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Alias Member	Tue Jun 01 23:55:32 Just checking up on how my old friends were doing. Update on my life: -I overcame my drug addiction problem and have now set my life back on track -Got newly hired at an advertising company as an accountant with a decent salary (mid 50k) -Just turned 23 yesterday -My gf and I are happier than ever. Plan to move in this August. -Passed the CPA exam good seeing you all!
OsamaIsDaWorstPresid Member	Wed Jun 02 00:03:27 wat drugs wear u on? im guesin heroin n crystel meth
Alias Member	Wed Jun 02 00:05:55 naw. I was hooked on mdma first and got into a bit of coke for a brief period of time. I'm alright now, so don't worry.
Tragically Hip Member	Wed Jun 02 00:09:36 Ecstasy isn't physically addictive. Really liking ecstasy really isn't that big of a deal.
Alias Member	Wed Jun 02 00:11:35 but it is psychologically addictive. I lacked a bit of self control.
Tragically Hip Member	Wed Jun 02 00:14:55 Oh what? You realised yer shitty techno sucks unless yer on really good drugs and it made you all depressed because your CD collection consisted of nothing but Tiesto and Da Rude?. Gee whiz. Quitting ecstasy isn't really some grand event that will change yer life. And I doubt you could afford enough cocaine to become seriously addicted to it.
Alias Member	Wed Jun 02 00:18:29 I didn't quit E. I just became unaddicted. I make more than you, my girlfriend is hotter than you'll ever be, and my skillset outcompetes yours. I snorted, I puffed, and I dropped, but I'm still ahead of you when it comes to life. No more shit talking now.
Tragically Hip Member	Wed Jun 02 00:26:25 lulz So you just take less E and yer bragging about it? Fuck. Yer dumb. I don't need to make money, cuz I got lots anyway. I'm fine with the way I look and what skills do you have? I snorted, I puffed, I dropped and I don't care. I got a house, two vehicles and I've been around the world and I still have plenty o' cash to spare. It's really more than I thought I'd ever have, so I'm more than satisfied...so I don't really envy those with more, congratulations to them.
Alias Member	Wed Jun 02 00:28:34 "It's really more than I thought I'd ever have" that really isn't saying much now, is it?
Tragically Hip Member	Wed Jun 02 00:36:16 I suppose when one grows up with no money, no family, and with the misfortune of having a skin colour that isn't white...they tend towards modest ambitions. I don't see anything wrong with that. I'll never own a mansion, but I still consider myself to be fortunate.
TheGrimReaper Member	Wed Jun 02 00:36:24 ... Hi Poison! Though it's not really as funny when it is -actually- Poison, as this seems to be. PS. I thought you had left UGT forever and forever again... For the sixth time.
Alias Member	Wed Jun 02 00:38:41 Oh please, drop your sob stories, that isn't gonna make you any more magnificent.
TheGrimReaper Member	Wed Jun 02 00:39:58 "Oh please, drop your sob stories, that isn't gonna make you any more magnificent." I've rarely tasted irony this good.
Tragically Hip Member	Wed Jun 02 00:40:56 Oh, I suppose we should all be more interested in your sob stories of questionable police raids and cutting down on the ecstasy, not to mention your mundane coke habit.
TheGrimReaper Member	Wed Jun 02 00:41:23 PS. TMB could be a washed out bum on the side of a street that somehow manages to scrape enough coin together to hop on the net in some random internet café next to her cardboard box, she'd still succeed more than you at life.
Tragically Hip Member	Wed Jun 02 00:42:33 Why you burn as brightly as the sun you have reached exalted heights. 50k a year, I didn't know being middle-class was anything to brag about.
Tragically Hip Member	Wed Jun 02 00:45:05 At least I started out from the bottom and made it as far as the middle class. You started out middle class and you're still middle class. What's the big deal?
Alias Member	Wed Jun 02 00:46:37 GrimRaper, everything's set for me. I am guaranteed 85k once I get certified.. at the age of 25 at the latest. That combined with my extraordinary recommendation from my employer and professor combined with my superior academic performance during undergrad will place me at the top 15 mba and law school. my life is set. I have a loving girlfriend, we share everything together, we love and care for each other dearly. Grim, you only wish you were in my position. don't even fuck about what a failure I am. It was fucked, temporarily, but I set my life straight, and now everything's going smoothly.
OsamaIsDaWorstPresid Member	Wed Jun 02 00:49:42 "hired at an advertising company as an accountant" ur prowd of pikin da most borin job in da world?
Alias Member	Wed Jun 02 00:54:59 I am willing to endure a temporarily ordeal if it means bigger opportunity in the future. Many people give up school and go work at McDonald's on the note of being "independent" and "free will". And they live their life earning a barely surviving wage then complain how the world is unfair. Fuck them lazy fks. If you don't even have the will power to go through a time of unpleasant, you do not have the willpower to be successful. plus you are a fking neo-con fuck that worships BUllSHit like your idol. fk off.
Tragically Hip Member	Wed Jun 02 00:58:34 You didn't even have the will power to get off E...hell you didn't have enough will power to not get addicted to a drug that isn't addictive.
OsamaIsDaWorstPresid Member	Wed Jun 02 00:59:51 "I am willing to endure a temporarily ordeal if it means bigger opportunity in the future. " an wat non crap job can a acontant bcum aftar bein a acontant? r u gona run 4 presdint or sumthin?
TheGrimReaper Member	Wed Jun 02 01:01:29 Nah... I really don't wish I was a bean-counter with a massive stick up his arse, thanks. I'm perfectly happy working on my getting my trade certification and then perhaps going to work in the mines in Aus for a year or two, easily earning a wage to match yours, and then move back here to NZ and live a good life-style for a fraction of the price a similar life-style would cost in the States.
Alias Member	Wed Jun 02 01:03:31 Venture Capital Private Equity or I can go to with the good old traditional Corporate Financing route. But why do you care, you never even heard of such profession in your limited view of the world.
Alias Member	Wed Jun 02 01:07:11 "n perhaps going to work in the mines in Aus for a year or two" Working in the mines = General (Manual) Labor = same category as lawnmower and construciton worker. Accounting = Professional Service = same category as doctor and lawyer. Perhaps you'll be earning a similar salary as I am. The fact is that you'll be working 10-12 hours a day, 6 days a week under the heat to match something even remotely close to my salary while I comfortably sit on the chair under the A/C, working 8 hours, 5 days a week.
Alias Member	Wed Jun 02 01:09:22 One reason why I'm not envious of truck drivers that earn 100k a year. lol dumbass Fred, i wonder what happened to that asshole.
TheGrimReaper Member	Wed Jun 02 01:09:55 Tell you what... You tell the next electrician that does work for you or the company you work for that he's a labourer and see how far that gets you... Oh, and I hope to hell you can wire/fault-find a commercial building yourself.
CamIsDaBestPresident Member	Wed Jun 02 01:11:23 Additional Information June 1 marks the official start to the 2010 Atlantic hurricane season. This comes at a time when oil from a ruptured well in the Gulf of Mexico continues to leak. And of course that has many people wondering how hurricanes could affect the current situation. Especially since the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is predicting an active hurricane season. â??We're telling everybody in Louisiana that we've got to be prepared for hurricane season whether there's oil or not,â?? says Ken Graham from the National Weather Service. Most scientists have agreed that the spreading oil slick won't have an affect on the formation of a storm. The major concern is that a hurricane could turn the gallons of floating oil into a crashing black surf. â??It's the surge that is concerning that we could get some contaminates from the oil in the water itself being pushed up in the storm surge,â?? notes Graham. Canadians are also worried about that same storm surge carrying oil into our waters and essentially affecting the fishing community in the Maritimes. Jack Terhune is a professor of biology at the University of New Brunswick. He says the chance for the toxic oil making its way to Canada is unlikely. â??There is a cold water wedge between Atlantic Canada and the Gulf stream. The Labrador current runs south along the coast of Labrador and Newfoundland and Nova Scotia into the Gulf of Maine and the Bay of Fundy and that southward flow will serve as a barrier between the oil in the Gulf stream and Atlantic Canada.â?? Still, Terhune says he is concerned about the potential impact on wildlife along the coast. â??Heavy wave action would move the oil well up onto the beach and then where likely it essentially gets trapped in either sand cobbles, gravel or the vegetation.â?? He says if the oil makes it that far it will likely stay there. â??And that's going to be extremely difficult to deal with or will simply take a long time before bacterial action will eventually break it down,â?? explains Terhune. With the added stress of the on-going spill in the Gulf, this hurricane season will certainly be closely monitored.
CamIsDaBestPresident Member	Wed Jun 02 01:11:37 Last Updated: June 1, 2010- It's a calm night across Southern Ontario, but the risk for thunderstorms returns on Wednesday. Related Links Summer Outlook 2010 Send us your storm photos! Spring weather: Toronto vs. Calgary Lawn and Garden tips Storm Hunters Additional Information All is quiet in Southern Ontario tonight. Quite the contrast from what the region was seeing on Monday. A sharp cold front sliced across the province, turning a hot and humid day into a noisy one. Intense storms popped up in dozens of cities, but the most severe weather was reported along the shores of Lake Huron and in London, Ontario. Our website was inundated with photos from viewers showing us the large hail that came crashing down on their homes, cars and patios. In some cases, the hail was the size of golf balls. Several homeowners reported property damage as a result of the storm. Windows were broken and trees were uprooted. There was also a report of a funnel cloud near the London Airport. There was a bit of a break from the stormy weather today. Temperatures managed to climb into the high 20's across the Greater Toronto Area and the cold front helped to cut the humidity as well. While temperatures will be remaining on the warm side for Wednesday, the chance for thunderstorms and humidity returns. â??We have a low pressure system and a warm front from the United States that will heat things up again for Wednesday,â?? says Weather Network meteorologist Michelle Cassar. â??We're also looking at the possibility of more thunderstorms in Southern Ontario that day.â?? If you have active weather in your area, we'd love to see it. You can upload your photos and videos to our Your Weather Gallery. And for the latest details on the weather in your area, tune into The Weather Network on TV. Your Regional Forecast comes up at the top and bottom of each hour.
CamIsDaBestPresident Member	Wed Jun 02 01:11:50 Weather News: Buildings swallowed in Guatemala Follow us on Twitter Last Updated: June 1, 2010- Sinkholes are forming and the death toll is rising as Tropical Storm Agatha sweeps through Central America. Related Links The Atlantic storm forecast Preparing for a huricane Additional Information It was the first named storm of the -- and it packed a punch. Tropical storm Agatha swept across Guatemala and El Salvador over the weekend, flooding communities and triggering deadly landslides. At least 178 people have lost their lives. Most of the deaths have been in Guatemala, but there have also been fatalities in El Salvador and Honduras. In some cities, bridges have been washed away and massive sinkholes have opened up. This is literally creating death traps on the streets as buildings have been swallowed up. According to disaster officials, one deep sinkhole measured in at 60 metres deep and 20 metres in diameter. It managed to suck in a three-storey building. Sinkholes are often formed when groundwater flows through the rocks and eats away at them. This leaves underground holes and caverns. One resident who lived close to the sinkhole says the neighbourhood was very old. â??There are very old neighbourhoods with infrastructure such as this one, which is very old indeed. Besides, there are professionals who specialize in the matter and there is special equipment which allows to detect the state that infrastructure is in.â?? Officials say no one could have prevented this disaster. More than 94,000 people have been forced to leave their homes. Central America is vulnerable to heavy rains due to its mountainous terrain, while poor communications in rural areas complicate rescue efforts. Last November's Hurricane Ida caused flooding and mudslides that killed at least 150 people as it moved through the region. When the storm hit, Guatemala was already under a 15-day state of calamity due to last week's volcanic eruption. The volcano also shut down the capital's international airport. The 2010 Atlantic hurricane season is now officially under way. Forecasters are predicting an â??activeâ?? to â??extremely activeâ?? season.
CamIsDaBestPresident Member	Wed Jun 02 01:12:06 Weather News: 2010 Summer Outlook Follow us on Twitter May 26, 2010 â?? Most of Canada will be enjoying a warmer and drier summer season this year, as compared to the past two years, according to The Weather Networkâ??s recently released outlook for June, July and August. Related Links What is El Niño? Related: Heat in Ontario Related: Predicting summer storms Additional Information Nearly 44 per cent of Canadians love summer â?? this is according to a recent poll conducted on theweathernetwork.com. Over 100,000 respondents were asked which season was their favourite. Fall is the second most popular season with 23 per cent of the vote. â??One of the most popular questions that I receive is â??How will the summer be?â??â?? said Martin Belanger, Manager of Briefing Services with The Weather Network. â??The outlook for this summer is for warmer and drier conditions for most of the country as compared to the past two summers. We are forecasting temperatures to be near or slightly above normal. This represents a marked difference as the past two summers have been relatively poor in the minds of Canadians east of the Rockies with long stretches of cool, wet weather.â?? El Niño: Weakening Impact El Niño, a periodic warming of the water in the equatorial Pacific Ocean near South America, has played a role in the weather patterns affecting Canada for the past several seasons. As expected by meteorologists, the cyclical phenomenon is continuing to weaken, and as a result, will have little impact on Canadian weather patterns for the months of June, July and August. What does â??above normalâ?? temperatures or precipitation mean? When forecasters refer to a normal, they are talking about the mathematical average of the temperature or precipitation recorded over 30 years. To calculate the seasonal normal for the summer for a particular city, meteorologists add together all the daily average temperatures for June, July and August and divide the total by 92 (3-month period). â??Above normal temperatureâ?? means that a specific area should expect the average temperature for the summer to be approximately one degree warmer than normal. The same can be applied to â??above normal precipitation,â?? which means that a specific area should receive 30 per cent more precipitation than usual. Regional Breakdown British Columbia: Near normal temperatures will dominate the province. The northern coastal region of the province including the Queen Charlotte Islands can expect below normal precipitation. Prairie Provinces: Residents of Alberta can anticipate near normal precipitation. Temperatures for most of the province will be in the normal range, with only southeastern areas of the province expected to experience above normal temperatures. Above normal temperatures and precipitation are forecasted for most of Saskatchewan and Manitoba. Ontario and Quebec: Near to above normal temperatures will dominate most of Ontario and Quebec. Near normal precipitation is forecast for the two provinces, with only Northwestern Ontario experiencing above normal precipitation. Atlantic Canada: Near normal temperatures and precipitation are forecast for Atlantic Canada, with Labrador experiencing above normal temperatures for the summer months. Northern Canada: Below normal precipitation is forecast for the northern most regions of Canada except Baffin Island. Near normal temperatures are expected for the summer for Yukon, Northwest Territories and Nunavut.
CamIsDaBestPresident Member	Wed Jun 02 01:12:20 Weather News: Manitoba rain devastates farmers Follow us on Twitter This Flash movie requires Flash player version 8 or greater. Either an older Flash player or no Flash player was detected on your browser. Last Updated: June 1, 2010- Heavy downpours flooded parts of Manitoba this weekend and farmers are feeling the wrath. In the short video to the left one farmer talks specifically about the devastation to his plants. Related Links Watches and Warnings Weather and your home: Protect it from flooding FarmZone Predicting summer storms Send us your photos! Additional Information It was a system that brought record-breaking rainfall to parts of southern Manitoba, leaving roads, parks and homes under water. Some communities were hit with more than 100mm of rain in only 48 hours. On Saturday, about 53mm fell in Winnipeg. Several major city roads were forced to close because of deep water and power outages. More than 500 homes in the city were flooded. The heavy rain also raised water levels along the Red River. On Monday afternoon, officials activated the floodway, a 48-kilometre channel that diverts water around the eastern side of Winnipeg. Forecasters say the water levels in the Winnipeg area went up nearly three metres on the weekend. It's the first time in decades that the floodway has been opened after flood season, and it is expected to remain open for several days. Further south, in the community of Emerson, a state of emergency was declared on Sunday after hundreds of homes flooded. The property damage is said to be extensive, but no one has been injured by the floods. And it's not only property that's taking a hit. Farmers are greatly feeling the affects as well. â??Anything that's under water is going to be dead for sure,â?? says farmer Corey Bossuyt in southwestern Winnipeg. â??I expect this water to sit here for probably 7 to 10 days based on recent experience with the drainage in this area.â?? And according to Bossuyt plants can only survive under water for 4 to 5 days. This year, Manitoba has been soaked with unusually high amounts of rain. Normally, about 58.8mm would have been reported at the Winnipeg airport during the month of May. This year, there has been 154.1mm. We received hundreds of your flood photos here at The Weather Network over the weekend. Some of them are featured on this page! If you have photos or video of damage in your area, you can upload them to our Your Weather Gallery. And for the latest on the forecast for southern Manitoba, make sure you tune into The Weather Network on TV. Your National Forecast comes up at the top and bottom of every hour.
Alias Member	Wed Jun 02 01:12:32 electrician =/= minefield worker, dumbass. god damn, you are an idiot.
CamIsDaBestPresident Member	Wed Jun 02 01:12:32 Weather News: 'Monster' tornado spotted by Weather Network meteorologist Follow us on Twitter This Flash movie requires Flash player version 8 or greater. Either an older Flash player or no Flash player was detected on your browser. June 1, 2010 - This is as close as it gets! Check out this tornado footage captured by one of our TWN meteorologists. Related Links Watch: Incredible tornado footage Watch: As close as it gets! Storm Hunters Additional Information It's one of nature's most fascinating phenomenons. It is also one of the most dangerous. On Monday, Weather Network meteorologist Greg Stephens was storm-chasing in the United States. He spotted this massive tornado near the community of Campo, Colorado. Within minutes, he had his video camera out and was able to capture this incredible footage. â??All of a sudden we saw this wall cloud ... and we just watched this monster tornado come down to the ground,â?? he says. â??It was on the ground for roughly 10 to 15 minutes.â?? Stephens says so far there have been no reports of injuries or major damage. The National Weather Service will determine where the tornado measures on the Enhanced Fujita scale, but Stephens suspects it could be an F3 or F4. Every day, we receive hundreds of photos and videos from you -- our viewers. Remember, ONLY shoot footage of active weather in your area if it is safe to do. You can upload them to our Your Weather Gallery.
CamIsDaBestPresident Member	Wed Jun 02 01:12:48 Weather News: The 2010 Atlantic hurricane season begins Follow us on Twitter This Flash movie requires Flash player version 8 or greater. Either an older Flash player or no Flash player was detected on your browser. Last updated: June 1, 2010 - The Atlantic hurricane season is now officially underway. US forecasters in Miami say there could be 14 - 23 named hurricanes this season. What does that mean for us in Canada? Related Links Preparing for a hurricane How will hurricanes affect the oozing oil? Forecast for Halifax Forecast for Charlottetown Forecast for Saint John Additional Information Today marks day one of what could be a very active hurricane season in the Atlantic. US forecasters in Miami say all the elements are there for an â??activeâ?? to â??extremely activeâ?? couple of months. That could mean more hurricanes in the Caribbean, the United States and Canada. â??The number of named storms is expected to be above the long term average,â?? says Chris Fogarty of the Canadian Hurricane Centre. â??So 14 to 23 is expected.â?? Out of those 14 to 23 storms, 8 to 14 are predicted to reach hurricane strength. In an average year, there would be about 11 named storms. Fogarty says that their expectations are partly due to La Nina -- an area of cooler than normal water that can have a huge impact on how hurricanes form. â??So this year with those cooler waters in the south pacific we will likely have much weaker winds aloft and the storm can develop vertically. They need very little change in the winds for height,â?? he says. â??So that's probably one of the biggest predictors we have for the coming season.â?? This year's prediction of up to 23 named storms is not far behind the busiest hurricane season on record. That was 2005 -- the year that spawned Katrina and 27 other named storms. WHAT DOES IT MEAN FOR CANADIANS? Typically, Canadians are directly affected by at least one hurricane every year, with as many as three affecting areas off shore. Forecasters say that our mild winter and lack of sea ice have lead to warmer than average water temperatures around Atlantic Canada. That could play a roll in more storms tracking north toward us in Canada. Last year was a relatively quiet season overall. Hurricane Bill brushed by Nova Scotia and moisture from tropical storm Danny drenched the Maritimes and Newfoundland. For more on how to prepare your family and your for a hurricane, click this video. PACIFIC SEASON STARTS EARLY The Pacific hurricane season is also now underway, but it is already off to a raging start. Tropical storm Agatha, the first named storm of the season, roared past Guatemala and El Salvador last weekend. More than a metre of rain fell in some places, triggering major floods and damaging landslides. Bridges collapsed, homes have been destroyed and massive sinkholes have opened up. More than 100 people have died and dozens are still missing. The remnants of Agatha made their way over Honduras on Monday.
CamIsDaBestPresident Member	Wed Jun 02 01:13:01 Weather News: Fishing bans extend in the Gulf of Mexico Follow us on Twitter This Flash movie requires Flash player version 8 or greater. Either an older Flash player or no Flash player was detected on your browser. Last Updated: June 1, 2010- As the oil continues to spread in the Gulf of Mexico, fishing bans extend over 300km. Click on the video to the left for more details on how the spill is greatly affecting tourism. Related Links Watch: Weather News Videos Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries How the oil is affecting birds Oil oozes in Singapore waters Additional Information There's been no break for workers in Louisiana. Monday marked the Memorial Day holiday, but crews continued to stack and load booms as part of the oil spill clean-up. The oil continues to gush into the Gulf of Mexico. Workers are using skimming methods to clean beaches. This is all part of the 'prevent and recover' strategy to both clean up the oil and avoid anymore damage. â??We are all out here. We're trying to do what we can to minimize the impact and to prevent anymore from entering the marshes,â?? says Petty Officer Kimberly Gault from the United States Coast Guard. While clean-up crews were busy working over the holiday, marina businesses were suffering. Memorial Day is usually one of the busiest weekends for the Venice Marina in Louisiana, but this year most boats remained docked due to the oil spill. â??Just since about last Wednesday, we probably lost 150 grand that we didn't take in, you know fuel, ice, bait, pack down, additional beer sales,â?? says Bill Butler, co-owner of Venice Marina. Several boats have already been moved by their owners to waters without any restrictions. Butler adds that only about a handful of fishermen have come in and out of the marina. Usually on Memorial Day, the marina would be full of boats and the restaurant would be packed, but this year most of the business was to serve oil workers. Almost a third of federal waters in the Gulf are closed for fishing because of the spill. The irregular ban extends from Louisiana to just west of Florida and then bends south. So it's no wonder that frustrations continue to mount in regards to the response effort. Especially after the 'Top Kill' approach failed on Saturday. This plan was used to try and inject drilling fluids, which are heavier than oil, into the blowout preventer at the seabed. Using the revised estimates, this spill has dumped twice the amount of oil as the Exxon Valdez disaster. On Sunday, White House advisor Carol Browner said the Gulf spill is the biggest environmental disaster the United States has ever faced. Broken pipes and wells attached to the sunken Deep Horizon rig have been gushing oil for more than a month. The troubles began on April 20 when BP's Deepwater Horizon rig exploded and sank, killing 11 workers.
CamIsDaBestPresident Member	Wed Jun 02 01:13:21 Weather News: Air quality improving in Quebec, Ontario Follow us on Twitter This Flash movie requires Flash player version 8 or greater. Either an older Flash player or no Flash player was detected on your browser. Last updated June 1, 2010 - Once again, smoke from forest fires is lingering over parts of Ontario and Quebec. Still, the air quality is improving, the winds are shifting and there's rain in the forecast. Click on the video to the left to hear what one resident woke up to on Monday. Related Links Fire Danger Map Air Quality Health Index Send us your haze and smoke photos Additional Information Air quality monitors were jumping off the charts in eastern Ontario and Quebec on Monday -- thanks to forest fires burning hundreds of kilometres away. People in Ottawa, Montreal and Quebec City woke up to yellow skies and the smell of smoke. Strong winds had carried the smoke from central and western Quebec, where several fires continue to burn out of control. Environment Canada quickly issued smog warnings and air quality statements for the affected regions. By early afternoon, the air quality index had reached 122 in central Ottawa. Normally, the city would have a reading around 20. Anything above 99 falls into the lowest of five categories, â??very poor.â?? The previous archived high air-quality index for the city of Ottawa was 54 in May 2007. In Montreal, the smell of smoke was so alarming that more than 200 calls were made to 911 from concerned residents. The air quality index in one Montreal neighbourhood reached 269 -- more than five times higher than the threshold for â??poorâ?? air quality, and more than two times worse than a record-breaking smog day in 2008. â??Basically just the air is getting really thick and it's starting to get a bit of a smell,â?? Glenn Ranger of Sheenboro told The Weather Network. â??There's nothing major yet, but you can tell it's getting harder to breathe.â?? Anyone with respiratory problems was being warned to stay indoors and avoid physcial activity. By Monday afternoon, the air quality had improved, thanks to a shift in the winds. Much of the smoke was sent back north. Today, a special weather statement from Environment Canada states that the smoke could blow east over parts of New Brunswick and Nova Scotia. However, the weather could keep that from happening. â??We have rain in the forecast, and that could clear the air,â?? says Weather Network meteorologist Gerald Cheng. â??We're looking at anywhere from five to 15mm today. That might not be enough to douse the fires themselves, but it will help this current smoke situation.â?? Last week, about 1,000 people were forced to leave the First Nations community of Manawan because of nearing flames and smoke. The evacuees were told that they could return on Saturday. About 1,300 residents are still staying in shelters in the La Tuque region. For more on the forecast this week for the Quebec region, make sure you tune into The Weather Network on TV. Your National Forecast comes up at the top and bottom of every hour. If your area is being affected by forest fires or drifting smoke, we'd love to see how. Upload your photos and videos to our Your Weather Gallery.
CamIsDaBestPresident Member	Wed Jun 02 01:13:35 Weather News: Rounds of rain for Vancouver Follow us on Twitter June 1, 2010 - It was a wet and foggy start to the work week on the coast of BC, and that trend is set to continue. Related Links Forecast for Vancouver Forecast for Kelowna Lawn and Garden tips Flood clean-up in Manitoba Thunderstorms in Ontario Additional Information It's one of those weeks where an umbrella is a must have accessory. While much of eastern Canada has been basking in heat this week, people on the west coast have been coping with some damp and dreary conditions. Temperatures have been around seasonal, but there has been plenty of rain. Forecasters say there's still more to come, as well. â??We're looking at round of rain on the coast, thanks to a series of Pacific lows,â?? says Weather Network meteorologist Gerald Cheng. â??The showers could continue right through next weekend.â?? Mother Nature has thrown just about everything at western Canada over the last few days, including snow in Alberta and flooding rains in Manitoba. It's quite a contrast to the weather in southern Ontario and Quebec, where many cities have been seeing record-breaking highs and thunderstorms. If this week's rain in British Columbia is affecting you, we'd love to see how. Upload your photos and videos to our Your Weather Gallery. And for the latest forecast details for the coast and the Interior, make sure you tune into The Weather Network on TV. Your National Forecast comes up at the top and bottom of every hour.
CamIsDaBestPresident Member	Wed Jun 02 01:13:45 Weather News: A battle for spring weather across the country Follow us on Twitter This Flash movie requires Flash player version 8 or greater. Either an older Flash player or no Flash player was detected on your browser. May 31, 2010- Snow in the Prairies and record heat in Ontario. It's quite the contrast for spring conditions. In the short video to the left, The Weather Network's Kelly Noseworthy takes a look at the difference in weather. Related Links STORY: A wintery weekend in Alberta STORY: Thunderstorms sparking up in Ontario Alberta Cities Forecast Ontario Cities Forecast Send us your photos! Additional Information As we inch closer and closer to the official start of summer, there's been quite the contrast in terms of the conditions across the country this spring. Especially this past weekend in particular. While residents in Ontario were basking in July-like heat, Albertans were busy digging out of the snow. Around 5cm fell in Calgary, while Edmonton saw closer to 9cm. Meteorologists at The Weather Network say snow in May isn't completely unusual, but the amount that fell is pretty rare. Meanwhile, it's the precipitation that Ontario has been lacking this spring. To put that into perspective, several places in northern Ontario have seen less than half the normal rainfall amount from March until now. By this time of year, Sudbury in particular usually sees over 200mm of rain and so far, only about 77mm has fallen. Ottawa is another spot that is well below the normal precipitation mark. Instead of using umbrellas for rain, Ontarians have been needing it for shade. The past week across the province has been a scorcher with temperatures hovering around 30 degrees. Relief is on the way for everyone though. Temperatures are expected to dip back into more seasonal values in Ontario this week and things will start to warm up in Alberta. For more details on what the weather will be like this summer, take a look at our 2010 Summer Outlook. And for the latest details on the current weather in your area, tune into The Weather Network on TV. Your National Forecast comes up at the top and bottom of each hour.
CamIsDaBestPresident Member	Wed Jun 02 01:13:56 Weather News: A wintery weekend in Alberta Follow us on Twitter Updated May 31, 2010 - Say it ain't SNOW! Days before the start of June, parts of Alberta got a late blast of winter this past weekend. Related Links Watches and Warnings Highway Conditions Winter Driving Tips Send us your photos! Additional Information While people in eastern Canada were enjoying beaches and barbecues this weekend, people in Alberta were getting their snow shovels out of storage. With temperatures dipping close to the freezing mark, parts of the province got a late blast of winter on Friday and Saturday. About 5cm fell in the Calgary area, and close to 9cm was reported in Edmonton on Saturday. That amount of snow isn't completely unusual for the month of May, but forecasters agree that it doesn't often happen this late in the month. The wintery weather also caught residents off guard. Many of them sent photos of the snow to our website. If you would like to do the same, upload them here to our Your Weather Gallery. In most places, the snow has now melted away. The forecast also looks more promising as we push into the work week. â??Temperatures will begin rising over the next few days,â?? says Weather Network meteorologist Brian Dillon. â??It should start feeling a lot closer to where we should be for this time of year in Calgary and Edmonton.â?? For more details on what you can expect in southern Alberta, make sure you tune into The Weather Network on TV. Your National Forecast comes up at the top and bottom of every hour.
CamIsDaBestPresident Member	Wed Jun 02 01:14:16 Weather News: #5 - #1: Top Ten Videos of the Week Follow us on Twitter This Flash movie requires Flash player version 8 or greater. Either an older Flash player or no Flash player was detected on your browser. May 21, 2010 - You've already seen #10 through 6. Now, click the video on the left for a look at this week's top 5 weather videos. ... including #1! Related Links WATCH; More Weather News Videos Forecast Video on Demand Do you have weather videos of your own? Send them to us! Additional Information We get a lot of footage each week here at The Weather Network, so we decided to share our favourites with you today. Here is our top ten list of the weather videos that had people talking in Canada and around the world this week. #5 -- Swimmer in Pumori Lake, Nepal. Lewis Gordon Pugh became the first person to complete a long distance swim under the summit of Mount Everest. His goal is to bring attention to the melting of the glaciers in the Himalayas. #4 -- Devastating floods in Poland. The worst floods in a decade swamped the Swiniary region. The death toll has now climbed to 15. #3 -- Flooding in Taiwan. Hundreds of people have been stranded after rushing waters triggered landslides and broke bridges. The area is still recovering from last year's Typhoon Morakot. #2 -- Lightning in Saint Sauveur, Quebec. Get a load of this! One of our viewers captured this intense lightning storm this week. Remember, only shoot video of the weather if it is safe to do so. And finally, #1 -- Torrential rain in Levis, Quebec. Our viewers came through once again! Thank you for sending in this incredible video of heavy rain falling earlier this week. Make sure you tune into The Weather Network on TV next Friday morning for a look at our picks for the top videos. Do you have great weather videos that you would like to share with us? If so, make sure you upload them to our Your Weather Gallery
CamIsDaBestPresident Member	Wed Jun 02 01:14:25 Weather News: Top 10 Videos of the Week: #10 through #6 Follow us on Twitter This Flash movie requires Flash player version 8 or greater. Either an older Flash player or no Flash player was detected on your browser. May 28, 2010 - You've got to see this! Click the video on the left for a look at this week's top ten weather videos. Related Links WATCH: More Weather News Videos Forecast Video on Demand Do you have great weather videos? Send them to us! Additional Information We get a lot of footage each week here at The Weather Network, so we decided to share our favourites with you today. Here is our top ten list of the weather videos that had people talking in Canada and around the world this week. #10 -- Fireworks at Ontario Place. Nothing says the start of summer quite like colours lighting up the sky on the first long weekend of the season. #9 -- Snow in Fort St. John, BC. That's right folks! It may be the end of May, but snow is still falling in some parts of the country. #8 -- Lightning in Rainy River, Ontario. 'Tis the season! Thunderstorms rumbled across parts of Ontario this week, and one of our viewers caught this impressive footage. #7 -- Wildlife rescued continue in Louisiana. It's been weeks since an oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico began causing problems, and efforts are still under way to save and protect animals in the affected areas. #6 -- Hot, hot, hot in Toronto, Ontario. Between the heat, the haze and the humidity, the beach was a popular place to be in parts of central Canada this week. The last time it was this warm in Toronto was June 9th, 2008. Want to see the rest of our top videos of the week, including #1? Make sure you tune into The Weather Network on TV for the final countdown.
CamIsDaBestPresident Member	Wed Jun 02 01:14:34 Weather News: Stormy weather rocks Australia Follow us on Twitter May 31, 2010 - The southeast coast of Australia was battered by high seas and stormy weather today. Related Links Forecast for Sydney Sunshine Destinations Track your flight Weather News videos Additional Information A powerful storm brought strong winds and rough seas to parts of the Australian coast today, cutting power to about 3,000 homes in southern New South Wales. Sydney was spared the worst of the storm, but people still had to make their way to work as heavy rain was coming down. Swells of up to eight metres were mounting offshore, but most were smaller by the time they reached the coast. Still, some surfers wasted no time heading out into the water. Emergency crews worked into the night, hoping to get everyone back on the power grid by Tuesday morning. Others were busy responding to residents with damaged homes due to fallen trees and debris. The weather conditions are expected to improve across the region on Tuesday.
CamIsDaBestPresident Member	Wed Jun 02 01:14:44 Weather News: Volcanoes Rumble To Live Follow us on Twitter This Flash movie requires Flash player version 8 or greater. Either an older Flash player or no Flash player was detected on your browser. Last Updated May 30, 2010 - Two volcanoes are erupting in south and central America are causing transport headaches. Related Links Flight tracker Additional Information Two volcanoes that are erupting are spewing ash into the air and closing airports. Just as the Eyjafjallajokull volcano in Iceland shut airports across Europe, the activity in Ecuador and Guatemala is causing similar problems. Ecuador In Ecuador, activity in the Tungurahua volcano, locally known as the 'Throat of Fire' began to subside. Police are now allowing some of the thousands of people forced to evacuate the area, to return home. José Joaquín de Olmedo International Airport will be allowed to reopen before the end of the weekend. Officials decided to close the airport due to the amount of ash in the air. Guatemala In Guatemala, at least 2 people, including a reporter were killed. Dozens more were hurt when the Pacaya volcano erupted south of the capital earlier in the week. On Saturday,officials at the country's main airport said commercial traffic in and out of the port will be cancelled until conditions improve. There is no indication when that may be. Pacaya is the most active of Guatemala's 32 volcanoes. It has been intermittently erupting since 1966.
CamIsDaBestPresident Member	Wed Jun 02 01:15:37 Crews probe Guatemala sinkhole as neighbors flee Buzz up! 4 votes Send Share Print AP â?? A sinkhole created by tropical storm Agatha covers a street intersection in dowtown of Guatemala City â?¦ Play Video Hurricanes & Tropical Storms Video:Nungesser: BP denial of oil large plumes ridiculous WWL-TV, Channel 4 New Orleans Play Video Hurricanes & Tropical Storms Video:Tips for insurance prep for hurricane season WWL-TV, Channel 4 New Orleans Play Video Hurricanes & Tropical Storms Video:Vast sinkhole swallows clothing factory in Guatemala 11 News Houston By JUAN CARLOS LLORCA, Associated Press Writer â?? Tue Jun 1, 11:15 pm ET GUATEMALA CITY â?? A cavernous and almost perfectly round sinkhole swallowed an entire intersection in Guatemala City during a tropical storm, spooking people in the neighborhood but exciting geologists. The hole is 66 feet (20 meters) across and plunges nearly 100 feet (30 meters) deep. Geologists said Tuesday that the circular shape suggested a cave formation underneath, but what exactly caused the sinkhole was still a mystery. "I can tell you what it's not: It's not a geological fault, and it's not the product of an earthquake," said David Monterroso, a geophysics engineer at the National Disaster Management Agency. "That's all we know. We're going to have to descend." The sinkhole formed Saturday and gulped down a clothing factory about three miles (two kilometers) from the site of a similar sinkhole three years ago. Neighbors said it was a miracle no factory workers died. "The boys were lucky," resident Honora Oliva said. "They left at six that afternoon, an hour before the earth opened up." Neighbors said a weekend security guard also was spared because he had left to tend to his house, which flooded from heavy rain as Tropical Storm Agatha bore down on Central America. The storm has killed at least 180 people. Some neighbors believe one or two people might have disappeared, but authorities said no deaths had been reported. Crews were waiting for blueprints of the city's drainage system before investigating further. The 2007 sinkhole killed three people and swallowed several homes in the same area. It was blamed on rain and an underground sewage flow, but it is too early to say whether those problems are to blame this time, said Monterroso, who also investigated the previous incident. Police and soldiers stood guard around the sinkhole to prevent the curious from getting too close. Most people living nearby have moved out, fearful the hole will expand and swallow more homes. "We're not going to wait," said one man who declined to give his name. "We've already rented elsewhere and we're leaving now." Follow Yahoo! 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Please sign in to rate this comment down. 58 The Sword 7 hours ago Report Abuse NUCLEAR, SOLAR, WIND, BIO are all sources of energy but the fact is we ALL are stuck for DECADES with OIL! So, cut the arrogant chatter and startTHINKING! We are in this mess because OBAMA was against near shore drilling and stated that this year. HE wanted distant off shore drilling and that is what we got! The world IS at PEAK OIL concentrations as we speak.In other words, the demand for oil from India and CHina as well as others, has caused such a consumption with the avail supply so limited now, thatwe are in a BAD mess! Oilo will be so expensive thaqt we will be spending 5-10.00 a gallon in 5 years. SO, either get a bike or walk or move a LOT closer to where you work. You can BET that urban dwellings will soon be MOST popular and suburbs will be ghost towns in 10 years. OUR society either will need hydrogen powered cars, with vapor trails, OR we are going to be a third world country because of our distances we travel to work each day. SORRY! That is what IS and not what we WANT! What we WANT is convenience but that is now history! SO-get a grip! Yesteryear is TOAST! Maybe we need more electric powered transportation and more ride sharing with what will be the costs soon but nobody wants to give up their privacy in their own vehicles. I would guess that the "ME" attitudes are going to have to change for the "WE" attitude. SHARE driving for different drivers each day of the week will be the thing! Can you GRASP 150,00 each time you fill your tank with "fuel"? Motorcycles, cycloes, as in Thailand and elsewhere will be the rage! I AM GLAD I AM A SENIIOR CITIZEN BUT FEEL SORRY FOR MY GRANDCHILDREN. Replies (9) 81 Please sign in to rate this comment up. Please sign in to rate this comment down. 44 Radio Dave 7 hours ago Report Abuse Most uncool frogbreath, most uncool. I'm not in favor of ILLEGAL immigration either, but trhowing them into a hole is beyond tha pall. I say, give the "illegals" a couple of months in jail at hard larbor and then deport them. After a couple of months breaking rocks with sledgehammers they prolly won't come back. Replies (6) 51 Please sign in to rate this comment up. Please sign in to rate this comment down. 3 Elizabeth 7 hours ago Report Abuse That looks like something out of Fantastic 4: Silver Surfer. Replies (1) 47 Please sign in to rate this comment up. Please sign in to rate this comment down. 24 John H 7 hours ago Report Abuse bad construction, or just a cave that finally caved in, who knows, but is a good place to put garbage. Replies (5) Comments 1 - 10 of 109 First Prev Next Last Post a Comment Sign in to post a comment, or Sign up for a free account. 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CamIsDaBestPresident Member	Wed Jun 02 01:15:52 Agatha deaths rise to 180 in Central America Buzz up! 2 votes Send Share Print Play Video AP â?? TS Agatha sparks flooding, mudslides Slideshow:Tropical Storms and Hurricanes Play Video Video:Storms Create Giant Sinkhole ABC News Play Video Hurricanes & Tropical Storms Video:Nungesser: BP denial of oil large plumes ridiculous WWL-TV, Channel 4 New Orleans AP â?? In this photo released by Guatemala's Presidency on Monday May 31, 2010, a sinkhole covers a street â?¦ By JUAN CARLOS LLORCA, Associated Press Writer â?? Tue Jun 1, 11:12 pm ET GUATEMALA CITY â?? Villagers used hoes and pick axes on Tuesday to hunt for victims of landslides that have killed at least 180 people in Central America while officials in Guatemala's capital tried to cope with a vast sinkhole that swallowed a clothing factory. Thousands remained homeless and dozens still missing following the season's first tropical storm. Rescue crews struggled to reach isolated communities to distribute food and water. "This is a total tragedy," said Jose Vicente Samayoa, president of a neighborhood group in Amatitlan, a flooded town south of Guatemala's capital. Officials in Guatemala reported 152 dead but said 100 people were still missing. In the department of Chimaltenango â?? a province west of Guatemala City â?? landslides buried rural Indian communities and killed at least 60 people. Curious onlookers also gathered at a massive and almost perfectly circular sinkhole that swallowed an entire intersection in Guatemala City over the weekend, gulping down a clothing factory but causing no deaths or injuries. Authorities estimate the hole is 66 feet (20 meters) wide and nearly 100 feet (30 meters) deep, but they are still investigating what caused it. Nearly 125,000 people were evacuated in Guatemala and thousands more fled their homes in neighboring Honduras, where officials raised the death toll rose to 18 late Tuesday. Most schools also resumed classes on Tuesday in Honduras. In El Salvador, 11,000 people were evacuated. The death toll rose to 10 and two others were missing, President Mauricio Funes said Monday night. About 95 percent of the country's roads were affected by landslides, but most remained open, Transportation Minister Gerson Martinez said. He said 179 bridges had been wrecked. Agatha made landfall near the Guatemala-Mexico border on Saturday with tropical storm winds of up to 45 mph (75 kph). It dissipated the following day over the mountains of western Guatemala. The rising death toll is reminding nervous residents of Hurricane Mitch, which hovered over Central America for days in 1998, causing flooding and mudslides that killed nearly 11,000 people and left more than 8,000 missing and unaccounted for. Rescue efforts in Guatemala have been complicated by a volcanic eruption Thursday near the capital that blanketed parts of the area with ash. Commercial flights were expected to resume Tuesday at Guatemala's international airport. ___ Associated Press writers Freddy Cuevas in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, and Diego Mendez in San Salvador, El Salvador, contributed to this report. Follow Yahoo! News on Twitter, become a fan on Facebook Related Searches: chimaltenango tegucigalpa, honduras guatemala city Buzz up! 2 votes Send Share Print More on Weather Central America reels from Tropical Storm Agatha AFP Crews probe Guatemala sinkhole as neighbors flee AP Fallen bridges hamper Guatemala storm rescue Reuters More » More... 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Sat May 29, 2010 06:13 pm PDT Report Abuse Do you think Mexico will stand up and help Gutam people??? no - does Mexico expect US to take care of them because they can not take care of themselves? yes Replies (16) 2 Please sign in to rate this comment up. Please sign in to rate this comment down. 8 united Comment hidden due to low rating. Show Comment 146 Please sign in to rate this comment up. Please sign in to rate this comment down. 9 H.Christopher Sat May 29, 2010 06:14 pm PDT Report Abuse I hope these people get through this ok.....extremely nice people. I hate to see them suffer through this. Replies (9) Comments 1 - 10 of 603 First Prev Next Last Post a Comment Sign in to post a comment, or Sign up for a free account. 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CamIsDaBestPresident Member	Wed Jun 02 01:16:04 Fallen bridges hamper Guatemala storm rescue Buzz up! 3 votes Send Share Print Play Video ABC News â?? Storms Create Giant Sinkhole Slideshow:Flooding opens up sinkholes in Guatemala City Play Video Video:Guatemala storm leaves 50 missing Reuters Play Video Video:Tropical storm hits Guatemala KGW NewsChannel 8 Portland, Ore. Reuters â?? A giant sinkhole caused by the rains of Tropical Storm Agatha is seen in Guatemala City June 1, 2010. â?¦ By Herbert Hernandez â?? Tue Jun 1, 9:50 pm ET GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) â?? Collapsed roads and highway bridges complicated rescue efforts in Guatemala on Tuesday after Tropical Storm Agatha drenched Central America, burying homes under mud and killing at least 180 people. Dozens of people were still missing and rescue teams struggled to reach remote rural communities after the storm cut off roads and destroyed up to 18 major road bridges and dozens of smaller footbridges. "We're trying to get to the communities but we're finding that bridges are down and we have to walk, so it is taking so much longer," said firefighter Rony Veliz. Some 35,000 people remained in emergency shelters three days after Agatha, the first named storm of the 2010 Pacific hurricane season, hit western Guatemala, dumping more than 3 feet (1 meter) of rain in places and raising concern over the coffee crop there and in El Salvador. Guatemalan aid workers relied on six helicopters sent by the United States, as well as private helicopters, to get tents and medical supplies to remote towns on the Pacific coast, but villagers in inland areas were frustrated at the lack of help. "We've gone several days now without aid from the government and we don't have enough water and food," said a caller to Guatemalan radio from the town of Huehuetenango in the western highlands. At least 152 people were killed in Guatemala, either crushed in their homes or swept away by swollen rivers, and 100 others were missing, according to the government. Twelve people were killed in El Salvador and 16 in Honduras. By Tuesday, the rain had stopped and Guatemala reopened its international airport. But giant sinkholes in the capital created death traps on streets, having swallowed entire buildings as they opened up and blocking off major roads. "I've got to move house before this hole gets any wider," said a 50-year-old man whose home is just a few feet away from the edge of the one of the gaping pits in the city. Health Minister Ludwin Ovalle said outbreaks of dengue and malaria were likely in the coming days. "We will see outbreaks because of stagnant water," he said. SMALL PRICE RALLY While some farmers were concerned that damp conditions could lead to fungus and seriously damage coffee crops, Anacafe growers group head Ricardo Villanueva said that was unlikely and that production in the 2010/2011 harvest would be reduced by about 3 percent. "Today there was sun," Villanueva said. "If we were to have a cloud ceiling for seven or 15 days we'd have problems, but not now." Arabica coffee futures trading on ICE Futures U.S. rose in heavy volume, with the key July contract climbing 2.3 cents, or 1.7 percent, to close at $1.3655 per lb, after tapping a session high at $1.3760 per lb. "Guatemala's a small part" of the rally, said Judith Ganes-Chase of J. Ganes Consulting in New York. "If you get one storm after the next, then you could say, maybe there's going to be a problem with the developing crop." Central America is vulnerable to heavy rains because of its mountainous terrain, and poor communications in rural areas hamper rescue efforts. Hurricane Ida killed at least 150 people as it pounded through the region in November. Guatemala has warned that flooding from Agatha could be worsened by ash from the Pacaya volcano blocking drains. (Additional reporting by Daniel LeClair in Guatemala City, Marcy Nicholson in New York and Leslie Josephs in Mexico City; editing by Mohammad Zargham and Eric Beech) Follow Yahoo! News on Twitter, become a fan on Facebook Related Searches: malaria guatemala city central america Buzz up! 3 votes Send Share Print More on Weather Central America reels from Tropical Storm Agatha AFP Crews probe Guatemala sinkhole as neighbors flee AP Agatha deaths rise to 180 in Central America AP More » More... Video: Nungesser: BP denial of oil large plumes ridiculous WWL-TV, Channel 4 New Orleans Video: Tips for insurance prep for hurricane season WWL-TV, Channel 4 New Orleans Video: Vast sinkhole swallows clothing factory in Guatemala 11 News Houston 87 Comments Show: Post a Comment Comments 1 - 10 of 87 First Prev Next Last 7 Please sign in to rate this comment up. Please sign in to rate this comment down. 13 michaelm Sat May 29, 2010 08:50 am PDT Report Abuse will this storm that is moving over guatemala and crossing over the volcano that is erupting and picking up the ash. And moving ( NNE) will chage our weather her in the ( NE ) Replies (3) 20 Please sign in to rate this comment up. Please sign in to rate this comment down. 17 Waleska Sat May 29, 2010 04:56 pm PDT Report Abuse We need help there aré moré. Than 1000 people damnified that hace lost their gimes hace ni Dios please if you aré from Guatemala or an other country we need your help now agatha has crush here is a lot of ash from the eruption of pacaya volcano the street aré full of water, cars cant move help! Replies (10) 23 Please sign in to rate this comment up. Please sign in to rate this comment down. 35 Spinnie Sat May 29, 2010 07:35 pm PDT Report Abuse Hope Guatemalan coffee plaintations won't be heavily effected. Replies (9) 17 Please sign in to rate this comment up. Please sign in to rate this comment down. 16 liss C Sat May 29, 2010 09:16 pm PDT Report Abuse I have a strong feeling that with all the wierd weather going on, the Pacific is going to be blasted with storms this season, while this seems highly unlikely nothing suprises me anymore I wont be suprised if the West Coast takes a beating this year, I'm talking LA up through San Fran and up into Seattle. Meteorologists have said this Hurricane seaon is going to be a hell of a year. I live on the west coast and we have been getting slammed with storms this year. Replies (10) 1 Please sign in to rate this comment up. Please sign in to rate this comment down. 9 Apollo 12-21-2012 Comment hidden due to low rating. Show Comment 1 Please sign in to rate this comment up. Please sign in to rate this comment down. 9 Apollo 12-21-2012 Comment hidden due to low rating. Show Comment 2 Please sign in to rate this comment up. Please sign in to rate this comment down. 8 morningwoody Comment hidden due to low rating. Show Comment 2 Please sign in to rate this comment up. Please sign in to rate this comment down. 8 alex Comment hidden due to low rating. Show Comment 27 Please sign in to rate this comment up. Please sign in to rate this comment down. 9 Iron Wolf Sat May 29, 2010 09:48 pm PDT Report Abuse Every living thing on planet Earth has always been subjected to the forces of nature, and not one of them has ever been able to do anything about it. That's just the way it is. Replies (2) 4 Please sign in to rate this comment up. Please sign in to rate this comment down. 16 maama Comment hidden due to low rating. Show Comment Comments 1 - 10 of 87 First Prev Next Last Post a Comment Sign in to post a comment, or Sign up for a free account. Most Viewed - World Knox accused of slandering Italian police AP Japan's prime minister steps down over US base row AP Israel orders families of diplomats out of Turkey AP Crews probe Guatemala sinkhole as neighbors flee AP PM: Jamaica plans island-wide assault on gangs AP All Most Viewed » Daily Features All Comics » Opinions & Editorials: Diverse views on news from the right, left, and center. 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CamIsDaBestPresident Member	Wed Jun 02 01:16:16 NOAA research ship to search Gulf for underwater oil Buzz up! 0 votes Send Share Print Play Video Weather Forecast Video:National Forecast weather.com By Lesley Clark, McClatchy Newspapers â?? Tue Jun 1, 7:47 pm ET NEW ORLEANS â?? With mystery swirling over how much oil may be lurking beneath the surface of the Gulf of Mexico , a research vessel leaves Wednesday on a nine-day mission: To find and study a potentially toxic stew that oceanographers fear could be catastrophic for marine life. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Thomas Jefferson, one of the most technologically advanced vessels for finding hazards on the seafloor, has been diverted from a recent trip to map the ocean floor off Galveston, Texas , to the belching Deepwater Horizon oil leak. Like most everything involved with the spill, there are more questions than answers. "The business of trying to detect submerged oil is not a settled science," Cmdr. Shepard Smith, the ship's commanding officer, said Tuesday during a tour of the ship for McClatchy . "There isn't a great body of experience with how to do this because it's a really very unusual circumstance." The 208-foot, 36-person ship has been equipped with a variety of methods to detect oil. Smith said researchers have some idea how the sensors may react, he but added, "We don't know for sure, because we don't know the form it might take, and we've never done it before." The ship and its researchers traditionally focus on changes to the seafloor that could present a threat to navigation â?? "usually we ignore what's in the water, we're more interested in the seafloor," Smith said. To help interpret the data, scientists from NOAA and other research facilities who specialize in studying ocean water and marine life have been brought aboard. "It's totally new, we're really testing the feasibility of the approach, we don't know whether it will work or not, but it's certainly worth trying," said one of those researchers, Larry Mayer , the director of the Center for Coastal and Ocean Mapping at the University of New Hampshire . "What is the nature of submerged oil, if there is oil? We just don't understand its properties yet." Some researchers have found what they say are vast plumes of oil suspended beneath the Gulf's surface, though BP has disputed those reports. Members of Congress and other researchers have been pressing the White House for weeks to do more to determine how much oil is suspended under the surface. Smith said, diplomatically: "We're hoping to contribute to that discussion." Oceanographers think the dispersants used to break up the surface oil have been pushing much of it below the surface. They've been agitating for underwater sampling, said Doug Rader , the chief oceans scientist for the Environmental Defense Fund . "I certainly am relieved that NOAA and independent scientists are now working together to get to the bottom of the mystery of the midwater oil, because it's such a potential threat to an extremely important marine element and the risk has been underappreciated," Rader said from Raleigh, N.C. "Characterizing that threat is extremely important." The area under the water, he said, is a "main food pathway" for the oceans and "fuels a tremendous profusion of life." The Thomas Jefferson won't map the full extent of underwater oil by itself, Smith said. "We'll be looking at a piece of the puzzle; other research ships will be looking at other parts," he said, "But taken together, all of these observations can help the scientific community understand and estimate the nature and extent of any subsurface oil." The vessel's first task will be to develop a methodology to find subsurface oil by testing its gear in areas expected to have high concentrations of underwater oil â?? namely near the spill site. Among the gear is an echo sounder that uses SONAR and a meter tuned to detect crude oil. It will also employ a CTD sensor â?? a device that measures the conductivity, temperature and depth of seawater, along with 12 sampling bottles that can draw water from as deep as the ocean floor. Working the CTD sensor will be another new addition to the ship's team: Daniel Torres , a research associate at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in Massachusetts . "It's going to take a widespread group effort to try to get a hold of the extent of what's happening to the oil," Torres said. The water samples will be sent to an independent lab to detect oil. Smith noted that the water sampling is a very slow method because it involves getting the water back to shore and sent to labs. "It's a gigantic oil spill, but it's a gigantic ocean, too," Smith said. "The volume of oil we're looking for is actually quite minuscule in the scale of the Gulf of Mexico ." All of the equipment will be deployed with a moving vessel profiler, which allows the ship to keep moving to cover more ground. NOAA has 19 research vessels, and Smith said the Thomas Jefferson will be working a network of research vessels and aircraft "all working in concert." "We're not designed to be the end all, to save the day, but we hope to provide important science and research information," he said. The trip to the spill site is the ship's second. Last week, it deployed various instruments â?? gliders, floats and drifters â?? with tiny sensors that researchers hope will give them a better sense of the loop current in the Gulf, which researchers fear could bring oil to the East Coast . 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No more cover ups, we don't want that, already have that with bp and the govt. I hope they don't see all this on the bottom of the ocean settling on the vegetation, et. and spoiling the beauty and pristine waters for some time on this earth, and killing anything that lives off of it. And I hope they are safe in the ship and get what they want accomplished done and get a sample of the water, somehow, for testing. I've read that this drilling may have happened in a volcano, underwater one, and that's why it can't be shut down, I hope they can tell us honestly if they think there is a volcano erupting from this drilling and also someone said there is a gigantic whole, like the size of a mountain from the explosion, possibly and things are not right down there anymore, that it's offset nature. They have a lot of responsibility ahead of them, for going down there and reporting on this and mapping the floor, stay safe down there! Good luck with this mission! Reply 0 Please sign in to rate this comment up. Please sign in to rate this comment down. 0 centerM87 41 minutes ago Report Abuse The article states: The business of trying to detect submerged oil is not a settled science," Cmdr. Shepard Smith, the ship's commanding officer, said Tuesday during a tour of the ship for McClatchy . "There isn't a great body of experience with how to do this because it's a really very unusual circumstance". This sounds like someone else is on the take for the oil companies. BP also wants to CHOOSE their own laboratories as to who gets to test the samples for toxicity from the oil. These samples are meant to show what is happening to the environment and I fear that they will somehow be doctored to show that the oil spill is not that bad. Corruption Corruption Corruption!!! Reply Post a Comment Sign in to post a comment, or Sign up for a free account. 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CamIsDaBestPresident Member	Wed Jun 02 01:16:29 BP oil spill could make Gulf hurricane season 'devastating' Buzz up! 1 vote Send Share Print Play Video Energy & Oil Video:BP: A Criminal Investigation ABC News Play Video Energy & Oil Video:Area leaders devastated by oil say halting drilling is not the answer WWL-TV, Channel 4 New Orleans Play Video Energy & Oil Video:Nungesser: BP denial of oil large plumes ridiculous WWL-TV, Channel 4 New Orleans By Pete Spotts â?? Tue Jun 1, 5:47 pm ET Hammond, La. â?? The 2010 Atlantic hurricane season opens today, and with it concerns over the effect the BP oil spill could have on coastal ecosystems if a major storm moves into the northern Gulf of Mexico and reaches land. On one hand, hurricane forecasters and federal emergency officials say the first concern in any hurricane that makes landfall will be people. Yet healthy wetlands along the Gulf Coast â?? mainly west of the Mississippi Delta â?? are widely seen as a first line of defense against the storm surges tropical cyclones push ahead of them. Marshes in and around the Delta region are already under assault. Sea levels are rising, and the widespread use of levees along the Mississippi River has starved the wetlands of fresh sediment the Mississippi River once delivered. IN PICTURES: Louisiana oil spill and Notable hurricanes in the past two decades If oil from the Deepwater Horizon blowout invades the wetland soils, it can kill off marsh grasses at the roots, increasing the rate of erosion, ecologists say. With chemical dispersants mixed in, the brew also would be toxic to small marine animals that form a vital part of a marsh's food chain. A range of seasonal hurricane forecasters have indicated that this season is likely to be significantly more active than normal. Both the federal government and BP, meanwhile, have suggested that the leak might not be stopped before a relief well is completed in August. "A hurricane in the Gulf of Mexico this year would be devastating," says Qin Chen, an associate professor of civil and environmental engineering at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge. If a hurricane comes, does oil containment stop?So far, the blowout 5,000 feet below the sea surface has pumped between 21 million and 34 million gallons of oil into the Gulf using the current federal estimates of daily flow. Several marine scientists suggest the amount could be much higher. The hurricane season's onset had prompted federal officials as well as BP, which owns the lease to the well the Deepwater Horizon was drilling, to start developing procedures for suspending oil-containment operations if a storm approaches. With BP's focus now almost solely on containing, not stopping, the oil, the company is also looking at different ways to gather it. BP plans to channel any oil it gathers at the well into tanker ships on the surface. But it is considering some kind of platform that can withstand harsh weather, said US Coast Guard Adm. Thad Allen at a briefing with reporters today. Major hurricanes â?? those with sustained winds exceeding 111 miles per hour â?? have popped up in the Gulf during June and July, but they are rare, says Philip Koltzbach, the lead researcher producing and updating seasonal Atlantic hurricane forecasts at Colorado State University in Fort Collins. "A major landfalling hurricane before the first of August is unlikely," he says. The first two months of the season typically deliver tropical storms or weak hurricanes. Yet even lesser storms between now and then can be disruptive. Hurricane could delay relief wellOne of the most immediate affects: a storm could impose delays from a few days to several weeks on efforts to contain the oil spewing from the blowout or on efforts to drill relief wells. Ahead of a storm, a rig must be secured and crews evacuated before seas get too rough or flying conditions too poor to evacuate safely. Most offshore rigs are designed to withstand winds of up to about 115 m.p.h. â?? the low-end of a Category 3 storm â?? before they sustain serious damage, industry analysts say. But any repairs will take time, allowing more oil to flow into the Gulf. As for the oil-bearing water, both tides and summer's generally southerly winds tend to push the oil toward the coast. The latest 72-hour forecast from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has generally southwesterly winds pushing the oil against the western edge of the Mississippi River's "bird's foot" delta and and onto the exposed coastline to the west, as well as toward the barrier islands off Alabama's Mobile Bay. To some extent, the intense winds and waves of a hurricane could help to break up an oil slick. Still, if hurricane makes landfall with the oil so close to the coast, some surface oil could be driven inland by a storm's surge. Inside the marsh, waves would not be intense enough to break up oil into tiny droplets. The importance of storm sedimentHow a storm stirs up sediment can also affect where and how much oil is retained in a marsh, Dr. Chen explains. Tiny oil droplets tend to stick to sediment grains in the surge, which could be borne into the wetlands. Since a surge's retreat occurs far more slowly than its arrival, the oil-bearing grains would merely fall out of the water and onto the bottom of marshes as it slipped back into the Gulf, leaving a layer of oil-bearing sediment atop the original layer of marsh mud. Using hurricane Gustav in 2008 as a test case, Chen has made an initial attempt to model the effect that storm might have had in the Gulf this summer. The storm made landfall as a Category 2 storm, with sustained winds of between 96 and 110 m.p.h. As it hit Louisiana, its eye slid northwestward along the eastern edge of Achafalaya Bay. That put the strongest winds and storm surge the northeast quadrant of the storm, where they likely would have driven oil and oil-bearing sediment deep into the marshes of Terrebonne and Barataria Bays. IN PICTURES: Louisiana oil spill and Notable hurricanes in the past two decades Related: BP oil spill: 'top kill' failure means well may gush until August Active hurricane season ahead: too soon to tell oil spill's impact BP oil spill: an unexpected laboratory for deep-sea disaster Follow Yahoo! News on Twitter, become a fan on Facebook Related Searches: hurricane gustav deepwater horizon barataria bays national oceanic and atmospheric administration tropical cyclones Buzz up! 1 vote Send Share Print More on Energy & Oil BP embarks on latest bid to capture gushing oil Reuters US opens criminal investigation into oil spill AFP U.S. fights Transocean's bid to limit liability Reuters More » More... Video: Good To Know: BP's Lessons Keep Getting Costlier WCCO Minneapolis Video: Reality Check: Minn. Politicians And Oil Money WCCO Minneapolis Video: Gas Pump Boycott May Not Hurt BP At All CBS 2 Chicago 2 Comments Show: Post a Comment 1 Please sign in to rate this comment up. Please sign in to rate this comment down. 0 Richard 5 hours ago Report Abuse The sea water temperature in the Atlantic, off the coast of Africa, where Atlantic hurricanes form, is the warmest on record. This portends a possible severe hurrican season, as hurricanes thrive on warm water. I hope this is lesson to those who think man is too insignificant to have serious ecological effects on the big planet earth. You see this argument often coming from supposed global warming skeptics. I say supposed skeptics because what we are seeing is not scientific skepticism. It is denial. Actual science indeed grows and is refined out of healthy skepticism among scientists. Its a natural and necessary part of the process. That is not what happens in global warming denial, where scientific facts are ignored or dismissed out of hand. To be a skeptic, you first have to understand the science that you are being skeptical of. Otherwise you are just parroting talking points that others want you to believe. No you can't blame this on Obama, I'm sorry. Its Republican policies that have coddled the oil and coal industries, with the help of a few blue dog Dems. 80% of oil industry political donations go to Republican, for coal it's 90%. Almost every single person in Bush's administration was oil company connected. Thats why the oil and coal industries switched from donating 60-40% Rep- Dems to the 80% and 90% to Republicans, after Bush was elected. Those are the facts. McCain took twice as much oil money as Obama in the election campaign. * Only reason Obama okayed offshore drilling was as a bargaining chip to get Republicans to vote for a climate bill, that they are too stubborn or stupid to understand the dire need for. It is Republicans and Libertarians who oppose a move to clean energy, and climate change mitigation. Funny how they are all smarter than the entire world scientific community. * Interesting how 99% of climate scientists, 91% of all scientists, every major scientific organization in the world, the earth science faculty of every single major university in the world, ALL agree that human emissions of greenhouse gas is causing global warming. But only about 25% of Republicans believe it, according to one poll. What you are witnessing is the dumbing down of America at its best (or worst) Doesn't that tell you something is wrong with the Republican position on all this? All they have to offer is Drill baby Drill. * If not, you are stupid, or in denial, ideologically incapable of accepting the facts, or really really misinformed. ** Oh I forgot there are two science organizations that don't agree with the IPCC. Guess which ones they are? American Association of Petroleum Geologists Canadian Association of Petroleum Geologists People in these two organizations usually have little to no knowledge of climate science. ** Do some reading. Read "Climate Cover-Up" by James Hoggan. * Read "Censoring Science: the Political Attack on Dr. James Hansen and the Truth of Global Warming" by Mark Bowen * Read "Merchants of Doubt: How a Handful of Scientists Obscured the Truth on Issues from Tobacco Smoke to Global Warming" by Naomi Oreskes and Erik Conway * Read "The Heat is On" and " Boiling Point" both by Ross Gelbspan * Read "Science as a Contact Sport: Inside the Battle to Save Earth's Climate" by Stephan H. Schneider and Tim Flannery * Read "Scorcher: The Dirty Politics of Climate Change" by Clive Hamilton He outlines the decade-long, coal-industry funded campaign in Australia to deny climate science * Then you might have some idea of how the Bush administration and Republicans and other conservatives have denied reason and science, out of ideological blindness to the truth, and to protect the status quo corporate interests of fossil fuel and other related industries. The climate change denial phenomenon is manufactured. * Replies (1) 1 Please sign in to rate this comment up. Please sign in to rate this comment down. 0 Richard 5 hours ago Report Abuse By the way, if you peruse the book shelves at your local Barnes and Noble, you will notice at least as many, if not more, books by climate change skeptics, as mainstream climate science books. There is a reason for this. The same think tanks who are spreading the disinformation for the fossil fuel industry, are funding most of these books. They promote 78% of skeptical books on climate change and 92% of skeptic books on the environment in general. This has resulted in at least 64 skeptic books. A book called "Climate Gate", repeating the fallacies about the hacked emails from CRU scientists. Too bad the author wrote the book before the whole thing was proven to be a tempest in a tea pot, and in fact, manufactured by dishonest people. All scientists and CRU have been vindicated by four investigations, which found absolutely no dishonesty in the science. As Joseph Romm remarked; Of 141 skeptic books on environmentalism in general, 128 were funded by these groups. Reply Post a Comment Sign in to post a comment, or Sign up for a free account. 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CamIsDaBestPresident Member	Wed Jun 02 01:17:17 Louisiana residents add hurricane fears to oil woes Buzz up! 17 votes Send Share Print AFP/Getty Images/File â?? Residents and visitors pray at the Grand Isle Speckled Trout Rodeo Party on May 29 in Grand Isle, Louisiana. â?¦ Play Video Weather Forecast Video:National Forecast weather.com by Karin Zeitvogel â?? Tue Jun 1, 2:26 pm ET BELLE CHASSE, Louisiana (AFP) â?? Louisiana residents Tuesday braced for further woe as hurricane season officially began, threatening to whip up oil-soaked waves, and dump tarry sludge far into inland areas. "This year especially we have a particular challenge as we go into hurricane season, with the oil in the Gulf," said Billy Nungesser, president of Plaquemines Parish area. Five years after it was battered by Hurricane Katrina, the state braced for for more misery amid warnings the next six months may be a highly active storm season. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has predicted up to 14 hurricanes, of which between three to seven will be "major" tempests, packing winds in excess of 110 miles per hour (176 kilometers per hour). Officials say oil from the Gulf of Mexico spill has already tainted nearly 3,000 acres (1,214 hectares) of marshland since an explosion ripped through the Deepwater Horizon rig some 50 miles (80 kilometers) off Louisiana. Nungesser repeated a plea to US authorities to give the go-ahead for Plaquemines Parish officials to start building sand barriers off the coast to block the oil. "Without something out here to keep it from flowing in, there's no way of defending ourselves -- the only way we're going to save the coastline is berms," Nungesser told AFP. "Everywhere oil has impacted, the marshes are going to die. If we see oil in the marshes now, next year they'll all be gone," he said. He warned the oil slick would have a more devastating effect on Louisiana's shores than powerful hurricanes Katrina, Gustav and Rita combined. At least 20 million gallons of oil are estimated to have gushed into the Gulf since the April 20 explosion on the Deepwater Horizon rig. As attempt after attempt to plug the leak has failed, the oil has seeped towards shore and was Monday spotted in inland waterways, including Grand Blue Bayou and Little Lake, both prized sites for fishing speckled trout. Oil has poured into the marshlands each time there has been a thunderstorm, said Nungesser. A storm surge -- when sea water is washed inland by high hurricane-force winds -- could carry oil from the Gulf, up the Mississippi Delta and "into people's back gardens," Nungesser told a packed hurricane preparedness meeting. Residents may be left dealing not only with flooding, but also with the toxic residue of the oil, he said. Thad Allen, a retired Coast Guard admiral who is in charge of overseeing the US government's response to the spill, admitted Tuesday they were looking at what to do in the case of bad weather as BP tries to contain and cap the leak. "There are a couple of options under way right now that would include a floating production facility that could easily be be separated and moved off station should we get violent weather during the hurricane season," Allen said. "Those plans are being finalized right now." Scientists have said huge plumes of oil are hanging underneath the surface of the sea, and sheen has been spotted on the surface. "If we get a hurricane in the Gulf, that oil and all that dispersant they're putting in there is going to be right up here with us, and that just scares the heck out of me," said 60-year-old Belle Chasse resident Harriet Hamilton. Locals have slammed BP for its handling of the crisis, accusing the British oil giant of fudging facts, of "poisoning" the Gulf waters with dispersant and of being too slow to staunch the flow of crude into the sea. Fishermen have been unable to fish during prime season, and their economic plight is impacting other industries that depend on the multi-billion-dollar seafood business. "It's God-awful. We need a lot of prayers, some divine intervention and some men from BP who care," said Hamilton. BP has shipped in thousands of workers to help with the oil clean-up effort in the worst environmental disaster in US history. But that poses another problem for local leaders as a major hurricane would mean thousands more people would have to be evacuated. Follow Yahoo! News on Twitter, become a fan on Facebook Related Searches: speckled trout deepwater horizon the national oceanic and atmospheric administration hurricane katrina environmental disaster Buzz up! 17 votes Send Share Print More on Weather Central America reels from Tropical Storm Agatha AFP Crews probe Guatemala sinkhole as neighbors flee AP Agatha deaths rise to 180 in Central America AP More » More... U.S. Video: BP: A Criminal Investigation ABC News U.S. Video: Local artist's 9/11 mural emerges from hibernation KING5 Seattle U.S. Video: Sheriff worries about an increase in gang violence after little boy is shot KREM.com Spokane/Coeur d'Alene 25 Comments Show: Post a Comment Comments 1 - 10 of 25 First Prev Next Last 4 Please sign in to rate this comment up. Please sign in to rate this comment down. 3 Cherri 18 hours ago Report Abuse When the hurricaine season starts, will louisanna start a new chapter to it's state disaster history? Replies (2) 5 Please sign in to rate this comment up. Please sign in to rate this comment down. 5 pilotflyer 16 hours ago Report Abuse The Dinosaurs have roamed the earth for 160+ million years and their end came when a meteor hit the Gulf of Mexico some 65 million years ago... had it not been for that extinction dinosaurs or reptilians would be running the Earth and possibly colonizing other worlds... Homo Sapiens have walked the Earth approximately 1 million years or less and have destroyed our planet once again in the Gulf of Mexico and we have YET to colonize much less visit another planet.... our greed and arrogance for killing everything we see and every human and animal species is what is NOW going to kill the human race... the food supply starting in the Gulf of Mexico is ruined not only for us now in this 'greed' generation but many more after and more starvation is the future of mankind and also the animal-flora species. Replies (1) 7 Please sign in to rate this comment up. Please sign in to rate this comment down. 0 william 16 hours ago Report Abuse a possible death knell for the gulf of mexico is too much for the human mind to comprehend. forget about all the politics and blame gaming, and imagine the gulf as the american version of the dead sea. R.I.P. Reply 5 Please sign in to rate this comment up. Please sign in to rate this comment down. 8 Sam 16 hours ago Report Abuse I have always maintained that if Katrina had devastated a rich white community,the cleanup and rebuilding would have been completed in record time no matter what the cost. Now, with the oil almost certain to engulf the area and ruin it for decades if not forever, New Orleans and all the adjacent "lower class" areas will receive little but lip service. The money goes where the politicians say it goes and if the votes aren't in those little parishes then they'll be left to fend for themselves. Replies (3) 8 Please sign in to rate this comment up. Please sign in to rate this comment down. 5 Darkrider 16 hours ago Report Abuse And BP, STILL denies that 'underwater plumes of oil' exist! Watch out folks, very soon, 'der Fuhrer' and his SS will fall 'lock-step' into that parade as well! Maybe Santa Claus, the seven dwarfs, the Easter bunny, and the tooth fairy will come to our aid and make this catastrophe disappear, right? Obamalammadingdong, his storm troopers, and BP sure as hell arent doing one damn thing to stop it, ( a LOT of TALK does not seem to scare the oil back into the ground, now does it?) Replies (2) 1 Please sign in to rate this comment up. Please sign in to rate this comment down. 2 Gerald 16 hours ago Report Abuse Oregon Inlet N.C. is going to get this oil. Cape Cod also. Bp is done for as is all offshore drilling. Reply 5 Please sign in to rate this comment up. Please sign in to rate this comment down. 4 Disdana 16 hours ago Report Abuse Politics drove the oil industry away from easily obtainable oil in shallow coastal areas to difficult to obtain deep water drilling due to ecological, environmental and economic (tourism) concerns. Now those political decisions have caused a disaster that could be the worst in recent human history on all those fronts. If this had been a coastal drilling platform it would have been a messy cleanup for sure and might have soiled a few miles of beach before being fixed in a relatively short period of time. Instead we have a cataclysm for all life, humans include, living in the Gulf of Mexico and it's coastal areas. Political well intentioned actions by a far left fringe has caused this disaster. Off with their heads. Replies (2) 3 Please sign in to rate this comment up. Please sign in to rate this comment down. 3 Disdana 16 hours ago Report Abuse If we could drill closer to shore we would not have this problem. Stupid no drill policies driven by political motives force BP out into hazardous drilling territory and this is the result. The disaster is political. Reply 0 Please sign in to rate this comment up. Please sign in to rate this comment down. 0 Dianne 16 hours ago Report Abuse supertankers that sucessfully vacuum and separate have BEEN used many times in other areas of the world but were not called up because of cost?, do not let a crisis go to waste?, would have to ask other countries for help?, all gulf coast states are republican?, could not navigate the turn around florida? would have taken weeks to arrive?, the leak might have been stopped?,or could not claim that oil is filthy and we need to nationalize it? Reply 3 Please sign in to rate this comment up. Please sign in to rate this comment down. 1 RobR 16 hours ago Report Abuse I agree, this disaster is political ! We have had decades to reduce our dependance on oil an greedy politicians have been bought and sold for that time. 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CamIsDaBestPresident Member	Wed Jun 02 01:17:26 Skip to navigation » Skip to content » New User? Register Sign In Help Trending: America's Got Talent Yahoo! Mail My Yahoo! News Finance Sports Search Web Search Home U.S. Business World Entertainment Sports Tech Politics Science Health Opinion Most Popular Science Video Weather News Space & Astronomy Animals & Pets Dinosaurs & Fossils Biotech Energy Green search menu News Search Trending Now: guatemala sinkhole tropical storm agatha marilyn monroe bret michaels elizabeth taylor tipper gore ted koppel oil spill sink hole giant sinkhole in guatemala charlie sheen american idol iran israeli raid sarah ferguson louise bourgeois china supercomputer mustafa abu al yazid al gore dario franchitti Get the scoop: Stay up to date with Yahoo! News on Facebook! Five factors to watch in the 2010 hurricane season Buzz up! 0 votes Send Share Print Play Video Weather Forecast Video:National Forecast weather.com Dan Shapley â?? Tue Jun 1, 1:01 pm ET All forecasters agree that the 2010 Atlantic hurricane season is likely to be very active, with an above-average number of tropical storms (sustained winds of 39 mph), hurricanes (sustained winds of 74 mph), and major hurricanes (sustained winds of 111 mph). Though all forecasts are subject to the error that comes with trying to predict complex systems, there are several factors that give researchers confidence in their predictions. The number and strength of storms is one factor that influences the destructiveness of a hurricane season. But other factors, both natural and manmade, influence how much damage any given storm, or series of storms, will do. Here are five factors and forces that could effect the destructiveness, deadliness, and costliness of the 2010 hurricane season. 1. The BP Gulf Oil Spill The BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico is in right in the path that hurricanes could take, as the five-year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina reminds us. What if a hurricane hits the oil slick? "Depending on the strength of of such a tropical storm, rough seas could be a serious problem for containment operations and may cause them to halt until the storm passes," according to Alex Sosnowskim an AccuWeather.com meteorologist. Sosnowskim notes: "Strong winds could steer part of the existing surface oil slick toward the northern Gulf Coast or elsewhere. High winds from a hurricane could also cause some the oil to become airborne in blowing spray, while a storm surge could carry contaminants inland. On the other hand, to some extent, rough seas and heavy rain tend to work toward breaking up an oil slick." While it's unlikely that the oil slick would slow down a major hurricane, if a hurricane is forming in the Gulf of Mexico, the oil slick may inhibit storm development according to a review of scientific literature on the subject by Weather Underground's Jeff Masters. 2. Haiti Still reeling from a spate of 2008 hurricanes when the earthquake struck near Port-au-Prince earlier this year, Haiti is vulnerable to yet more damage from the 2010 hurricane season. Haiti is especially vulnerable because it lacks the building codes that protect U.S. residents from similar storms; it lacks a government that is capable of preparing or responding to the storm, as Cuba manages to move residents out of harm's way; and it lacks the forests that its neighbors like the Dominican Republic have, which means the land is ill-equipped to absorb the shock of a big storm without unleashing deadly mudslides and flash floods. "Hurricanes exacerbate all of the problems that deforestation has created," says Ethan Budiansky, who has organized tree-planting projects in Haiti for Trees for the Future. "Normally, the root systems of trees would help absorb the extra rainwater and stabilize the soil, reducing the impact of a hurricane, but without this protection the impact of a major storm could be devastating." 3. La Niña While El Niño tends to inhibit hurricane formation, La Niñaâ??a cool pattern in the Southern Pacificâ??does just the opposite. While La Niña is not extant, it could emerge soon. "The main uncertainty in this outlook is how much above normal the season will be. Whether or not we approach the high end of the predicted ranges depends partly on whether or not La Niña develops this summer," said Gerry Bell, lead seasonal hurricane forecaster at NOAAâ??s Climate Prediction Center. "At present we are in a neutral state, but conditions are becoming increasingly favorable for La Niña to develop." 4. Hurricane Preparedness Properly preparing one's home for a hurricane "can absolutely be the determining factor between some damage and complete damage," said Ray Stone, the vice president of catastrophe operations for Travelers Insurance. "It could be very well the difference between a home standing and a home laying on the ground." Experts have been warning for years that people migrating to the coasts is increasing the risk of serious damage from hurricanes; now, 35 million Americans live along hurricane-prone coasts. Further, while some coastal areas haven't experienced a hurricane in years or even decades, there's no telling when one will strike. Many are unprepared. "If this outlook holds true, this season could be one of the more active (hurricane seasons) on record," said Jane Lubchenco, NOAA administrator. "The greater likelihood of storms brings an increased risk of a landfall. In short, we urge everyone to be prepared." Travelers is highlighting four common myths that homeowners have about preparing for hurricanes: The most vulnerable area of the home is the roof. "It simply isn't true," Stone said. "The most vulnerable part is the garage door." If wind enters through the garage door, a window or any other opening, however, the roof is at risk: The rush of air could blow it off, with your stuff following close behind. Kits are available to protect garage doors. You only need to protect the openings facing the water. Hurricanes rotate, and their winds can strike from surprising directions. Similarly, it's dangerous to try to open windows on the opposite side of the house from the direction of the wind, because they could break in the process, or the wind direction could change suddenly. Taping with a big "X" protects windows. The real key is to make sure windows are securely attached to the building and that they stay that way despite heavy winds. Leaning or pushing against a window or door can prevent it from being blown in. A better plan is to stay clear of windows and doors during the storm. Before the storm, make sure hinges and bolts are secure, and that all openings can be closed securely. 5. Hurricane Beta While NOAA predicts as many as 23 tropical storms in 2010, there are only 21 names prepared. If the worst-case prediction comes through, the latter storms will be named according to the Greek alphabet, starting with Alpha. In 2005, 31 storms took us all the way to zeta. Not only wind, but also flooding can result in property damage -- even from the coasts (as Ohio and Indiana learned from Hurricane Ike in 2008). While Stone warns that many homeowners don't realize basic insurance policies won't cover flooding, the world's largest provider of property and casualty insurance, Allianz Group, recently cautioned that $1.4 trillion in current U.S. commercial and residential assets are at risk from storm surge. As sea levels rise, due to global warming and melting ice caps, storm surge risk increases (the Northeast U.S. alone faces a $7.4 trillion risk). Another major commercial insurer, First American, has warned that 13 Gulf Coast and East Coast cities face a combined $234 billion risk to property if a Category 5 hurricane were to strike. Bottom line: The more storms, the more chance for damage. Here's a look at the 2010 hurricane names we'll see before we get to hurricanes Alpha and Beta. 2010 Tropical Storm Names: Alex Bonnie Colin Danielle Earl Fiona Gaston Hermine Igor Julia Karl Lisa Matthew Nicole Otto Paula Richard Shary Tomas Virginie Walter More from The Daily Green: 16 Birds Threatened by the BP Gulf Oil Spill 10 of the Worst Energy Disasters 12 Bizarre Sea Creatures Gulf Oil Spill Update: Facts and Stats Global Warming: Fact or Myth? Check out Yahoo! Green on Twitter and Facebook. Follow Yahoo! 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A giant sinkhole caused by the rains of Tropical Storm Agatha is seen in Guatemala City May 31, 2010. â?¦ Slideshow:Flooding opens up sinkholes in Guatemala City Play Video Weather Forecast Video:National Forecast weather.com Stephanie Pappas Life's Little Mysteries Contributor LiveScience.com â?? Tue Jun 1, 12:40 pm ET In the aftermath of Tropical Storm Agatha, a 330-foot-deep sinkhole opened up in the middle of Guatemala City. Like all sinkholes, the one in Guatamala City formed when a swath of land collapsed, leaving behind a crater-like depression in the ground. The phenomenon is most common in Florida, Texas, Alabama, Missouri, Kentucky, Tennessee and Pennsylvania, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The ground beneath these states is rich in easily dissolved rocks such as limestone, carbonates and salt beds. When groundwater flows through these rocks, it eats away at them, leaving behind subterranean holes and caverns. When the roof of one of these caverns collapses, it takes the land above down with it. Some sinkholes give way gradually and are filled in with dirt or sand from above. Others erode from the surface when easily-dissolved rocks are exposed to rain and wind. The most dangerous sinkholes are those that collapse suddenly. In some cases, the groundwater filling the underground caverns drains away because of drought or because humans divert the flow of groundwater for mining, drinking water or irrigation. Without the water supporting the roof from below, the land above crumbles. In other cases, the roof of the cavern becomes too weak to support the weight of the soil above it. These sudden sinkholes can swallow cars, houses and even drain entire lakes without warning. In September 1999, Lake Jackson near Tallahassee, Fla., which measured more than 6 square miles (16 square kilometers), disappeared almost completely, drained from below by a 50-foot-deep (15-meter-deep) sinkhole. 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News on Twitter, become a fan on Facebook Related Searches: u.s. geological survey Buzz up! 49 votes Send Share Print More on Weather Central America reels from Tropical Storm Agatha AFP Crews probe Guatemala sinkhole as neighbors flee AP Agatha deaths rise to 180 in Central America AP More » More... Politics Video: BP: A Criminal Investigation ABC News Politics Video: An Act of Defense? FOX News Politics Video: Inconsistencies in Sestak's Story FOX News 22 Comments Show: Post a Comment Comments 1 - 10 of 22 First Prev Next Last 8 Please sign in to rate this comment up. Please sign in to rate this comment down. 0 DB 13 hours ago Report Abuse That picture looks like it's from the movie Fantastic 4 Silver Surfer. Hard to believe, had to scare the h*ll out of the people who lived and worked in that area. I live in a state that gets sinkholes but nothing like that. Replies (1) 3 Please sign in to rate this comment up. Please sign in to rate this comment down. 12 kento Comment hidden due to low rating. Show Comment 6 Please sign in to rate this comment up. Please sign in to rate this comment down. 14 Deborah 12 hours ago Report Abuse That sinkhole is so PERFECTLY ROUND....it doesn't look normal...it looks MAN MADE...not from anyone in today's society, but ancient....and it just got filled up with dirt over the thousands and thousands of years. Now it is coming loose from all the water flooding and became uncovered. Recall the other VERY ROUND very deep pits that are in different parts of south america...where they sacrifice VIRGINS to the GODS...who left the holes behind years ago, and the natives want the GODS TO COME BACK SO KEEP SACRIFICING THE VIRGINS TO THEM TO GET THEM TO RETURN. You have seen them on TV over the years...and can pull them up on the internet research... Replies (4) 2 Please sign in to rate this comment up. Please sign in to rate this comment down. 7 E. S. 12 hours ago Report Abuse Anyone else find it interesting that this 330 foot sinkhole was caused by flooding from tropical storm AGATHA and that famed novelist AGATHA Christie died on JANUARY 12, 1976. While a massive earthquake is far more destructive than a single sinkhole, the 7.0 temblor that captured the world*s attention, devastating HAITI --particularly the capital, Port-au-Prince--occurred on the 120th anniversary of Christie*s birth? Replies (2) 1 Please sign in to rate this comment up. Please sign in to rate this comment down. 4 Duhammad 12 hours ago Report Abuse Now fill that hole with scumbags up to the brim! Sorry base jumpers, there are better uses for this. Reply 2 Please sign in to rate this comment up. Please sign in to rate this comment down. 4 wild crow 11 hours ago Report Abuse A wll placed sink hole under my exwifes house seems like a great Idea . Or maybe a lone sink hole around our boarders Replies (2) 0 Please sign in to rate this comment up. Please sign in to rate this comment down. 0 wyndsurfr 11 hours ago Report Abuse looks just like the one in 2007 ... maybe they need to fix their sewer lines... Reply 4 Please sign in to rate this comment up. Please sign in to rate this comment down. 6 Cowboy 11 hours ago Report Abuse Well sir, it looks like the Gate To Hell opened up, we will all have to wait and see if Obamas Brother comes Looming Up out of there with His Zcars. Replies (2) 1 Please sign in to rate this comment up. Please sign in to rate this comment down. 1 Patrick W 11 hours ago Report Abuse HAHAH DUMB EDITOR!! Seriously!!?? "The most dangerous sinkholes are those that collapse suddenly." name one Sink hole that didn't collapse without announcing to the world: " Hey uhh Guys.. yah I'm Mr Sinkhole here, I will collapse now. Watch out!" "These sudden sinkholes can swallow cars, houses and even drain entire lakes without warning." yah... Mr Sinkhole sure likes surprises... maybe if yahoo let google take over in the first place, then google can afford better editors/new reporter/ whatever is this guys job is. Reply 3 Please sign in to rate this comment up. Please sign in to rate this comment down. 1 Baltimore 11 hours ago Report Abuse I hope there will be a follow-up on this story with more info on the sinkhole. It doesn't look completely natural. It's much rounder and deeper than the ones I've seen in Florida. It's very curious-looking. Replies (1) Comments 1 - 10 of 22 First Prev Next Last Post a Comment Sign in to post a comment, or Sign up for a free account. Most Viewed - Politics Sparks wins Dem race for Al. governor; GOP tied AP Right to remain silent? 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Tropical Storm Agatha floods kill 150, cause giant sinkhole in Guatemala City Buzz up! 2 votes Send Share Print Play Video Weather Forecast Video:National Forecast weather.com By Sara Miller Llana â?? Tue Jun 1, 11:51 am ET Cartagena, Colombia â?? Villagers have been buried alive in Guatemala. Residents, caked in mud, have searched in the wreckage of their homes for loved ones. Aerial photos show entire swaths of the nation's coffee crop under water. Then, there's the giant Guatemala City sinkhole. The Atlantic hurricane season opens today, preceded by the Pacific one just weeks earlier, but already seasonal weather â?? coupled with volcano eruptions and other freak accidents â?? has battered Central American nations. IN PICTURES: Sinkholes around the world More than 150 people have been killed, mostly due to flooding and landslides, after tropical storm Agatha, the first Pacific storm of the season, struck Guatemala Saturday, impacting El Salvador and Honduras as well. Thousands across the region are homeless. The worst hit nation is Guatemala. In the Chimaltenango Province, west of Guatemala City, landslides buried dozens of communities, leaving at least 60 dead. "The department has collapsed," Gov. Erick de Leon told the Associated Press. "There are a lot of dead people. The roads are blocked. The shelters are overflowing. We need water, food, clothes, blankets â?? but above all, money." Isolated villagesAlthough the sun emerged in Guatemala yesterday, the number of those dead could rise as rescue workers attempt to reach communities that have been isolated by washed out roads and bridges. Schools were shut down across the region, and the risk of more deadly landslides has not passed. In Guatemala over 110,000 people have been evacuated. In El Salvador, where 11,000 people have been evacuated and 10 killed, 179 bridges were wrecked. The Lempa River already flooded 20 villages, officials say, and the Acelhuate River could top its banks and flood the capital. In Honduras, thousands have fled their homes as three more days of rain are forecast and rivers are already swollen near the capital, Tegucigalpa. Floods follow volcanic eruptionThe storm hit on Saturday, just two days after the Pacaya volcano, about 20 miles south of Guatemala City, erupted, causing the international airport to shut down. Guatemalan President Ã?lvaro Colom had declared a 15-day calamity, before tropical storm Agatha dumped three feet of water in the western part of the country. Officials have said that the ash from the volcano, which again covered the airport Monday, could aggravate flooding, as it blocks the nation's drainage systems. The Guatemalan government posted photosÃ? of the flooding tragedy, including one of a sinkhole apparently the size of an entire street block, that opened in the northern section of Guatemala City. A three-story building was swallowed by the hole. Authorities are investigating the cause. A sinkhole in the same area killed three people in 2007. Last November, hurricane Ida struck the region, killing at least 150 people from landslides and flooding. The worst in recent memory was hurricane Mitch, during the Atlantic hurricane season, which in 1998 killed almost 11,000 people and left 8,000 missing. --- Wire services were used in this report Related: Guatemala gangs to bus drivers: pay a fee, or risk death One dead, three missing in Guatemala volcano eruption Tropical Storm Agatha kills 150 in Central America IN PICTURES: Sinkholes around the world Follow Yahoo! News on Twitter, become a fan on Facebook Related Searches: lempa river atlantic hurricane season hurricane mitch central america Buzz up! 2 votes Send Share Print More on Weather Central America reels from Tropical Storm Agatha AFP Crews probe Guatemala sinkhole as neighbors flee AP Agatha deaths rise to 180 in Central America AP More » More... World Video: Japan PM to resign Reuters World Video: Japan's Prime Minister to resign AP World Video: UN calls for Gaza ship raid inquiry CBC.ca 21 Comments Show: Post a Comment Comments 1 - 10 of 21 First Prev Next Last 0 Please sign in to rate this comment up. Please sign in to rate this comment down. 0 tiffanyk 7 hours ago Report Abuse This is a horrible, horrible thing, but am I the only one who wants to know how deep the sink hole is? Reply 0 Please sign in to rate this comment up. Please sign in to rate this comment down. 0 JOSHUA 7 hours ago Report Abuse I want to know tooooo !!!! Reply 0 Please sign in to rate this comment up. Please sign in to rate this comment down. 0 Jazmine 7 hours ago Report Abuse mee too omg i never thought of that happening Reply 0 Please sign in to rate this comment up. Please sign in to rate this comment down. 0 Autumn 7 hours ago Report Abuse according to MSN the Authorities estimate the hole is 65 feet (20 meters) deep and say it was caused by water from Tropical Storm Agatha. Reply 0 Please sign in to rate this comment up. Please sign in to rate this comment down. 0 Sari 7 hours ago Report Abuse According to the AP the hole is 66 feet (20 meters) across and plunges nearly 100 feet (30 meters) deep. Reply 0 Please sign in to rate this comment up. Please sign in to rate this comment down. 0 Miguel 7 hours ago Report Abuse thank you sari Reply 1 Please sign in to rate this comment up. Please sign in to rate this comment down. 0 Maria 5 hours ago Report Abuse my husband thinks....it wasnt water affecting the sink hole , it was a secret operation by the goverment the building exploded by goverment testing !! Reply 1 Please sign in to rate this comment up. Please sign in to rate this comment down. 0 Maria 5 hours ago Report Abuse ...oh yea, forgot to mention, he's oh so very paranoid. everything is a government conspiracy. lol Reply 3 Please sign in to rate this comment up. Please sign in to rate this comment down. 0 Finally Free 5 hours ago Report Abuse What I think is weird is how the sides are so straight, like a giant drill bit made it. Perhaps it was aliens.... Replies (1) 0 Please sign in to rate this comment up. Please sign in to rate this comment down. 1 AmandaS 5 hours ago Report Abuse What are they plaining on doing with it? Are they going to try to fix it some way shape or form or just let it get bigger and bigger? 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Handout photo released by the Guatemalan Presidency of a sinkhole that swallowed an entire three-story â?¦ Play Video Hurricanes & Tropical Storms Video:Nungesser: BP denial of oil large plumes ridiculous WWL-TV, Channel 4 New Orleans Play Video Hurricanes & Tropical Storms Video:Tips for insurance prep for hurricane season WWL-TV, Channel 4 New Orleans Play Video Hurricanes & Tropical Storms Video:Vast sinkhole swallows clothing factory in Guatemala 11 News Houston by Edgar Calderon â?? 32 mins ago GUATEMALA CITY (AFP) â?? Central America was left reeling after the first eastern Pacific tropical storm of the season, Agatha, hammered the region with heavy rains that killed 179 people and washed away thousands of homes. Hardest hit was Guatemala, with 152 people killed, dozens injured and at least 100 people missing after floods and mudslides swept away ramshackle homes along hills and destroyed bridges and roads, complicating rescue efforts. President Alvaro Colom released a photograph of a sinkhole in the capital that had swallowed up an entire three-story building. In countries on the mountainous and mostly poor isthmus linking North and South America, the poorest people often build their homes near rivers so they have access to water. But in in the rainy season their homes are endangered by swollen rivers and mudslides. Tropical Storm Agatha, which dumped heavy rain on the isthmus just ahead of Tuesday's first day of the Atlantic hurricane season, destroyed up to 22,000 homes in Guatemala, forcing 155,000 people from their homes, said officials. About half of those affected were staying in shelters, officials said. The storm killed 17 people in Honduras and 10 in El Salvador, according to official figures. With millions of dollars in damage and the impoverished population particularly hard hit, the United States pledged 112,500 dollars and sent a plane carrying relief supplies Tuesday; the European Union pledged 3.6 million dollars in humanitarian aid. Colom said he would ask Washington to grant Guatemalan migrants in the United States temporary protected status that would allow them to stay and work without fear of deportation because of the conditions in Guatemala. Salvadoran and Hondurans living in the United States already have that special status. "It's something we sought a while ago but now the timing is favorable with this natural disaster," said Guatemala's deputy foreign minister Miguel Angel Ibarra. A US airplane carrying four helicopters and supplies was due in Guatemala City from its base in Honduras to help deliver emergency aid to the Guatemalan Air Force, at Colom's request. Guatemala City's response was hampered by a separate emergency: the eruption of nearby Pacaya volcano whose ash has closed the capital's Aurora international airport since last week, when two people were also killed and three went missing. That left thousands of travelers stranded. But Guatemala City's international airport, closed since Thursday, was reopened on Tuesday to commercial and freight flights, said civil aviation spokeswoman Monica Monge. The World Bank said it was finalizing with Guatemala an 85 million dollar loan to help it cope with the two disasters. Follow Yahoo! News on Twitter, become a fan on Facebook Related Searches: guatemalan air force central america guatemala city atlantic hurricane season Buzz up! 0 votes Send Share Print More on Weather Crews probe Guatemala sinkhole as neighbors flee AP Agatha deaths rise to 180 in Central America AP Fallen bridges hamper Guatemala storm rescue Reuters More » More... Video: Racing to save the Gulf of Mexico's fragile ecosystem AFP Video: Busy Hurricane Season Means More Worries For Haiti CBS4 Miami Video: Crews probe massive Guatemala sinkhole AP 20 Comments Show: Post a Comment Comments 1 - 10 of 20 First Prev Next Last 5 Please sign in to rate this comment up. Please sign in to rate this comment down. 13 ArmySarge Sun May 30, 2010 10:19 am PDT Report Abuse Here we go...the NUTS are out of the can!!! LOL!!!LMAO!!! Replies (2) 4 Please sign in to rate this comment up. Please sign in to rate this comment down. 2 Courtneyrulz2008 Sun May 30, 2010 05:07 pm PDT Report Abuse I hope this hurricane season won't be like 2005 even though they are predicting it to be. I don't want gas prices to sky rocket again nor do I want tons of people to get hurt or anything like that. Reply 18 Please sign in to rate this comment up. Please sign in to rate this comment down. 2 Jaybird Sun May 30, 2010 07:52 pm PDT Report Abuse Guatemala's a beautiful country with a lot of poverty and illiteracy. The people are humble and many are @#$% fearing. The government always sucks, and is powerfully corrupt. The drug lords of South America are constantly working to keep the country destabilized to provide a less resistant passage for their drugs on route to the U.S. The regular, hard working poor folks are just caught up in the middle. Evangelical Christianity is exploding there, and is bringing hope and enlightenment to the common folks, but it is a great uphill battle. The country is packed with steep mountains, lots of clearing of trees from areas of those mountains for poor folks, who are subsistant living. Great tragedy is common, when there is alot of rain (which is typical in the tropics). Alot of people will, unfortunately, always die and others will suffer loss of everything. Guatemalans accept this as a reality, feel relatively powerless to do much, because passing new laws and regulation don't mean much, but they always bounce back and keep pushing forward. Reply 2 Please sign in to rate this comment up. Please sign in to rate this comment down. 6 Gary H Sun May 30, 2010 08:12 pm PDT Report Abuse Bama Boy, already has the U.S"s check book out. I'll cut them 1 for a cool 100 million. Replies (4) 7 Please sign in to rate this comment up. Please sign in to rate this comment down. 1 some one Sun May 30, 2010 08:46 pm PDT Report Abuse I been living in the USA for the last 38 years and I have not gone back to Central America do to that I know for sure that if I go back I'll be upset the way politicians and the Presidentes regardless who they are or from where they come still same it wont change what so ever Left or right do same they get Rich and the poor get's poor it is a real shame of this people and the Financial Bank call the Inter American Bank Located in Washington DC controlled by the Rich from Latin America and Abusing the Indians and all the other people and making sure that the Rich get Rich and the poor get poor is controlled by One of the Colombian Rich person and the only People that works at the Bank is the once that know others (RICH PEOPLE) OR THE EX PRESIDENTES AND MILITARY PEOPLE THAT KNOWS PEOPLE, Latin American bank make sure you send the Money and make sure that it is for Jobs not SLAVERY AS YOU HAVE BEEN DOING FOR THE LONGEST,Latinos don't need to be here we have all what we need but we need to stop all this so call Europeans that live and control Latin America to stop getting Rich IT IS TIME FOR YOU ALL TO GIVE THE POOR AND GIVE THEM SOME CHANCE TO BE AS YOU ARE. Replies (4) 3 Please sign in to rate this comment up. Please sign in to rate this comment down. 3 some one Sun May 30, 2010 08:54 pm PDT Report Abuse INTER AMERICAN BANK STOP STILLING THE MONEY FROM THE POOR YOU ARE RICH ENOUGH STOP SENDING YOUR KIDS TO ENGLAND TO BE EDUCATED AND HAVE THE POOR TO NOT BE EDUCATED, THE POOR IS THE ONE THAT YOU TAKE ADVANTAGE FROM, PEOPLE IT IS TIME TO STOP THE ABUSE OF THE INTER AMERICAN BANK MAKING MONEY FROM THE USA GOVERNMENT ON THE NAME OF THE OUR PEOPLE IS TIME TO MAKE STOP TO ALL THE ABUSE THAT INTER AMERICAN BANK DO. Replies (2) 3 Please sign in to rate this comment up. Please sign in to rate this comment down. 2 Grower Mon May 31, 2010 12:03 am PDT Report Abuse Central America seems to be much cleaner than the U.S. at this point. Replies (5) 4 Please sign in to rate this comment up. Please sign in to rate this comment down. 2 Sier Mon May 31, 2010 02:43 am PDT Report Abuse Unfortunately, corruption is world wide; where there is "Big Government" there is big corruption. But fear not, for these things must come to pass, before the fall of big government and corruption as we know it. This too will pass, for just as sure as the grinding wheel of judgment turns ever so slowly, it grinds ever so finely. And when it's all said and done it will be just dust for the wind to drive away. @#$% is returning soon, and He will rule with an iron rod, and the government of the world will be on His shoulders Rev 2:27, Rev 19:15, Isa 9:6. These things must be but then they will be no more. This too shall pass. Reply 1 Please sign in to rate this comment up. Please sign in to rate this comment down. 5 cheap shoes in yeahsm.com Mon May 31, 2010 04:53 am PDT Report Abuse Unfortunately, corruption is world wide; where there is "Big Government" there is big corruption. But fear not, for these things must come to pass, before the fall of big government and corruption as we know it.This too will pass, for just as sure as the grinding wheel of judgment turns ever so slowly, it grinds ever so finely. And when it's all said and done it will be just dust for the wind to drive away. @#$% is returning soon, and He will rule with an iron rod, and the government of the world will be on His shoulders Rev 2:27,Rev 19:15, Isa 9:6. These things must be but then they will be no more. This too shall pass. Replies (1) 10 Please sign in to rate this comment up. Please sign in to rate this comment down. 2 Cat Man Mon May 31, 2010 07:19 am PDT Report Abuse Latin America is always being put down as very corrupt place where big business controls everything and military juntas take over the government. Well, isn't that what happens in the good old USA also? 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The 2010 Atlantic hurricane season has begun and comes at a time when oil from a spill off the Louisiana coast continues spewing into the Gulf of Mexico. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is predicting an active season, with as many as 23 named tropical storms. An estimated eight to 14 storms could strengthen into hurricanes. Of those storms, three to seven could become major hurricanes. While scientists seem to agree that the sprawling oil slick in the Gulf isn't likely to affect the formation of a storm, the real worry is that a hurricane might turn the millions of gallons of floating crude into a crashing black surf. The first named storm of this Atlantic hurricane season, which runs through Nov. 30, will be called Alex. Follow Yahoo! 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Please sign in to rate this comment down. 0 Piphop 14 hours ago Report Abuse If the first named storm is Alex, then were did Agatha come from? Replies (1) 1 Please sign in to rate this comment up. Please sign in to rate this comment down. 0 Elio 13 hours ago Report Abuse The Pacific season uses a separate list of names. Reply 0 Please sign in to rate this comment up. Please sign in to rate this comment down. 0 Devlin 13 hours ago Report Abuse woo hurricane seasons here group hug in the showers tonight boys$@#!%~#@%!#@! Reply 0 Please sign in to rate this comment up. Please sign in to rate this comment down. 2 DB 13 hours ago Report Abuse BP = Barack Petroleum Replies (1) 0 Please sign in to rate this comment up. Please sign in to rate this comment down. 0 Brad B 12 hours ago Report Abuse It's news media time. trying to make every storm into a national disaster, the local wheather broadcasters dwell on the storm and hope it turns into a hurricane just for the news story. 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Waves of energy from the Pacific will spark light showers and possible thunderstorms in the Pacific Northwest â?¦ Play Video Weather Forecast Video:National Forecast weather.com By WEATHER UNDERGROUND, For The Associated Press â?? Tue Jun 1, 4:49 am ET The Eastern U.S. was forecast to see another active day Tuesday, while the West remained under mild weather conditions. A low pressure system was continuing to track eastward through eastern Canada, dragging a cold front through the Eastern U.S. This system was continuing to pull moisture in from the Gulf of Mexico, and in combination with warm conditions, the front would trigger scattered showers and thunderstorms. Forecasters said some of these storms might turn severe as the system had a history of producing damaging winds, large hail and periods of heavy rain. Rainfall totals from the Ohio River Valley to the Gulf of Mexico were expected to range between a quarter and a half of an inch, with over an inch likely in areas of severe storm development. The entire East Coast would remain in the 70s and 80s Tuesday. Behind this system in the Plains, another low pressure system would strengthen as it quickly moved off the Central Rockies. This system would also push in moisture from the Gulf of Mexico, and create a moist warm front that would kick up moderate to heavy storms over the Central and Southern Plains. Forecasters said these storms may reach into the Northern Plains and Upper Midwest by evening. The Southern Plains would see highs in the 90s, while the Northern and Central Plains would remain in the 80s. Out West, a low pressure system moved into the Pacific Northwest and pushed the dominating ridge of high pressure eastward. This would bring some light and scattered showers to Oregon and Washington, while most of California would remain dry with a few patchy clouds. Most of the West Coast would remain in the 60s and 70s Tuesday. Temperatures in the Lower 48 states Monday ranged from a low of 27 degrees at Big Piney, Wyo., to a high of 93 degrees at Chesapeake, Va. Follow Yahoo! News on Twitter, become a fan on Facebook Related Searches: warm front rainfall totals cold front west coast Buzz up! 0 votes Send Share Print More on Weather Central America reels from Tropical Storm Agatha AFP Crews probe Guatemala sinkhole as neighbors flee AP Agatha deaths rise to 180 in Central America AP More » More... 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Please sign in to rate this comment down. 68 mike Sun Mar 07, 2010 09:23 pm PST Report Abuse glad you all have it. its a nice dry winter in Idaho I LOVE GLOBAL WARMING i do all i can to sapport it burn all the plastic i can. Replies (11) 16 Please sign in to rate this comment up. Please sign in to rate this comment down. 16 Calvin & Tonette Tue Mar 09, 2010 08:44 pm PST Report Abuse Hoping the RAIN GODS treat us right for St. Patricks Day Replies (1) 16 Please sign in to rate this comment up. Please sign in to rate this comment down. 49 The Great One Wed Mar 10, 2010 12:07 pm PST Report Abuse Hooray for Global Warming!!! Replies (2) 24 Please sign in to rate this comment up. Please sign in to rate this comment down. 12 Frank Thu Mar 11, 2010 09:46 pm PST Report Abuse I looked around a little on the internet for explanations about what was going on. I found one. We're mixing air between the Arctic and the Mid Latitudes. The alligators freeze and the reindeer are sweating. Is it true? Do I believe it? This stuff will all get analyzed and maps and diagrams and computer models will come forth and people who have a clue ( probably not your local weatherman ) will have some vigorous arguments about it At that point it will be probably be pretty clear what's going on and my opinion won't matter. In the meantime people shouldn't jump to conclusions especially if their science background is a gentleman's C in high school chemistry in high school and astronomy for liberal arts majors in college. . Replies (3) 39 Please sign in to rate this comment up. Please sign in to rate this comment down. 11 Leeman Sat Mar 13, 2010 07:51 am PST Report Abuse Just keep your eyes on the weather and the tectonic plates. This is about to get serious. Replies (7) 28 Please sign in to rate this comment up. Please sign in to rate this comment down. 31 Balance Sun Mar 14, 2010 02:19 pm PDT Report Abuse I heard Al Gore was melting glaciers in Antarctica with a blow torch to affect Climate Change, so yeah, it's all Al's fault. He controls the weather, duh! Replies (2) 53 Please sign in to rate this comment up. Please sign in to rate this comment down. 26 Keith Mon Mar 15, 2010 06:46 am PDT Report Abuse Global warming is caused by the sun. No solar activity means cooler temps. We have not had any major solar flare activity for years, hence the cold. Carbon Dioxide is plant food. Replies (10) 7 Please sign in to rate this comment up. Please sign in to rate this comment down. 11 Pam Tue Mar 16, 2010 09:13 am PDT Report Abuse So you're saying that being too hot makes us cold, and when we get too cold, it will make us hot? LOL. If you are a real environmentalist, you won't see this as a problem. We'll just evolve to deal with the climate change. 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After the aborted event at the cemetery, Obama drove back toward Chicago, where he stopped to visit with families of troops and veterans being treated at a Veterans' Hospital just outside the city. Aides said Obama met with families, including many children, posed for pictures, toured the facility and ate a bratwurst and baked beans that had been made for a Memorial Day barbeque. He later gave the speech to a hastily assembled group of about 200 troops and their families at Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland after arriving from Chicago. Obama spoke at a Memorial Day ceremony in Elwood in 2005, when he was an Illinois senator. (Reporting by Patricia Zengerle, Editing by Eric Beech) Follow Yahoo! 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Please sign in to rate this comment down. 92 Guerrrrro Mon May 31, 2010 11:01 am PDT Report Abuse That is what he gets for not going to Arlington to honor our troops. Replies (20) 512 Please sign in to rate this comment up. Please sign in to rate this comment down. 83 Donna Mon May 31, 2010 11:06 am PDT Report Abuse Obama turned his back on @#$% and @#$% has turned his back on him. Replies (6) 24 Please sign in to rate this comment up. Please sign in to rate this comment down. 96 Robert K Comment hidden due to low rating. Show Comment 1 Please sign in to rate this comment up. Please sign in to rate this comment down. 9 zoskicks Comment hidden due to low rating. Show Comment 720 Please sign in to rate this comment up. Please sign in to rate this comment down. 76 thomas d Mon May 31, 2010 11:29 am PDT Report Abuse It's not where 'most presidents have laid wreaths on the national holiday'. It's where ALL American presidents, until this one, spend Memorial day honoring the nations war dead. Perhaps if they'd had a fundraiser at Arlington he could have fit it into his schedule? Replies (26) 479 Please sign in to rate this comment up. Please sign in to rate this comment down. 61 Mon May 31, 2010 11:30 am PDT Report Abuse I dont believe this man, I was out in the rain too, try an umbrella and raincoat...its shameful that he couldnt get wet but men and women gave up their lives...I bet they wish they could be in the rain... Replies (15) 201 Please sign in to rate this comment up. Please sign in to rate this comment down. 60 John B. Mon May 31, 2010 11:31 am PDT Report Abuse It's an OMEN! He appears to be Bill Cosby, "This is the Lord Barack Hussein OILBAMA"! OILBAMA's response, What, What! I'm going back to my car! Replies (5) 511 Please sign in to rate this comment up. 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A strong 6.4-magnitude earthquake hit India's Andaman Islands early â?¦ Play Video Earthquakes Video:Haitian diaspora reaches out to quake-struck homeland AFP Play Video Earthquakes Video:Haiti struggles to rebuild after quake AFP Play Video Earthquakes Video:Volunteers pack meals for Haiti quake survivors KING5 Seattle Mon May 31, 5:11 pm ET NEW DELHI (AFP) â?? A strong 6.4-magnitude earthquake hit off India's Andaman Islands early Tuesday, seismologists said, but no widespread tsunami was expected. The quake struck at a depth of 127 kilometres (80 miles), said the US Geological Survey (USGS), with the epicentre 120 kilometres from Port Blair on the Andaman Islands, which are located in the Bay of Bengal. The Hawaii-based Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said there was a very small possibility of a local tsunami near the centre but no threat of a destructive widespread tsunami. Myanmar lies to the north of the Andaman Islands and Indonesia to the south. 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Video: Haiti's homeless camp on perilous ground AFP Video: Beautician revives business in Haiti's homeless camp AFP Video: 3.4 quake near Duvall prompts bridge inspections KING5 Seattle 6 Comments Show: Post a Comment 0 Please sign in to rate this comment up. Please sign in to rate this comment down. 5 Sandy Mon May 31, 2010 02:24 pm PDT Report Abuse hello Reply 0 Please sign in to rate this comment up. Please sign in to rate this comment down. 3 pb Mon May 31, 2010 03:53 pm PDT Report Abuse YUP Reply 2 Please sign in to rate this comment up. Please sign in to rate this comment down. 1 Topanga Mon May 31, 2010 05:59 pm PDT Report Abuse Anyone who past 5th grade science knows this is just the Earth adjusting tectonic and seismic forces and nothing more. Happens all the time and no more this year than any other year. For more info, go to the USGS website. Reply 1 Please sign in to rate this comment up. Please sign in to rate this comment down. 0 simi Mon May 31, 2010 07:30 pm PDT Report Abuse we are getting close to 2012 prepare for the end spnd all the money smoke all the weed enjoy for the rest of our little time Replies (1) 1 Please sign in to rate this comment up. Please sign in to rate this comment down. 0 james Mon May 31, 2010 08:36 pm PDT Report Abuse send in the high publicity stunt actors to help out this place............ I hear madonna and angelina jolie have first dibs........... Reply 0 Please sign in to rate this comment up. Please sign in to rate this comment down. 0 Mark's Friend 19 hours ago Report Abuse Wow, we've got "aw shucks, happens all the time" and "prepare for the end of the world" both above. Both right to some degree. Reply Post a Comment Sign in to post a comment, or Sign up for a free account. 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CamIsDaBestPresident Member	Wed Jun 02 01:19:19 Skip to navigation » Skip to content » New User? Register Sign In Help Trending: America's Got Talent Yahoo! Mail My Yahoo! News Finance Sports Search Web Search Home U.S. Business World Entertainment Sports Tech Politics Science Health Opinion Most Popular World Video Middle East Europe Latin America Africa Asia Canada Australia/Antarctica Kevin Sites search menu News Search Trending Now: guatemala sinkhole tropical storm agatha marilyn monroe bret michaels elizabeth taylor tipper gore ted koppel oil spill sink hole giant sinkhole in guatemala charlie sheen american idol iran israeli raid sarah ferguson louise bourgeois china supercomputer mustafa abu al yazid al gore dario franchitti Get the scoop: Stay up to date with Yahoo! News on Facebook! Possible local tsunami from India quake: US warning center Buzz up! 3 votes Send Share Print AFP/File â?? A man points at a seismic chart. A strong 6.4-magnitude earthquake hit India's Andaman Islands early â?¦ Play Video Earthquakes Video:Haitian diaspora reaches out to quake-struck homeland AFP Play Video Earthquakes Video:Haiti struggles to rebuild after quake AFP Play Video Earthquakes Video:Volunteers pack meals for Haiti quake survivors KING5 Seattle Mon May 31, 4:42 pm ET WASHINGTON (AFP) â?? A strong earthquake off India's Andaman Islands has a potential to create a local tsunami near the epicenter, the US Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said Monday. "A destructive widespread tsunami threat does not exist based on historical earthquake and tsunami data," the center said in a statement. "However, there is a very small possibility of a local tsunami that could affect coasts located usually no more than a hundred kilometers from the earthquake epicenter. "Authorities in the region near the epicenter should be made aware of this possibility," it added. Follow Yahoo! 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CamIsDaBestPresident Member	Wed Jun 02 01:19:31 Skip to navigation » Skip to content » New User? Register Sign In Help Trending: America's Got Talent Yahoo! Mail My Yahoo! News Finance Sports Search Web Search Home U.S. Business World Entertainment Sports Tech Politics Science Health Opinion Most Popular Video Photos Blog Local Odd News Comics Weather Travel Vitality Who Knew? Site Index search menu News Search Trending Now: guatemala sinkhole tropical storm agatha marilyn monroe bret michaels elizabeth taylor tipper gore ted koppel oil spill sink hole giant sinkhole in guatemala charlie sheen american idol iran israeli raid sarah ferguson louise bourgeois china supercomputer mustafa abu al yazid al gore dario franchitti Want today's TOP TRENDING stories? Follow @YahooNews on Twitter! Magnitude 6.4 quake hits off India's Andamans: USGS Buzz up! 0 votes Send Share Print Play Video Earthquakes Video:Haitian diaspora reaches out to quake-struck homeland AFP Play Video Earthquakes Video:Haiti struggles to rebuild after quake AFP Play Video Earthquakes Video:Volunteers pack meals for Haiti quake survivors KING5 Seattle Mon May 31, 4:29 pm ET WASHINGTON (Reuters) â?? A magnitude 6.4 quake struck east of India's Andaman Islands and triggered a local tsunami warning, the U.S. Geological Survey and Pacific Tsunami Warning Center reported on Monday. The USGS said the quake struck at 1:21 a.m. on Tuesday (3:51 p.m. EDT on Monday) 75 miles east of Port Blair at a depth of 79.4 miles. "Earthquakes of this size sometimes generate local tsunamis that can be destructive along coasts located within a few hundred kilometers (miles) of the earthquake epicenter," the tsunami warning center said. (Reporting by Sandra Maler; Editing by Peter Cooney) Follow Yahoo! News on Twitter, become a fan on Facebook Related Searches: tsunami warning center pacific tsunami warning center earthquake epicenter Buzz up! 0 votes Send Share Print More on Earthquakes Bill Clinton returns to Haiti on recovery mission AP U.S. military ends major relief operations in Haiti Reuters NYC to train Haiti residents on emergency response AP More » More... Video: Haiti's homeless camp on perilous ground AFP Video: Beautician revives business in Haiti's homeless camp AFP Video: 3.4 quake near Duvall prompts bridge inspections KING5 Seattle There are no comments yet Post a Comment Sign in to post a comment, or Sign up for a free account. Most Viewed - Top Stories Paintballs to pistols, Israel admits ship blunders Reuters Mexican drug smugglers target Texas fishermen The Newsroom U.S. military ends major relief operations in Haiti Reuters Fallen bridges hamper Guatemala storm rescue Reuters Justice Dept. seeks high-court action on Arizona law â?? from '08 The Newsroom All Most Viewed » Daily Features All Comics » Opinions & Editorials: Diverse views on news from the right, left, and center. All Opinion » Elsewhere on the Web The Christian Science Monitor: Getting things done 101: The keys to performance improvement ABC News: Israel Orders Families of Diplomats out of Turkey McClatchy Newspapers: Israeli raid on aid flotilla traps U.S. between two close allies Top Stories BP stock tumbles as feds announce oil-spill probes Israel orders families of diplomats out of Turkey Al and Tipper Gore separate after 40-year marriage Glitch shows how much US military relies on GPS Apple's Jobs says iPad idea came before iPhone Right to remain silent? Suspect better speak up Al-Qaida: No. 3 official killed with family More Top Stories » Yahoo! Updates My Connections Everyone Sign In to see what your Connections are up to on Yahoo! News. New User? Sign Up Today Matt buzzed up: Microsoft sticks up for Windows operating system (AFP) 11 seconds ago Aguslee11111111111111dewe buzzed up: 124 Gaza aid flotilla activists arrive in Jordan (AP) 13 seconds ago MNichols buzzed up: WHERE DOES THE BUCK STOP? (Richard Reeves) 32 seconds ago Honorious buzzed up: Right to remain silent? Suspect better speak up (AP) 2 minutes ago Kirti buzzed up: Al Gore, wife Tipper, to separate (AFP) 3 minutes ago Manage My Updates Home U.S. Business World Entertainment Sports Tech Politics Science Health Travel Most Popular Odd News Opinion News Services RSS News Alerts Weather Alerts Site Map Help Feedback Copyright © 2010 Reuters Limited. All rights reserved. Republication or redistribution of Reuters content is expressly prohibited without the prior written consent of Reuters. Reuters shall not be liable for any errors or delays in the content, or for any actions taken in reliance thereon. Copyright © 2010 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved.Questions or CommentsPrivacy PolicyAbout Our AdsTerms of ServiceCopyright/IP Policy
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People walk inside a camp for earthquake displaced people after a rain in Port-au-Prince, Friday, May â?¦ Slideshow:Haiti Earthquake Play Video Earthquakes Video:Haitian diaspora reaches out to quake-struck homeland AFP Play Video Earthquakes Video:Haiti struggles to rebuild after quake AFP By BEN FOX, Associated Press Writer â?? Mon May 31, 2:34 pm ET PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti â?? A hurricane season predicted to be one of the wettest on record opens Tuesday in the Caribbean, where hundreds of thousands of Haitian earthquake victims have only tarps or fraying tents to protect them in a major storm. The Haitian government, which had five months to prepare, says it's still working on emergency and evacuation plans. But it is unclear where people will go with many churches, schools and other potential shelters toppled by the quake. Since the Jan. 12 earthquake killed up to 300,000 people and left more than 1.5 million homeless, there has been little progress on clearing rubble so people can return to their neighborhoods or building sturdier shelters. Dr. Jean Pape, one of the country's most prominent public health experts, estimates that only 1 percent of the masses stuck in dangerous flood zones have been relocated. "There's no give here. Time is just running out," said Mark L. Schneider, senior vice president of the International Crisis Group. "There's no question that large numbers, tens of thousands, are going to be in situations of misery when the rains come." Already, the moderate spring rains that drench Port-au-Prince almost daily leave camp residents up to their knees in putrid water. Claudia Toussaint, a 24-year-old camped near a golf course, dug a shallow channel in the dirt under her tarp in a futile effort to keep water away from her mattress. "When it rains, we don't have anywhere to go, we don't have anywhere to sleep," she said. "We just get soaked." The problem goes beyond more misery in about 1,200 temporary camps. Vast numbers of people are exposed to disease-carrying mosquitoes. Serious flooding could cause mass casualties even with thousands of aid workers and U.N. peacekeepers present. The U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has predicted as many as 23 named tropical storms, which would make this season one of the more active on record. The quake has forced Haiti to update its storm contingency plans, said Prime Minister Jean-Max Bellerive, including positioning emergency food and equipment. A response team has been set up to deal with rain emergencies in camps. "We don't need a hurricane to have problems in Haiti, we just need three or four days of continuous rain to have serious problems," he said in an interview with The Associated Press. But Bellerive couldn't say how the plans are being updated. And he said the country's condition remains "fragile," even though aid groups and government officials have said since the quake that flooding is a major looming disaster. The Atlantic storm season always poses a risk in mountainous Haiti. Tropical Storm Jeanne killed nearly 3,000 people in 2004, and a series of 2008 storms killed 800 â?? mostly in the country's central region north of Port-au-Prince. The capital city rarely gets a direct hit; it is protected by the mountains that separate Haiti from the Dominican Republic. But even modest storms are deadly in this deforested nation where entire cities are routinely plunged under water. The international community and private aid groups have pledged or delivered $3.1 billion to help Haiti after the earthquake and are promising nearly $10 billion more for reconstruction. But so far, the government has relocated only about 7,000 vulnerable people to two safer camps. The relocation is slow because the crippled government doesn't have enough money to complete a job that includes not just setting up new tents, but providing work, schools and services. "You can't just move people to a new location and say 'take care of your life.'" said Pape, director of the GHESKIO clinic. The Salvation Army has started building two-room shelters for 600 families in the southern town of Jacmel despite bureaucratic delays in getting the material through Haiti's ports. The cement-secured wooden supports are designed to withstand winds of up to 30 mph, and the raised wooden floors to prevent Haitians from risking disease by using water flowing through their homes for hygiene and cooking. They expect to complete the structures within a month using Haitian labor. Protesters have criticized President Rene Preval for a lack of progress in reconstruction. Schneider says all involved need to move faster. "It's not that people are doing things that are wrong," he said. "It's that people need to do the things that they are doing faster." Magdaline Oscar lives with her husband and 6-year-old son in a trash-strewn road that leads to the capital's main garbage dump. She showed visitors the murky water that pools under her tent and splashes through its torn sides. During storms, they flee to a neighbor's shelter, though many of the other tents in their encampment are also now damaged after five months of use. "The wind and the water is destroying them," said the 26-year-old. "I don't think it will last much longer." Elsewhere, people are taking a do-it-yourself approach â?? adding corrugated steel and plywood to homes first constructed from a few bed sheets and plastic tarps. Leon Louis was confident about his prospects as he set up a shanty in the Champs de Mars, the capital's central plaza. "The rain might fall, but we'll be in a stable place," Louis said. ___ Associated Press writers Jonathan M. Katz and Yesica Fisch contributed to this report. 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Please sign in to rate this comment down. 817 A veteran and a patriot Sun Mar 07, 2010 09:48 pm PST Report Abuse The United States has so many problems of its own that aren't, and can't, be attended as long as the federal government continues to try to be peacemaker and salvation to all natural disasters all over the world. Is it a shame? Of course. But it's time the citizens of the U.S. realize WE can't be the world's salvation. It's also time the citizens of the WORLD accept THEIR fair share of financial, personnel and infra-structure rebuilding/support efforts around the globe. All the liberal (excuse me, PROGRESSIVE) positioning has done is create a NEGATIVE image of our efforts! You can't take care of another before you take care of yourself. Take care of Americans first! Replies (87) 987 Please sign in to rate this comment up. Please sign in to rate this comment down. 156 rizzo Sun Mar 07, 2010 09:50 pm PST Report Abuse Americans did an outstanding job in providing aid and support for Haiti. The US has a very big heart. Best wishes to the people of Haiti. Replies (21) 372 Please sign in to rate this comment up. Please sign in to rate this comment down. 158 Billy Sun Mar 07, 2010 09:52 pm PST Report Abuse during the disaster, there was so much push for help in haiti, millions of dollars were raised ,now it is not news worthy, what is being done there, and why are we leaving, is the country back to normal, are the people really secure and even halfway back on their feet, where is fox and cbs and all the other news reporters, they still need help, both now and for several months to come. Replies (18) 659 Please sign in to rate this comment up. Please sign in to rate this comment down. 668 j Sun Mar 07, 2010 09:57 pm PST Report Abuse "I would like for them to stay in Haiti until they rebuild the country and everybody can go back to their house," said Marjorie Louis, a 27-year-old mother of two, talking about U.S. military. HAHAHAHA who does she think we are? A large handout in cash and services? Oh wait yes we are. Hmmm howcome we arent staying there building a few million homes, providing security, and food clothing? I can not believe that woman had the nerve to say she expects us to stay and build her home. I dont expect anyone to build my home except the contractor I hire to build it. Prior Proper Planning Prevents Problems Probably! Live by it. Replies (56) 530 Please sign in to rate this comment up. Please sign in to rate this comment down. 355 g Sun Mar 07, 2010 10:03 pm PST Report Abuse "I would like for them to stay in Haiti until they rebuild the country and everybody can go back to their house," said Marjorie Louis, a 27-year-old mother of two, talking about U.S. military. LOL "They" needs to take care of it's own problems at home and quit being the world's policemen. Replies (11) 485 Please sign in to rate this comment up. Please sign in to rate this comment down. 386 adolfo g Sun Mar 07, 2010 10:08 pm PST Report Abuse Maybe now that the US is leaving Haiti, this great and wonderful president can stand and say once again what a miserable nation the US is. Replies (26) 122 Please sign in to rate this comment up. Please sign in to rate this comment down. 33 dennis02301 Sun Mar 07, 2010 10:08 pm PST Report Abuse one thing that get's me really pissed off is that the aid we send there, aid from other groups can't get to them because of there government, they want to make money, forget about there people, they care about lineing there pockets with money, and you bet, I wish the US would take care of us. doesn't make sence to me. Replies (8) 158 Please sign in to rate this comment up. Please sign in to rate this comment down. 89 Daniel P Sun Mar 07, 2010 10:08 pm PST Report Abuse i pledge to never live off another man or let another man live off me Replies (18) 177 Please sign in to rate this comment up. Please sign in to rate this comment down. 124 rain Sun Mar 07, 2010 10:09 pm PST Report Abuse As Bubba the love sponge put it..F Haiti! We have 20 percent REAL unemployment maybe even higher. Not the fake 9 percent claimed by the govt. F Haiti! 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Obama Memorial Day talk canceled by severe storm Buzz up! 31 votes Send Share Print Play Video Barack Obama Video:Area leaders devastated by oil say halting drilling is not the answer WWL-TV, Channel 4 New Orleans Play Video Barack Obama Video:AP Top Stories AP Play Video Barack Obama Video:Obama vows "justice" for oil spill Reuters By DARLENE SUPERVILLE, Associated Press Writer â?? Mon May 31, 1:52 pm ET ELWOOD, Ill. â?? Torrential rain, lightning, thunder and strong winds forced President Barack Obama to cancel a Memorial Day speech he'd scheduled at the Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery in Illinois. Obama took the stage at midday under the cover of a large umbrella to tell thousands of people who came to hear him speak that "a little rain never hurt anybody but we don't want anybody struck by lightning." He asked people to return to their cars for safety. Obama tried to wait out the storm in the cemetery's administration building. 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Video: Strong Words from President on the Spill ABC News Video: 'Continuing Our Efforts on All Fronts' FOX News Video: Obama pledges changes to avert future oil spills AP 266 Comments Show: Post a Comment Comments 1 - 10 of 266 First Prev Next Last 92 Please sign in to rate this comment up. Please sign in to rate this comment down. 74 Grits1947 Mon May 31, 2010 10:02 am PDT Report Abuse It sure is !!!! Replies (5) 111 Please sign in to rate this comment up. Please sign in to rate this comment down. 67 dun Mon May 31, 2010 10:03 am PDT Report Abuse Or was his teleprompter busted? Replies (8) 143 Please sign in to rate this comment up. Please sign in to rate this comment down. 65 Cougin It Mon May 31, 2010 10:03 am PDT Report Abuse Too bad, I guess he should have been at Arlington where he belongs. As Commander In Chief he shouldn't be anywhere else than at the Tomb of the Unknowns. Replies (10) 136 Please sign in to rate this comment up. Please sign in to rate this comment down. 44 tigr704423 Mon May 31, 2010 10:03 am PDT Report Abuse Shouldn't he as the President be at Arlington cemetary today? Replies (7) 103 Please sign in to rate this comment up. Please sign in to rate this comment down. 56 rebel Mon May 31, 2010 10:05 am PDT Report Abuse He arrogantly bragged when he signed the Healthcare Reform Bill that nothing would ever happen. I think somebody "upstairs" is mad at Obama. Replies (6) 0 Please sign in to rate this comment up. Please sign in to rate this comment down. 11 Sick of it Comment hidden due to low rating. Show Comment 24 Please sign in to rate this comment up. Please sign in to rate this comment down. 23 Cory Mon May 31, 2010 10:07 am PDT Report Abuse "Little rain never hurt... that's why I may not do this today." ----officials would make an announcement soon about whether the program would continue. Replies (1) 72 Please sign in to rate this comment up. Please sign in to rate this comment down. 32 Stephen Mon May 31, 2010 10:08 am PDT Report Abuse Wind, Rain, and Lightening!!! Are you listening, Mr. President? And you thought the biggest calamity is the oil spill in the Gulf. Replies (10) 2 Please sign in to rate this comment up. Please sign in to rate this comment down. 9 Free Girl Comment hidden due to low rating. Show Comment 26 Please sign in to rate this comment up. Please sign in to rate this comment down. 18 Frank Mon May 31, 2010 10:13 am PDT Report Abuse Like he didnt know it was going to rain there another excuse for him not to be American Replies (2) Comments 1 - 10 of 266 First Prev Next Last Post a Comment Sign in to post a comment, or Sign up for a free account. 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FILE - In this May 28, 2010, file photo workers clean up oil from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in â?¦ Slideshow:Gulf Coast Oil Spill Play Video Weather Forecast Video:National Forecast weather.com Related QuotesBP 36.52 -6.43 ^GSPC 1,070.71 -18.70 ^IXIC 2,222.33 -34.71 By HOLBROOK MOHR, Associated Press Writer â?? Mon May 31, 3:44 am ET VENICE, La. â?? As hurricane season approaches, the giant oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico takes weather forecasters into nearly uncharted waters. The Gulf is a superhighway for hurricanes that form or explode over pools of hot water, then usually move north or west toward the coast. The site of the sunken rig is along the general path of some of the worst storms ever recorded, including Hurricane Camille, which wiped out the Mississippi coast in 1969, and Hurricane Katrina in 2005. The season officially starts Tuesday, and while scientists seem to agree that the sprawling slick isn't likely to affect the formation of a storm, the real worry is that a hurricane might turn the millions of gallons of floating crude into a crashing black surf. Some fear a horrific combination of damaging winds and large waves pushing oil deeper into estuaries and wetlands and coating miles of debris-littered coastline in a pungent, sticky mess. And the worst effects of an oil-soaked storm surge might not be felt for years: If oil is pushed deep into coastal marshes that act as a natural speed bump for storm surges, areas including New Orleans could be more vulnerable to bad storms for a long time. Experts say there are few, if any, studies on such a scenario. In this "untreaded water ... it's tough to theorize about what would happen," said Joe Bastardi, chief long-range hurricane forecaster with AccuWeather.com. The lone precedent, experts agree, is the summer of 1979, when storms hampered efforts to contain a spill from a Mexican rig called Ixtoc 1 that eventually dumped 140 million gallons off the Yucatan Peninsula. Hurricane Henri, a Category 1 storm, damaged a 310-ton steel cap designed to stop the leak that would become the worst peacetime spill in history. Still, while oil from that spill coated miles of beaches in Texas and Mexico, tropical storms and unseasonable cold fronts that year helped reverse offshore currents earlier than normal and drive oil away from the coast. Storms also helped disperse some of the oil, Bastardi said. "That's what I think would happen this time," he said. "I'm sure a hurricane would do a great deal of diluting the oil, spreading it out where the concentrations would be much less damaging." At least 19 million gallons, according to the latest estimates, have leaked from the seabottom 5,000 feet below the surface since the April 20 explosion of BP PLC's Deepwater Horizon rig, which killed 11. Syrupy oil has crept into Louisiana's marshes, coating plants, killing some birds and threatening wetlands. The threat to the marshes could have implications lasting well beyond this hurricane season. Louisiana already has lost huge swaths of coastal wetlands in recent decades, and the oil is a major threat to the long-term viability of that delicate ecosystem. If the plants that hold the marshes together were to die at the roots, the base would wash away, leaving deeper water and less of a buffer for hurricanes, said Joseph Suhayda, director of the Louisiana State University Hurricane Center. "That would increase the amount of surge inland," Suhayda said. Even without considering hurricanes, there is uncertainty about whether marsh cane and other plants will die to the roots or just above the surface from this oil spill. If the plants' roots survive, they could come back over time. If not, the results could be catastrophic. "I don't think anybody is going to know precisely. It depends on the quantity of the oil," said David White, a biological sciences professor at Loyola University New Orleans. There is a chance that a hurricane or tropical storm could offer wetlands a reprieve from the oil, at the expense of areas farther inland. A storm surge of several feet, even if it is carrying oil, would pass over the top of the outer, low-lying marshes and disperse the mess in less toxic amounts, Suhayda said. But such a storm could also push oil into freshwater marshes where ducks and geese thrive, White said. Experts are predicting a busy hurricane season with powerful storms. Bastardi predicts seven named storms, five hurricanes and two or three major hurricanes will have an effect on land this year. Colorado State University researchers Philip Klotzbach and William Gray predict a 69 percent chance that at least one major hurricane will make landfall on the U.S. and a 44 percent chance that a major hurricane will hit the Gulf Coast. On Thursday, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration predicted 14 to 23 tropical storms this year, including up to seven major hurricanes. "This season could be one of the more active on record," agency Administrator Jane Lubchenco said. Hurricane season begins June 1 and runs through November. Early season storms are uncommon; the busy part of the season is in August through October. Stronger storms typically form during this time, like Katrina did in August of 2005. A hurricane like Katrina "would be a worst-case scenario" with oil pushed far ashore, said National Wildlife Federation scientist Doug Inkley. "It would suffocate the vegetation. You'd get oiled birds and other animals," Inkley said. "It's virtually impossible to clean up oil." It could well be August before the current leak is stanched. After several failed attempts to contain it, BP has been siphoning some of the oil through a mile-long tube, but more continues to escape. BP is drilling another well to relieve pressure from the leak in hopes of a permanent fix, but that could take weeks. And oil rigs are often evacuated ahead of hurricanes, which would interrupt those containment efforts. "It wouldn't take a hurricane to create a mess, even a tropical storm could cause problems," said William Hawkins, director the University of Southern Mississippi's Gulf Coast research laboratory. A hurricane could also push the oil in a new direction. "I think what worries us most is the hurricane taking oil to areas that probably wouldn't be hit hard otherwise, like the Florida Panhandle and Texas," said Gregory Stone, director of the Coastal Studies Institute at LSU. Even though the oil has yet to reach Florida, state Attorney General Bill McCollum recently sent a letter to BP asking the company to assure him it would pay up if a tropical storm or hurricane pushes oil ashore, which he believes "will capture the oil in its path and deposit it much further inland." Bastardi said that in the near term at least, the storms themselves remain the chief threat. "If a Category 3 hurricane is headed to the Texas Gulf Coast â?? and this is simply theoretical â?? I wouldn't be worried as much about damage from the oil, as the damage from the hurricane," Bastardi said. Follow Yahoo! News on Twitter, become a fan on Facebook Related Searches: joseph suhayda hurricane henri william gray national oceanic and atmospheric administration joe bastardi Buzz up! 94 votes Send Share Print More on Weather Central America reels from Tropical Storm Agatha AFP Crews probe Guatemala sinkhole as neighbors flee AP Agatha deaths rise to 180 in Central America AP More » More... Science Video: Electric supercar put through paces in London AP Science Video: Nuclear Power Confronts Scarce Water Assignment Earth Science Video: Shuttle Atlantis makes final landing Reuters 1,676 Comments Show: Post a Comment Comments 1 - 10 of 1676 First Prev Next Last 325 Please sign in to rate this comment up. Please sign in to rate this comment down. 73 emmag Sun May 30, 2010 09:26 am PDT Report Abuse Still think oil is cheap? Replies (41) 409 Please sign in to rate this comment up. Please sign in to rate this comment down. 122 Jason Sun May 30, 2010 09:26 am PDT Report Abuse We're all doomed... we let our arrogance get the best of us... now comes Earth and its elements showing humanity its stupidity and folly.... Replies (37) 222 Please sign in to rate this comment up. Please sign in to rate this comment down. 50 Opinions Are Like ... Sun May 30, 2010 09:29 am PDT Report Abuse "But that one be completed until at least sometime in August." I don't think anyone has been EDITING these stories for years now. Do editors cost too much these days or what? The level of misspelling, grammatical errors, omitted words and other typos has gone through the roof on Yahoo News. Replies (48) 330 Please sign in to rate this comment up. Please sign in to rate this comment down. 55 Tim Sun May 30, 2010 09:30 am PDT Report Abuse Years of deregulation... the oil industry has become most profitable, least environmentally friendly. Replies (19) 198 Please sign in to rate this comment up. Please sign in to rate this comment down. 16 Tim Sun May 30, 2010 09:33 am PDT Report Abuse This is just the beginning. There are another 3 months to go before a relief well can be ready. Replies (7) 166 Please sign in to rate this comment up. Please sign in to rate this comment down. 359 shawn Sun May 30, 2010 09:37 am PDT Report Abuse yeah we need to a huge hurricane to take all that oil and dump it on alabama or texas ...drill baby drill Replies (75) 181 Please sign in to rate this comment up. Please sign in to rate this comment down. 39 Southern H Sun May 30, 2010 09:41 am PDT Report Abuse My completely uneducated solution would be to manufacture a pipe with a cap on one end and a large valve in the middle that is the correct size to slide over the leaking pipe. Cut off the leaking pipe and with the large valve open on the plugged pipe the gushing oil would be able to escape which would allow you to position it over the leaking well pipe. Weld or clamp the capped pipe into place and then simply close the valve.. and tada oil leak stopped. I am sure the experts could come up with 100 reasons why this wouldnt work but in my mind I dont see why it wouldnt. Replies (74) 231 Please sign in to rate this comment up. Please sign in to rate this comment down. 45 dontpaycreditcards dot co ... Sun May 30, 2010 09:45 am PDT Report Abuse The US may have to take over BP's assets, and divide the profits up among the hundreds of thousands of people mess up by this spill. We already have a near depression and high unemployment. This just adds to the problems. Temp cleaning jobs won't fix the economy. BP needs to pay, in full! Replies (26) 186 Please sign in to rate this comment up. Please sign in to rate this comment down. 90 rob Sun May 30, 2010 09:46 am PDT Report Abuse the hurricane forcasters have a poor performance record.science has been corrupted by politics.most of the information we get is propaganda. Replies (29) 38 Please sign in to rate this comment up. Please sign in to rate this comment down. 59 Jason Sun May 30, 2010 09:48 am PDT Report Abuse @Shawn: better yet, let the hurricane take all that oil and dump it on the lawn of the quitter from Alaska... then that would really be "drill baby drill"..... let's see if she quits yet again... Replies (10) Comments 1 - 10 of 1676 First Prev Next Last Post a Comment Sign in to post a comment, or Sign up for a free account. 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CamIsDaBestPresident Member	Wed Jun 02 01:20:28 Skip to navigation » Skip to content » New User? Register Sign In Help Trending: America's Got Talent Yahoo! Mail My Yahoo! News Finance Sports Search Web Search Home U.S. Business World Entertainment Sports Tech Politics Science Health Opinion Most Popular U.S. Video Local News Education Religion Politics Crimes and Trials Topics search menu News Search Trending Now: guatemala sinkhole tropical storm agatha marilyn monroe bret michaels elizabeth taylor tipper gore ted koppel oil spill sink hole giant sinkhole in guatemala charlie sheen american idol iran israeli raid sarah ferguson louise bourgeois china supercomputer mustafa abu al yazid al gore dario franchitti Get the scoop: Stay up to date with Yahoo! News on Facebook! After Fix Fail, A Dispiriting Summer of Oil, Anger Buzz up! 0 votes Send Share Print Play Video Weather Forecast Video:National Forecast weather.com By AP / TED ANTHONY AND MARY FOSTER / BOOTHVILLE, LA â?? Sun May 30, 10:20 pm ET There is still a hole in the Earth, crude oil is still spewing from it and there is still, excruciatingly, no end in sight. After trying and trying again, one of the world's largest corporations, backed and pushed by the world's most powerful government, can't stop the runaway gusher. As desperation grows and ecological misery spreads, the operative word on the ground now is, incredibly, August - the earliest moment that a real resolution could be at hand. And even then, there's no guarantee of success. For the United States and the people of its beleaguered Gulf Coast, a dispiriting summer of oil and anger lies dead ahead. (See the 50 Worst Inventions.) Oh ... and the Atlantic hurricane season begins Tuesday. The latest attempt - using a remote robotic arm to stuff golf balls and assorted debris into the gash in the seafloor - didn't work. On Sunday, as churches echoed with prayers for a solution, BP PLC said it would focus on containment rather than plugging the undersea puncture wound, effectively redirecting the mess it made rather than stopping it. Yet the new plan carries the risk of making the torrent worse, as top government officials warned Sunday. (Video: Portraits from the Oil Spill.) "We failed to wrestle this beast to the ground," said BP Managing Director Bob Dudley, doing the rounds of the Sunday talk shows. As the oil washes ashore, crude-coated birds have become a frequent sight. At the sea's bottom, no one knows what the oil will do to species like the newly discovered bottom-dwelling pancake batfish - and others that remain unknown but just as threatened. Scientists from several universities have reported large underwater plumes of oil stretching for miles and reaching hundreds of feet beneath the Gulf's surface, though BP PLC CEO Tony Hayward on Sunday disputed their findings, saying the company's tests found no such evidence of oily clouds underwater. "The oil is on the surface," Hayward said. "Oil has a specific gravity that's about half that of water. It wants to get to the surface because of the difference in specific gravity." (Read: 'Top Kill' Failure Means More Worries for Gulf Coast.) Perhaps most alarming of all, 40 days after the Deepwater Horizon blew up and began the underwater deluge, hurricane season is at hand. It brings the horrifying possibility of wind-whipped, oil-soaked waves and water spinning ashore and coating areas much farther inland. Imagine Katrina plus oil spill. The spill is already the worst in American history - worse, even, than the 1989 Exxon Valdez disaster. It has already released between 18 million and 40 million gallons of oil into the Gulf, according to government estimates. "This is probably the biggest environmental disaster we've ever faced in this country," White House Energy and Climate Change Advisor Carol Browner said on NBC's "Meet the Press." At some point - the widespread debut of the BP "spillcam" is as good a delineation point as any - this tipped, in the national conversation, from a destructive event into a calamitous, open-ended saga. And for the bruised and cantankerous American psyche, it could not come at a worse time. Fear is everywhere, and polarization prevails. Faith in institutions - corporations, government, the media - is down. Americans are angry, and they long ago grew accustomed to expecting the resolution of problems in very short order, even if reality rarely works that way. So when something undefined and uncontrollable happens, they speculate in all the modern forums about collusion and nefarious dealings. In the process, this tale of environmental disaster and economic damage cripples the sea-to-shining-sea narrative that usually offers Americans comfort during uncertain times. "There are people who are getting desperate, and there are more getting anxious as we get further into the shrimping season and there is less chance they will recover," said the Rev. Theodore Turner, 57, at Mount Olive Baptist Church in Boothville, near where oil first washed ashore. Fishermen make up about a third of his congregation. BP's next containment effort involves an assortment of undersea robot maneuvers that would redirect the oil up and out of the water it is poisoning. The first step in BP's latest effort is the intricate removal of a damaged riser that brought oil to the surface of the Deepwater Horizon rig. The riser will be cut at the top of the crippled blowout preventer, creating a flat surface that a new containment valve can seal against. The valve would force the oil into a new riser, bringing it up to a ship. The seal, however, would not prevent all oil from escaping. White House energy czar Carol Browner said Sunday the effort could result in a temporary 20 percent increase in the flow. BP has said it didn't expect a significant increase in flow from the cutting and capping plan. If the containment valve fails, BP may try installing a blowout preventer on top of the existing one. In the end, however, a relief well would ease the pressure on the runaway gusher in favor of a controlled pumping - essentially what the Deepwater Horizon was trying to do in the first place. But that will take at least two months. Using government figures, if the leak continues at its current pace and is stopped on Aug. 1, 51 million to 106 million gallons will have spilled. "They are going to destroy south Louisiana. We are dying a slow death here," said Billy Nungesser, president of Plaquemines Parish, La. Coastal tent cities are about to rise to house the workers and contractors minimizing the damage. Sand banks and barriers are being built. But the consensus around the Gulf Coast is turning more apoplectic and apocalyptic. This is, people are starting to say, a generational event - tragic to this generation, potentially crippling to the next. "The oil spill is part of prophecy," said Turner, the Louisiana minister. "The Bible prophesized hardships. If we believe the word of God is true - and we do - we also know that in addition to prophecying hardships he promised to take care of us." The Obama administration, which has been grilled for not taking the reins sooner, sought to assure the public. "I am resolute and confident that we will see a better day ahead of us," Interior Secretary Ken Salazar said Saturday. And yet that statement, stacked up against the word "August," tempers the optimism for many watching this saga unfold. They see a dissembling corporation, an ineffective government and an ocean surface covered by a viscous shell with the consistency of molasses and the peril of poison. To them, it comes down to only this: There is still a hole in the Earth. Crude oil is still spewing from it. And there is still, excruciatingly, no end in sight. Photos: Critters of the Gulf Oil Spill Photos: Advance of the Oil Blobs View this article on Time.com Related articles on Time.com: BP's Top Kill Effort Fails to Plug Gulf Oil Leak "Top Kill" Failure Means More Worries for Gulf Coast From the Top Down, Sloughing Off Blame for the Spill Oil Hits the Bayou Gulf Oil Threatens an Underwater 'Rainforest' Follow Yahoo! 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In fact, give that BP CEO a metal of honor because he's going to do something that's never been done in recent times and that's humble fat, lazy, arrogant, greedy Americans that care more about looking cool and their latest tattoo and their big GM SUV. Maybe this will be the catalyst that changes things. I doubt it but I can always hope. GO BP GO. Replies (1) 0 Please sign in to rate this comment up. Please sign in to rate this comment down. 1 obnostic Mon May 31, 2010 04:15 am PDT Report Abuse Might as well dump nuclear waste into the soup and let hurricanes and lightning stir and cook it. Then we could have nine foot long mutant shrimp that we could eat and get super powers!! Since we're already through the looking glass... Reply 0 Please sign in to rate this comment up. Please sign in to rate this comment down. 0 timsimp777 Mon May 31, 2010 06:28 am PDT Report Abuse the way to fix this problem is this , make a dome of concrete with a pipe in the top with a cap , lower the dome over the spill spot and pump out the oil through the top. Reply 0 Please sign in to rate this comment up. Please sign in to rate this comment down. 0 Dave In Miami Mon May 31, 2010 08:27 am PDT Report Abuse There is precedent for this-BP loses this one and control is taken over by USGOV, we implode the sea bed and collapse the floor to shut off the spill. Period. Obama, do something other than showing us all you are a puppet of your oil masters. It is obvious who runs this country at this point; not the people, not the US gov, but the oil co's. Reply Post a Comment Sign in to post a comment, or Sign up for a free account. 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A man watches the raising level of the El Arenal River in the Malaga neighborhood of El Salvador's â?¦ Play Video Weather Forecast Video:National Forecast weather.com Sun May 30, 5:19 am ET MIAMI (AFP) â?? Tropical storm Agatha has weakened after hitting dry land and has been downgraded to a tropical depression, US forecasters said early Sunday. At 0300 GMT, the center of the weather event was located 25 miles (45 kilometers east-northeast of Tapachula, Mexico, the Miami-based National Hurricane Center said. Maximum sustained winds have decreased to 35 miles (55 kilometers) per hour, the center said, adding that all tropical storm warnings have been discontinued for the region. "Additional weakening is anticipated as Agatha moves over the high terrain," the center noted. In Guatemala, the storm has already dumped 36 centimeters (14 inches) of rain, triggering flash floods and landslides that killed 14 people Saturday, including four adults and four children inside homes buried by mudslides, officials said. The National Disaster Agency did not indicate the circumstances of the remaining storm fatalities, but said 12 Austrian tourists were rescued from a resort area that was cut off by a sinkhole in its only road access. Eleven persons were reported missing in the western part of the country, it added. In El Salvador, also hit by Agatha's driving rains, one person was killed, authorities there reported. Follow Yahoo! News on Twitter, become a fan on Facebook Related Searches: national hurricane center flash floods tropical depression Buzz up! 9 votes Send Share Print More on Weather Central America reels from Tropical Storm Agatha AFP Crews probe Guatemala sinkhole as neighbors flee AP Agatha deaths rise to 180 in Central America AP More » More... 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Please sign in to rate this comment down. 0 Alex R Sun May 30, 2010 02:08 pm PDT Report Abuse Possible RNC Talking Points: "How Do We Blame Obama For This One" THEME: There's always a way to blame Obama, or any other person you "hate" if you have enough imagination. All it takes is a desire to believe that the person in question is the root cause of all things that are evil. And, from there anything and everything evil is owned by say; Obama. Hypothetical: We the "Haters of Obama" can have faith in the belief that Obama is the Anti-Christ. A creature of pure evil who has come to bring about the Apocalypse. We are not saying that the Anti-Christ is a black man, just that Obama, a black man, is the Anti-Christ. We can have faith and choose to believe that ever since Obama has been elected calamitous events have occurred as a result of @#$%'s displeasure. We can save our way of thinking and our faith by having unwavering faith in the absolute and undeniable truth that @#$% chose us and not them. The truth as our faith tells us: That only we understand @#$% and the Bible, and definitely not them. That we are the pure and they are the sinners. That the Bible does say Gays are evil, women must serve men, guns are a @#$% given right, unwanted pregnancies are a gift from @#$%, and that immigrants coming into this border show the Anti-Christ is gathering his army of non-Christians, heretics, Mongols, all to destroy our American way of life. Our superiority over others is being tested. We must persevere and we must get angry. A thought; lets form a tea party, this will stop the storms. (End of Hypothetical) Reply Post a Comment Sign in to post a comment, or Sign up for a free account. 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CamIsDaBestPresident Member	Wed Jun 02 01:20:50 Skip to navigation » Skip to content » New User? Register Sign In Help Trending: America's Got Talent Yahoo! Mail My Yahoo! News Finance Sports Search Web Search Home U.S. Business World Entertainment Sports Tech Politics Science Health Opinion Most Popular World Video Middle East Europe Latin America Africa Asia Canada Australia/Antarctica Kevin Sites search menu News Search Trending Now: guatemala sinkhole tropical storm agatha marilyn monroe bret michaels elizabeth taylor tipper gore ted koppel oil spill sink hole giant sinkhole in guatemala charlie sheen american idol iran israeli raid sarah ferguson louise bourgeois china supercomputer mustafa abu al yazid al gore dario franchitti Get the scoop: Stay up to date with Yahoo! News on Facebook! Tropical storm kills 15 in Central America Buzz up! 2 votes Send Share Print AFP â?? A man watches the raising level of the El Arenal River in the Malaga neighborhood of El Salvador's â?¦ Play Video Weather Forecast Video:National Forecast weather.com by Edgar Calderon â?? Sat May 29, 10:58 pm ET GUATEMALA CITY (AFP) â?? The first tropical storm of the season threatened Central America's Pacific coast after killing 15 people in two countries, as Guatemala coped with twin natural catastrophes including a massive volcano eruption. Tropical Storm Agatha, with 65 kilometers (40 miles) per hour winds and up to half a meter (20 inches) of rain was 30 kilometers (20 miles) southwest of the Guatemala-Mexico border. It was expected to make landfall overnight, the US National Weather Service said. In Guatemala, the storm has already dumped 36 centimeters (14 inches) of rain, triggering flash floods and landslides that killed 14 people Saturday, including four adults and four children inside homes buried by mudslides, officials said. The the National Disaster Agency did not indicate the circumstances of the remaining storm fatalities, but said 12 Austrian tourists were rescued from a resort area that was cut off by a sinkhole in its only road access. Eleven persons were reported missing in the western part of the country, it added. In El Salvador, also hit by Agatha's driving rains, one person was killed, authorities there reported. Confronted by the storm and by the erupting Pacaya volcano, which since Wednesday has killed two people including a television reporter and closed down the country's main airport for five days, President Alvaro Colom called on his countrymen to pull together. "I call for unity... all of us Guatemalans are challenged by this great trial we're facing... so we must organize ourselves better and maintain the spirit of solidarity that has emerged these past few days," he said during an emergency cabinet meeting. Colom on Friday declared a state of emergency around volcano Pacaya, 50 kilometers (31 miles) south of the capital, where some 2,000 people have been evacuated, and on Saturday said he was mulling extending the emergency blanket nationwide as Agatha wreaked havoc. He said he had canceled his scheduled visits to the Dominican Republic and Canada next week to devote all his attention to the storm and ongoing eruption. The capital's La Aurora International Airport will remain closed for five days as cleaning crews hampered by driving rain try to clean up centimeters (inches) -thick ash from the volcano. Colom said six departments were currently awash from the storm, with three of them reporting highways cut off by floods and mudslides. He warned people in the area to remain indoors. He said the government would seek an 85-million-dollar loan to cope with the twin natural disasters. In neighboring El Salvador, the government reported one person killed from Agatha and said it raised the color-coded national alert system from green to yellow at the approaching storm. It reported three rivers overflowing their banks in the western part of the country, with some areas undergoing precautionary evacuations. Follow Yahoo! News on Twitter, become a fan on Facebook Related Searches: la aurora international airport national weather service flash floods natural disasters tropical storm Buzz up! 2 votes Send Share Print More on Weather Central America reels from Tropical Storm Agatha AFP Crews probe Guatemala sinkhole as neighbors flee AP Agatha deaths rise to 180 in Central America AP More » More... World Video: Japan PM to resign Reuters World Video: Japan's Prime Minister to resign AP World Video: UN calls for Gaza ship raid inquiry CBC.ca 4 Comments Show: Post a Comment 0 Please sign in to rate this comment up. Please sign in to rate this comment down. 2 LUISH Sat May 29, 2010 07:22 pm PDT Report Abuse Where is obama when you need him? Reply 0 Please sign in to rate this comment up. Please sign in to rate this comment down. 0 ManilaBoy Sat May 29, 2010 11:09 pm PDT Report Abuse "VOLCANO ERUPTING FOLLOWED BY A TROPICAL STORM...WHAT'S NEXT?" Reply 0 Please sign in to rate this comment up. Please sign in to rate this comment down. 0 yeng Sun May 30, 2010 02:49 am PDT Report Abuse my @#$% its terrible, and horrible Reply 0 Please sign in to rate this comment up. Please sign in to rate this comment down. 0 Charles Sun May 30, 2010 06:54 am PDT Report Abuse Send the Mexican National Gaurd to help them. Reply Post a Comment Sign in to post a comment, or Sign up for a free account. 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CamIsDaBestPresident Member	Wed Jun 02 01:20:57 Skip to navigation » Skip to content » New User? Register Sign In Help Trending: America's Got Talent Yahoo! Mail My Yahoo! News Finance Sports Search Web Search Home U.S. Business World Entertainment Sports Tech Politics Science Health Opinion Most Popular World Video Middle East Europe Latin America Africa Asia Canada Australia/Antarctica Kevin Sites search menu News Search Trending Now: guatemala sinkhole tropical storm agatha marilyn monroe bret michaels elizabeth taylor tipper gore ted koppel oil spill sink hole giant sinkhole in guatemala charlie sheen american idol iran israeli raid sarah ferguson louise bourgeois china supercomputer mustafa abu al yazid al gore dario franchitti Want today's TOP TRENDING stories? Follow @YahooNews on Twitter! Season's first tropical storm kills 12 in Guatemala Buzz up! 2 votes Send Share Print AFP â?? A man watches the raising level of the El Arenal River in the Malaga neighborhood of El Salvador's â?¦ Play Video Weather Forecast Video:National Forecast weather.com Sat May 29, 9:14 pm ET GUATEMALA CITY (AFP) â?? The season's first tropical storm Agatha has killed 12 people in Guatemala, as drenching rain, mudslides and floods also left 11 missing and forced 3,000 to flee their homes, officials said. The fatalities include four children who were buried alive when a mudslide crushed their home in San Jose Pinula, 17 kilometers (10 miles) east of the capital, the National Disaster Agency (Conred) said. Four other people were also killed by a mudslide inside their home Saturday as the storm front's outer fringes lashed western Guatemala with rainfall which the US National Weather Service has estimated could reach 50-75 centimeters (20-30 inches) in some areas. The agency did not indicate the circumstances of the remaining four storm fatalities, but said 12 Austrian tourists were rescued from a resort area that was cut off by a sinkhole in its only road access. Agatha, which is heading toward Guatemala with 65-kilometer-per-hour winds, is also drenching neighboring El Salvador, where one death has been reported so far by authorities. "We have 3,377 people affected by the storm, with 574 homes damaged... by rains brought by storm Agatha," said Conred spokesman David de Leon. He said the eye of the storm was expected to make landfall overnight along Guatemala's western coast, bringing even heavier rains and stronger winds than Saturday's. "We believe Agatha could wreak more damage in the country than tropical storm Mitch (1998) and Hurricane Stan (2005)," said President Alvaro Colom's spokesman Ronaldo Robles. 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CamIsDaBestPresident Member	Wed Jun 02 01:21:05 Skip to navigation » Skip to content » New User? Register Sign In Help Trending: America's Got Talent Yahoo! Mail My Yahoo! News Finance Sports Search Web Search Home U.S. Business World Entertainment Sports Tech Politics Science Health Opinion Most Popular U.S. Video Local News Education Religion Politics Crimes and Trials Topics search menu News Search Trending Now: guatemala sinkhole tropical storm agatha marilyn monroe bret michaels elizabeth taylor tipper gore ted koppel oil spill sink hole giant sinkhole in guatemala charlie sheen american idol iran israeli raid sarah ferguson louise bourgeois china supercomputer mustafa abu al yazid al gore dario franchitti Watch Who Knew? on Yahoo! News: There's a new way to get your news Looming monster hurricane season menaces agriculture Buzz up! 16 votes Send Share Print Play Video Weather Forecast Video:National Forecast weather.com By Rene Pastor â?? Fri May 28, 9:52 am ET NEW YORK (Reuters) â?? The worst hurricane season since 2005 could hit hard the main agricultural export region of the United States and hurt various crops growing around the Atlantic basin and Caribbean Sea. The Port of New Orleans, devastated by Hurricane Katrina in 2005, and the Port of South Louisiana, some 30 miles upstream from the city, are the main agricultural export ports of the U.S. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration on Thursday issued its first forecast for the hurricane season which begins on Tuesday, projecting 14 to 23 named storms, with 8 to 14 developing into hurricanes, 3 to 7 of which could become majors with winds whipping at more than 110 miles per hour. Grain exporters estimate these southern ports handle up to 70 percent of U.S. grain exports. Barges use the Mississippi River to haul grain to the Port of South Louisiana where massive grain elevators store them in bins. From there, ships coming up from New Orleans load the grain for customers spanning from the Middle East to Japan. New Orleans is also the leading metals port for the London Metal Exchange, with about two dozen warehouses in the area, according to port officials. Data compiled by the port showed that imports of copper anodes and ingots into its warehouses in the first nine months of 2009 climbed to 162,500 tonnes. That was up 673.11 percent over the same period in 2008. Zinc ingots and slabs rose to 119,526 tonnes in the first nine months of 2009, up 542.3 percent against the same period in 2008, the port figures showed. Aside from New Orleans, the port of Houston is also a key exporter of wheat. And there is a major grain elevator in nearby Beaufort, Texas. The Gulf region is also home to three of the four main coffee ports in the U.S. They would be New Orleans, Houston and the port of Miami. The other one is New York City. The Folgers coffee processing plant in New Orleans is the biggest in the country and was forced to shut down when Katrina pounded and flooded the city five years ago. Folgers is owned by J.M. Smucker Company. Around the region, hurricanes can inflict a lot of damage on coffee and sugar crops in Mexico and the Central American countries, industry officials said. Mexico is a major sugar and coffee grower along with Honduras, Guatemala, Nicaragua and Costa Rica. A storm could also slam into Florida, the leading citrus growing state in the U.S. Three hurricanes ravaged citrus farms in Florida in 2004 and then Hurricane Wilma hit the region in October 2005, badly damaging citrus output. Indeed, Florida's citrus has been badly damaged by storms and disease. Before 2004, production averaged well over 200 million (90-lb) boxes. In 2009/10, however, the government estimated the state's citrus output at 131.6 million boxes. (Editing by John Picinich) Follow Yahoo! News on Twitter, become a fan on Facebook Related Searches: port of south louisiana hurricane katrina port of houston hurricane wilma Buzz up! 16 votes Send Share Print More on Weather Central America reels from Tropical Storm Agatha AFP Crews probe Guatemala sinkhole as neighbors flee AP Agatha deaths rise to 180 in Central America AP More » More... U.S. Video: BP: A Criminal Investigation ABC News U.S. Video: Local artist's 9/11 mural emerges from hibernation KING5 Seattle U.S. Video: Sheriff worries about an increase in gang violence after little boy is shot KREM.com Spokane/Coeur d'Alene 13 Comments Show: Post a Comment Comments 1 - 10 of 13 First Prev Next Last 4 Please sign in to rate this comment up. Please sign in to rate this comment down. 4 Joe Fri May 28, 2010 09:00 am PDT Report Abuse Doom and gloom, good for selling ad space! Reply 4 Please sign in to rate this comment up. Please sign in to rate this comment down. 3 RANDY M Fri May 28, 2010 09:06 am PDT Report Abuse Another article indicated that NOAA had been wrong in their major storm guesses five times in the last ten years. And this article is just perpetuating their fraudulent behavior by saying this. After all these years of Ocean and Atmospheric study they have no idea what the weather will be even tomorrow. They should get into the mode of only publishing the past record, which is the only thing known for sure. Instead they make wild guesses about the future and publish them so we can all say: "My gosh, I better get the wash in....." Reply 5 Please sign in to rate this comment up. Please sign in to rate this comment down. 4 brad Fri May 28, 2010 01:16 pm PDT Report Abuse What idiots! This is nothing more than astrology. Why do we waste money on this nonsense! Reply 3 Please sign in to rate this comment up. Please sign in to rate this comment down. 1 Evelyn Fri May 28, 2010 02:04 pm PDT Report Abuse Im sitting here in Kershaw Sc an it is storming so bad we have lage Ball's of Hell, My Back porch is full of Ice, on tha news it said scattered storms it didn say lage Ball's of hell an high winds.... Tha News Cast really needs to get on there job.. Stop drinking so much Coffe an Talking about how they night went lastnight an put out tha right forecast.... lol Replies (1) 2 Please sign in to rate this comment up. Please sign in to rate this comment down. 3 A Citizen Fri May 28, 2010 05:12 pm PDT Report Abuse The yoyo that wrote this article and his official sources have no idea what is going to happen ..... This is just some poor journalist without a real story for this weeks qouta so he decides to scare the crap out of a bunch of people that actually take this trash seriously and writes this quick bit of fiction.... Reply 2 Please sign in to rate this comment up. Please sign in to rate this comment down. 3 tef43 Sat May 29, 2010 02:17 am PDT Report Abuse NOAA and Colorado State = frauds Reply 6 Please sign in to rate this comment up. Please sign in to rate this comment down. 3 GK Sat May 29, 2010 07:48 am PDT Report Abuse Every year they say that "It's gonna be the worst season ever" I wish they would stop trying to use these scare tatics Reply 4 Please sign in to rate this comment up. Please sign in to rate this comment down. 2 Mike Sat May 29, 2010 09:06 am PDT Report Abuse they said it was going to be the biggest season when we had 3 storms/. they like scaring people Reply 3 Please sign in to rate this comment up. Please sign in to rate this comment down. 1 Wow Sat May 29, 2010 10:41 am PDT Report Abuse â?¦Be aware that when the sky is falling and hits the ocean there will be tsunamis. Reply 3 Please sign in to rate this comment up. Please sign in to rate this comment down. 0 Lynda Sat May 29, 2010 11:05 am PDT Report Abuse I agree that the NOAA really can't predict a worst season of sorts. If they dare say it won't be a bad season, and then it is, it will make them look bad too. They can track the storms really well, but that's about it. 2006 was supposed to be bad and nothing major happened. They should just stick to monitoring the storms as they form. When they continually form off the African coast, we know that it will be bad as it was in 2004 and 2005. Reply Comments 1 - 10 of 13 First Prev Next Last Post a Comment Sign in to post a comment, or Sign up for a free account. 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Spain's Rafael Nadal serves to Argentina's Horacio Zeballos during their French Open tennis third â?¦ Play Video Weather Forecast Video:National Forecast weather.com by Dave James â?? Fri May 28, 3:46 pm ET PARIS (AFP) â?? French Open heavyweights Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal lifted the French Open gloom on Friday with the Spanish claycourt king setting up a fourth Roland Garros clash in five years with Lleyton Hewitt. Defending champion Federer cruised past German qualifier Julian Reister 6-4, 6-0, 6-4 to reach the fourth round and will tackle fellow Swiss, and close friend, Stanislas Wawrinka for a place in the quarter-finals. World 165 Reister, whose career earnings of 170,000 dollars pale against Federer's bank-busting 55 million, held his own until 4-4 in the first set. But Federer then eased through the gears, allowing his opponent just four points in an 18-minute second set before comfortably wrapping up the affair. "I feel fine. I haven't faced the top guys yet but the players I have faced are dangerous, they have skills on this surface," said Federer. "The guy today has played five matches here (three qualifiers and two main draw), so I couldn't underestimate him." Nadal, the second seed, cruised past Argentina's Horacio Zeballos, a fellow left-hander, 6-2, 6-2, 6-3 in his delayed second-round clash. Former world number one Hewitt, the 28th seed and twice a quarter-finalist, displayed his trademark gutsy talents to see off Denis Istomin of Uzbekistan 1-6, 6-3, 6-4, 2-6, 6-2. Hewitt has played and lost three times against Nadal at the French Open, in 2006, 2007 and 2009. "Lleyton is a very dangerous guy and he plays at a very high level. He's going to do his best to win," said Nadal, who is the strong favourite to regain his title, having swept the Monte Carlo, Rome and Madrid Masters in the run-up to Paris. Hewitt, playing in his 11th Roland Garros, insists he will have nothing to lose against Nadal with a last 16 place up for grabs. "He won't need to do anything different because he's cleaned me up the last few times," said the Australian. "I just need to execute what I need to do and do it bloody well." Britain's Andy Murray, the fourth seed, joined Federer in the last 16 with a 6-2, 6-3, 0-6, 6-2 win over Marcos Baghdatis of Cyprus. Murray, who made the quarter-finals in 2009 and was playing for the third consecutive day, will face Czech 15th seed Tomas Berdych, who enjoyed a straight sets win over America's John Isner, for a place in the last eight. "He's a big guy with a big serve. He hits the ball hard and flat. He takes a lot of risks and plays low percentage tennis," said Murray of Berdych. "He doesn't feel uncomfortable going for his shots, so you don't probably have to run a lot." After Thursday's torrential rain brought havoc to the programme, organisers were squeezing in 14 second round matches as well as the eight scheduled third round encounters. Serbian third seed Novak Djokovic, a semi-finalist in 2007 and 2008, cantered to a 6-1, 6-4, 6-4 win over Japan's Kei Nishikori and will face Romania's Victor Hanescu for a place in the last 16. Swedish fifth seed Robin Soderling, last year's runner-up, fired an impressive 20 aces in his 6-4, 7-5, 2-6, 6-3 third-round win over Spain's Albert Montanes. He will face Croatia's 11th seed Marin Cilic, who needed five sets to see off Argentina's Leonardo Mayer, for a quarter-final place. French eighth seed Jo-Wilfried Tsonga beat Dutchman Thiemo de Bakker in four sets and takes on either Russia's Mikhail Youzhny or Viktor Troicki of Serbia. That match was suspended because of bad light with Youzhny ahead by two sets to one and a break to the good in the fourth. Chilean 12th seed Fernando Gonzalez, a semi-finalist in 2009, was the day's biggest casualty, losing to Ukrainian world number 56 Oleksandr Dolgopolov Junior 6-3, 6-4, 6-3 in the second round. Follow Yahoo! News on Twitter, become a fan on Facebook Related Searches: novak djokovic leonardo mayer marcos baghdatis oleksandr dolgopolov denis istomin Buzz up! 0 votes Send Share Print More... Top Stories Video: Japan PM to resign Reuters Top Stories Video: Raw video: Dueling protests over Israeli raid AP Top Stories Video: Amazing Man Says, 'Numbers Are My Friends' ABC News 11 Comments Show: Post a Comment Comments 1 - 10 of 11 First Prev Next Last 0 Please sign in to rate this comment up. Please sign in to rate this comment down. 0 Noor Fri May 28, 2010 11:06 am PDT Report Abuse bnjkuy78 k;k,uunuy hjk9 jk 0u,'g grty7-0p jkuijjkk Reply 2 Please sign in to rate this comment up. Please sign in to rate this comment down. 1 Meesum Fri May 28, 2010 12:20 pm PDT Report Abuse Go Roger...French Open is urs IA :) Reply 2 Please sign in to rate this comment up. Please sign in to rate this comment down. 1 weeds Fri May 28, 2010 04:03 pm PDT Report Abuse Goooooo Roger!!!! Reply 2 Please sign in to rate this comment up. Please sign in to rate this comment down. 3 Jenny Fri May 28, 2010 08:52 pm PDT Report Abuse Goooooo NadaL!!!! Reply 0 Please sign in to rate this comment up. Please sign in to rate this comment down. 1 garrett s Sun May 30, 2010 12:06 pm PDT Report Abuse Screw you guys!!! I'm going home... Reply 3 Please sign in to rate this comment up. Please sign in to rate this comment down. 0 heckya Sun May 30, 2010 03:41 pm PDT Report Abuse Go Roger! Go Nadal! and may the best man win! Reply 1 Please sign in to rate this comment up. Please sign in to rate this comment down. 0 love33167 Sun May 30, 2010 04:48 pm PDT Report Abuse I think Roger will this time............ Reply 0 Please sign in to rate this comment up. Please sign in to rate this comment down. 1 John O Sun May 30, 2010 09:23 pm PDT Report Abuse If ur a bettin man bet the house on Soderling to take out Federer the man is playing the best tennis, besides Nadal, and is playing much better than Federer he will take time away by coming forward more than Roger and serves a lot smarter than Roger and after the win over Nadal last year at the French he can handle the atmosphere...please send all donations to me after you win your big bet of the tourney Robin Soderling in 4 sets and I'm american by the way and completely unbias because i believe Federer is the greatest of all time. Reply 0 Please sign in to rate this comment up. Please sign in to rate this comment down. 1 braxton Sun May 30, 2010 11:14 pm PDT Report Abuse soderling should have fought nadal instead of federer to prove that his 2009 win was not a fluke. i regard soderling as a giant killer and if he did it last year he can do it again this year. it looks no. 13 is his lucky number and i see a soderling-nadal final. Reply 0 Please sign in to rate this comment up. Please sign in to rate this comment down. 1 cheap shoes in yeahsm.com Mon May 31, 2010 06:22 am PDT Report Abuse soderling should have fought nadal instead of federer to prove that his 2009 win was not a fluke. i regard soderling as a giant killer and if he did it last year he can do it again this year. it looks no. 13 is his lucky number and i see a soderling-nadal final. Reply Comments 1 - 10 of 11 First Prev Next Last Post a Comment Sign in to post a comment, or Sign up for a free account. 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A 7.2 earthquake struck off Vanuatu Friday, seismologists said, â?¦ Play Video Earthquakes Video:Haitian diaspora reaches out to quake-struck homeland AFP Play Video Earthquakes Video:Haiti struggles to rebuild after quake AFP Play Video Earthquakes Video:Volunteers pack meals for Haiti quake survivors KING5 Seattle Fri May 28, 3:05 am ET PORT VILA (AFP) â?? A 7.2-magnitude earthquake struck off Vanuatu Friday, seismologists said, sparking a tsunami warning which was later cancelled. The quake hit at 4:14 am (1714 GMT Thursday) at a depth of 36 kilometres (22 miles), 214 kilometres northwest of Luganville, or 2,070 kilometres northeast of Brisbane, Australia, according to the US Geological Survey. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre issued a tsunami warning for areas of the South Pacific including the Solomon Islands, Vanuatu and New Caledonia. Such warnings mean coastlines near the epicentre can be subject to tidal waves within minutes, but the alert was cancelled less than an hour and a half after the quake. In the six hours after the initial tremor, five aftershocks measuring between 5.0 and 6.4 in magnitude shook the area. A spokeswoman for Vanuatu's National Disaster Management Office said Friday the office had not yet received any reports of major damage from the northern Torba province, which was closest to the quake's centre. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre said there had been no indication of any tsunami activity generated by the quake. "If a tsunami was generated it does not pose a threat to any areas outside the epicentral region. The tsunami warning is now cancelled for all areas covered by this centre." The New Zealand Ministry of Civil Defence issued a tsunami advisory warning people to stay away from the shore but this was withdrawn when it was established there was no risk to New Zealand. 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News on Twitter, become a fan on Facebook Related Searches: south pacific geoscience australia vanuatu solomon islands Buzz up! 1 vote Send Share Print More on Earthquakes Bill Clinton returns to Haiti on recovery mission AP U.S. military ends major relief operations in Haiti Reuters NYC to train Haiti residents on emergency response AP More » More... Video: Haiti's homeless camp on perilous ground AFP Video: Beautician revives business in Haiti's homeless camp AFP Video: 3.4 quake near Duvall prompts bridge inspections KING5 Seattle 40 Comments Show: Post a Comment Comments 1 - 10 of 40 First Prev Next Last 4 Please sign in to rate this comment up. Please sign in to rate this comment down. 4 wake up! Thu May 27, 2010 11:36 am PDT Report Abuse Coincidence? A cme also hit earth today!!! Replies (2) 18 Please sign in to rate this comment up. Please sign in to rate this comment down. 20 robert Thu May 27, 2010 11:47 am PDT Report Abuse Jesus Christ is coming soon people!!! be ready. Replies (3) 5 Please sign in to rate this comment up. Please sign in to rate this comment down. 2 RachaelD Thu May 27, 2010 12:00 pm PDT Report Abuse there's been earthquakes a lot of places now....i think we here in America need to be ready for one. Replies (2) 0 Please sign in to rate this comment up. Please sign in to rate this comment down. 6 Alan F Thu May 27, 2010 12:01 pm PDT Report Abuse we ned that number 9. Reply 13 Please sign in to rate this comment up. Please sign in to rate this comment down. 5 Janice A. L Thu May 27, 2010 12:10 pm PDT Report Abuse I don't doubt Jesus is coming! But why do people want to believe the fantasy that our world is geologically dead? We've been very lucky to have lived through at least of half century of fairly quiet volcanoes. We hear about more earthquakes because global communication is so much better than just twenty five years ago and there are now warning systems in place for tsunamis. Neither are we alone in space! Just because the earth has not been hit lately with anything of size doesn't mean it can't or won't. Is it a sign? I don't know. What I do know is that we are along for the ride whether we like it or not! Replies (2) 12 Please sign in to rate this comment up. Please sign in to rate this comment down. 9 Kad Thu May 27, 2010 12:15 pm PDT Report Abuse Yes, Jesus Christ is Coming Soon.. Waiting For my Lord.. Replies (2) 8 Please sign in to rate this comment up. Please sign in to rate this comment down. 11 Kad Thu May 27, 2010 12:17 pm PDT Report Abuse Yes, Jesus Christ is Coming soon.. I am waiting for my LORD Replies (3) 1 Please sign in to rate this comment up. Please sign in to rate this comment down. 5 Fujisawa Thu May 27, 2010 12:25 pm PDT Report Abuse It's a tsunami . Tsunami is coming soon. Reply 0 Please sign in to rate this comment up. 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Thu May 27, 7:57 pm ET The 2010 Atlantic hurricane season, which begins June 1, is shaping up to be an active one. That's the assessment from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Climate Prediction Center (CPC) in Camp Springs, Md., which released its seasonal forecast Thursday. The assessment dovetails with several other seasonal projections, including an outlook issued in April by researchers at Colorado State University who have pioneered seasonal hurricane forecasting for the Atlantic basin. The prospect for a higher-than-normal number of tropical cyclones is taking on added gravitas along a Gulf coast already grappling with the effects of a major offshore oil blow-out that began April 20. During a press briefing lay out the seasonal outlook, NOAA Administrator Jane Lubchenco acknowledged that a hurricane's storm surge could drive any residual oil from the blow-out into coastal wetlands. But, she added, much depends on a storm's track. Because high winds from hurricanes also lead to significant upwelling of colder water from deeper beneath the surface, any oil droplets still suspended in those waters also could return to the surface and carry ashore. And any oil on the bottom in near-shore areas could get stirred up and transported inland as well. Still, given the risk hurricanes pose to people and property, FEMA Administrator Craig Fugate noted that if stirred-up oil was the only issue a hurricane left behind, "I'm a happy person." More named storms than average During the six-month season, CPC forecasters say they anticipate between 14 and 23 named storms â?? storms that reach at least tropical-storm strength. Of those, eight to 14 are expected to become hurricanes. From three to seven of these could become major hurricanes, with winds exceeding 111 miles an hour. This compares with a long-term average of 11 named storms per season, with six becoming hurricanes and two becoming major hurricanes. For their part, Philip Klotzbach and William Gray, atmospheric scientists at Colorado State University in Fort Collins, are calling for 15 named storms, of which eight become hurricanes and four become major hurricanes. The team is expected to update its April forecast next week. Among the factors at play in determining the season's intensity: warmer-than-normal sea-surface temperatures in the tropical Atlantic region where storms form; and a shift from El Nino conditions in the tropical Pacific to either neutral or El Nino's opposite, La Nina conditions, as the season progresses. The warm surface waters, already at record highs, provide the energy for the storms. The shift away from El Nino conditions in the Pacific weakens wind shear â?? differences in wind speed with altitude â?? that tend to suppress hurricane formation in the Atlantic. "At present, we are in a neutral state," says Gerry Bell, the CPC's lead seasonal hurricane forecaster. "But conditions are becoming increasingly favorable for a La Nina to develop." Storms' effect on underwater pipelines Concerns over the effect of hurricanes on Gulf oil resources extend beyond the Deepwater Horizon blow-out to the extensive network of oil and gas pipelines that snake along the bottom. Scientists at the US Naval Research Laboratory at NASA's Stennis Space Center in Mississippi have found that strong hurricanes have the potential to introduce unexpectedly high stresses on sea floors as deep as 300 feet. It appears to be the first time scientists have made such direct measurements of a major hurricane's effect on the ocean bottom at such depths. The team was focused on trying to reduce the risk of pipeline damage and outright failures that hurricanes in principle pose. In an upcoming issue of the journal Geophysical Research Letters, Hemantha Wijesekera and colleagues report sea-floor stress measurements taken during hurricane Ivan in 2004. It was a category 4 storm (category 5 is the strongest) when it passed over moorings the team already had in place on the outer continental shelf, at depths of 200 and 300 feet. The scientists found that at 200 feet, the stresses induced by currents and the deep reach of wave action as the storm passed over were 100 times those of pre-storm levels. The same stresses at 300 feet were about half the level measured at 200 feet. Moreover, a kind of sloshing action continued at those depths, maintaining the high stress levels for roughly a week after the storm passed. The team stops short of making direct comparisons between the stresses they measured and design specifications of undersea pipelines. Still, they caution that these "critical bottom stresses on the outer shelf must be considered in the engineering design of structures on the bottom and in determining where pipe lines should be buried and not just laid on top the ocean floor." 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Please sign in to rate this comment down. 1 DaStunning1 Fri May 28, 2010 01:22 am PDT Report Abuse We can all assume the worst or we can leave it all in the hands of the only one who knows the future. What else can we do? There is a reason for everything that happens under the Sun. Reply 1 Please sign in to rate this comment up. Please sign in to rate this comment down. 4 Parizad Fri May 28, 2010 01:54 am PDT Report Abuse simplify please. what has oil rig have to do with hurricanes environmental changes always happen Replies (1) 1 Please sign in to rate this comment up. Please sign in to rate this comment down. 0 Tom Fri May 28, 2010 09:20 am PDT Report Abuse True, Parizad: The title of the article is misleading. The oil spill has NOTHING to do with the severity of the storm season. What the article does point out, is that the hurricanes will most likely stir up more oil and make matters way worse then they already are. Reply 0 Please sign in to rate this comment up. Please sign in to rate this comment down. 0 etket Sat May 29, 2010 05:17 pm PDT Report Abuse We have known about this season long enough we need prayer . USA needs prayer only @#$% knows prayer is the answer . Reply Post a Comment Sign in to post a comment, or Sign up for a free account. Most Viewed - Top Stories Paintballs to pistols, Israel admits ship blunders Reuters Mexican drug smugglers target Texas fishermen The Newsroom U.S. military ends major relief operations in Haiti Reuters Fallen bridges hamper Guatemala storm rescue Reuters Justice Dept. seeks high-court action on Arizona law â?? from '08 The Newsroom All Most Viewed » Daily Features All Comics » Opinions & Editorials: Diverse views on news from the right, left, and center. 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News: There's a new way to get your news US predicts up to 7 major Atlantic hurricanes Buzz up! 10 votes Send Share Print Play Video Hurricanes & Tropical Storms Video:Nungesser: BP denial of oil large plumes ridiculous WWL-TV, Channel 4 New Orleans Play Video Hurricanes & Tropical Storms Video:Tips for insurance prep for hurricane season WWL-TV, Channel 4 New Orleans Related QuotesBP 36.52 -6.43 ^GSPC 1,070.71 -18.70 ^IXIC 2,222.33 -34.71 By JENNIFER KAY, Associated Press Writer â?? Thu May 27, 5:59 pm ET MIAMI â?? The Atlantic hurricane season could be the busiest since 2005, when Katrina and Rita caused massive destruction along the same part of the Gulf Coast now struggling with the largest offshore oil spill in U.S. history, government scientists said Thursday. The 2010 season may spawn as many as 23 named tropical storms, including up to seven major hurricanes, a number not likely to be affected by the spill, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration predicted. Eight to 14 storms would strengthen into hurricanes, with top winds of 74 mph or higher, the agency said. Three to seven of those could become major storms that reach Category 3 or higher â?? meaning they bring sustained winds of at least 111 mph. "This season could be one of the more active on record," NOAA administrator Jane Lubchenco said in a news release. "The greater likelihood of storms brings an increased risk of a landfall. In short, we urge everyone to be prepared." A hurricane might help break up the oil spill staining the Gulf of Mexico, but the oil won't affect significantly how tropical storms develop, forecasters said. They don't know what kind of environmental hazards to expect, though there are fears that winds and waves could push the oil deeper into estuaries and wetlands. Government scientists said Thursday that anywhere from 500,000 gallons to a million gallons a day has been leaking from the site where an oil rig exploded April 20, killing 11 people. BP PLC, which leased the rig and is responsible for the cleanup, and the Coast Guard previously had estimated the flow was about 210,000 gallons per day. The expanding slick already has coated wildlife and marshes in Louisiana, but Lubchenco said the spill is still small relative to hurricanes â?? which sometimes span the entire Gulf. Although some oil could be pushed inland by a storm as it makes landfall, it could be difficult to determine whether it leaked from flooded cars or factories, Federal Emergency Management Agency chief Craig Fugate said. The 2010 government forecast is based on the weakening of El Nino. The Pacific Ocean phenomenon created strong wind shear that helped suppress storm development in the Atlantic last season. Record warm water temperatures also will feed storms crossing the Atlantic this year. Three hurricanes developed out of nine tropical storms in 2009. None of the hurricanes came ashore in the United States. Hurricane Ida hit Nicaragua as a Category 1 storm in November. Florida Gov. Charlie Crist urged coastal residents to remember the destruction left in the wake of hurricanes in 2004 and 2005. "Don't take anything for granted," Crist said at the annual Florida Governor's Hurricane Conference in Fort Lauderdale. "We don't need to suffer from hurricane amnesia." National Hurricane Center Director Bill Read said Wednesday that his biggest concern for the season is a storm striking Haiti, where hundreds of thousands of people have been living in makeshift camps since the Jan. 12 earthquake. Heavy rains can trigger serious flooding and mudslides in the mountainous Caribbean country, but no evacuation plans exist for displaced communities. Tropical storms are named when their sustained winds reach 39 mph. The first named storm of the 2010 season will be Alex. In April, Colorado State University researchers predicted 15 named storms would form this season, with four developing into major hurricanes. The Atlantic hurricane season begins Tuesday and runs through Nov. 30. ___ Associated Press writer Suzette Laboy contributed to this report from Fort Lauderdale, Fla. ___ Online: NOAA's National Hurricane Center: http://www.hurricanes.gov FEMA: http://www.fema.gov and http://www.ready.gov Follow Yahoo! News on Twitter, become a fan on Facebook Related Searches: noaa's national hurricane center national oceanic and atmospheric administration tropical storms heavy rains el nino Buzz up! 10 votes Send Share Print More on Hurricane Katrina BP, not Obama, taking brunt of public's oil spill ire: poll The Christian Science Monitor BP oil spill: Louisianans want more from Obama ... but more what? The Christian Science Monitor AP More » More... Video: Vast sinkhole swallows clothing factory in Guatemala 11 News Houston Video: Racing to save the Gulf of Mexico's fragile ecosystem AFP Video: Busy Hurricane Season Means More Worries For Haiti CBS4 Miami 45 Comments Show: Post a Comment Comments 1 - 10 of 45 First Prev Next Last 17 Please sign in to rate this comment up. Please sign in to rate this comment down. 1 Pope Thu May 27, 2010 07:57 am PDT Report Abuse Is there an over-under card I can wager on for this???? Replies (3) 7 Please sign in to rate this comment up. Please sign in to rate this comment down. 2 Get Some Thu May 27, 2010 07:59 am PDT Report Abuse Wonder what that will mean for the oil in the gulf? Reply 56 Please sign in to rate this comment up. Please sign in to rate this comment down. 15 surf dog Thu May 27, 2010 08:01 am PDT Report Abuse Obama inherited this hurricane problem from the previous administration. It's obviously all Bush's fault. We need to award Obama the Nobel Prize for Weather Immediately. Replies (5) 17 Please sign in to rate this comment up. Please sign in to rate this comment down. 13 MikeD Thu May 27, 2010 08:17 am PDT Report Abuse More environmental frauds looking for more governmental hand outs.They have no idea how many hurricanes will happen. None. They have no idea how powerful they will be. None. But they want more taxpayer money. Replies (2) 3 Please sign in to rate this comment up. Please sign in to rate this comment down. 12 Fiji1a Comment hidden due to low rating. Show Comment 0 Please sign in to rate this comment up. Please sign in to rate this comment down. 10 John Comment hidden due to low rating. Show Comment 22 Please sign in to rate this comment up. Please sign in to rate this comment down. 5 Gary Gilmore Jr Thu May 27, 2010 08:29 am PDT Report Abuse Last year they predicted a boatload of hurricanes; there were only a few. I can't decide who's worse at predicting things: weather forecasters or economists.... Replies (3) 12 Please sign in to rate this comment up. Please sign in to rate this comment down. 2 Get Some Thu May 27, 2010 08:35 am PDT Report Abuse This just in...... Home owners insurance just went up 700%!!! Replies (3) 19 Please sign in to rate this comment up. Please sign in to rate this comment down. 12 Steven Thu May 27, 2010 08:42 am PDT Report Abuse These predictions are never even close, so why pay any attention to them? Only the "global warming" nuts would believe them. Replies (8) 11 Please sign in to rate this comment up. Please sign in to rate this comment down. 3 Danny Thu May 27, 2010 08:46 am PDT Report Abuse Another excuss to raise oil prices. The last two years they've predicted a high number of storms only to revise it much lower later in the season. If I did my job as well as these folks I'd be one of the 9.9% unemployed!! Replies (1) Comments 1 - 10 of 45 First Prev Next Last Post a Comment Sign in to post a comment, or Sign up for a free account. 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The 2010 Atlantic hurricane â?¦ Play Video Weather Forecast Video:National Forecast weather.com Thu May 27, 5:42 pm ET WASHINGTON (AFP) â?? The 2010 Atlantic hurricane season may be one of the worst on record, US officials warned Thursday, amid fears it could deepen an oil crisis in the Gulf of Mexico and bring new misery to Haiti. An "active to extremely active" hurricane season which starts on June 1 is expected for the Atlantic Basin this year, US officials said. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Agency (NOAA) predicted 14 to 23 named storms, including eight to 14 hurricanes, three to seven of which were likely to be "major" storms, with winds of at least 111 mph. This is compared to an average six-month season of 11 named storms, six of which become hurricanes, two of them major. "If this outlook holds true, this season could be one of the more active on record," said NOAA administrator Jane Lubchenco. "The greater likelihood of storms brings an increased risk of a landfall. In short, we urge everyone to be prepared," he said. Hurricane fears are particularly acute this year in the Gulf of Mexico, where millions of gallons of oil from a leaking BP undersea well is pushing into ecologically sensitive marshlands. And in Haiti, hundreds of thousands of people are still living in makeshift camps more than five months after a devastating earthquake. NOAA said the prediction that there will be more and bigger storms this year than average was based on several factors. President Barack Obama's spokesman Robert Gibbs said the government is mobilizing for the potential impact of any hurricanes. "The president stressed that the government must ensure we consider the effects the BP oil spill could have on storms, response capabilities, and recovery efforts in planning for this year's season," Gibbs said. He added however that "those considerations do not change the primary mission of emergency management officials during a response, which is to support state efforts to protect lives and property." Forecasts said that windshear, which helped suppress hurricane activity in 2009 by tearing up storms before they developed, is expected to be weaker this year as the El Nino effect dissipates in the eastern Pacific. El Nino is a cyclical phenomenon that brings unusually warm ocean temperatures to the equatorial Pacific, but cooler temperatures to the Caribbean and the Atlantic. Its opposite is La Nina, when Pacific temperatures are unusually cold. In those years, the US southeast is unusually warm, enabling storms to grow and move. Sea surface temperatures in the Atlantic are already up to four degrees Fahrenheit above average, NOAA said. "Whether or not we approach the high end of the predicted ranges depends partly on whether or not La Nina develops this summer," said Gerry Bell, a hurricane forecaster at NOAA's Climate Prediction Center. "At present we are in a neutral state, but conditions are becoming increasingly favorable for La Nina to develop." And NOAA said the period since 1995 has been one of unusually high storm activity with eight of the last 15 seasons ranking in the top ten for the most named storms. In 2005, there were 28 named storms. Follow Yahoo! News on Twitter, become a fan on Facebook Related Searches: climate prediction center noaa atlantic hurricane season el nino sea surface temperatures Buzz up! 14 votes Send Share Print More on Weather Central America reels from Tropical Storm Agatha AFP Crews probe Guatemala sinkhole as neighbors flee AP Agatha deaths rise to 180 in Central America AP More » More... U.S. Video: BP: A Criminal Investigation ABC News U.S. Video: Local artist's 9/11 mural emerges from hibernation KING5 Seattle U.S. Video: Sheriff worries about an increase in gang violence after little boy is shot KREM.com Spokane/Coeur d'Alene 33 Comments Show: Post a Comment Comments 1 - 10 of 33 First Prev Next Last 1 Please sign in to rate this comment up. Please sign in to rate this comment down. 10 Alan F Comment hidden due to low rating. Show Comment 15 Please sign in to rate this comment up. Please sign in to rate this comment down. 1 sK Thu May 27, 2010 10:29 am PDT Report Abuse Alan F, ''say what?" Reply 14 Please sign in to rate this comment up. Please sign in to rate this comment down. 32 STUDDMANN1 Thu May 27, 2010 10:59 am PDT Report Abuse If our country would turn back to God and repent of it's sinful ways a lot of these things may not have accord .Pray is the key to things working better in this life and turning from sin and other evils.So as a nation repent walk in love and pray see put your trust in God and see what God can do Replies (9) 7 Please sign in to rate this comment up. Please sign in to rate this comment down. 2 War Dog Thu May 27, 2010 11:18 am PDT Report Abuse That oil and dispersant in the Gulf will cause more solar heating of the water due to lower reflectance and more subsurface flocculates. That warming intensifies the storms. Bad omen. Replies (2) 2 Please sign in to rate this comment up. Please sign in to rate this comment down. 8 Stephanie Comment hidden due to low rating. Show Comment 7 Please sign in to rate this comment up. Please sign in to rate this comment down. 12 Icy winter Thu May 27, 2010 11:36 am PDT Report Abuse Every hear of global warming, well that's one of the main causes of why this year is going to be bad, but on the other hand it's just a predication. Basically they can either be right or wrong, and it could be bad without what happened with the oil in the ocean tooo. People need to think about this as well, especially the bad winter that people in the north had, earthquakes, and tsumani's this year. It's all do the climate change.. Replies (4) 1 Please sign in to rate this comment up. Please sign in to rate this comment down. 2 Jason Thu May 27, 2010 12:40 pm PDT Report Abuse High Frequency Active Auroral Research Program. Seems this niffty little device can manipulate weather patterns. Research it. Replies (3) 7 Please sign in to rate this comment up. Please sign in to rate this comment down. 12 daffy22 Thu May 27, 2010 02:50 pm PDT Report Abuse ok ,gulf coast residence ,you have been warned .now don't come crying to the feds. if a hurricane wipes you out ,take out some insurance or move. Replies (6) 9 Please sign in to rate this comment up. Please sign in to rate this comment down. 0 dontpaycreditcards dot co ... Thu May 27, 2010 03:02 pm PDT Report Abuse I hope they get the leak stopped, because if they don't this could be terrible news. Reply 0 Please sign in to rate this comment up. Please sign in to rate this comment down. 5 JBar Thu May 27, 2010 04:02 pm PDT Report Abuse This isn't good news...more hurricanes? Great. Yep, we've had earthquakes in Chile, Japan, California (of course) and, most infamously, Haiti. The death toll is already abnormally high, and it's only May... Yep, all we need are a few major storms in 2010. 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News on Facebook! 7.2 quake hits South Pacific nation of Vanuatu Buzz up! 80 votes Send Share Print Play Video Earthquakes Video:Haitian diaspora reaches out to quake-struck homeland AFP Play Video Earthquakes Video:Haiti struggles to rebuild after quake AFP Play Video Earthquakes Video:Volunteers pack meals for Haiti quake survivors KING5 Seattle Thu May 27, 7:55 pm ET WELLINGTON, New Zealand â?? Residents of a northern town in the South Pacific nation of Vanuatu ran into the streets Friday as a powerful magnitude 7.2 earthquake shook the area, police said. The magnitude 7.2 quake rattled the island country, briefly triggering a tsunami watch for the region, officials said. There were no immediate reports of damage or injury. The U.S. Geological Survey said the quake struck at 4.14 a.m. local time and was centered 300 miles (485 kilometers) northwest of the capital, Port Vila, at a depth of 22 miles (36 kilometers). Three more sharp quakes followed in the same area, including a magnitude 6.4 more than three hours later. "Some people left their houses in the town â?? they ran out the doors," police spokesman James Tari said from Luganville, the main settlement on Espirito Santo, the main island closest to the quakes. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center in Hawaii issued a tsunami warning for Vanuatu, Solomon Islands and New Caledonia, but canceled the alert about an hour later. The center's duty geophysicist Barry Hershorn said they had confirmed there was no tsunami from ocean buoys and from coastal sea level gauges in Vanuatu. The quake was "a little bigger than usual â?? for me the shake was a really big one," he said. "At the moment there are no reports of injury or damage." Authorities in Vanuatu said they were checking for information on the quake and were pleased the tsunami alert had been canceled. "The very close proximity (of the quake epicenter) to Espirito Santo meant there was nothing much we could do" to alert residents to any danger, said Meteorological Office acting director Salesa Kaniaha. Vanuatu â?? a chain of 83 islands â?? lies just over 1,400 miles (2,200 kilometers) northeast of Sydney. Vanuatu is part of the Pacific "ring of fire" â?? an arc of earthquake and volcanic zones stretching from Chile in South America through Alaska and down through Vanuatu to Tonga in the South Pacific. Follow Yahoo! News on Twitter, become a fan on Facebook Related Searches: south pacific vanuatu pacific tsunami warning center u.s. geological survey Buzz up! 80 votes Send Share Print More on Earthquakes Bill Clinton returns to Haiti on recovery mission AP U.S. military ends major relief operations in Haiti Reuters NYC to train Haiti residents on emergency response AP More » More... Video: Haiti's homeless camp on perilous ground AFP Video: Beautician revives business in Haiti's homeless camp AFP Video: 3.4 quake near Duvall prompts bridge inspections KING5 Seattle 253 Comments Show: Post a Comment Comments 1 - 10 of 253 First Prev Next Last 45 Please sign in to rate this comment up. Please sign in to rate this comment down. 60 JeremyA Thu May 27, 2010 11:22 am PDT Report Abuse Run for your life. Replies (17) 179 Please sign in to rate this comment up. Please sign in to rate this comment down. 263 234 year Republic---Fail Thu May 27, 2010 11:23 am PDT Report Abuse Thank God for Jesus! Replies (49) 217 Please sign in to rate this comment up. Please sign in to rate this comment down. 78 UODux Thu May 27, 2010 11:24 am PDT Report Abuse 3rd! Hopefully it takes out North Korea. Replies (8) 39 Please sign in to rate this comment up. Please sign in to rate this comment down. 76 Business Lady Thu May 27, 2010 11:24 am PDT Report Abuse will this quake affect any of our naval ships at sea in the Pacific? Replies (17) 13 Please sign in to rate this comment up. Please sign in to rate this comment down. 55 JAMS Comment hidden due to low rating. Show Comment 36 Please sign in to rate this comment up. Please sign in to rate this comment down. 55 Flubbo Thu May 27, 2010 11:24 am PDT Report Abuse Tsunamis chase me in my dreams. Replies (12) 2 Please sign in to rate this comment up. Please sign in to rate this comment down. 8 Brian Comment hidden due to low rating. Show Comment 28 Please sign in to rate this comment up. Please sign in to rate this comment down. 28 douchasaurus rex Thu May 27, 2010 11:26 am PDT Report Abuse We're doomed!!!! Replies (4) 33 Please sign in to rate this comment up. Please sign in to rate this comment down. 7 M. Thu May 27, 2010 11:27 am PDT Report Abuse When they say nothing abnormal is going on in the world, is there anyone who really believes that? There is too much underground activity to say " this is normal, no increases in activity!" Replies (5) 15 Please sign in to rate this comment up. Please sign in to rate this comment down. 25 Kyle Thu May 27, 2010 11:28 am PDT Report Abuse Save us Jebus! Replies (1) Comments 1 - 10 of 253 First Prev Next Last Post a Comment Sign in to post a comment, or Sign up for a free account. Most Viewed - World Knox accused of slandering Italian police AP Japan's prime minister steps down over US base row AP Israel orders families of diplomats out of Turkey AP Crews probe Guatemala sinkhole as neighbors flee AP PM: Jamaica plans island-wide assault on gangs AP All Most Viewed » Daily Features All Comics » Opinions & Editorials: Diverse views on news from the right, left, and center. 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Tsunami warning cancelled after quake off Vanuatu Buzz up! 0 votes Send Share Print Play Video Earthquakes Video:Haitian diaspora reaches out to quake-struck homeland AFP Play Video Earthquakes Video:Haiti struggles to rebuild after quake AFP Play Video Earthquakes Video:Volunteers pack meals for Haiti quake survivors KING5 Seattle Thu May 27, 3:11 pm ET WASHINGTON (Reuters) â?? A magnitude 7.2 earthquake struck off the South Pacific archipelago of Vanuatu on Thursday, briefly prompting a tsunami warning which was later canceled. The quake, initially reported as a magnitude 7.6, struck at 4:14 a.m. on Friday (1:14 p.m. EDT on Thursday) and was centered 133 miles northwest of Santo in Vanuatu, at a depth of 22.4 miles, the U.S. Geological Survey said. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center for a brief time issued a warning for Vanuatu, the Solomon Islands and New Caledonia but later canceled it, saying sea level readings did not indicate any tsunami signal. Police and fire service officials in Vanuatu said they had not felt the quake. Eddie Stice, Vanuatu Country Director for the U.S. Peace Corps, said by telephone that he had not felt the quake from the capitol Port Vila, which is on an island a few hundred miles (km) south of the quake epicenter, and that he was not aware of any damage. (Reporting by Sandra Maler and Peter Henderson, editing by Vicki Allen and Mark Trevelyan) Follow Yahoo! News on Twitter, become a fan on Facebook Related Searches: vanuatu pacific tsunami warning center solomon islands new caledonia Buzz up! 0 votes Send Share Print More on Earthquakes Bill Clinton returns to Haiti on recovery mission AP U.S. military ends major relief operations in Haiti Reuters NYC to train Haiti residents on emergency response AP More » More... 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News: There's a new way to get your news Tsunami warning canceled for Western Pacific Buzz up! 2 votes Send Share Print Play Video Earthquakes Video:Haitian diaspora reaches out to quake-struck homeland AFP Play Video Earthquakes Video:Haiti struggles to rebuild after quake AFP Play Video Earthquakes Video:Volunteers pack meals for Haiti quake survivors KING5 Seattle Thu May 27, 2:55 pm ET HONOLULU â?? The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center in Hawaii has canceled a tsunami warning it had issued for Vanuatu, the Solomon Islands and New Caledonia. The cancellation came Thursday a little more than an hour after the warning was issued after a 7.2 earthquake struck Vanuatu. The center says sea level readings didn't show any tsunami signals. If a tsunami were generated, the center says it doesn't pose a threat to any areas outside the region. THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. Check back soon for further information. AP's earlier story is below. HONOLULU (AP) â?? The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center in Honolulu has issued a tsunami warning for Vanuatu, the Solomon Islands and New Caledonia. The warning was issued Thursday morning, Hawaii time, following an earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.3. It was centered in Vanuatu, about 133 north-northwest of Santo, or 1,290 miles northeast of Brisbane, Australia. The warning center says it's not known if a tsunami was generated However, it says a quake of this size has the potential to generate a destructive tsunami that can strike coastlines in the region within minutes to hours. Follow Yahoo! News on Twitter, become a fan on Facebook Related Searches: pacific tsunami warning center vanuatu solomon islands new caledonia Buzz up! 2 votes Send Share Print More on Earthquakes Bill Clinton returns to Haiti on recovery mission AP U.S. military ends major relief operations in Haiti Reuters NYC to train Haiti residents on emergency response AP More » More... Video: Haiti's homeless camp on perilous ground AFP Video: Beautician revives business in Haiti's homeless camp AFP Video: 3.4 quake near Duvall prompts bridge inspections KING5 Seattle 3 Comments Show: Post a Comment 0 Please sign in to rate this comment up. Please sign in to rate this comment down. 1 Gram Thu May 27, 2010 12:04 pm PDT Report Abuse mark my words,someone on here will blame obama,they always do.this never would have happened under Mcain...right. Reply 0 Please sign in to rate this comment up. Please sign in to rate this comment down. 1 Ace Thu May 27, 2010 12:19 pm PDT Report Abuse Bush did it! Reply 0 Please sign in to rate this comment up. Please sign in to rate this comment down. 0 Bartosz Thu May 27, 2010 05:02 pm PDT Report Abuse i hate that we are goin to die Reply Post a Comment Sign in to post a comment, or Sign up for a free account. 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CamIsDaBestPresident Member	Wed Jun 02 01:22:41 Skip to navigation » Skip to content » New User? Register Sign In Help Trending: America's Got Talent Yahoo! Mail My Yahoo! News Finance Sports Search Web Search Home U.S. Business World Entertainment Sports Tech Politics Science Health Opinion Most Popular World Video Middle East Europe Latin America Africa Asia Canada Australia/Antarctica Kevin Sites search menu News Search Trending Now: guatemala sinkhole tropical storm agatha marilyn monroe bret michaels elizabeth taylor tipper gore ted koppel oil spill sink hole giant sinkhole in guatemala charlie sheen american idol iran israeli raid sarah ferguson louise bourgeois china supercomputer mustafa abu al yazid al gore dario franchitti Get the scoop: Stay up to date with Yahoo! News on Facebook! US issues tsunami warning for South Pacific Buzz up! 5 votes Send Share Print AFP â?? Partial view of the Solomon Islands. A 7.4 earthquake struck off Vanuatu Friday, seismologists said, â?¦ Play Video Earthquakes Video:Haitian diaspora reaches out to quake-struck homeland AFP Play Video Earthquakes Video:Haiti struggles to rebuild after quake AFP Play Video Earthquakes Video:Volunteers pack meals for Haiti quake survivors KING5 Seattle Thu May 27, 1:57 pm ET LOS ANGELES (AFP) â?? The United States issued a tsunami warning for areas of the South Pacific including the Solomon Islands, Vanuatu and New Caledonia on Thursday after a powerful 7.2 magnitude earthquake in the area near Vanuatu. The quake at 1714 GMT was centered 215 kilometers (135 miles) northwest of the island of Espiritu Santo of Vanuatu, or 2,070 kilometers (1290 miles) northeast of Brisbane, Australia, the US Geological Survey said. The tsunami morning means coastlines near the epicenter could be subject to tidal waves within minutes. But the warning will not be expanded to other areas of the Pacific unless new data show a threat, USGS said. Follow Yahoo! News on Twitter, become a fan on Facebook Related Searches: south pacific magnitude earthquake vanuatu us geological survey Buzz up! 5 votes Send Share Print More on Earthquakes Bill Clinton returns to Haiti on recovery mission AP U.S. military ends major relief operations in Haiti Reuters NYC to train Haiti residents on emergency response AP More » More... Video: Haiti's homeless camp on perilous ground AFP Video: Beautician revives business in Haiti's homeless camp AFP Video: 3.4 quake near Duvall prompts bridge inspections KING5 Seattle 12 Comments Show: Post a Comment Comments 1 - 10 of 12 First Prev Next Last 6 Please sign in to rate this comment up. Please sign in to rate this comment down. 1 R U Kidding Me Thu May 27, 2010 11:21 am PDT Report Abuse Time to break out the boogie boards and sunscreen! Reply 3 Please sign in to rate this comment up. Please sign in to rate this comment down. 1 Lawrence Thu May 27, 2010 11:23 am PDT Report Abuse does no one bother to proof read these reports? come on people! Reply 1 Please sign in to rate this comment up. Please sign in to rate this comment down. 1 Lawrence Thu May 27, 2010 11:24 am PDT Report Abuse does no one proof read any more Replies (1) 1 Please sign in to rate this comment up. Please sign in to rate this comment down. 6 MoreCashNU Thu May 27, 2010 11:28 am PDT Report Abuse Obamalama just made a statement that his administration is, and always has been, in charge of responding to the tsunami. Reply 2 Please sign in to rate this comment up. Please sign in to rate this comment down. 0 porpoiseboy Thu May 27, 2010 11:29 am PDT Report Abuse stop stuttering larry. tsunami your mommy. Reply 2 Please sign in to rate this comment up. Please sign in to rate this comment down. 1 chris Thu May 27, 2010 11:33 am PDT Report Abuse So what happens if there's a tsunami evening? Reply 2 Please sign in to rate this comment up. Please sign in to rate this comment down. 2 Chris Thu May 27, 2010 11:35 am PDT Report Abuse Jesus said: "Men's hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth:" WATCH OUT PEOPLE! Reply 2 Please sign in to rate this comment up. Please sign in to rate this comment down. 0 redrockroamer Thu May 27, 2010 11:36 am PDT Report Abuse Vague report. Reply 1 Please sign in to rate this comment up. Please sign in to rate this comment down. 1 carol Thu May 27, 2010 11:36 am PDT Report Abuse Lawrence, I totally agree with you! I am so sick and tired at the laziness of the editors of the news. I am constantly finding mis-wording and mis-spellings, even the incorrect use of punctuation! It is another reminder of how complacent we have become! ugh! Reply 2 Please sign in to rate this comment up. Please sign in to rate this comment down. 0 cdRedHead Thu May 27, 2010 11:38 am PDT Report Abuse "The tsunami morning means coastlines near the epicenter could be subject to tidal waves within minutes." Good heavens...the writers of this article need to go back to school. "Morning" should be "warning". Tsunamis are NOT tidal waves. The tides have nothing to do with tsunamis. UGH!!! Reply Comments 1 - 10 of 12 First Prev Next Last Post a Comment Sign in to post a comment, or Sign up for a free account. Most Viewed - World Knox accused of slandering Italian police AP Japan's prime minister steps down over US base row AP Israel orders families of diplomats out of Turkey AP Crews probe Guatemala sinkhole as neighbors flee AP PM: Jamaica plans island-wide assault on gangs AP All Most Viewed » Daily Features All Comics » Opinions & Editorials: Diverse views on news from the right, left, and center. 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A 7.4 earthquake struck off Vanuatu Friday, seismologists said, â?¦ Play Video Earthquakes Video:Haitian diaspora reaches out to quake-struck homeland AFP Play Video Earthquakes Video:Haiti struggles to rebuild after quake AFP Play Video Earthquakes Video:Volunteers pack meals for Haiti quake survivors KING5 Seattle Thu May 27, 1:57 pm ET LOS ANGELES (AFP) â?? The United States issued a tsunami warning for areas of the South Pacific including the Solomon Islands, Vanuatu and New Caledonia on Thursday after a powerful 7.2 magnitude earthquake in the area near Vanuatu. The quake at 1714 GMT was centered 215 kilometers (135 miles) northwest of the island of Espiritu Santo of Vanuatu, or 2,070 kilometers (1290 miles) northeast of Brisbane, Australia, the US Geological Survey said. The tsunami morning means coastlines near the epicenter could be subject to tidal waves within minutes. But the warning will not be expanded to other areas of the Pacific unless new data show a threat, USGS said. Follow Yahoo! News on Twitter, become a fan on Facebook Related Searches: south pacific magnitude earthquake vanuatu us geological survey Buzz up! 5 votes Send Share Print More on Earthquakes Bill Clinton returns to Haiti on recovery mission AP U.S. military ends major relief operations in Haiti Reuters NYC to train Haiti residents on emergency response AP More » More... Video: Haiti's homeless camp on perilous ground AFP Video: Beautician revives business in Haiti's homeless camp AFP Video: 3.4 quake near Duvall prompts bridge inspections KING5 Seattle 12 Comments Show: Post a Comment Comments 1 - 10 of 12 First Prev Next Last 6 Please sign in to rate this comment up. Please sign in to rate this comment down. 1 R U Kidding Me Thu May 27, 2010 11:21 am PDT Report Abuse Time to break out the boogie boards and sunscreen! Reply 3 Please sign in to rate this comment up. 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Quake off Vanuatu prompts tusnami warning Buzz up! 0 votes Send Share Print Play Video Earthquakes Video:Haitian diaspora reaches out to quake-struck homeland AFP Play Video Earthquakes Video:Haiti struggles to rebuild after quake AFP Play Video Earthquakes Video:Volunteers pack meals for Haiti quake survivors KING5 Seattle Thu May 27, 1:46 pm ET WASHINGTON (Reuters) â?? A magnitude 7.4 quake off the southern Pacific Ocean island of Vanuatu prompted a tsunami warning for the nearby Solomon Islands, Vanuatu and New Caledonia, the Pacific Tsunami warning Center said on Thursday. It said the quake, initially reported as a magnitude 7.6, was 22.4 miles deep and centered 133 miles northwest of Santo in Vanuatu. It struck at 4:14 a.m. on Friday. "An earthquake of this size has the potential to generate a destructive tsunami that can strike coastlines in the region near the epicenter within minutes to hours," the tsunami center said, adding that it was not yet clear whether a tsunami had actually been generated. It said the warning was in effect for the region only and that it would not expand to other areas of the Pacific based on the information known so far. (Reporting by Sandra Maler, Editing by Philip Barbara) Follow Yahoo! News on Twitter, become a fan on Facebook Related Searches: pacific tsunami warning center vanuatu solomon islands new caledonia Buzz up! 0 votes Send Share Print More on Earthquakes Bill Clinton returns to Haiti on recovery mission AP U.S. military ends major relief operations in Haiti Reuters NYC to train Haiti residents on emergency response AP More » More... 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Gulf oil spill could be 'Obama's Katrina,' says top Republican McCarthy Buzz up! 0 votes Send Share Print Play Video Hurricanes & Tropical Storms Video:Nungesser: BP denial of oil large plumes ridiculous WWL-TV, Channel 4 New Orleans Play Video Hurricanes & Tropical Storms Video:Tips for insurance prep for hurricane season WWL-TV, Channel 4 New Orleans Play Video Hurricanes & Tropical Storms Video:Vast sinkhole swallows clothing factory in Guatemala 11 News Houston By David Cook â?? Thu May 27, 11:41 am ET Washington â?? Top House Republican Kevin McCarthy (R) of California says that the oil spill in the Gulf could â??very well beâ?? President Barack Obamaâ??s Katrina, referring to the damage done to votersâ?? confidence in President Bush by his administrationâ??s response to the hurricane that hit New Orleans in 2005. Rep. McCarthy ,who is the Republicans' chief deputy whip and chief recruiter of GOP House candidates, spoke at a Monitor-sponsored breakfast for reporters on Thursday. â??I think [Obama] has a serious, long term problem hereâ?? given how long it takes to clean up the after effects of on oil spill of this magnitude, he said. The GOP leader told of a conversation he recently had with Rep Steve Scalise, a Republican who represents Louisanaâ??s First District which is bearing much of the brunt of the Gulf oil spill. Rep. Scalise called the White House last Thursday seeking to talk to the president about the crisis. An aide called back Friday and said the president was â??too busy to talk to him.â?? Rep. McCarthy quoted Scalise as saying, â?? I understood that until I turned on the TV and I saw that he was golfing and that he went out to California to do a fund raiser.â?? The latest USA Today/Gallup Poll conducted May 24-25 underscores the political danger the president faces on this issue. They poll found a majority of Americans unhappy with Mr. Obamaâ??s handling of the spill. Some 53 percent rate Obama's handling "poor" or "very poor"; 43 percent believe Obama is doing a good job on the crisis. [Editor's note: The original version included an incorrect first name for Rep. McCarthy.] Related: Oil spill 'top kill': why it takes 24 hours to know if it's working Gulf oil spill: Is MMS so corrupt it must be abolished? Follow Yahoo! News on Twitter, become a fan on Facebook Related Searches: president barack obama rep. mccarthy rep steve scalise kevin mccarthy Buzz up! 0 votes Send Share Print More on Hurricane Katrina BP, not Obama, taking brunt of public's oil spill ire: poll The Christian Science Monitor BP oil spill: Louisianans want more from Obama ... but more what? The Christian Science Monitor US predicts up to 7 major Atlantic hurricanes AP More » More... Video: Racing to save the Gulf of Mexico's fragile ecosystem AFP Video: Busy Hurricane Season Means More Worries For Haiti CBS4 Miami Video: Crews probe massive Guatemala sinkhole AP 1 Comment Show: Post a Comment 0 Please sign in to rate this comment up. Please sign in to rate this comment down. 0 David Fri May 28, 2010 08:05 am PDT Report Abuse I don't know if nuking it is the right thing to do, but, I bet if it worked, it would be good for him and his image, thought, there would be a little salt about waitng, he could have good excuses for most of the delay, and just cede maybe a little faster, and then look great. Reply Post a Comment Sign in to post a comment, or Sign up for a free account. 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Tarun Fehsenfeld, of Acton, Mass., supports 10-month-old Elliot in the water at Walden Pond, in Concord, â?¦ Play Video Weather Forecast Video:National Forecast weather.com Wed May 26, 8:42 pm ET CONCORD, Mass. â?? Heavy spring flooding has forced the state to cut summer access by nearly half at Walden Pond, which was made famous by author Henry David Thoreau, state officials said Wednesday. The rains raised Walden Pond 4 feet above its average, submerging the beach and parts of a path around the pond. To prevent overcrowding and protect plants from being trampled, a maximum of 169 cars instead of the usual 300 will be allowed after Walden opens for the summer this weekend, said Department of Conservation and Recreation Commissioner Rick Sullivan. "We do have a concern of public safety, but we also have a concern in regards to the natural resources," he said. The pond is famous for Thoreau's 1854 work "Walden," a social critique and commentary on nature that he wrote after living in solitude around Walden Pond for two years, two months and two days. Sullivan said the glacial kettle-hole pond has no outlet and is fed by rainfall and groundwater, both of which have remained elevated since about 15 inches of rain fell in the Boston area in March. Swimming will still be permitted in a designated area of the state reservation, which includes about 460 acres of protected open space, and workers have also cleared another path from which the pond remains visible, Sullivan said. Visitors will still be able to enjoy Walden Pond, he said, just not as many as during a normal year. "We expect there will be disappointed people," Sullivan said. "Walden is a destination location. We did not want to close it totally." Follow Yahoo! 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Central America was left â?¦ Slideshow:Tropical Storms and Hurricanes Play Video Hurricanes & Tropical Storms Video:Nungesser: BP denial of oil large plumes ridiculous WWL-TV, Channel 4 New Orleans Play Video Hurricanes & Tropical Storms Video:Tips for insurance prep for hurricane season WWL-TV, Channel 4 New Orleans By Tom Brown â?? Wed May 26, 4:52 pm ET FORT LAUDERDALE, Florida (Reuters) â?? The threat of an above-average 2010 Atlantic hurricane season has heightened over the past month and it now promises to be "a hell of a year," a leading U.S. forecaster said Wednesday. William Gray, the hurricane forecast pioneer who founded Colorado State University's respected storm research team, said CSU would ramp up its predictions for the 2010 season in a report due out on June 2. "The numbers are going to go up quite high," Gray said. "This looks like a hell of a year." A higher forecast raises the prospect the vulnerable U.S. Gulf Coast may see a repeat of the 2005 season when a record 28 storms formed, which killed nearly 4,000 people and caused an estimated $130 billion in total damages. The list included hurricanes Katrina, which devastated New Orleans, Rita which plowed into southern Louisiana, and Wilma, the most intense storm recorded in the Atlantic basin with peak winds of 185 miles per hour. Gray, who spoke on the sidelines of a regional hurricane conference, declined to specify the number of storms CSU will forecast in its outlook next week. In its previous forecast, released on April 7, CSU had projected the season would produce an above-average eight hurricanes, four of which could be major. In 2005, there were seven major hurricanes. In its April 7 forecast, CSU also said the six-month season beginning on June 1 would likely produce 15 named tropical storms. An average Atlantic season has about 10 tropical storms, of which six become hurricanes. Major hurricanes pack powerful sustained winds of at least 111 miles per hour (178 km per hour). Gray and Phil Klotzbach, lead forecaster with the Colorado State team, both told Reuters that forecast models showing a recent shift in wind patterns and warm tropical Atlantic waters had reinforced the likelihood that a busy hurricane season was on its way. They referred specifically to reduced wind shear probabilities due to the dissipation of the El Nino weather phenomenon over the Pacific Ocean. "El Nino died pretty quickly over the past couple of months," Klotzbach said. An El Nino would normally allow wind sheer to seep into the Atlantic, disrupting storm formation and pushing embryonic hurricanes out to sea far from the oil-rig rich Gulf and the U.S. mainland. Wind shear -- caused by a clash between prevailing upper-levels winds out of the west and lower-level easterly winds out of Africa -- can tear apart hurricanes or break up their circulation. "Everything is setting up as a very active season," Gray said. STORMS MAY PUSH OIL FROM SPILL INLAND Both Gray and Klotzbach said there were too many uncertainties about the Gulf of Mexico oil spill to make any predictions about how it might come into play in the upcoming storm season. But they were dismissive of claims the oil slick could keep storms from gathering strength and said a powerful cyclone, particularly if it comes out of the western portion of the Gulf, could propel large quantities of oil ashore in the northern Gulf. "The counter-clockwise circulation could push oil inland, into the inland waterways, and cause a lot of problems," Klotzbach said. Federal Emergency Management Agency director Craig Fugate, who spoke at the same hurricane conference in Fort Lauderdale on Wednesday, seemed exasperated by public attention to the oil spill as another potentially deadly hurricane season looms over the Caribbean and the U.S. Atlantic seaboard. "It concerns me that we're talking about the oil spill and we're not talking about hurricane season," Fugate told reporters. "Given the vulnerability of many of our coastal communities to a major landfalling hurricane, a failure to prepare for that will negate any of the work that's been done to deal with the impacts of the oil spill," he said. "Yes there's an oil spill, yes it's devastating, and yes it has significant impacts to our coastline, to our tourism and to the environment. But do not confuse that with the deadly power of a major hurricane." he said. (Reporting by Tom Brown; Editing by Rene Pastor) Follow Yahoo! News on Twitter, become a fan on Facebook Related Searches: william gray atlantic hurricane season tropical storms el nino Buzz up! 20 votes Send Share Print More on Weather Central America reels from Tropical Storm Agatha AFP Crews probe Guatemala sinkhole as neighbors flee AP Agatha deaths rise to 180 in Central America AP More » More... Video: Vast sinkhole swallows clothing factory in Guatemala 11 News Houston Video: Racing to save the Gulf of Mexico's fragile ecosystem AFP Video: Busy Hurricane Season Means More Worries For Haiti CBS4 Miami 1,110 Comments Show: Post a Comment Comments 1 - 10 of 1110 First Prev Next Last 453 Please sign in to rate this comment up. Please sign in to rate this comment down. 213 emmanuel_goldstein Wed Apr 07, 2010 07:07 am PDT Report Abuse Weather forecasting =.arcane bone casting mumbo-jumbo. These people can't even tell you what the weather is gonna be like next week, and they expect you to believe this? HA! Replies (49) 204 Please sign in to rate this comment up. Please sign in to rate this comment down. 81 KCP Wed Apr 07, 2010 07:09 am PDT Report Abuse Between the record breaking winter the Mid-Atlantic just had, El Nino, the hurricanes and tsunamis, I have a feeling there are going to be moe hurricanes, and at least 3 of them are going to do a number to the U.S. Just an opinion/feeling.. Replies (23) 351 Please sign in to rate this comment up. Please sign in to rate this comment down. 28 Suzette Wed Apr 07, 2010 07:20 am PDT Report Abuse Last year (2009) was supposed to be an "extremely active" year as I recall. Then they kept cutting back till the season ended as a dud. There is obviously more to the equation than we currently understand... Replies (26) 38 Please sign in to rate this comment up. Please sign in to rate this comment down. 142 oe Wed Apr 07, 2010 07:49 am PDT Report Abuse were gonna havea mild hurricane i guess today year Replies (4) 213 Please sign in to rate this comment up. Please sign in to rate this comment down. 44 Waverider Wed Apr 07, 2010 09:20 am PDT Report Abuse Grab your surfboard! Replies (13) 224 Please sign in to rate this comment up. Please sign in to rate this comment down. 36 DuWayne Wed Apr 07, 2010 09:37 am PDT Report Abuse The weather wizards predicted that last year and the year before. Why don't they simply admit it's just CYA. Clueless in Colorado. Replies (5) 69 Please sign in to rate this comment up. Please sign in to rate this comment down. 113 Truth Wed Apr 07, 2010 09:51 am PDT Report Abuse This is a result of the global geoengineering weather modification projects. Google: geoengineering watch Replies (17) 80 Please sign in to rate this comment up. Please sign in to rate this comment down. 16 ivebeenfightinggravitysin ... Wed Apr 07, 2010 10:17 am PDT Report Abuse you ever think that maybe they r saying odds r good for a bad season? and to be prepared.....???...i mean u listen to what the weather man says and he goes off of about the same info ,...and makes a prediction....sometimes they get it wrong to.....yes noone knows what the weather will truely be,....but shouldnt we at least appreciate the warning just incase Replies (7) 62 Please sign in to rate this comment up. Please sign in to rate this comment down. 56 Adjie Wed Apr 07, 2010 10:23 am PDT Report Abuse pray to the God hopes He will save us from threats.. Replies (27) 116 Please sign in to rate this comment up. Please sign in to rate this comment down. 14 Steph Wed Apr 07, 2010 11:16 am PDT Report Abuse We're supposed to be getting major hurricanes the past few years, and each year the insurance companies love to raise up their prices while nothing really happens. 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Strong quake shakes south Japan; no tsunami alert Buzz up! 11 votes Send Share Print Play Video Earthquakes Video:Haitian diaspora reaches out to quake-struck homeland AFP Play Video Earthquakes Video:Haiti struggles to rebuild after quake AFP Play Video Earthquakes Video:Volunteers pack meals for Haiti quake survivors KING5 Seattle Wed May 26, 6:01 am ET TOKYO â?? A strong earthquake shook southern Japan on Wednesday, but authorities said no tsunami was expected and there were no immediate reports of damage or injuries. The Meteorological Agency said the quake registered a preliminary magnitude of 6.1, while the U.S. Geological Survey measured it at 6.4. It occurred off the coast of Minamidaito island, near Okinawa, about 1,000 miles (1,600 kilometers) southwest of Tokyo. The quake's center was about six miles (10 kilometers) below the sea surface. The Meteorological Agency did not issue a tsunami alert. Police official Shimpachi Higashizato said there were no immediate reports of injury or damage from the quake, which struck at about 5:53 p.m., adding that he only felt minor shaking at his office in Naha on the main Okinawa island, about 230 miles (375 kilometers) west of the epicenter. "I would think any damage from a quake this size is unlikely," he said. Japan is one of the world's most earthquake-prone countries. In 1995, a magnitude-7.2 quake in the western port city of Kobe killed 6,400 people. Follow Yahoo! News on Twitter, become a fan on Facebook Related Searches: okinawa okinawa island Buzz up! 11 votes Send Share Print More on Earthquakes Bill Clinton returns to Haiti on recovery mission AP U.S. military ends major relief operations in Haiti Reuters NYC to train Haiti residents on emergency response AP More » More... Video: Haiti's homeless camp on perilous ground AFP Video: Beautician revives business in Haiti's homeless camp AFP Video: 3.4 quake near Duvall prompts bridge inspections KING5 Seattle 351 Comments Show: Post a Comment Comments 1 - 10 of 351 First Prev Next Last 62 Please sign in to rate this comment up. Please sign in to rate this comment down. 7 Cap Sun Mar 14, 2010 12:46 am PST Report Abuse Yep, was cooking up some burgers when my wife felt it start. We are stationed in northern Japan. It only registered a 2 here. It was the first time my wife has felt an earthquake here. We generally get a lot of little tiny ones and maybe 1 decent sided one a year. Replies (14) 57 Please sign in to rate this comment up. Please sign in to rate this comment down. 4 Imagine67 Sun Mar 14, 2010 12:52 am PST Report Abuse Yup, me too. I'm in Osaka on the 13th floor of a hotel. Thought I was getting dizzy from bad sushi, sat back and looked at the drapes swaying back and forth. It was subtle, but I felt it. Replies (4) 31 Please sign in to rate this comment up. Please sign in to rate this comment down. 1 Will Pickrell Sun Mar 14, 2010 12:52 am PST Report Abuse We felt it in Minato-ku. It seemed to last a little longer than typical tremors we feel here in Tokyo area. Reply 24 Please sign in to rate this comment up. Please sign in to rate this comment down. 2 Kellan C Sun Mar 14, 2010 12:52 am PST Report Abuse It felt longer then most quakes but not too different from the ones I've been feeling. I'm nearer the West side of Tokyo right now...not much to comment on. Reply 58 Please sign in to rate this comment up. Please sign in to rate this comment down. 11 Tokyo Joe Sun Mar 14, 2010 12:54 am PST Report Abuse As Jerry Lee Lewis said, "There's a whole lotta shakin' going on." Reply 17 Please sign in to rate this comment up. 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Please sign in to rate this comment down. 5 Kevo Sun Mar 14, 2010 12:58 am PST Report Abuse Felt it in Misawa at my house We actually had an earthquake last night near Iwaki. Replies (1) 4 Please sign in to rate this comment up. Please sign in to rate this comment down. 0 cleopatra Sun Mar 14, 2010 12:59 am PST Report Abuse I live in Tokyo and was half asleep and felt as though I was swaying. Was wondering if I was dreaming or was it indeed an earthquake. The swaying got intense for a couple of seconds and I woke up with a start. It hit 6.6 on the richter. Quite a shaky one! Reply Comments 1 - 10 of 351 First Prev Next Last Post a Comment Sign in to post a comment, or Sign up for a free account. 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CamIsDaBestPresident Member	Wed Jun 02 01:25:06 Skip to navigation » Skip to content » New User? Register Sign In Help Trending: America's Got Talent Yahoo! Mail My Yahoo! News Finance Sports Search Web Search Home U.S. Business World Entertainment Sports Tech Politics Science Health Opinion Most Popular U.S. Video Local News Education Religion Politics Crimes and Trials Topics search menu News Search Trending Now: guatemala sinkhole tropical storm agatha marilyn monroe bret michaels elizabeth taylor tipper gore ted koppel oil spill sink hole giant sinkhole in guatemala charlie sheen american idol iran israeli raid sarah ferguson louise bourgeois china supercomputer mustafa abu al yazid al gore dario franchitti Get the scoop: Stay up to date with Yahoo! News on Facebook! WSI sees most active hurricane season since 2005 Buzz up! 1 vote Send Share Print Play Video Weather Forecast Video:National Forecast weather.com Tue May 25, 5:14 pm ET NEW YORK (Reuters) â?? The 2010 Atlantic hurricane season could be the most active since 2005, the most active season in recorded history, Weather Services International (WSI) said on Tuesday. In its latest forecast, WSI, of Andover, Massachusetts, called for 18 named storms, 10 hurricanes and five intense hurricanes, rated as category 3 storm with winds of 11-130 mph, or greater. That is well above the 1950-2009 averages of 10 named storms, six hurricanes, and three intense hurricanes and slightly above the averages from the more active recent 15-year period of 14 named storm, eight hurricanes and four intense hurricanes. These numbers are also an increase from WSI's April forecast of 16 named storms, nine hurricanes and five intense hurricanes. The U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) will release its 2010 hurricane season forecast on Thursday. The forecasts are widely watched by energy and commodity markets for signs of potential weather disruptions to oil and gas installations in the Gulf of Mexico during the June to November hurricane season. Other meteorologists have already predicted conditions are ripe for an unusually destructive hurricane season, which could disrupt efforts to clean up BP's oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. U.S. EAST COAST AT RISK WSI said the coastal region from the Outer Banks of North Carolina northward to Maine was twice as likely as normal to experience a hurricane this year. "Our model suggests the threat to the Northeast coast this season is on par with that in Florida and the Gulf coastal states," WSI Chief Meteorologist Dr. Todd Crawford, said in a release. WSI said the 2009 tropical season was the quietest since 1997, as an emerging El Nino event combined with relatively cool tropical Atlantic waters to suppress widespread storm development. "However, the primary drivers for tropical activity have sharply reversed course this year and everything is in place for an incredibly active season ... eastern and central tropical Atlantic sea surface temperatures are currently at record warm levels for May, even warmer than the freakishly active season of 2005," Crawford said. The 2005 Atlantic hurricane season, which included Hurricanes Katrina and Rita that devastated the oil and natural gas-rich U.S. Gulf Coast, was the most active in history, causing more than 1,500 U.S. deaths and more than $115 billion in damages, according to the U.S. National Hurricane Center. "While we've increased our forecast numbers in both of the last two monthly updates, we are still more likely to raise than lower these numbers going forward," Crawford noted. (Reporting by Scott DiSavino; Editing by Marguerita Choy) Follow Yahoo! News on Twitter, become a fan on Facebook Related Searches: 2010 hurricane season u.s. national hurricane center u.s. national oceanic and atmospheric administration atlantic hurricane season Buzz up! 1 vote Send Share Print More on Weather Central America reels from Tropical Storm Agatha AFP Crews probe Guatemala sinkhole as neighbors flee AP Agatha deaths rise to 180 in Central America AP More » More... U.S. Video: BP: A Criminal Investigation ABC News U.S. Video: Local artist's 9/11 mural emerges from hibernation KING5 Seattle U.S. Video: Sheriff worries about an increase in gang violence after little boy is shot KREM.com Spokane/Coeur d'Alene 8 Comments Show: Post a Comment 0 Please sign in to rate this comment up. Please sign in to rate this comment down. 1 Robert Tue May 25, 2010 11:06 pm PDT Report Abuse Heckuva job, BP Reply 7 Please sign in to rate this comment up. Please sign in to rate this comment down. 1 Mikel Wed May 26, 2010 02:55 am PDT Report Abuse They said the same thing last year and it was a whimper of a season.. of course you make the same prediction enough years in a row, eventually you get an "I told you so!!" Reply 1 Please sign in to rate this comment up. Please sign in to rate this comment down. 4 bob Wed May 26, 2010 04:23 am PDT Report Abuse can't wait for the oil hurricanes, the fire storms, that will be the most surreal event ever in history, thanks BP, I hope after these new disasters happen other multibillion dollar corporations experiments, projects get shut down, IE Halidron collider, and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in SF that is trying to create a small version of the sun here on earth for unlimted source of energy, :) Reply 2 Please sign in to rate this comment up. Please sign in to rate this comment down. 1 Jeff Wed May 26, 2010 08:44 am PDT Report Abuse I am a weather nut. I love unusual and strange weather events this year looks to be just the kind of stuff I live for. Give them hell mother nature. Reply 1 Please sign in to rate this comment up. Please sign in to rate this comment down. 0 Helen Wed May 26, 2010 10:20 am PDT Report Abuse It will be an active season, What will happen with the tidel surges it will not just be water this time oil will be pushed inland and it will not dry up. now is the time insurance companys start threatning law suits you can make them move faster out of fear. only time will tell. Reply 0 Please sign in to rate this comment up. Please sign in to rate this comment down. 2 Wallbanger Wed May 26, 2010 10:41 am PDT Report Abuse Climate-change...a fact for 4 BILLION YEARS!! A thousand Ice Ages have come and gone with ZERO input from mankind!! Stupid people think they're stronger than the Sun...BIG DUMMIES!! Our military, law enforcement, and ELECTED OFFICIALS need to HONOR THEIR OATH TO THE U.S. CONSTITUTION!!! oathkeepers.org Reply 3 Please sign in to rate this comment up. Please sign in to rate this comment down. 0 Highlowsel Wed May 26, 2010 01:45 pm PDT Report Abuse Great....hurricane season approaches.....churn the water like butter then shove the results onto all that Gulf coast land. It'll be the equivalent of salting the earth, killing and despoiling more than we care to think about. And it will all sink into the soil and be with us for years. This BP event is turning into a sea-born Chernobyl, missing only the radiation in making it an unmitigated disaster of biblical proportions. Highlow American Citizen Reply 1 Please sign in to rate this comment up. Please sign in to rate this comment down. 0 Mezzomomma Thu May 27, 2010 04:22 am PDT Report Abuse Let's wait and see, but I won't hold my breath. 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CamIsDaBestPresident Member	Wed Jun 02 01:25:14 Skip to navigation » Skip to content » New User? Register Sign In Help Trending: America's Got Talent Yahoo! Mail My Yahoo! News Finance Sports Search Web Search Home U.S. Business World Entertainment Sports Tech Politics Science Health Opinion Most Popular Video Photos Blog Local Odd News Comics Weather Travel Vitality Who Knew? Site Index search menu News Search Trending Now: guatemala sinkhole tropical storm agatha marilyn monroe bret michaels elizabeth taylor tipper gore ted koppel oil spill sink hole giant sinkhole in guatemala charlie sheen american idol iran israeli raid sarah ferguson louise bourgeois china supercomputer mustafa abu al yazid al gore dario franchitti Want today's TOP TRENDING stories? Follow @YahooNews on Twitter! Divers explore sunken ruins of Cleopatra's palace Buzz up! 254 votes Send Share Print AP â?? In this photo released by Franck Goddio/Hilti Foundation, a diver inspects limestone blocks that form â?¦ Slideshow:Sunken ruins of Cleopatra's temple excavated By JASON KEYSER, Associated Press Writer â?? Tue May 25, 2:01 pm ET ALEXANDRIA, Egypt â?? Plunging into the waters off Alexandria Tuesday, divers explored the submerged ruins of a palace and temple complex from which Cleopatra ruled, swimming over heaps of limestone blocks hammered into the sea by earthquakes and tsunamis more than 1,600 years ago. The international team is painstakingly excavating one of the richest underwater archaeological sites in the world and retrieving stunning artifacts from the last dynasty to rule over ancient Egypt before the Roman Empire annexed it in 30 B.C. Using advanced technology, the team is surveying ancient Alexandria's Royal Quarters, encased deep below the harbor sediment, and confirming the accuracy of descriptions of the city left by Greek geographers and historians more than 2,000 years ago. Since the early 1990s, the topographical surveys have allowed the team, led by French underwater archaeologist Franck Goddio, to conquer the harbor's extremely poor visibility and excavate below the seabed. They are discovering everything from coins and everyday objects to colossal granite statues of Egypt's rulers and sunken temples dedicated to their gods. "It's a unique site in the world," said Goddio, who has spent two decades searching for shipwrecks and lost cities below the seas. Click the image to see photos of the excavation of Cleopatra's sunken temple AP The finds from along the Egyptian coast will go on display at Philadelphia's Franklin Institute from June 5 to Jan. 2 in an exhibition titled "Cleopatra: The Search for the Last Queen of Egypt." The exhibition will tour several other North American cities. Many archaeological sites have been destroyed by man, with statues cut or smashed to pieces. Alexandria's Royal Quarters â?? ports, a cape and islands full of temples, palaces and military outposts â?? simply slid into the sea after cataclysmic earthquakes in the fourth and eighth centuries. Goddio's team found it in 1996. Many of its treasures are completely intact, wrapped in sediment protecting them from the saltwater. "It's as it was when it sank," said Ashraf Abdel-Raouf of Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities, who is part of the team. Tuesday's dive explored the sprawling palace and temple complex where Cleopatra, the last of Egypt's Greek-speaking Ptolemaic rulers, seduced the Roman general Mark Antony before they committed suicide upon their defeat by Octavian, the future Roman Emperor Augustus. Dives have taken Goddio and his team to some of the key scenes in the dramatic lives of the couple, including the Timonium, commissioned by Antony after his defeat as a place where he could retreat from the world, though he killed himself before it was completed. They also found a colossal stone head believed to be of Caesarion, son of Cleopatra and previous lover Julius Caesar, and two sphinxes, one of them probably representing Cleopatra's father, Ptolemy XII. Divers photographed a section of the seabed cleared of sediment with a powerful suction device. Their flashlights glowing in the green murk, the divers photographed ruins from a temple to Isis near Cleopatra's palace on the submerged island of Antirhodos. Among the massive limestone blocks toppled in the fourth century was a huge quartzite block with an engraving of a pharaoh. An inscription indicates it depicts Seti I, father of Ramses II. "We've found many pharaonic objects that were brought from Heliopolis, in what is now Cairo," said Abdel-Raouf. "So, the Ptolemaic rulers re-used pharonic objects to construct their buildings." On the boat's deck, researchers displayed some small recent finds: imported ceramics and local copies, a statuette of a pharaoh, bronze ritual vessels, amulets barely bigger than a fingernail, and small lead vessels tossed by the poor into the water or buried in the ground as devotions to gods. Alexandria's Eastern Harbor was abandoned after another earthquake, in the eighth century, and was left untouched as an open bay â?? apart from two 20th century breakwaters â?? while modern port construction went ahead in the Western Harbor. That has left the ancient Portus Magnus undisturbed below. "We have this as an open field for archaeology," Goddio said. ___ Online: The Franck Goddio Society: http://www.franckgoddio.org The Franklin Institute: http://www.fi.edu Follow Yahoo! News on Twitter, become a fan on Facebook Related Searches: ancient egypt french underwater archaeologist franck goddio egypt roman empire Buzz up! 254 votes Send Share Print More on Vitality Dieting for dollars? More US employees trying it AP James Bond's Aston Martin for sale at auction AP Why Consumers Aren't As Crazy As They Seem U.S. News & World Report More » More... Top Stories Video: Japan PM to resign Reuters Top Stories Video: Raw video: Dueling protests over Israeli raid AP Top Stories Video: Amazing Man Says, 'Numbers Are My Friends' ABC News 413 Comments Show: Post a Comment Comments 1 - 10 of 413 First Prev Next Last 325 Please sign in to rate this comment up. Please sign in to rate this comment down. 12 Jaguar Tue May 25, 2010 10:19 am PDT Report Abuse Sweet! They should do a canal type lock system and bring this back to life...I know it'd be expensive, but it'd be an authentic historic egyptian port. Replies (13) 261 Please sign in to rate this comment up. Please sign in to rate this comment down. 11 Jaguar Tue May 25, 2010 10:19 am PDT Report Abuse Also post pictures of this stuff!!!! Replies (3) 118 Please sign in to rate this comment up. Please sign in to rate this comment down. 208 Doug Zwirner Tue May 25, 2010 10:38 am PDT Report Abuse Maybe they can plug the Gulf oil leak! BP doesnt have a clue what to do. Are there any other countries that can help us??? Replies (14) 472 Please sign in to rate this comment up. Please sign in to rate this comment down. 95 Patti Tue May 25, 2010 10:38 am PDT Report Abuse XVII007 - after reading your comment, I have to ask: Is there something mentally wrong with you??!!?? Bringing Obama into a disucssion about this find????? Either you are a young kid with no brains or, even worse, you are an adult with a perception problem that makes you and others like you the REAL danger to this country, never mind the president!! I have to shake my head in amazement when I read stupid comments like you made. God Bless America?? NO, God save us from idiots like you!! Replies (17) 247 Please sign in to rate this comment up. Please sign in to rate this comment down. 271 BobA Tue May 25, 2010 10:40 am PDT Report Abuse You're an idiot and probably think Sarah Palin is an intellectual. Replies (12) 179 Please sign in to rate this comment up. Please sign in to rate this comment down. 10 blahblahblah Tue May 25, 2010 10:41 am PDT Report Abuse OOOoooo.......please post some images! Replies (5) 163 Please sign in to rate this comment up. Please sign in to rate this comment down. 17 KM Tue May 25, 2010 10:43 am PDT Report Abuse People in this area need to realize that if an earthquake that large happened in the past, it WILL happen again. Learn from history. Replies (11) 319 Please sign in to rate this comment up. Please sign in to rate this comment down. 412 mike Tue May 25, 2010 10:44 am PDT Report Abuse Well, he's right. Obama would give it away!! Most of us Americans who are not deadbeats are tired of working so some lifetime welfare recipient can sit around and smoke weed and play the xbox. Your loved Obama has made it even worse. Get off your dear Arses and get a job. Replies (26) 1 Please sign in to rate this comment up. Please sign in to rate this comment down. 9 P Comment hidden due to low rating. Show Comment 2 Please sign in to rate this comment up. Please sign in to rate this comment down. 9 mike Comment hidden due to low rating. 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CamIsDaBestPresident Member	Wed Jun 02 01:25:27 Skip to navigation » Skip to content » New User? Register Sign In Help Trending: America's Got Talent Yahoo! Mail My Yahoo! News Finance Sports Search Web Search Home U.S. Business World Entertainment Sports Tech Politics Science Health Opinion Most Popular World Video Middle East Europe Latin America Africa Asia Canada Australia/Antarctica Kevin Sites search menu News Search Trending Now: guatemala sinkhole tropical storm agatha marilyn monroe bret michaels elizabeth taylor tipper gore ted koppel oil spill sink hole giant sinkhole in guatemala charlie sheen american idol iran israeli raid sarah ferguson louise bourgeois china supercomputer mustafa abu al yazid al gore dario franchitti Get the scoop: Stay up to date with Yahoo! News on Facebook! Girl killed by tornado in Germany Buzz up! 8 votes Send Share Print AP â?? A thunderstorm hangs over Lichtenberg, Germany, east of Dresden, on Monday, May 24, 2010. Along the Oder â?¦ Tue May 25, 9:34 am ET BERLIN â?? Police say a 6-year-old girl has died of injuries sustained when a tree fell on the car she was traveling in as a rare tornado ripped through eastern Germany. Police spokesman Wolfgang Kiessling in Dresden said Tuesday the girl was taken to the hospital late Monday where she died of her injuries. Three other people in the village of Grossenhain also were injured. Firefighters and emergency assistance crews were helping to clear fallen trees from roads and railway tracks on Tuesday as residents in the state of Saxony took stock after the storm that tore roofs off houses and scattered debris. There was no estimate on the amount of damage. Follow Yahoo! 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Please sign in to rate this comment down. 11 Chris Tue May 25, 2010 10:34 am PDT Report Abuse just believe in God and that he sent his son Jesus who died for all of us and life your life Gods way! Replies (2) 1 Please sign in to rate this comment up. Please sign in to rate this comment down. 3 Vet D Tue May 25, 2010 10:57 am PDT Report Abuse life your life? Reply 11 Please sign in to rate this comment up. Please sign in to rate this comment down. 6 HOT SHOT Tue May 25, 2010 11:37 am PDT Report Abuse please stop printing the crazy people's junk. They make no sense and the can,t spell for crap. Reply 2 Please sign in to rate this comment up. Please sign in to rate this comment down. 5 JasonN Tue May 25, 2010 11:52 am PDT Report Abuse I agree that most tv just sucks, but when you start saying that the tv will do this and that...it starts to sound a little crazy. Also, that were in our last days, uh huh. CRAZY! CRAZY! Reply 3 Please sign in to rate this comment up. Please sign in to rate this comment down. 8 Donna.c1957 Tue May 25, 2010 12:21 pm PDT Report Abuse We are going to experience more and more natural disasters. The Bible states that in the last days there will be earthquakes in diverse places. That means that we will see them happening where they have never been seen before. We are also seeing more intense flooding, hurricanes, and tornados. Yes, weather is found all over the world but not in the intensity that it is happening today. Replies (1) 7 Please sign in to rate this comment up. Please sign in to rate this comment down. 4 Nate Tue May 25, 2010 12:49 pm PDT Report Abuse Wow, you people are full of crap. There have been storms and earthquakes since... well, forever! There are going to be storms and earthquakes and people are going die. That, my friends, is part of life. Get over it. We are experiencing a global climate change, and there are bound to be some casualties as there are during any extreme weather. Now, if you were basing your "argument" on facts, people might listen; but, to say that it's "The End of Days" is paranoid at best and psychotic at worst. As a matter of fact, people have been claiming it's "The End of Days" for hundreds of years!!! When the converts of Paul in Thessalonica were persecuted by the Roman Empire, they believed the end was upon them. Replies (1) 5 Please sign in to rate this comment up. Please sign in to rate this comment down. 6 mish Tue May 25, 2010 12:58 pm PDT Report Abuse I can spell and what they're trying to say is the weather is becoming more violent, here in the .U.S. we are having more tornadoes, and floodings. They say you can damage your skin now from putting sun tan lotion on because of how the rays of the sun are.. Lets see, oh yes, wars , rumors of wars, disease, go to the book of Matthew chapter 24, you say you don't believe it, well be a fool because what if you are wrong? 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A torrent of floods caused by heavy storms have killed 115 people in southern China, with 21 people still missing as weather reports show rains beginning to subside. Emergency rescue teams have been dispatched across southern China to help the 685,000 people evacuated as a result of the flooding, which has caused $2.2 billion in damages, a statement on the Ministry of Civil Affairs website said. But one official said Tuesday that the worst may be over. "The rain was pretty severe earlier, but now the weather is improving," said the official surnamed Chen who answered the phone at the Hunan Water Bureau information office. Like many Chinese officials he would give only his surname. China's rainy season, which began this month, follows the worst drought in a century for southern China's Yunnan, Guizhou, Guangxi regions. The drought affected 61 million people, leaving millions without drinking water and 12 million acres (about 5 million hectares) left barren since last year. The floods hit 13 provinces, including Guangdong, Sichuan and Zhejiang, and damaged more than 80,000 homes and affected more than 10 million people, said a statement posted on the State Flood Control and Disaster Relief Headquarters website. China's huge land mass means severe storms can cause floods in one region, while other parts of the country can experience drought. Follow Yahoo! News on Twitter, become a fan on Facebook Related Searches: china sichuan yunnan weather reports Buzz up! 12 votes Send Share Print More on Asia Taiwan to test long range missile: report AFP Three blasts hit near Kabul jirga tent AFP Rocket attack as Karzai launches Afghan peace bid Reuters More » More... World Video: Japan PM to resign Reuters World Video: Japan's Prime Minister to resign AP World Video: UN calls for Gaza ship raid inquiry CBC.ca 17 Comments Show: Post a Comment Comments 1 - 10 of 17 First Prev Next Last 6 Please sign in to rate this comment up. Please sign in to rate this comment down. 0 Danny Evans Tue May 25, 2010 12:15 am PDT Report Abuse Sorry for the victims Reply 1 Please sign in to rate this comment up. Please sign in to rate this comment down. 9 Comment hidden due to low rating. Show Comment 5 Please sign in to rate this comment up. Please sign in to rate this comment down. 2 gnarly wave dude Tue May 25, 2010 12:20 am PDT Report Abuse Such is life. When in drought you thirst, when in floods you drown...ironic isn't it? Replies (1) 4 Please sign in to rate this comment up. Please sign in to rate this comment down. 0 Verenom Tue May 25, 2010 12:28 am PDT Report Abuse I hope help can get there fast and save some lives. Best of luck to those people. Reply 4 Please sign in to rate this comment up. Please sign in to rate this comment down. 1 tran p Tue May 25, 2010 12:28 am PDT Report Abuse May God bless the victims and all Chinese people Replies (1) 2 Please sign in to rate this comment up. Please sign in to rate this comment down. 2 sandyl Tue May 25, 2010 12:28 am PDT Report Abuse First they need water, then they definitely want to get rid of it. That's irony in nature right there. Replies (1) 5 Please sign in to rate this comment up. Please sign in to rate this comment down. 6 steve Tue May 25, 2010 12:37 am PDT Report Abuse Do you know why Mexicans eat so many beans ? Because farting is thier mating call. Replies (3) 2 Please sign in to rate this comment up. Please sign in to rate this comment down. 8 Slash Comment hidden due to low rating. Show Comment 1 Please sign in to rate this comment up. Please sign in to rate this comment down. 6 Kimberly Tue May 25, 2010 12:48 am PDT Report Abuse Can you say karma? " You can judge the greatness and moral progress of a nation by the way it's animals are treated"- Ghandi Replies (3) 2 Please sign in to rate this comment up. 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This NOAA satellite image taken Monday, May 24, 2010 at 1:45 a.m. EDT shows patches of clouds over the â?¦ Mon May 24, 11:20 pm ET SCOTTSBLUFF, Neb. â?? Tornadoes have been reported in Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota and Texas as storms made their way through the Midwest. No injuries have been reported from Monday's storms, but officials say damage has been done to a handful of buildings, as well as some power lines, trees and sign posts. The National Weather Service has not yet confirmed any of the twisters. Jim Giles of the Red Cross' Greater Nebraska Panhandle chapter said the group is helping about 24 displaced residents after the roof of their apartment building in Scottsbluff was blown off. Follow Yahoo! 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Replies (9) 22 Please sign in to rate this comment up. Please sign in to rate this comment down. 76 Twizted Mind Wed May 19, 2010 08:06 pm PDT Report Abuse If only we could get a nice big earthquake to bring all the liberals back below sea level where they belong. Replies (10) 30 Please sign in to rate this comment up. Please sign in to rate this comment down. 62 MMMMMM Wed May 19, 2010 08:06 pm PDT Report Abuse It's Obama's fault of course. He does control the weather you know. lol Replies (4) 160 Please sign in to rate this comment up. Please sign in to rate this comment down. 13 Idarasmom Wed May 19, 2010 08:10 pm PDT Report Abuse 80% of the commenters on this article are pathetic. Replies (7) 10 Please sign in to rate this comment up. Please sign in to rate this comment down. 18 neboh Wed May 19, 2010 08:16 pm PDT Report Abuse Tornadoes are obviously a part of the white House scheme to rob us Republicans of our freedom? 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Floods surround a water-level control point standing on the plains of the Oder river in Ratzdorf near â?¦ Mon May 24, 12:31 pm ET WARSAW (AFP) â?? The death toll from flooding in Poland rose to 15 Monday as torrential rain swelled major rivers to levels unseen in more than a century and rescuers from across Europe battled to prevent further tragedy. Interior Minister Jerzy Miller said flood levels on the Vistula, the country's largest river, were "worse than expected", raising the risk that flood defences around the capital could burst. "The flood crest on the Vistula will last about six days," Miller added. Flood waters on the Vistula and another major river, the Oder, "are at a level unseen since 1884" and have inundated hundred of thousands of hectares (acres), national fire brigade spokesman Pawel Fratcak said. 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While large parts of Europe basked in their hottest weather of the year, forecasters predicted intermittent rain and storms across Poland until the middle of the week as the massive flood crest moves north on both the Vistula and the Oder threatening flood defences. Poland's Prime Minister Donald Tusk said several billion zlotys in aid would be earmarked to help victims of the flood rebuild their homes and lives. "At tomorrow's cabinet meeting I will present a draft law on financing this aid. Help for individuals, for families plus aid for infrastructure will of course be a multi-billion sum which we want to spend this budget year but also in future years," Tusk told reporters. Last week, Tusk said the cost of flood damage could reach 10 billion zloty (2.43 billion euros, 3 billion dollars). In 1997, Poland suffered a flood dubbed the worst in recent centuries which inundated vast swathes of the country, killing 54, causing billions of dollars in damage and forcing the evacuation of over 150,000 people. Follow Yahoo! News on Twitter, become a fan on Facebook Related Searches: vistula warsaw plock Buzz up! 3 votes Send Share Print More on Europe Russian space capsule with 3 aboard lands AP Religious leaders unite against planned Jesus cartoon Reuters Prudential pulls out of bid for Asian insurer AIA AFP More » More... World Video: Japan PM to resign Reuters World Video: Japan's Prime Minister to resign AP World Video: UN calls for Gaza ship raid inquiry CBC.ca 12 Comments Show: Post a Comment Comments 1 - 10 of 12 First Prev Next Last 17 Please sign in to rate this comment up. Please sign in to rate this comment down. 1 Paladin Sat May 22, 2010 03:11 pm PDT Report Abuse I hope the situation gets better for them soon. Most of the Polish people I have met are truely wonderful people. Most Polish people work hard, and have over come a lot of adversity. They have triumphed over communism, and had to work hard to clean up the enviromental damage caused by the communists. I am sure they can recover from this flood too. I will pray for the Polish people, especially those most affected by this flood. God Bless the Polish people! Reply 4 Please sign in to rate this comment up. Please sign in to rate this comment down. 0 Paladin Sat May 22, 2010 03:11 pm PDT Report Abuse I hope the situation gets better for them soon. Most of the Polish people I have met are truely wonderful people. Most Polish people work hard, and have over come a lot of adversity. They have triumphed over communism, and had to work hard to clean up the enviromental damage caused by the communists. I am sure they can recover from this flood too. I will pray for the Polish people, especially those most affected by this flood. God Bless the Polish people! Reply 16 Please sign in to rate this comment up. Please sign in to rate this comment down. 0 svenson Sat May 22, 2010 05:22 pm PDT Report Abuse It is bad in some areas, but they will recover as always. It is a tough and hardy nation that amazingly survived through some nasty cards the history had dealt it. We Canadians like to think of ourselves as pretty tough folk, but then we were never truly tested. I doubt that our country and our spoiled society could survive five minutes of an invasion and/or occupation by another power let alone couple of them. Most of us would just join the invaders and the rest would die from apathy. Reply 1 Please sign in to rate this comment up. Please sign in to rate this comment down. 9 my opinion Comment hidden due to low rating. Show Comment 5 Please sign in to rate this comment up. Please sign in to rate this comment down. 0 R U Kidding Me Mon May 24, 2010 09:40 am PDT Report Abuse Poor folks, they don't need all of that water. Reply 0 Please sign in to rate this comment up. Please sign in to rate this comment down. 7 Jerry M Mon May 24, 2010 04:45 pm PDT Report Abuse I suppose they have been laying drain tile in their fields just as our farmers have. Great for drying off fields for planting...bad for filling rivers with run-off (and run-off fertilizer, herbicides, and pesticides. In the U.S. states help subsidize this stupidity. Maybe in Poland too. Record spring floods because what should be marshes are drained. Reply 5 Please sign in to rate this comment up. Please sign in to rate this comment down. 0 Paul Mon May 24, 2010 08:04 pm PDT Report Abuse i pray for the people in poland Reply 0 Please sign in to rate this comment up. Please sign in to rate this comment down. 10 Julia Comment hidden due to low rating. Show Comment 8 Please sign in to rate this comment up. Please sign in to rate this comment down. 0 basia Tue May 25, 2010 03:10 am PDT Report Abuse Julia get a life. Your hatery is not needed. Reply 6 Please sign in to rate this comment up. Please sign in to rate this comment down. 0 James Tue May 25, 2010 04:41 am PDT Report Abuse I worked and lived in Katowice Poland for a year. The people there were always kind to me and I will never forget them. They have been through so much during WWII history and America did very little to help them after they gave them away to the Russian dogs. Truman was so stupid not to see that coming. Reply Comments 1 - 10 of 12 First Prev Next Last Post a Comment Sign in to post a comment, or Sign up for a free account. 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Please sign in to rate this comment down. 9 mike Comment hidden due to low rating. Show Comment 3 Please sign in to rate this comment up. Please sign in to rate this comment down. 2 Ernst Sat May 22, 2010 06:45 am PDT Report Abuse Hey Mike, America is the "quote unquote " richest country in the world, but yet you have so many pedophiles rapists, robbers and so on. May be you should look in the mirror because you sound like you got raped down in haiti Reply 3 Please sign in to rate this comment up. Please sign in to rate this comment down. 3 Bad Bob Sat May 22, 2010 02:56 pm PDT Report Abuse So what. This is another country that will never get any better than it is right now. All the money in the world will not help and country that will not help itself. This country is no different than Somalia, over run with over population and they just won't quit and expects the world to feed them. The Dominion is right next to Haiti and they seem to be holding there own. It is a little to late to stop helping all of these other countries because we own more than we can print and the more we keep printing, the less value the money becomes. It is just a vicious circle with only the United States as the looser. Of course, the President might just want it that way. Reply 2 Please sign in to rate this comment up. Please sign in to rate this comment down. 2 CB Sat May 22, 2010 03:46 pm PDT Report Abuse Bad Bob, I have been to Haiti. You don't know what you are talking about. You need to go down there, and then you will know the truth. Probably too busy with your RV, boat, vacations, etc. They are not....lazy. The French took most of the good things they had like Cedar (to make furniture to send back to France) among other things. That is one reason they have nothing. They also are hit with every hurricane the comes anywhere in that region, much more than we do. Remember how bad it was in LA. Well, in Haiti they get that all the time during the hurrican season. We should be ashamed that we have so much, and are so selfish. Most of the homeless are children. They are not taught how to not get pregnant (no birth control pills, etc.), let alone basic wound care or good sanitary conditions. The Dominion is doing pretty well considering they have Haitian children working as slaves for (I think sugar cane) to help make DR richer. Many go down there to teaching them how to build homes, raise alternative food, other than rice. By the way the US helped make rice so cheap, that Haiti stoped raising and selling it, which they used to sell to make money. Reply 1 Please sign in to rate this comment up. Please sign in to rate this comment down. 1 CB Sat May 22, 2010 03:49 pm PDT Report Abuse Mike, Bad Bob, Rockford Shame on you. You know, what goes around comes around. Especially to bite "somebody" in the butt. When something bad happens, remember what you guys had to say about those "awful" and "lazy" people in Haiti. You know the 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9,....year olds. They should get busy and go to work. Reply 1 Please sign in to rate this comment up. Please sign in to rate this comment down. 1 joan Sat May 22, 2010 06:26 pm PDT Report Abuse may the lord continue blessig the people of haiti. we are all one . may he continue to do a new thing in us all. Replies (1) 1 Please sign in to rate this comment up. Please sign in to rate this comment down. 3 Bill Hart Sun May 23, 2010 06:40 am PDT Report Abuse its easy to say the haitians are lazy and "get a job' sounds good when you are here in the states. i know because i felt the same way years ago about haiti. it was only until after this march i found out what the problems of haiti are. i was invited to go on a missions trip to help out in a town called milot. the people there who could get jobs by the catholic hospital i stayed at worked all day for $4. they were the hardest working people i had ever seen and i run a store with 100 people under me. my perception of haiti has changed dramatically and i recommend each of you who haven't been there to consider giving up some of your own money and actually go with a group to give a hand. if you still feel they are lazy then that is your right because you formed your opininon from first hand experience. until then maybe you should keep your opinions to yourself. 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CamIsDaBestPresident Member	Wed Jun 02 01:26:32 Skip to navigation » Skip to content » New User? Register Sign In Help Trending: America's Got Talent Yahoo! Mail My Yahoo! News Finance Sports Search Web Search Home U.S. Business World Entertainment Sports Tech Politics Science Health Opinion Most Popular World Video Middle East Europe Latin America Africa Asia Canada Australia/Antarctica Kevin Sites search menu News Search Trending Now: guatemala sinkhole tropical storm agatha marilyn monroe bret michaels elizabeth taylor tipper gore ted koppel oil spill sink hole giant sinkhole in guatemala charlie sheen american idol iran israeli raid sarah ferguson louise bourgeois china supercomputer mustafa abu al yazid al gore dario franchitti Get the scoop: Stay up to date with Yahoo! News on Facebook! India cyclone weakens, death toll at 26 Buzz up! 5 votes Send Share Print AFP â?? Indian people take shelter in Vijayawada on May 20. Cyclone Laila weakened Friday after battering India's â?¦ Fri May 21, 2:51 am ET HYDERABAD (AFP) â?? Cyclone Laila weakened Friday after battering India's southeastern coast with several days of torrential rain and high winds that claimed 26 lives, officials said. The storm, which formed over the Bay of Bengal, drenched the southern state of Tamil Nadu before making landfall further north Thursday in neighbouring Andhra Pradesh, where it uprooted trees, electricity poles and destroyed communication lines. Andhra Pradesh disaster management commissioner T. Radha said more than 70,000 people evacuated ahead of the storm had been told to stay in shelters until Friday evening. Radha told AFP that at least 17 people had died in storm-related accidents across the state. Television footage showed cars smashed by fallen trees, huts missing their thatched roofs, people clearing debris left by the wind and rains, flooded roads and marooned villages. The heavy rains and strong winds damaged mango, banana and lime crops, with conservative estimates putting the losses at two billion rupees (41 million dollars.) In Tamil Nadu where the storm was blamed for nine deaths, officials said life had begun to return to normal as flood waters in low-lying areas receded. Cyclone Laila was still hovering off the Andhra Pradesh coast Friday, but its force had weakened with wind speeds down to 75 kilometres an hour, compared to 125kmh at its peak. "We think it will weaken further and move in a northerly direction. But there will be more rains," said V. Prasad Rao, director of the cyclone warning centre in Visakhapatnam city. Another weather office advisory warned fishermen to stay ashore due to "rough" sea conditions and predicted widespread rains for Orissa state, north of Andhra Pradesh. India and Bangladesh are hit regularly by cyclones that develop in the Bay of Bengal between April and November, causing widespread damage to homes and fields. 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Please sign in to rate this comment down. 5 Subhendu Wed May 19, 2010 10:13 am PDT Report Abuse hope this will not create any damage for us.......indian people.... Reply 11 Please sign in to rate this comment up. Please sign in to rate this comment down. 2 maryb Wed May 19, 2010 12:58 pm PDT Report Abuse How much can a person take? Every day seems to be dooms day for some people. Natures Fury is no match for mankind. Yet man is given a lot of strength, hope and faith to pick up, and start over. It's the people that make this possible. What life we have, is precious. Replies (1) 3 Please sign in to rate this comment up. Please sign in to rate this comment down. 4 James D Wed May 19, 2010 01:03 pm PDT Report Abuse yall be safe over there and heed theevacuation orders Reply 4 Please sign in to rate this comment up. Please sign in to rate this comment down. 7 ronalds Thu May 20, 2010 01:07 am PDT Report Abuse Thats sad you guys...they dont have the options to protect their families like we do. Thats scary. Reply 5 Please sign in to rate this comment up. Please sign in to rate this comment down. 3 Carson Thu May 20, 2010 01:13 am PDT Report Abuse everything's all going downhill. in the last few years there have been an increasing amount of epic disasters and occurring more frequently. earthquakes, hurricanes, tornadoes, cyclones, the big oil spill, more earthquakes..etc... 2012 seeming a little bit more believable now huh Replies (2) 3 Please sign in to rate this comment up. Please sign in to rate this comment down. 6 Terence Thu May 20, 2010 01:14 am PDT Report Abuse I believe that we our in the final stages Reply 2 Please sign in to rate this comment up. Please sign in to rate this comment down. 9 Freylina Comment hidden due to low rating. Show Comment 8 Please sign in to rate this comment up. Please sign in to rate this comment down. 2 Davemel Thu May 20, 2010 01:32 am PDT Report Abuse My heart goes out to all the families that have to go through this! Godbless you all!!!!!!! Reply 10 Please sign in to rate this comment up. Please sign in to rate this comment down. 1 Saif Khan Thu May 20, 2010 01:47 am PDT Report Abuse This is really sad because more innocent lives will be lost. I understand the situation in India a lot as I have spent a large part of my life there. The careless government, corruption and poverty all constitute the contributing factors to the tragedy. In case of a natural disaster in India, its the mismanagement and fraud that causes more damage. People keep waiting for the help that never reaches them because funds usually get dispersed in the corrupt bureaucracy before reaching the destination. People die there of starvation, illness and unavailability of shelter. Only if Indian government could think less about the weapons race and concentrate more on alleviating the poverty of its people and management of resources, the results can be rewarding.. just a thought.. Replies (1) 0 Please sign in to rate this comment up. Please sign in to rate this comment down. 4 Baass Thu May 20, 2010 01:48 am PDT Report Abuse Another stupid fake alert as we used to!! Reply Comments 1 - 10 of 24 First Prev Next Last Post a Comment Sign in to post a comment, or Sign up for a free account. Most Viewed - World Knox accused of slandering Italian police AP Japan's prime minister steps down over US base row AP Israel orders families of diplomats out of Turkey AP Crews probe Guatemala sinkhole as neighbors flee AP PM: Jamaica plans island-wide assault on gangs AP All Most Viewed » Daily Features All Comics » Opinions & Editorials: Diverse views on news from the right, left, and center. 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CamIsDaBestPresident Member	Wed Jun 02 01:27:20 Advertisement British Broadcasting Corporation Home Accessibility links Mobile Version Skip to content Skip to local navigation Skip to bbc.co.uk navigation Skip to bbc.co.uk search Help Accessibility Help Access keys help BBC News: Updated every minute of every day Watch One-minute World News Rescuers search for survivors as Agatha toll tops 150 Page last updated at 0:32 GMT, Wednesday, 2 June 2010 1:32 UK E-mail this to a friend Printable version Cannot play media.You do not have the correct version of the flash player. Download the correct version A sinkhole appeared in the same area of Guatemala City in 2007 Emergency workers in Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador are struggling to get aid to communities cut off by Tropical Storm Agatha. The storm has left at least 150 people dead since Saturday, most of them in Guatemala. Rescuers are digging through mud and rubble in search of dozens of people still missing after landslides destroyed entire communities. The storm has passed but officials warn that swollen rivers still pose a risk. The Guatemalan authorities said 123 people were known to have died, while in Honduras 14 people were killed, and nine in El Salvador. All three countries have declared emergencies in an attempt to increase immediate aid and resources. The storm dumped more than 3ft (1m) of rain on parts of Guatemala, the government said, causing rivers to burst their banks and hillsides to collapse. In the capital, Guatemala City, a giant sinkhole opened up, reportedly swallowing a couple of buildings. Officials initially said the storm was to blame, but now say they will carry out further studies to determine the exact cause, as a sinkhole appeared in the same area in 2007. 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CamIsDaBestPresident Member	Wed Jun 02 01:27:38 Advertisement British Broadcasting Corporation Home Accessibility links Mobile Version Skip to content Skip to local navigation Skip to bbc.co.uk navigation Skip to bbc.co.uk search Help Accessibility Help Access keys help BBC News: Updated every minute of every day Watch One-minute World News Uganda mudslide victims on Mount Elgon still missing Page last updated at 9:15 GMT, Friday, 28 May 2010 10:15 UK E-mail this to a friend Printable version About 8,000 people have been displaced by March's mudslide Hundreds of bodies buried in a mudslide in Uganda three months ago have yet to be recovered, the rescue team says. Three villages on the slopes of Mount Elgon, near the eastern town of Bududa, were swept away in mudslide. About 200 people are still unaccounted for, while around 100 bodies have been recovered, officials say. The head of the army excavation team site told the BBC the recovery effort has been hampered by heavy rains and the regular breakdown of equipment. "These machines are not designed to handle this kind of soil volumes, so I can't tell you when this work will be finished," Lieutenant Colonel Wilson Kabera said. "On average [we discover] at least two bodies each day." Anxious to move The BBC's Joshua Mmali in Bududa, about 275km (170 miles) north-east of the capital Kampala, says more than 8,000 displaced people have been resettled in a camp. Many others, like George Washi, who lost 12 relatives in March's mudslide, are living precariously on the slopes of Mt Elgon Continue reading the main story In my culture, when our people die like that, we must retrieve and bury them properly Mudslide victim George Washi "I lost my children, my brothers and my grandmother. They are all dead. I am so depressed. I'm still waiting for four bodies to be recovered from the mud," Mr Washi told the BBC. He says he does not want to move elsewhere until they are all buried. "In my culture, when our people die like that, we must retrieve and bury them properly. "If I don't do that, their spirits will follow me wherever I go to haunt me, and to complain that I abandoned them in the wild." Our correspondent says people at the temporary displacement camp are anxious to move to a more permanent settlement, promised by the government. "Resettling people such a large number is not a small matter," Tarsis Kkawegyere, minister of disaster preparedness, told the BBC. "We're working on it and it's not a cheap matter, it's very expensive," he said. Bookmark with Delicious Digg Facebook reddit StumbleUpon What are these? 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Tragically Hip Member	Wed Jun 02 01:27:44 If he completes his trade then he = the same level of training as an electrician, probably with the same pay. He'd just work in a mine, which I'm sure some electricians do.
CamIsDaBestPresident Member	Wed Jun 02 01:27:47 Advertisement British Broadcasting Corporation Home Accessibility links Mobile Version Skip to content Skip to local navigation Skip to bbc.co.uk navigation Skip to bbc.co.uk search Help Accessibility Help Access keys help BBC News: Updated every minute of every day Watch One-minute World News Four injured in lightning strikes in Cumbria Page last updated at 19:49 GMT, Wednesday, 26 May 2010 20:49 UK E-mail this to a friend Printable version Four walkers have been injured in lightning strikes in the Lake District in three separate incidents. All were rescued by the same Royal Navy Sea King helicopter from hillside locations on Wednesday afternoon. It is believed that none of the walkers was seriously hurt. Police said the first victim was a man on Grasmoor near Buttermere. Lightning then struck between a pair of walkers in Braithwaite, and the final victim was a woman in Buttermere. The first call came in to Cockermouth Mountain Rescue team just after 1500 BST. It was reported that a man in his 50s had been struck by lightning at Lad Hows, Grasmoor, blown 30 ft (9m) and left unconscious for a short time. Meanwhile, the Keswick Mountain Rescue team received a call about an incident at Crag Hill, near Braithwaite, where lightning had hit the ground between two people, blowing them off their feet. Singed hair The Royal Navy Sea King from HMS Gannet in Prestwick was called first to rescue the injured man at Grasmoor. While on the way to drop the man at a location at where he could be picked up by ambulance, the helicopter was diverted to the second incident. The helicopter crew rescued the injured pair, along with an uninjured third person who had been with them, and dropped all four at the Buttermere Hotel to be transported to the West Cumberland Hospital. At 1535 BST the Cockermouth Mountain Rescue was called to the third incident at Whiteless Pike in Buttermere. It was reported a woman in her 30s had been struck on the head by lightning and had singed hair. She too was rescued by the Royal Navy helicopter, taken to Buttermere Hotel and then transported by ambulance to hospital. A Royal Navy spokeswoman said: "It is relatively unusual to have four people from two separate incidents in a helicopter. And their conditions, too, were relatively unusual." Bookmark with Delicious Digg Facebook reddit StumbleUpon What are these? E-mail this to a friend Print Sponsor Advertisement Related links Related internet links HMS Gannet Cockermouth MRT Keswick Mountain Rescue Team The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites TOP CUMBRIA STORIES Concern over woodland sale plans Ecstasy recovered from car on M6 Fools line up for castle festival | News feeds Most popular stories now Most popular sharedstories Most popular readstories Most popular watched/listenedstories Midnight snacking 'damages teeth' Condoms 'too big' for Indian men Creativity 'mimics schizophrenia' Homer named greatest TV character 'First' Neanderthal tool evidence Israel to free flotilla activists Japan PM Hatoyama 'to step down' Ex-US VP Al Gore splits from wife Israeli raid: What went wrong? 'First' Neanderthal tool evidence Midnight snacking 'damages teeth' Condoms 'too big' for Indian men Gaza flotilla - Eye witnesses US hails al-Qaeda chief's 'death' Doubt cast on Israel raid account Play Giant sinkhole opens in Guatemala City during storm Play Israel releases 'footage of flotilla raid' Play Pakistan lake threatens to burst Play Lesbian football team offers sanctuary Play One-minute World News Play Glimpses of real North Korean rural life Play North Korea's version of the internet Play Latest wi-fi tech put to the test Play Israeli navy storms Gaza aid ship Play Clinton seeks flotilla raid investigation Most popular now, in detail FEATURES, VIEWS, ANALYSIS Defence boom World military spending soared in the recession The Flintstones Debate open on when Neanderthals reached Britain One-sided Can a jirga without rebel leaders bring Afghanistan peace? Skip to top News Front Page Africa Americas Asia-Pacific Europe Middle East South Asia UK England Northern Ireland Scotland Wales Politics Education Magazine Business Health Science & Environment Technology Entertainment Also in the news Video and Audio Advertisement Programmes Have Your Say In Pictures Country Profiles Special Reports Related BBC sites Sport Weather Democracy Live Radio 1 Newsbeat CBBC Newsround On This Day Editors' Blog Skip to beginning of menu Products & services E-mail news Mobiles Alerts News feeds Podcasts Skip to the top of the page Search term: bbc.co.uk navigation News Sport Weather TV Radio More� Site links News Sources About BBC News BBC links About the BBC BBC Help Contact Us Accessibility Help Terms of Use Privacy & Cookies Advertise With Us Advertisement © MMX The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites.
CamIsDaBestPresident Member	Wed Jun 02 01:27:56 Advertisement British Broadcasting Corporation Home Accessibility links Mobile Version Skip to content Skip to local navigation Skip to bbc.co.uk navigation Skip to bbc.co.uk search Help Accessibility Help Access keys help BBC News: Updated every minute of every day Watch One-minute World News US predicts busy hurricane season Page last updated at 16:28 GMT, Thursday, 27 May 2010 17:28 UK E-mail this to a friend Printable version Hurricane Ike left a trail of destruction in the Caribbean in 2008 As many as 14 hurricanes could hit the Atlantic basin this year, the top US climate agency says. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) forecasts 14 to 23 named storms. Eight to 14 of these could develop into hurricanes, it says. The season could be one of the most active on record, with between three to seven major hurricanes, the NOAA said. "In short, we urge everyone to be prepared," added a spokesperson for the agency said. Major hurricanes can reach category three or higher, which means they bring sustained winds of at least 111mph (178km/h). The NOAA says the seasonal forecasts have a 70% probability. The hurricane season begins on 1 June and runs until the end of November. Bookmark with Delicious Digg Facebook reddit StumbleUpon What are these? E-mail this to a friend Print Sponsor Advertisement Related links Related internet links Hurricane Preparedness The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites TOP AMERICAS STORIES US begins criminal probe of spill Cuban prisoners 'begin transfers' Gores to separate after 40 years | News feeds Most popular stories now Most popular sharedstories Most popular readstories Most popular watched/listenedstories Midnight snacking 'damages teeth' Condoms 'too big' for Indian men Creativity 'mimics schizophrenia' Homer named greatest TV character 'First' Neanderthal tool evidence Israel to free flotilla activists Japan PM Hatoyama 'to step down' Ex-US VP Al Gore splits from wife Israeli raid: What went wrong? 'First' Neanderthal tool evidence Midnight snacking 'damages teeth' Condoms 'too big' for Indian men Gaza flotilla - Eye witnesses US hails al-Qaeda chief's 'death' Doubt cast on Israel raid account Play Giant sinkhole opens in Guatemala City during storm Play Israel releases 'footage of flotilla raid' Play Pakistan lake threatens to burst Play Lesbian football team offers sanctuary Play One-minute World News Play Glimpses of real North Korean rural life Play North Korea's version of the internet Play Latest wi-fi tech put to the test Play Israeli navy storms Gaza aid ship Play Clinton seeks flotilla raid investigation Most popular now, in detail FEATURES, VIEWS, ANALYSIS Defence boom World military spending soared in the recession The Flintstones Debate open on when Neanderthals reached Britain One-sided Can a jirga without rebel leaders bring Afghanistan peace? Skip to top News Front Page Africa Americas Asia-Pacific Europe Middle East South Asia UK Business Health Science & Environment Technology Entertainment Also in the news Video and Audio Advertisement Programmes Have Your Say In Pictures Country Profiles Special Reports Related BBC sites Sport Weather Democracy Live Radio 1 Newsbeat CBBC Newsround On This Day Editors' Blog Skip to beginning of menu Products & services E-mail news Mobiles Alerts News feeds Podcasts Skip to the top of the page Search term: bbc.co.uk navigation News Sport Weather TV Radio More� Site links News Sources About BBC News BBC links About the BBC BBC Help Contact Us Accessibility Help Terms of Use Privacy & Cookies Advertise With Us Advertisement © MMX The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites.
CamIsDaBestPresident Member	Wed Jun 02 01:28:07 Advertisement British Broadcasting Corporation Home Accessibility links Mobile Version Skip to content Skip to local navigation Skip to bbc.co.uk navigation Skip to bbc.co.uk search Help Accessibility Help Access keys help BBC News Updated every minute of every dayOne-Minute World News News Front Page Africa Americas Asia-Pacific Europe Middle East South Asia UK Business Health Science & Environment Technology Entertainment Also in the news ----------------- Video and Audio ----------------- Advertisement Programmes Have Your Say In Pictures Country Profiles Special Reports Related BBC sites Sport Weather On This Day Editors' Blog BBC World Service Languages Urdu Hindi Bengali Pashto Nepali Tamil Sinhala More Page last updated at 12:10 GMT, Thursday, 27 May 2010 13:10 UKE-mail this to a friend Printable version India reels under severe heat wave Temperatures have soared to near record levels A severe heat wave has hit India with temperatures reaching nearly 50C (122F). Jalgaon in Maharashtra state recorded 49C (120F). In the capital, Delhi, temperatures rose to above 45C (113F). Media reports say a number of people had died of heat stroke in Maharashtra and Orissa, among other states. Many others have been admitted to hospitals. Officials in the Indian Meteorological Department say it will "take some time" for the heat wave to subside. Cannot play media.You do not have the correct version of the flash player. Download the correct version A pre-monsoon heat wave in the India and Pakistan, has seen temperatures soar to 52C and lead to water shortages Meteorological officials said the heat wave was due to a lack of rain - parts of Maharashtra, according to reports, were reporting a water crisis. Doctors said people were falling sick because of the heat. In Delhi temperatures have soared to 45.2C, the highest in four years, reports say. In neighbouring Haryana, schools were shut down as temperatures rose to nearly 48C (118F) in the town of Hissar. Amritsar in Punjab recorded 47C (116F) - the highest ever temperature recorded in the district is 47.7C in May 1978. One media report quoted unnamed government officials in eastern Orissa state as saying that 25 people had died because of the heat in the past two weeks. Bookmark with: Delicious Digg reddit Facebook StumbleUpon What are these?E-mail this to a friend Printable version Print Sponsor Advertisement SEE ALSO India heat wave 'kills 200' 23 May 03 | South Asia Drive to link Indian rivers 23 May 03 | South Asia World's wettest area dries up 28 Apr 03 | South Asia In pictures: Pakistan and India's harsh weather 20 Feb 03 | Photo Gallery India's heat wave tragedy 17 May 02 | South Asia The health risks of a heat wave 07 Jul 00 | Health RELATED INTERNET LINKS Indian Met Department The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites TOP SOUTH ASIA STORIES Karzai opens Afghan peace talks US hails al-Qaeda chief's 'death' Dhaka building collapse kills 10 | News feeds MOST POPULAR STORIES NOW SHARED READ WATCHED/LISTENED Israel to free flotilla activists Japan PM Hatoyama 'to step down' Ex-US VP Al Gore splits from wife 'First' Neanderthal tool evidence Midnight snacking 'damages teeth' Israeli raid: What went wrong? Condoms 'too big' for Indian men 'Honey traps' target Russian dissidents US hails al-Qaeda chief's 'death' Why did German president resign? Most popular now, in detail FEATURES, VIEWS, ANALYSIS One-sided Can a jirga without rebel leaders bring Afghanistan peace? Horst, why? German president's shock resignation a blow to Merkel Gomp/arts The woman who brought giant spiders to London Most Popular Now 35,529 people are reading stories on the site right now. Skip to top PRODUCTS & SERVICES E-mail news Mobiles Widgets & Alerts News feeds Podcasts Search term: bbc.co.uk navigation News Sport Weather TV Radio More� Site links News Sources About BBC News BBC links About the BBC BBC Help Contact Us Accessibility Help Terms of Use Privacy & Cookies Advertise With Us Advertisement © MMX The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites.
CamIsDaBestPresident Member	Wed Jun 02 01:28:18 Advertisement British Broadcasting Corporation Home Accessibility links Mobile Version Skip to content Skip to local navigation Skip to bbc.co.uk navigation Skip to bbc.co.uk search Help Accessibility Help Access keys help BBC News: Updated every minute of every day Watch One-minute World News Jersey's water supply drops following dry spring Page last updated at 9:12 GMT, Friday, 28 May 2010 10:12 UK E-mail this to a friend Printable version Water supplies on Jersey have fallen following a dry spring and an increase in water use. Jersey Water said it had seen a 20% increase in demand following a dry May, with many people watering their gardens. Managing director Howard Snowden said: "We are concerned that we've had a very long dry spell this year. "We want people to take care in use of water, as non-essential use is the big concern." Mr Snowden added: "This year may be challenging. If weather continues to be dry into the summer we could have a few problems." In March Jersey Water said it would install water meters on every property it supplied to encourage people to use less water. The Environment Agency estimates that water demand will increase by 15% over the next 25 years. Bookmark with Delicious Digg Facebook reddit StumbleUpon What are these? E-mail this to a friend Print Sponsor Advertisement See also Water firm prepares for shortage 04 March 10Jersey Profits rise for utility company 29 April 09Jersey Water bills to increase by 2.5% 03 January 09Jersey Related links Related internet links Jersey Water Environment Agency - Home The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites TOP JERSEY STORIES Vote of confidence for minister Mephedrone becomes a class B drug Fog flight disruption continues | News feeds Most popular stories now Most popular sharedstories Most popular readstories Most popular watched/listenedstories Condoms 'too big' for Indian men Midnight snacking 'damages teeth' Creativity 'mimics schizophrenia' Homer named greatest TV character 'First' Neanderthal tool evidence Israel to free flotilla activists Japan PM Hatoyama 'to step down' Ex-US VP Al Gore splits from wife Israeli raid: What went wrong? 'First' Neanderthal tool evidence Midnight snacking 'damages teeth' Condoms 'too big' for Indian men Gaza flotilla - Eye witnesses US hails al-Qaeda chief's 'death' Doubt cast on Israel raid account Play Giant sinkhole opens in Guatemala City during storm Play Israel releases 'footage of flotilla raid' Play Pakistan lake threatens to burst Play Lesbian football team offers sanctuary Play One-minute World News Play Glimpses of real North Korean rural life Play North Korea's version of the internet Play Latest wi-fi tech put to the test Play Israeli navy storms Gaza aid ship Play Clinton seeks flotilla raid investigation Most popular now, in detail FEATURES, VIEWS, ANALYSIS Defence boom World military spending soared in the recession The Flintstones Debate open on when Neanderthals reached Britain One-sided Can a jirga without rebel leaders bring Afghanistan peace? Skip to top News Front Page Africa Americas Asia-Pacific Europe Middle East South Asia UK Business Health Science & Environment Technology Entertainment Also in the news Video and Audio Advertisement Programmes Have Your Say In Pictures Country Profiles Special Reports Related BBC sites Sport Weather Democracy Live Radio 1 Newsbeat CBBC Newsround On This Day Editors' Blog Languages РÑ?Ñ?Ñ?кий Türkçe More > Skip to beginning of menu Products & services E-mail news Mobiles Alerts News feeds Podcasts Skip to the top of the page Search term: bbc.co.uk navigation News Sport Weather TV Radio Moreâ?¦ Site links News Sources About BBC News BBC links About the BBC BBC Help Contact Us Accessibility Help Terms of Use Privacy & Cookies Advertise With Us Advertisement © MMX The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites.
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