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Entries from August 2008

Gustav taking aim at New Orleans?

August 27th, 2008 · No Comments

My friend in New Orleans sent me this link to Florida State’s gulf fluid dynamics laboratory forecast model for Gustav. This forecast model makes me cringe, as it’s showing Gustav making a direct hit on New Orleans.
The SciGuy at the Houston Chronicle has a post detailing why it’s bad that this storm is heading to [...]

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Gunman on campus? Hit him with your backpack.

August 26th, 2008 · No Comments

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) _ Hundreds of colleges across the nation have purchased a training program that teaches professors and students not to take campus threats lying down but to fight back with any “improvised weapon,” from a backpack to a laptop computer. The program _ which includes a video showing a gunman opening fire [...]

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