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03 Sep 2010 11:48

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U.S.: “Goodbye Earl”? Not yet. But the hurricane is weakening big time

  • good The storm is currently slowing down; it’s only a Category 1 and has already lost much of its punch.
  • better The storm only minorly nicked North Carolina’s Outer Banks, causing minimal damage. source
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02 Sep 2010 11:27

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U.S.: Hurricane Earl is a pretty massive storm. Here’s proof.

  • 166,000 the number of square miles Hurricane Earl covers
  • 160,000 the number of square miles California covers source
  • » It’s going to nail a lot of places: The Outer Banks of North Carolina will get hit first by the Category 4 storm, but there are watches and warnings as far up the coast as Maine, and it looks like it’s on a relatively direct path towards Massachusetts, which just filed a hurricane warning.
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01 Sep 2010 10:52

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U.S.: As Hurricane Earl gets close to shore, it’s starting to slow down

  • 180 the number of miles it’s currently located away from Cape Hatteras, North Carolina
  • 125 the speed in miles its winds are kicking; it was downgraded to a Category 3 source
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30 Aug 2010 09:57

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U.S.: Twitter’s pretty concerned about Hurricane Earl’s wrath



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27 Aug 2010 12:21

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U.S., World: From Danielle to Fiona, the hurricane season starts to pick up

  • danielle The storm just turned into a category 4 today and is headed for Bermuda. It’ll cause high waves on the mainland.
  • earl Tropical Storm Earl is right behind and should be a hurricane by Saturday. It could hit the East Coast.
  • fionaThere’s a little baby storm right behind Earl that hasn’t been named yet. Could that be Fiona? Maybe. source
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24 Jul 2010 11:49

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U.S.: Is the former Tropical Storm Bonnie a threat to the oil spill site?

  • NO it weakened before it got there, thank God source
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30 May 2010 23:37

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World: The death toll from Tropical Storm Agatha goes way up

  • 90+ were killed in the season’s
    first tropical storm
  • 73+ were killed in landside-ridden Guatemala alone source
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16 Mar 2010 10:58

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Biz: Blame the snow: New home-building way the frack down

  • 5.9% dip in new housing starts (stupid snow) source
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10 Mar 2010 10:46

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World: Expect a rougher hurricane season than usual, guys

  • 16 (or more) named storms could pose a threat this season source
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24 Feb 2010 11:14

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U.S.: A massive snowstorm is about to rock NYC like a hurricane

  • 12″ amount of snow expected by the storm; it’s being compared to a hurricane for some reason
  • 50 mph the winds expected during the massive storm, which will miss the D.C. area (yes!) source
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