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Storm-force winds exert less pull on ocean than expected: study
AFP   Friday, 23 March 2007

This 15 September 2004 NASA satellite image shows Hurricane Ivan. A snapshot of ocean conditions taken during Hurricane Ivan in 2004 has yielded new clues about the dynamics of storm surges that could help meteorologists make more accurate predictions, a study released Thursday said.(AFP/NASA/File)AFP - A snapshot of ocean conditions taken during Hurricane Ivan in 2004 has yielded new clues about the dynamics of storm surges that could help meteorologists make more accurate predictions, a study released Thursday said.
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Super-Hurricane Threat Extremely Low
LiveScience.com   Thursday, 22 March 2007
LiveScience.com - The record 2005 hurricane season and the devastation of New Orleans and Mississippi by an indirect hit from Hurricane Katrina ramped up fears about the possibility of a "super-hurricane" colliding head-on with a major city. But the chances of any one place on the Gulf Coast being hit by such a powerful storm are slim, a new study of past hurricane activity finds.
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Battered by storms, La.'s gov won't run
AP   Wednesday, 21 March 2007

Louisiana Gov. Kathleen Blanco says that she will not seek re-election during an announcement at the Governor's Mansion in Baton Rouge, La., Tuesday, March 20, 2007.(AP Photo/Alex Brandon, Pool)AP - Speculation about Louisiana Gov. Kathleen Blanco's political future swirled for months amid criticism about the sluggish pace of the state's hurricane recovery.
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US hurricane risk upgraded by forecasters
AFP   Wednesday, 21 March 2007

This September 2006 satellite image provided by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), shows Hurricane Florence. The chances of powerful Atlantic hurricanes barrelling into the United States this season are much greater than usual a British-led group of scientists said on Tuesday.(AFP/NOAA/File)AFP - The chances of powerful Atlantic hurricanes barrelling into the United States this season are much greater than usual a British-led group of scientists said on Tuesday.
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Voters are hard to find in New Orleans
AP   Wednesday, 07 March 2007
AP - Campaigning for office is typically a shoe-leather exercise, with lots of walking through neighborhoods and knocking on doors. But that's not easily done in some of New Orleans' devastated and largely depopulated sections.
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Guard killed in New Orleans FEMA park
AP   Monday, 05 March 2007
AP - A security guard at a FEMA trailer park was shot and killed Monday in the latest violence to wrack the city, still struggling to recover from Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans Police said.
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New hurricane insights could improve forecasting
Reuters   Friday, 02 March 2007

A computer model image shows outer rainbands starting to form a new eyewall around the existing eye (top) and then the new eye forming over a large area (bottom). Scientists using data from planes flying into a large hurricane have documented changes inside these swirling storms that can quickly alter their intensity, and say these insights can improve forecasting. (University of Miami/Handout/Reuters)Reuters - Scientists using data from planes flying into a large hurricane have documented changes inside these swirling storms that can quickly alter their intensity, and say these insights can improve forecasting.
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Eyewalls may predict hurricane changes
AP   Friday, 02 March 2007

This National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration satellite image, taken August 28, 2005 and released August 28, 2006, shows Hurricane Katrina as the storm's outer bands lashed the Gulf Coast the day before landfall. While a U.N. report last week left little doubt that scientists think humans are heating the planet, it did nothing to settle the question of whether they are partly responsible for more intense hurricanes. NOAA/HandoutAP - Watching for changes in the inner eyewall of a hurricane may help forecasters overcome one of their most perplexing challenges: predicting sudden strengthening or weakening.
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Scientists find secret to sudden hurricane strength shifts
AFP   Friday, 02 March 2007

This image released by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) shows Hurrican Rita in 2005. Flying research aircraft into the intense hurricanes of 2005 has given scientists new insight into how the massive storms suddenly gain and lose strength, according to a study out Thursday.(AFP/NOAA/File)AFP - Flying research aircraft into the intense hurricanes of 2005 has given scientists new insight into how the massive storms suddenly gain and lose strength, according to a study out Thursday.
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Key to Rapid Hurricane Intensification Found
LiveScience.com   Friday, 02 March 2007
LiveScience.com - Meteorologists can fairly precisely predict the path a hurricane will take, but forecasting its intensity has been much trickier. A new study of the dynamics at the core of the storm has shed light on a process that can change a hurricane’s intensity, and the finding could improve storm predictions.
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New Orleans newspaper lampoons the pols
AP   Thursday, 01 March 2007
AP - Mayor Ray Nagin announces a plan to rebuild the city with Legos. And the Army Corps of Engineers is thinking of a new slogan: "YOU try building things with government screwdrivers."
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