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As one of his crew later wrote, Turner didn't have a storm jib on board and at one point thought his mast had snapped.
FORBES: Windy City Sailing
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And two other factors also suggest Hong Kong's currency board will weather the storm.
ECONOMIST: The ABC of a currency board
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As one of his crew later wrote, Turner didn't have a storm jib (a kind of sail) on board and at one point thought his mast had snapped.
FORBES: Windy City Sailing
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Maryland officials extended the state's early-voting period an extra day, to Friday, after it was canceled Monday and Tuesday due to the storm, said Ross Goldstein, deputy administrator for the Maryland State Board of Elections.
WSJ: Sandy Prompts Shifts in Voting Procedures
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Once a storm caused two ships to sink in the same area and all on board were lost at sea, save one from each ship, who survived only because they swam to a nearby island.
FORBES: Speak "Banker" As A Second Language
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The storm nonetheless seems to have pushed down Mr Bush's ratings across the board.
ECONOMIST: Seeking a cure for the hurricane hangover | The
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Storm's on-stage antics included climbing up to the high diving board during one gig at New Brighton swimming pool.
BBC: Tapes by Ringo Starr's first band found
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The storm also knocked out power to 56, 000 customers of the Knoxville Utilities Board in Knoxville, Tennessee, just north of the national park, the utility said in a statement.
CNN: Crews search Smoky Mountain wilderness after deadly storm
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There are places where -- in Virginia, for example, the State Board of Elections is now allowing voters who may be affected by the storm to vote absentee in person.
WHITEHOUSE: The White House
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Since the storm, some schools have been open by the state, some by the local school board, and some by charter groups.
NPR: A New School Year Begins in New Orleans
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Terri Watkins, the Oklahoma Department of Emergency Management spokeswoman who described Tuesday's search as "board by board, " said it was far too soon to account for the devastation of the storm.
CNN: Forecasters: Damage in Oklahoma indicative of EF5 tornado
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And they have observed that the original -- unimaginative -- military plan for Operation Desert Storm in the Gulf War was rejected by the civilian leadership, which ordered a return to the drawing board.
WSJ: Our Generals Almost Cost Us Iraq