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September 2005 Posts

Tropical Depression 19 forms; L.A. wildfires threaten homes; Meteorologists: Hurricane research budget too small; HI flood watch; Tornado victims asked to re-report damage; Arctic ice melting faster; Family opens home to 50 hurricane evacuees; Volunteers continue to rescue animals; 140,000 homes and businesses uninhabitable; Officers suspended amid looting allegations; 8 month wait for trailer; Red Cross criticized; Ready for Mardi Gras 2006?; Rita death toll hits 100; Fort Worth images (09-30)
L.A. wildfires; No tropical depression yet; Oct. major hurricane?; New Orleans's French Quarter comes alive; Katrina donations surge past $1.3B; Nagin wants quick return, health officials not so sure; Only 32 bodies positively ID'd so far among 896 dead in LA; Chips help coroners keep track of victims; Displaced residents move to cruise ship; FEMA officials say they were caught off-guard; Rita power outages to last for weeks; Rita damaged more oil rigs than Katrina?; NF flooding; Google plans campus at NASA Research Park (09-29)
Texas 100s; Brown shifts blame for Katrina response; N.O. mayor responds; Leader of New Orleans police resigns; Katrina fact vs. fiction; MS gov.'s speech; Casino storm; Rita: NOAA posts aerial views; 31 die from Rita; Gas prices rise on refinery shortfall concern; LA seafood industry losses; Tropical system may form today; Sacramento lightning storm; 108 degrees in Waco, TX, 100 in Houston; Quakes in ID; NASA administrator: Space shuttle a mistake; Lawmakers: Early retirement for space shuttles unlikely; Rocket launch pic (09-28)
FEMA sends $625M to Katrina victims; Volunteers building homes; Brown: Should have sought aid sooner; Group poised to rebuild Bay St. Louis; Biloxi, Ocean Springs restart classes; Overblown mayhem reports?; Katrina displaces nearly 6,000 doctors; Weather Service, Hurricane Center stepped up; Rita's death toll at 7; La. paper turns to Web; Rita rocked media; Mets watch tropics; Kenneth in Pacific; Tornado hits MSU; WI gov. wants help for tornadoes; TWC's role may be key in lawsuit; NASA's Pluto probe arrives at spaceport (09-27)
Gulf Coast emerges from battering by Rita; 15,000 homes flooded in La. parish; La. Gov: 'Everything Is Just Obliterated'; Hurricane Rita spawns tornadoes, flooding; Why is this happening?; Rita exposes evacuation problems; Rainfall totals up to 16 inches; Cleanup moves to private property in Biloxi; Hurricane Katrina could forever change how TV news covers storms; Powerful quake rocks N. Peru, 4 reported dead; M3.4 quake in Maine; Fall foliage webcams; New London, UK weather, webcams WXnation page (09-26)
Rita now tropical depression; Heavy rain, tornadoes possible in MS, AL, areas north; Rita-spawned tornadoes kill 1; Couple sorry they stayed; Texas sets staggered schedule for return of evacuees; Mayor: Galveston Island open to everyone; Rita likely to spark rise in gas prices; Web scammers strike; Some computer models put Rita's circulation back in Gulf; New Orleans may dry out in one week; Lightning strikes 2 planes in Hawaii skies; FEMA denies WI disaster aid; Government controlling weather? (09-25)
Rita, now a tropical storm, makes landfall as Cat. 3 hurricane just east of TX-LA border; Rita may dump up to 15 inches of rain; Major damage around Lake Charles; 3M Rita evacuees urged to delay return; Flooding returns to New Orleans; 24 evacuees die as bus bursts into flames; 3 historic buildings in Galveston catch fire; Rita affecting bird migration; Forecaster leaves job to pursue weather theories; Alaska storm; Jova loses strength; Rocket launch (09-24)
Models show Rita hitting TX or LA coast early Saturday as major hurricane; More levees fail in New Orleans, water pours in; 24 evacuees die in bus fire; New forecast track model, animation; Rita may dump 20 inches of rain; Nearly 2 million flee TX, LA; NASA pulls 'ride out' crew from space center; Scientists: You can't modify hurricanes; Rita could devastate gulf refineries; N.O. spooks; NWS officials gave dire, accurate warnings before Katrina hit (09-23)
Category 4 Hurricane Rita spins toward Texas/Louisiana border; Houston residents struggle to get inland: Gas shortages amid 100-mile backup on interstate; New Orleans may get up to 5 inches of rain; Minn. storm outages; Hurricane Jova track; Autumnal equinox; L.A. quakes (09-22)
Hurricane Rita now 3rd most intense hurricane recorded in Atlantic Basin; Category 5 approaches Texas; Gov. calls for voluntary evacuations of Texas Coast; Galveston issues mandatory evacuation order; Officials: Keys escape worst; Evacuees in Houston prepare to evacuate again; Katrina death toll at 1,036; Engineers race to patch New Orleans levees; Experts optimistic that N.O. safe to resettle eventually; Bush praises 'Can-Do' spirit (09-21)
Galveston issues mandatory evacuation order after Hurricane Rita passes south of Florida Keys; Rita may hit Texas as major hurricane by Friday; Keys escape worst case scenario; Death toll from Hurricane Katrina climbs to 973; Avoid being a victim of the weather; 1985 earthquake still felt (09-20)
Tropical Storm Rita nears FL Keys, could affect TX or LA by Friday; Hurricane warnings, watches issued for S. FL; New Orleans mayor suspends reopening of city due to Rita; Katrina survivor found as officials clash; Death toll raised to 883; Updated levees system could take decades to build; Business owners: Starting over may be impossible; Shelter offers hope; High-tech weather gadgets sell well in MN; NASA to detail plans for trip to moon (09-19)
Tropical depression 18 could become Hurricane Rita, affect Florida Keys by Tuesday; Hurricane watch: Tourists ordered out of Florida Keys (09-18)
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 (09-17)
More webcams now online in New Orleans; Mayor: N.O. to reopen next week; Pumping of flood waters ahead of schedule; Katrina makes top 10 deadliest disasters, death toll at 710; NOAA: Katrina most destructive ever; Miss. sues insurers; Scientists rescuing dolphins; Katrina satellite TV channels; Experts: Global warming causing stronger hurricanes; MA Cape, Islands on alert for Ophelia; Heavy rains flood parts of Big Island; The luckiest unlucky guy; Tsunami warning test; NASA to unveil plans for 2018 moon mission; Auroras; Kate Bush 'Hounds of Love' 20th anniversary (09-16)
Downgraded Tropical Storm Ophelia dumps more than a foot of rain in NC; N.O. floodwaters still toxic; Gov. takes responsibility for 'failures'; Water, sewer back online in most of Biloxi; At least 50 evacuees died in TX; One dead in WI storms; Pacific NW seismic slip; Major quake may be worse than Katrina; Severe geomagnetic storm (09-15)
Hurricane Ophelia pounds N. Carolina Coast, flooding reported; Death toll in Louisiana climbs past 400; Miss. death toll at 218; Mayor: Parts of New Orleans could reopen soon; N.O. out of money, mayor says; Residents in Minn., Wisc. communities cleaning up after night of storms; How vulnerable is Denver area to flooding?; Vancouver Island moves west, may trigger big quake; Bermuda doppler radar tower officially opened (09-14)
Ophelia becomes hurricane again; Bush: Gov't didn't do job right, I take responsibility; St. Bernard Parish residents get grim news; Medical center closes at N.O. airport; N.O. tourism official predicts return of tourists in 6 months; Bush rejects race criticism in hurricane response; Can human intervention defuse hurricanes?; Heavy rains raise flood warnings in Minn.; Rebirth of Galveston; Miami area tornadoes; DWP: Workers trigger outage by connecting wrong wires; Scientists detect farthest known space blast (09-13)
Large part of L.A. hit with power outages; N.C. braces for Ophelia; Katrina's death toll climbs to 279 in La., 162 in Miss.; FEMA director resigns; Crews work to identify New Orleans dead; Failure at every turn; NYC emergency workers spend 9/11 in N.O.; Officials: Much of N.O. will be drained by Oct.; Girl back with family after almost 2 weeks; N.O. mayor's family living in Dallas; Telethon reaches 100 countries; Red Cross seeks volunteers; Weatherman: Russian inventors caused Katrina; Glaciers retreat (09-12)
9/11 remembered (09-11)
Ophelia regains hurricane status, menaces Carolinas; Search broadens for bodies in New Orleans; Poll: Most Americans think N.O. should move; Live N.O. webcam feed online; Volunteer: To help people is the way of the world; Three-way battle brewing between insurance companies, policy holders, feds; Ideal weather for recovery efforts; Visit to FEMA Web site can be daunting; Fatigue sets in; Doctors often Katrina's heroes; Dallas speeds evacuee housing programs; Estimates of hurricane damage up; Technology succeeds, system fails in N.O.; AccuWeather to launch weather channels (09-10)
Hurricane Ophelia may hit East Coast early next week; Death toll may be far less than expected in New Orleans; Miss. county coroner releases initial list of victims; Some: 'I've had enough'; FEMA Chief Michael Brown removed; Additional $51.8 billion OK'd for federal aid package; Duplication rife in online relief efforts; Iowa tornado confirmed; Storms dump hail, rain on plains; 'The Weather Man' movie coming; Massive solar flare (09-09)
Hurricane Ophelia, off Florida's coast: 3rd hurricane currently in Atlantic; New Orleans readies 25,000 body bags; Cheney tours disaster area; Man loses everything, everyone; Biloxi: Katrina claims 5,014 structures; Gulfport bar provides community for survivors; Finger-pointing; Report: Katrina effect won't last long; Conditions at New Orleans' WWL-TV; 50 to 100 TV and radio stations still off air; Local opinion: New Orleans hurricane victims 'unprepared, un-led' locally; Strengthening Tropical Storm Ophelia to trouble Florida coast for days; Powerful solar flare erupts (09-08)
Tropical Storm Ophelia forms; Police step up New Orleans evacuation; U.S. to give $2,000 debit cards to Katrina victims; Online scams emerge; Superdome may be torn down; Rescuers told to avoid even skin contact with floodwaters; What's in the water?; Miss. 8th grader helps family, friends; Miss. must mull land-based casinos; Bush praises Americans' aid; WeatherBug expands support of relief efforts; Fargo storm damage; Lightning strikes mother, daughter; Calif.'s 'Big One' would be distinct; No NASA flights for 1 year?; Comet-busting mission puzzling; Ship remains found (09-07)
Tropical system threatens Florida; More than 182,000 people rescued; Bush, Congress promise probes of Katrina response; Water receding noticeably in New Orleans; Levee break fixed one week after Katrina exits; Disabled Mississippi residents face uncertain future on the road; NASA/NOAA announce major weather forecasting advancement; Storms in Minneapolis/St. Paul; Kansas' other tornado season (09-06)
Katrina timeline (09-06)
Mayor warns 10,000 may be dead in New Orleans; Deputy chief: N.O. 'completely destroyed'; 'Weather nerd' in Indiana sent warning to mayor; Residents re-enter parish; Bush Sr., Clinton announce hurricane aid fund; Thousands bussed, airlifted from N.O.; Rice responds; Kuwait donates $500M; Biloxi shelter closed after 20 fall ill; 15th tropical depression forms; Gulf barrier islands now more vulnerable; Disaster planners: Hurricane hit would wreck Tampa; Experts: Too many people in nature's way; S.F. prepares for catastrophe; Katrina damages N.O. landmarks; 200 N.O. officers walked away (09-05)
Superdome evacuation completed; 17,000 new soldiers; Bush to return to New Orleans, Gulf Coast Monday; Coast Guard rescues 9,500; Survivors tell of desperate struggles to survive; Center helps reunite parents with their children; Evacuations complete at N.O. hospitals; Pumping water out could take a month; In Mississippi, a feeling of neglect; Miss. town's residents: Rebuild or move on?; Some get power; Bush sees Katrina damage in Miss. (09-03)
Katrina Editorial: 'Spirit found' (09-03)
Relief supplies arrive in New Orleans; Bus carrying evacuees overturns; At least 147 dead in Mississippi; Bush admits Katrina response 'not enough', tours devastation; Blasts, fires in city; Fear of returning; Biloxi is 'completely flattened'; Miss. town practically wiped off map; Katrina's wrath captured on video; Katrina stronger than Andrew at landfall, name may be retired; Katrina overwhelmed Web sites; 4.8 quake felt in San Diego (09-02)
Chaos erupts amid New Orleans' desperation; Thousands likely dead in city, says mayor; City flooded with contaminated water, thousands still waiting to be rescued; Situation likely worst natural disaster in the U.S. since 1906 San Francisco quake; Evacuees begin arriving at Houston Astrodome; Texas schools enroll evacuee children; Pentagon to send 10,000 National Guard troops; S. Mississippi crime, looting (09-01)

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