Archive for October, 2007

Tropical storm death toll rises to 81 (AP)

Wednesday, October 31st, 2007

Residents struggle to cross a flooded street of Santo Domingo, Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2007. Floodwaters and mudslides spawned by tropical storm Noel killed at least 48 people in the Dominican Republic and Haiti, officials said Wednesday, raising the death toll as the storm regained force over water and curved toward Florida and the Bahamas. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)AP - Tropical Storm Noel triggered mudslides and floods in the Dominican Republic and Haiti, pushing the death toll to 81 on Wednesday and forcing some parents to choose which of their children to save from the surging waters.

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Chris McGowan: Chaparral & Global Warming Footnotes (HuffingtonPost)

Wednesday, October 31st, 2007

On October 24, I published the blog global warming Not Behind SoCal Fires. Many readers disagreed passionately, and I found myself, a card-carrying Sierra Club member and longtime Al Gore fan, in the odd position of being urged to go…

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U.S. wildfires produce significant amounts of global warming gas (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune)

Wednesday, October 31st, 2007

WASHINGTON - In just one week, Southern California’s wildfires spewed as much carbon dioxide — the primary global warming gas — as the state’s power plants and vehicles do in a week, scientists figure. A study by two Colorado researchers shows that U.S. wildfires pump a significant amount of the greenhouse gas into the air each year, more than the state of Pennsylvania does. It raises …

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Death toll mounts from Tropical Storm Noel (Reuters)

Wednesday, October 31st, 2007

Tropical Storm Noel is seen in a NOAA satellite image taken October 31, 2007. A weakened Tropical Storm Noel on Wednesday began to turn north while dumping heavy rain over Cuba and appeared likely to strengthen slightly over Atlantic waters as it moved initially toward Florida and then over the Bahamas. (NOAA/Handout/Reuters)Reuters - Two rivers burst their banks and
swept away a Dominican Republic village, taking the death toll
from Tropical Storm Noel’s downpours on the Caribbean country
and neighboring Haiti above 90 on Wednesday.

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Fires spew tons of global warming gas (The San Luis Obispo Tribune)

Wednesday, October 31st, 2007

In one week, Southern California’s wildfires spewed the same amount of carbon dioxide - the primary global warming gas - as the state’s power plants and vehicles did, scientists figure. A new study by two Colorado researchers shows that U.S. wildfires pump a significant amount of the greenhouse gas into the air each year, more than the state of Pennsylvania does. It raises questions about how …

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Windy conditions ahead for the East Coast (weather.com)

Wednesday, October 31st, 2007

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Wildfires spew millions of tonnes of global warming gas (The Canadian Press via Yahoo! Canada News)

Wednesday, October 31st, 2007

WASHINGTON - In just one week, southern California’s wildfires spewed as much carbon dioxide - the primary global warming gas - as the state’s power plants and vehicles do in a week, scientists said.

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Fires spew tons of global warming gas (AP)

Wednesday, October 31st, 2007

Graphic shows carbon dioxide emission levels from wildfires in the U.S.; two sizes; 2c x 4 inches; 96.3 mm x 101.6 mm; 1c x 7 1/4 inches; 46.5 mm x 184.2 mmAP - In one week, Southern California’s wildfires spewed the same amount of carbon dioxide — the primary global warming gas — as the state’s power plants and vehicles did, scientists figure.

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Fires spew tons of global warming gas (AP via Yahoo! News)

Wednesday, October 31st, 2007

In one week, Southern California’s wildfires spewed the same amount of carbon dioxide — the primary global warming gas — as the state’s power plants and vehicles did, scientists figure.

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Californians reminded of danger to come (AP)

Wednesday, October 31st, 2007

Trade Secret store manager Ava Smoldt closed her store to clean up beauty supplies that fell for shelves the day after a 5.6 magnitude earthquake in San Jose, Calif., on Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2007. The moderate temblor struck shortly after 8 p.m., on Tuesday about 9 miles northeast of San Jose, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. Residents reported feeling the quake as far east as Sacramento and as far north as Sonoma. (AP Photo/Tony Avelar)AP - The largest earthquake to hit the San Francisco Bay area in years was a seismic throat-clearing of sorts, compared with the magnitude-7.0 quake that experts anticipate will hit the region in the next 25 years.

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