Tag: floods
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heat, cold, flooding, drought greet US on summer solstice
from mcclatchy: A year ago the headline was “It’s hot, hot, hot on the summer solstice.” This year the solstice weather is much more confused. You have drought in Mississippi, snow in the Rocky Mountains, the mid-Atlantic sits under blanket of heat and humidity, and in the Pacific Northwest, cold and wet. In Kentucky you…
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Music Landmarks Spared From Massive Floods
The Mississippi River rose Monday to levels not seen in Memphis since the 1930s, swamping homes in low-lying neighborhoods and driving hundreds of people from their homes.
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Fukushima Parents Dish The Dirt In Protest Over Radiation Levels
Furious parents in Fukushima have delivered a bag of radioactive playground earth to education officials in protest at moves to weaken nuclear safety standards in schools.
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Biowars/Envirohealth: Toxicity & Impurities
Watchdog says EPA covering up toxicity of dispersants // Watchdog says EPA covering up toxicity of dispersants’People are getting sick,’ worker says // Video: CFR’s Matt Simmons says “We have now killed the Gulf”
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Biowars/Envirohealth: Connections, Consensus & Lightning
Vatican official tied to BP, Goldman Sachs // Consensus on climate change was phoney, says IPCC insider // Johnson & Johnson expands recall of over-the-counter medicines // Albert Pike Camp flooded in Arkansas
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murder/mayhem: anger, weather wars & a crash
americans angrier than ever!*fema: american samoa earthquake, tsunami & flooding*aid flows to tsunami-hit samoas; death toll at 120*strong indonesia quake kills hundreds, traps more*update: death toll in indonesia earthquake rises to 777*ketsana typhoon leaves more than 360 dead across southeast asia*texas governor’s cousin, 74, dies in gunfire exchange with deputies*fighters respond to intercept aircraft*’unresponsive’ pilot…
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geopolitiks: georgia, israel, thailand, india, pakistan, mexico & more
darth cheney visits georgia in show of solidarityfrom guardian: The US vice-president arrived in Tbilisi today, in a show of political backing for the nation and its pro-Western Georgian president. Dick Cheney’s visit comes a day after the White House announced a $1bn (£500m) economic aid package for the country, which was ravaged by last…