5/23/2007

Major early Christian archaeological find in Serbia

Major early Christian archaeological find in Serbia

Three Jihad Watch articles - worth reading

New AQ tapes feature U.S. Capitol under "attack"

Jihad Watch, everyone's favorite straw man

Fitzgerald: The sea air has not done Derbyshire good

Eugene Volokh: Man arrested for using Wi-Fi without entering coffee shop

Important WiFi law issue from Eugene Volokh's blawg

Hydrogen storage tech breakthrough

Hydrogen storage tech breakthrough may enable zero-carbon-emission cars.

Miss. Power plans $20M hurricane-resistant center

Miss. Power plans $20M center

LYMAN, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi Power Co. officials say a new $20 million

operations center under construction off U.S. 49 near Lyman will sit 81

feet above sea level and can resist winds of 200 mph.

http://www.pensacolanewsjournal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=200770523015









http://www.sunherald.com/business/story/60204.html

Power center

Miss. Power's $20M building



Mississippi Power is building a storm stronghold for critical operations in

Lyman. Construction has started on a $20 million building 81 feet above sea

level with 200 mph wind resistance.

Storm and fire updates

Wildfires 2007
http://tuwildfires.blogspot.com/


Florida gas stations scramble to install required generators for hurricane
season
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/business/custom/consumer/helpteam/sfl-hlpgeneratormay23,0,5811330.story?coll=sfla

-home-headlines

Gas stations within a half-mile of an interstate, turnpike or designated
evacuation route in Palm Beach,

Broward and Miami-Dade counties must install a pre-wired electrical system
with a switch to allow the use of

an emergency generator during major disasters.

Map of gas stations with generators:
http://www.palmbeachpost.com/search/content/storm/getready/after/gas_pbc.html

http://moblog1389.blogspot.com/search/label/Florida

Generator law hits South Florida gas stations
http://www.miamiherald.com/467/story/114466.html

Satellite view, with TONS of useful links:
http://storm.miamiherald.com/

Miami-area webcams:
http://www.miamiherald.com/webcams/

Dredging to help prepare Port Canaveral for hurricane season
http://www.floridatoday.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2007705230386


Season may see 3 to 5 strong hurricanes, forecasters say
http://www.miamiherald.com/574/story/115616.html

Last week, Florida's Department of Environmental Protection said the new
law -- which requires all stations

within a half-mile of an interstate highway or evacuation route to be
prewired so a generator can be quickly

installed -- applied to only 254 Florida stations. Not one was in South
Florida.

But on Friday, the DEP backtracked and said the statute actually applied to
1,584 stations, including 124 in

Miami-Dade, Broward and Monroe counties. An ''oversight,'' the DEP
explained.

Now, station owners are scrambling to comply...

Map of stations with generators
http://www.miamiherald.com/multimedia/news/Maps/hurricane.html

Tourism officials woo in-state travelers
http://www.miamiherald.com/103/story/114435.html

Brace yourself for more storms
http://www.palmbeachpost.com/localnews/content/local_news/epaper/2007/05/23/m1a_CANE_MAIN_0523.html

Get ready for hurricane season
http://www.floridatoday.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=200770522067

For Northwest Florida:
http://hurricane.emeraldcoast.com/
http://wwwa.accuweather.com/promo-ad.asp?partner=accuweather&traveler=0&dir=aw&page=hurr2007

http://typhoon.atmos.colostate.edu/Forecasts/2007/april2007/

http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2007/s2864.htm

National Hurricane Preparedness Week:

http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/HAW2/english/intro.shtml


Up to 10 hurricanes could form in the Atlantic this year
Atlantic hurricane season forecast for 2007

NOLA hurricane preparedness still not adequate...anybody surprised?

Offbeat/interesting Florida stories from Miami Herald for May 23, 2007

Pet rooster's gone -- and eatery wants it back
http://www.miamiherald.com/884/story/113474.html

Parks try to flush out toilet thieves
http://www.miamiherald.com/467/story/114407.html

Seven Mile Bridge a lifeline for the Keys
http://www.miamiherald.com/884/story/114449.html

Buying ladies' bathing suits - try Target, Old Navy
http://www.miamiherald.com/277/story/114618.html