On Monday, the then-Hurricane Earl battered north-eastern Caribbean islands and Puerto Rico, causing power cuts and flooding.
Too much federal cash for reconstruction will encourage yet more development along the hurricane- and flood-prone Gulf coast.
With winds now reported to be more than 90mph, the hurricane - dubbed "Frankenstorm" - is gaining strength, the National Hurricane Center (NHC) has said.
"It's now a rainmaker, snowmaker, " as it moves to higher elevations, and winds have dropped to 35 mph to 50 mph -- below hurricane strength -- according to CNN meteorologist Kevin Corriveau.
But Hurricane Sandy - aka Frankenstorm - had already started knocking east coast flight schedules around when I turned up for my Ohio flight, and as devoted Twitter followers will have seen, I drove.
The group's proposal would allow 529 plan account owners or beneficiaries to take out money penalty-free to cover hurricane-related expenses, and would waive penalties for victims who took out money pre-Katrina but weren't able to use it for college because of the hurricane.
Meanwhile, Congress, when it returns from its Columbus Day recess next week, plans to resume work on a second package of new Hurricane Katrina-related tax breaks--a gumbo that could include everything from the Bush Administration's proposal for a new tax-favored "Gulf Opportunity" zone to more energy industry goodies.
And then one afternoon a jury says, 'not guilty' -- or a hurricane hits New Orleans -- and that despair is revealed for the world to see.
The storm is arriving just after the 35th anniversary of the blizzard of 1978, which paralyzed New England with more than 2 feet of snow and hurricane-force winds from Feb. 5-7.
They're now building towers, like 7 South Dearborn in Chicago, with notches built into the sides every 20 stories or so, reducing wind pressure by 10% to 15%--especially important in hurricane-vulnerable New York.
During this time of round-the-clock coverage of the events in Libya, Hurricane Irene, and the roller-coaster stock market, this news got only short mention in the media.
The damage was mostly blamed on a meteorological phenomenon known as a derecho, where hurricane-force winds are buffeted ahead of fast-moving thunderstorms.
And farmers and fishermen concede that the only way to get that much rain quickly -- from a tropical storm or hurricane -- would cause more damage than the worst dry spell ever in one the wettest places on Earth.
Our Pipelines and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration is also helping speed the transport of hazardous materials--including much-needed fuel--to and from hurricane disaster areas with fast tracked emergency special permits.
Around 85% of hurricane-related payouts are caused by a mere one-fifth of the hurricanes that reach land.
So far, not even disasters or tragedies that have united the American people -- Hurricane Sandy, Sandy Hook, and Boston -- have moved the politicians.
And when the unexpected has happened -- like the Gulf oil spill or Hurricane Sandy -- he has been on the ground making sure that people get help right away and we deal with these challenges as professionally as possible.
Why does the UK look to investors like a safe haven in a financial storm, while Italy and Spain - and even to an extent France - are seen as coracles in the middle of a hurricane-lashed ocean.
Renovation is not quite accurate - after being devastated by Hurricane Katrina, the 30-year old Hyatt Regency New Orleans basically needed to be rebuilt.
In fact, the clear record shows that state officials expressed satisfaction with the federal government's asset pre-positioning and other pre-hurricane assistance during a video teleconference the Sunday prior to landfall.
But for the picturesque Super Bowl host city -- perpetually concerned with its reputation, especially since Hurricane Katrina -- the power failure broadcast to the world was a huge embarrassment.
In the eye of the financial hurricane of 2008-2009 Goldman stood overleveraged and out-negotiated by Buffett, who was underleveraged.
Where an 80-footer used to need near-hurricane winds to get it moving, a comparable Wally can do 10 knots in a light breeze.
And it says that more than 89, 000 Louisiana households and 45, 044 Mississippi households displaced by Katrina -- and by Hurricane Rita, which hit a month later -- have found longer-term housing solutions.
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Russel Honore -- the colorful leader of the military's response to Hurricane Katrina -- said that the joint task force mission was nearing its end stage, barring any further destruction from Hurricane Rita.
But when the similar-sized Hurricane Mitch hit Honduras, it cost the country two-thirds of its GDP and killed more than 10, 000.
Its hurricane-force winds extended out 45 miles (75 kilometers) and tropical storm-force winds extended 140 miles (220 kilometers) from its center into south Florida.
Galveston -- a city in which about 8, 000 people died in a 1900 hurricane -- is about 50 miles southeast of Houston on a barrier island 2 miles wide.
Bobby Jindal of Louisiana, Charlie Crist of Florida, Haley Barbour of Mississippi and Rick Perry of Texas -- whose states that lie in the path of Gustav, named a Category 4 hurricane Saturday afternoon -- will skip the GOP convention because of the storm.
Kelley owns two other farms in the Lexington area: Bluegrass Hall, a 200-acre property that formerly housed his racing operation, and Hurricane Hall, a 300-acre farm from which he conducted the breeding part of his horse business.
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