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Archive for the ‘Warnings’ Category

September 5th, 2008

Stay Informed: Tropical Storm Hanna and Possibly Her Friends

 

Well, there’s the saying that things tend to happen in threes, even storms. As you may know by now, Tropical Storm Hanna is expected to make landfall on the east coast, placing many southern destinations under warnings. Before you make or cancel any weekend plans, be sure to watch the latest here and here.
Not […]

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September 22nd, 2007

He Brings the Heat to Hot Sauce

” Never before have I tasted hot sauce off a toothpick. But when my mouth caught fire 10 seconds after tasting “Inferno,” one of the hottest of hot sauces in the world, I understood why David Ashley, maker of Mad Dog hot sauces, had urged me to sample his sauce with a […]

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August 1st, 2007

Reviewing… Space Mountain

Have you ever felt left out when you hit one of the theme parks and the rest of the family is rushing to find the next roller coaster. Well, here is one that is tame enough for even you ;) Hey, you might even enjoy it. Okay the only thing that I didn’t like […]

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June 25th, 2007

Six Flags and Their Thrill Rides

I don’t know about you, but a lot of amusement park rides… quite frankly, scare me. Granted, most of the time, the rides are well serviced and nothing goes wrong, but then you read about rides when things DO GO WRONG. All I can say is that I hope that this horrible accident will […]

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June 3rd, 2007

Rising sea level redefines N.C. coast

“In North Carolina, global warming isn’t a future worry. It’s already lapping ashore.
Nags Head Mayor Renee Cahoon sees all the proof of climate change she needs at the end of Old Oregon Inlet Road. The street once led to rows of oceanfront houses. Now it ends suddenly in bulldozed piles of sand.
Some beach erosion occurs […]

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May 10th, 2007

Now We’re Wishing for Tropical Storms??

Well, we are wishing for the rains that they can bring. Here’s the latest on what’s happening in Georgia…
“Georgia officials issued a mandatory evacuation in southern Charlton County, saying about 300 homes may be in the path of the state’s largest recorded wildfire since state record-keeping began in 1957. It has burned 107,360 acres — […]

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May 10th, 2007

I Don’t Like Spiders and Snakes… Especially brown widow spiders…

Okay, for today, lets just talk about spiders. Even the little ones give me the creeps and I have to call on darling husband to get it out of the house. But now we are talking about really scary spiders…
Louisiana bug experts say the poisonous brown widow spider, a cousin to the well-known black widow, […]

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May 9th, 2007

Georgia wildfire crosses into blaze-weary Florida; hundreds evacuate

 With hurricane season right around the corner, it seems that Florida has been dealt just a bit more to contend with.
Crews already battling more than 200 wildfires across Florida faced a new threat Tuesday as a huge blaze in Georgia moved toward the state line and a smaller fire crossed it.
    Besides the sheer number of […]

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May 8th, 2007

Stealing from Wal-Mart in Attalla, Alabama

This is what Attalla City Judge Kenneth Robertson Jr. in Alabama decided was fitting…  either wear the sandwich board on two Saturdays or face the consequences… which just happened to be jail time.  Most of the customers leaving Wal-Mart thought that the punishment was a good one and that it would definitely make them think […]

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May 7th, 2007

Louisiana Getting Nervous Again

“Although it was over a thousand miles away, the tornados that destroyed Greensburg Kansas reminded us that there is a chance that global warming is playing havoc with our lives.  Regardless, it was disheartening and sobering to see a town demolished.
On Friday, New Orleans had a wake up call of our own with massive street […]

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