I finally got to the Gulf coast to work on a story about the oil spill for the PBS Newshour. I didn’t see any oil but what I saw was a a boat load of fear. Correspondent Tom Bearden and I visited Bayou La Batre, Alabama to attend a town hall meeting with Ken Feinberg, [...]
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Oil Spill: The Ripple Effect
Posted: July 25, 2010 in Business, Economy, Environment, Food, Media, Natural Disasters, News, News and Views, Politics, Random Thoughts, Television, Travel, United States of AmericaTags: 9/11, Alabama, Bayou La Batre, BP, British Petroleum, Bruce Seaman, Daphne, Delane Seaman, Florida, Gulf, Ken Feinberg, Kraver's Restaurant, Lillie Kraver, Massachusetts, Mobile Bay, Oil Spill, Patrick Kraver, PBS Newshour, Pensacola, Seafood Capital of Alabama, Tom Bearden, Virginia Tech
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Hurricane Season
Posted: May 23, 2009 in Colorado, Global Warming, Media, Natural Disasters, News, News and Views, Photography, Random Thoughts, Television, Travel, WeatherTags: Alabama, Ca$h, Caribbean, Colorado State University, Florida, Gulf Shores, Hurricane, Hurricane Ivan, Hurricane Katrina, Hurricane Rita, Hurricane Wilma, Key West, Louisiana, Martin Savidge, NBC, New Orleans, NOAA National Weather Service Climate Prediction Center, Philip Klotzbach, Texas, William Gray
William Gray, Phillip Klotzbach and their forecasters at Colorado State University have come out with their predictions for the 2009 Atlantic hurricane season which runs from June 1 to November 30. It’s expected to be active with three hurricanes becoming major Category 3 storms. In the press release they remark, “NOAA’s National Weather Service Climate Prediction Center [...]
