Hurricane Forecasting Satellite Could Fail Anytime
An aging U.S. weather satellite crucial to accurate predictions on the intensity and path of hurricanes could fail at any moment and plans to launch a replacement have been pushed back seven years to...
View ArticleHurricane Center Chief Criticized for Aging Satellite Warning
The director of the National Hurricane Center, who has been outspoken in warning about an aging satellite used for hurricane forecasting, was chastised by a superior for his comments. Bill Proenza has...
View ArticleBritish Forecasters Predict Fewer Atlantic Storms than U.S. Teams
British weather forecasters, making their first public attempt to predict the Atlantic hurricane season, say it may be a little quieter than their American counterparts expect. It is most likely that...
View ArticleFormer National Hurricane Center Directors Discuss Tough Position
A day after the director of the National Hurricane Center went on leave following questions about his leadership, former directors said Tuesday he should have listened more carefully to his staff and...
View ArticleU.S. Senate Panel Weighs Funding for Weather Satellites
Cuts to planned weather and environmental satellites will significantly affect scientists’ ability to study the Earth’s climate, experts told a U.S. Senate committee last week. The Commerce, Science...
View ArticleU.S. Senate panel weighs funding for weather satellites
Cuts to planned weather and environmental satellites will significantly affect scientists’ ability to study the Earth’s climate, experts told a U.S. Senate committee recently. The Commerce, Science and...
View ArticleHurricances Spare U.S., Leaving Officials Worried About Public Apathy, Flood...
Despite alarming predictions, the U.S. came through a second straight hurricane season virtually unscathed, raising fears among emergency planners that they will be fighting public apathy and...
View ArticleStation Fire, Failure Cause Fla. Power Outage, Close Nuke Plant
Millions of Floridians sweated. Restaurant owners tossed out their food. Motorists battled each other even more than usual. And all for something that should have been just a blip on the electrical...
View ArticleFlorida Researchers Deploy New Hurricane Data Weather Balloons
A fleet of special balloons released over South Florida may soon help hurricane forecasters better predict the path of storms. But at a cost of up to $2,000 each, these aren’t your average birthday...
View ArticleFlorida Among States Considering Ban on Accident Response Fees
It was bad enough when Matthew Norville rear-ended another driver, crushing the front end of his own car. A few weeks later, the Pensacola college student got a $714 bill to cover the cost of the...
View ArticleMinor Earthquake Shakes Up U.S. Capital
Earthquakes are so rare in the Washington area that even a geology student wasn’t quite sure what was going on when a minor one hit early Friday. Was it a truck passing by? A low-flying plane?...
View ArticleWashington Metro Settles Lawsuit Against Aon Stemming From 2009 Crash
The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (Metro) has agreed to settle a lawsuit against its insurance broker that stemmed from the 2009 red line crash that killed nine people. After the...
View ArticleMaryland the 3rd State to See Health Insurance Exchange Director Go
Fourteen states and the District of Columbia told the federal government they could run their own health insurance exchanges, but three people leading their states’ exchanges have now left following...
View ArticleAl-Jazeera TV Asks Judge to Toss Major League Baseball Players’ Defamation Claim
Al-Jazeera America is asking a judge to dismiss defamation lawsuits filed by two Major League Baseball players over statements made in the broadcaster’s documentary about performance-enhancing drugs in...
View ArticleHurricane Forecasting Satellite Could Fail Anytime
An aging U.S. weather satellite crucial to accurate predictions on the intensity and path of hurricanes could fail at any moment and plans to launch a replacement have been pushed back seven years to...
View ArticleHurricane Center Chief Criticized for Aging Satellite Warning
The director of the National Hurricane Center, who has been outspoken in warning about an aging satellite used for hurricane forecasting, was chastised by a superior for his comments. Bill Proenza has...
View ArticleBritish Forecasters Predict Fewer Atlantic Storms than U.S. Teams
British weather forecasters, making their first public attempt to predict the Atlantic hurricane season, say it may be a little quieter than their American counterparts expect. It is most likely that...
View ArticleFormer National Hurricane Center Directors Discuss Tough Position
A day after the director of the National Hurricane Center went on leave following questions about his leadership, former directors said Tuesday he should have listened more carefully to his staff and...
View ArticleU.S. Senate Panel Weighs Funding for Weather Satellites
Cuts to planned weather and environmental satellites will significantly affect scientists’ ability to study the Earth’s climate, experts told a U.S. Senate committee last week. The Commerce, Science...
View ArticleU.S. Senate panel weighs funding for weather satellites
Cuts to planned weather and environmental satellites will significantly affect scientists’ ability to study the Earth’s climate, experts told a U.S. Senate committee recently. The Commerce, Science and...
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