Chicago, Detroit, Cleveland, Hartford and Boston. Farther south, warmer […]

Palatinepatch.com: The National Weather Service has issued a winter storm watch for the Chicago area for Friday, Jan. 20, 2012. “Snow is expected to develop over northwest Illinois around daybreak Friday and quickly spread across northern Illinois,” the National Weather Service stated. Palatine could see between three and seven inches of snow Friday. The National […]

Travelinfo.ca: LOUISIANA has declared a state of emergency as it prepares for a tropical depression to bring up to 38cm of rain over the weekend. Tropical Depression 13 – to be named Lee if upgraded, as expected, to a tropical storm – is creeping north through the Gulf of Mexico. Offshore platforms for Exxon Mobil, […]