Tropical Storm Philippe, TD 18 form; Relief Chief: Mayor’s plan ‘problematic’; Federal forecasters who predicted dire circumstances before Katrina hit were right; Katrina’s death toll exceeds 800; Coast Guard choppers rescued thousands; Buyer beware of flood-damaged cars; The accidental boomtown; Evacuees leave shelters, 43-percent plan to return home; Disaster-prone cities scramble to learn lessons; Post-Katrina, overpreparedness will be norm; Bayland? Merging of shattered towns mulled; Pascagoula faces uncertain future; Ophelia brushes Cape, Islands; Solar minimum explodes; Harvest Moon
Tropical Storm Philippe & Tropical Depression 18 Form: National Hurricane Center advisories. The latest info is in the red column
Katrina’s Aftermath: Relief Chief: Mayor’s plan ‘problematic’ | Federal forecasters who predicted dire circumstances before Katrina hit were right … See the NWS warning posted Aug. 28 | New Orleans businesses start cleaning up | Katrina’s death toll exceeds 800 | Coast Guard choppers rescued thousands, kept death toll lower | One station stayed on the air| Buyer beware of cars damaged by Katrina flooding | Baton Rouge: The accidental boomtown | Evacuees leave shelters; 43% plan to return home | Disaster-prone cities scramble to learn lessons from New Orleans | Post-Katrina, overpreparedness will be norm
From Mississippi: Jams could drive us crazy | A little aid and comfort from Texas | Bayland? Merging of shattered towns mulled | Pascagoula faces uncertain future
Ophelia Update: Ophelia brushes Cape, Islands: Residents brace for storm, feel few effects | Tropical storm Ophelia heads for Nova Scotia | 5-day track puts Ophelia as a tropical storm west of Iceland by Thursday! (or around 66.0N 7.0W) … Get the latest on Ophelia in the red column
Space News: Solar minimum is looking strangely like Solar Max
Watch out for the Harvest Moon
Top 100 Streaming Webcams Update: I’ve updated the Top 100 outdoor streaming webcams list, and not surprisingly, several New Orleans cams (now offline) jumped into the top positions. Some streaming cams from the area are now online in the N.O. page, which has been the most-visited city page every day since Aug. 27, except for Sept. 14 as Ophelia made Wilmington/NC Coast No. 1.
Top 5 WXnation.com city weather and webcam pages visited on Friday: 1. New Orleans 2. Toronto 3. Boston 4. New York City 5. Wilmington/NC Coast … See the top 20 so far this month in the center column of our home page.
