"If I know there's an approaching storm, I will stay here, I'll sleep in the restaurant, " he said.
"Professional storm chasers I don't have a problem with, " said Sheriff Glen Kochanowski of Saline County, Kan.
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During the four-day blackout in lower Manhattan after the storm, I saw people behave admirably almost without exception.
And shortly after the storm, I came down to Houston to spend time with some of the folks who had taken shelter there.
It happened to be a perfect storm where I was making a swing change, and I was hurt, and I couldn't devote any time to it.
In Phoenix, blowing dust obscured the mountains surrounding the city, and at least four people were injured in a pileup when two semi-trucks jackknifed in a dust storm on I-10 in southern Arizona.
But, again, from a storm that I think -- a lot of folks on the coastal areas also showed that inland the heavy rains produced quite a bit of damages and are continuing to produce damages.
I've never been one to really believe in government involvement in people's lives, but in this case, since the storm, I'm absolutely for the government for just coming in and just taking over this place and just doing what needs to be done.
So BC alumni may not be charging up a storm (and I was mistaken to characterize that way).
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The night before the storm hit, I was out and about with no trouble getting a ride home.
Though knowing my kids, they will unfazedly keep ninja-slicing fruit through the buzzing until I storm over, redfaced and forehead throbbing.
When the storm ended, I was ready to call it a total bust for Vine, but then I found Vining Nemo.
There is always calm before the storm, and I fully expect Bordeaux prices to return and exceed their previous highs, although Chateau Lafite Rothschild may not get back to its highs as soon as others.
On Tuesday, after the storm had passed, I gave my family the slip and walked a mile south through Red Hook, first past houses and businesses that were still bilge-ing out waist-deep water on Van Brunt Street, than over to Lorraine Street, where I heard the water had been high that morning, and the Red Hook Houses, a housing project.
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Mr. DELAINE: I have no doubt that if you had a storm right behind it right now, I think you'll probably see more of a detrimental effect further north than what you got the first time around.
But while the storm was raging outside, I was fortunate to meet with some of the families, friends and veterans who had come to honor loved ones who had given their lives in service of this nation.
My husband and I wasted gas driving around after the storm, trying to find a place with an open electric socket where I could plug in my dead laptop to finish a deadline project.
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"I was in Desert Storm and that was a cakewalk compared with" the scene at the elementary school.
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"The first couple of weeks after the storm are probably the most difficult I've ever faced, " Brennan said.
Of course, I know that the storm really did pack a punch in other areas of the country.
That would make last month's hail storm seem a bit trivial, I suppose.
"Although some people are saying this is really a storm in a tea cup, I don't really think so on the eve of the launch of the city of culture event, " he said.
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After losing power in a winter storm a few years ago, I bought flashlights for every room. (I just checked to see where they are.) Go now and stock up on flashlights and batteries.
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When I bade you good-bye for the summer, I was bracing for the storm ahead.
"I found out how much I loved it when the storm ran me away from here, " Avie says.
My family and I live near where the storm will hit and we already know the havoc American weather can cause.
Given the mass destruction the storm had wrought, my fishing, I realized, was an entirely silly and inconsequential concern to have.
We will be dealing with the impacts of this storm over the coming days, and I urge all Americans to take prudent steps to stay safe.
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