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FactFinder 12: EAS message interrupts weather coverage
Factfinder 12 InvestigatorKWCH-TV viewers across Kansas were glued to Storm Team 12 coverage of the severe weather that brought tornadoes to the Great Plains Sunday. - Click here for Storm Shots But just as the storms were bearing down on Wichita, some digital cable viewers...Tags: Satellite and Cable Service, Media Industry, Television Industry
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Quiet tornado season a year after 14 Hoosiers die
Associated PressSOUTH BEND, Ind. -- A little more than a year after tornadoes ripped across southern Indiana, killing 14 people and damaging or destroying hundreds of homes and businesses, the state has seen a relatively quiet tornado season. Preliminary reports from...Tags: National Weather Service, Natural Disasters, Tornadoes, U.S. Department of Homeland Security
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Disasters, heat caused $48M in damage, 5 deaths in Md. in 2012
Weather disasters including tornadoes, the derecho storm and Hurricane Sandy caused at least $48 million in property and crop damages in Maryland last year, the costliest since 2003, according to data released Thursday. Five people also died from...
Tags: National Weather Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Disasters, Hurricane Sandy (2012)
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Retired veterinarian works to insure Peninsula, state pets are safe in case of disaster
Samuel Tate spent his career caring for animals, and now in retirement he works constantly to figure out ways to save them as well. Tate is a prominent face statewide in the area of disaster preparedness for animals. Studies show people are much more...Tags: York (York, Pennsylvania), Pets, Rabies, Hampton Roads, Newport News (Newport News, Virginia)
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Huppke: With Earth Day interest cooling, perhaps climate isn't far behind
Great news, everyone. This may be the last year you spend the day after Earth Day sleeping off a gluten-free smoothie hangover or washing the compost off your all-hemp gardening trousers. In fact, this may be the last year we even need an Earth Day. A...
Tags: Black History, The Huffington Post, Earth Day, Rentals, Whole Foods Market
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Environment Virginia speaks out against global warming
WDBJ7 Multimedia JournalistThere's no better time to talk global warming than now as we head into the spring season. Environment Virginia showed up in downtown Roanoke to talk about how weather has and will continue to impact locals. We've seen our fair share of storms rip...Tags: Weather Reports, Global Warming, Weather, Environmental Issues, Roanoke (Roanoke, Virginia)
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Tornado watch issued for all of South Florida
Sun SentinelA tornado watch has been issued for all of South Florida through 8 p.m. The severe thunderstorm warning for central Broward County has been canceled. Friday also could see nasty weather, courtesy of an approaching cold front. Storms could produce...Tags: Weather Radar, Air Transportation Industry, Fort Lauderdale
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Review: 'Storm Kings' by Lee Sandlin
Walking the dog last week I saw a buzzard eating a possum. And, just as when I'd previously seen dramatic rainbows, dazzling lightning storms, or a distant funnel cloud, I processed it through my media experiences. This looks just like it does in a movie!...
Tags: Man vs. Wild (tv program), The Weather Channel (tv network), Entertainment, Tornadoes, Literature
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COLUMN: Hurry up and weight
There is a 2-1/2-pound dumbbell in my glove compartment — and, yes, it's there for a reason. Last Saturday evening, I was supposed to travel down to Watertown to pick up my son, Michael, at the airport. My wife, a faithful follower of every...Tags: Travel, Watertown, Trips and Vacations
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Crop Insurance: March 15 closing deadline
OVERLAND PARK, KAN - While 2012 crop insurance indemnity payments have hit a new record high, the taxpayer-funded portion of those losses will be much lower than crop insurance critics warned last summer. That is good news for the future of the...Tags: Science and Technology, Insurance, Congressional Budget Office
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Elizabeth Paul: Don't sell Obama short on what he has accomplished
I was troubled by misinformation in Art Callaham’s column (Feb. 17) promoting the blogs of Rabbi Pruzansky. It is simply untrue to state that President Obama didn’t defend his first-term record or put forward a second-term agenda. He...Tags: Elections, Small Businesses, Republican Party, Housing Industry, Business
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Preparing your home for storms
Jill Sorensen's basement flooded after a winter storm knocked out her power, then again in 2011 during Hurricane Irene.
What stopped another encore performance during last year's derecho? She'd installed a sump pump that uses her home's water pressure to...Tags: Energy Saving, Environmental Issues, Catonsville, Timonium, Hurricane Irene (2011)
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