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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: Television Industry, Satellite and Cable Service, Media Industry
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Quiet tornado season a year after 14 die in Ind.
SOUTH BEND (AP) — 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...
Tags: Tornadoes, National Weather Service, Natural Disasters, U.S. Department of Homeland Security
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Dicey U.S. corn planting weather to continue
Reuters* Drier for a day or two then more rain * Best window for planting Saturday through next week * U.S. corn planting pace at 29-year low * CBOT corn futures volatile as plantings eyed By Sam Nelson CHICAGO, May 7 (Reuters) - Better corn planting...Tags: Weather Reports, Weather, Chicago Board of Trade, U.S. Department of Agriculture
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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, Natural Disasters, Hurricane Sandy (2012), U.S. Department of Agriculture
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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: Global Change, Roanoke (Roanoke, Virginia), Weather Reports, Weather, Global Warming
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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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Officials: Indiana spring means volatile weather
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The National Weather Service, Indiana State Police and other state agencies are reminding people that spring brings volatile weather that can increase the risk of flooding and they should make sure they're prepared. The Indiana...Tags: National Weather Service, U.S. Department of Homeland Security
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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: Tornadoes, Entertainment, Chicago Tribune, Natural Disasters, Al Gore
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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: Trips and Vacations, Travel, Watertown
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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: Insurance, Congressional Budget Office, Science and Technology
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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: Economy, Business and Finance, Insurance, Elections, Finance, George W. Bush
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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: Hurricane Irene (2011), Natural Disasters, Energy Saving, Timonium, Weather
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