A massive 8.8-magnitude earthquake struck Chile early Saturday, collapsing buildings, killing dozens and downing phone lines. President Michele Bachelet declared a “state of catastrophe” in central Chile and said the death toll was rising.
Chile’s top emergency official said at least 78 people were killed
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Massive Magnitude 8.8 Quake Hits Chile, Killing Dozens
Saturday, February 27th, 2010U.S. government denies ‘malicious intent’ on part of American missionaries
Wednesday, February 10th, 2010The U.S. government has determined that the 10 American Baptist missionaries detained by the Haitian government on kidnapping charges and held in squalid conditions without medical care for days had no “malicious intent” in trying to take 33 Haitian children out of the country following the devastating Jan. 12 earthquake.
Boy With Matches
Wednesday, October 31st, 2007This sounds about right and nothing to do with Global Warming.
Wal-Mart Lends Support to Calif. Wild Fires
Tuesday, October 23rd, 2007Wal-Mart continues to support the local communities it thrives in and the California Wildfires only add to that.
Red Cross Receives $250,000 From Wal-Mart to Assist With Southern California Wildfire Relief Efforts
California Wild Fires
Tuesday, October 23rd, 2007Same story as last year and the many years before that. Trees burning. Houses burning. Everything burning.
In a desert that is suppose to be a desert due to lack of rain fall, it is only natural that things that can burn will burn due to the lack of rain fall.
The frustrating part about it all is that the news outlets find it hard to squeeze all the other news in between the reports of the wild fires.
Until next year.
Katrina - The Aftermath - 2 Years Later
Wednesday, August 29th, 2007Well I have not been back to New Orleans for a number of years, but I still have in-laws that live in the Jefferson Parish burbs. Now even though they are doing rather well. The actual city of New Orleans, not so much.
Wizbang has a post of the progress or the lack their of made on this 2 year anniversary. Sad to say it has not gone well.
Wizbang also has this very lengthy post to remind us all of the actually truth of what really happened after the Category 3 Katrina passed over New Orleans and the Gulf Coast.
Some Good Advice for New Orleans
Tuesday, August 7th, 2007Great graphic and great advice in the comments. Even though some still think it was the hurricane that flooded New Orleans the advice is good none the less.
It was actually corrupt politics that has been around for centuries, that led to money being diverted to the pockets of those politicians and their cronies, that led to not enough money to properly build the levees that ultimately failed. Not because they were topped, but because they were compromised from under neath.
The Day The Bridge Fell In Minneapolis
Thursday, August 2nd, 20077 Killed in Minneapolis Bridge Collapse
An interstate bridge jammed with rush-hour traffic suddenly broke into huge sections and collapsed into the Mississippi River Wednesday, pitching dozens of cars 60 feet into the water and killing at least seven people.
The eight-lane Interstate 35W bridge, a major Minneapolis artery, was in the midst of being repaired and two lanes in each direction were closed when the bridge buckled. About 20 families gathered at an information center, looking for information on loved ones they couldn’t locate.
“There were two lanes of traffic, bumper to bumper, at the point of the collapse. Those cars did go into the river,” said Minneapolis Police Lt. Amelia Huffman. “At this point there is nothing to suggest that this was anything other than a structural collapse.”
Captains Quarters has plenty of local perspective, here. Plus much more.
Michelle Malkin has more.
