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Things that hack me off...
On the Ike Page at the Houston Chronicle there's a series of photographs documenting the storm and its aftermath day-by-day. Flipping through them I came across a picture of a husband and wife, cleaning out their house which was devastated by the storm...

paul and storm!!!!!
omg. YAY. october 24, paul and storm are playing at schuba's...a bar about five blocks from my house. this is, of course, all kinds of awesome. paul and storm crack me up so much...

Hurricane News
It turns out that storm tides were largely responsible for the 6,000-12,000 deaths in the Galveston Storm of 1900 (the deadliest natural disaster in the United States, even now). Those tides were 8 to 15 feet...

Links to Maps and Storm Trackers for Gustav and Hanna
Posted by Alan Childress So far I have found some useful links for storm information and various storm tracking tools and maps. Such trackers include 5-day models, computer models, interactive maps, and blogs...

Flu Pandemic Preparation for Hospitals
DailyKos has a great article by DemFromCt on the preparation or lack of preparation that hospitals have undertaken for the next flu pandemic - complete with lots of helpful charts and graphs...

Death Star Battle Over Storm Trooper Costumes Decided
It's difficult to tell who won in a court case over Star Wars Storm Trooper costumes decided today. George Lucas and Lucasfilm sued designer Andrew Ainsworth, who created the Storm Trooper helmets to go with the costumes, and has been...

Clean Water Act
Lexington-Fayette County agrees to spend $250 million to fix its sanitary and storm sewer systems.