Posts Categorized: Weather
Ferrari Formula 1 – winter edition
Ferrari reveals snow and non-snow Formula 1 vehicles
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Updated – Rare Tornado Touches Down in Springfield, Massachusetts
A TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN IN SPRINGFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS, Wednesday afternoon at 4:45 pm
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Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow…
Most Of The Northern Hemisphere Is Covered With Snow.
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Medstar Suspends Lights-&-Siren Responses
A frigid blast of Arctic air blitzed North Texas on Tuesday with freezing rain, snow and blustery winds. Icy conditions closed Dallas-Forth Worth International Airport and area schools. MedStar turns off emergency lights and sirens.
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Frigid Firefighting – cont’d.
There probably wasn't any greater challenge than the apartment fire that faced the Lebanon, New Hampshire, firefighters shortly after 8:30 am on Monday morning while the outside temperature was minus-20º F.
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Frigid Water Supplies
Arctic Weather Challenges Northeastern Firefighters
THE WAVE OF SUB-FREEZING WEATHER THAT swept across New England and the Mid-Atlantic states Monday set up some real challenges for firefighters as hydrants froze and working areas iced over. We are …
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FDNY down to 166 calls waiting Tuesday morning from height of 1300 during blizzard
Imagine the magnitude when the great news is that you are holding only 166 calls, three life threatening.
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There Goes the Dome!
ALMOST EVERYBODY has heard about the bit of bad luck in Minneapolis where the inflated roof over their sports arena collapsed under the weight of this weekend's snow.
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Updates
Eight tornados have hit New York City since 1950.
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Fierce Storm Keeps FDNY Hopping
A FIERCE STORM WITH TORNADIC-LIKE WINDS swept across New York City Thursday during the evening rush hour, leaving a trail of heavy destruction.
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Morning Lineup – February 13
I have always had a mild curiosity about who this guy Cass was, but never to the extent of checking him out.
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Back to the Driving Simulator
In the span of only eight minutes they crashed a fire engine, a police car, and an ambulance in three separate accidents.
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El Nino Slamming West Coast (animated NOAA map)
It's rare to see the entire West Coast completely covered by rain and snow. Click here for the map!
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Tornado Surprise In Atlanta
A VIOLENT TORNADO-LIKE STORM SWEPT THROUGH ATLANTA, GEORGIA, last night around 9:45. An unusual event for a major city's downtown area, it left at least 20 homes demolished and caused millions of dollars in damages to buildings in the CNN Tower area.
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Another Ambulance Firm Indicted
A BENTON, ILLINOIS, AMBULANCE COMPANY WAS INDICTED Thursday by a federal grand jury.
Mercy Regional Health Systems, Ltd. and its owner Clay Hobbs were named in a 23-count indictment. The GateHouse News Service reports:
According to A. Courtney Cox, U.…
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Arson Attacks Continue In Londonderry
THE TOWN OF LIMAVADY IN COUNTY LONDONDERRY, NORTHERN IRELAND, has been the scene of 23 arson attacks since the first of the year.
Last night the 23rd reported case destroyed two homes and severely damaged two others. This one was started by lighting a…
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Problems Crop Up In Connecticut Fire
AN APARTMENT FIRE IN VERNON, CONNECTICUT, FRIDAY MORNING was anything but routine for the Vernon Fire Department.
The fire began around 4 am at the 4-unit apartment building and traveled up the outside wall into the attic. A neighbor spotted the blaze…
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Morning Lineup – March 15
It's the St. Patrick's Day weekend....three days of parades and after-parade events. The pipe bands will have a heavy schedule this year. Coincidentally (or maybe not, if you're a Druid) the 17th is usually the day that there is exactly 12 hours from sun…
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Former Detroit Dispatcher Sentenced
A DETROIT, MICHIGAN, 911 OPERATOR WHO WAS CONVICTED of neglect of duty was sentenced Tuesday to one year of probation and 100 hours of community service.
Sharon Nichols made the headlines two years ago in February, 2006 when she failed to dispatch an a…
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Downtown Fire in Baxter, Tennessee
THE TOWN OF BAXTER, TENNESSEE (pop. 1,300) suffered a major fire in the town center this morning that took out about 1/3 of the town's business district.
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Upper Cumberland Daily News
A passerby rep…
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California Wildfire Season Takes A Break!
I've never seen this before!
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Senseless; Fire Deaths Mark New Year
The Australian reports the tragic ending that befell 3 truckers caught on a highway in Western Australia on New Years Day 2008.Three men died and another was injured when an inferno engulfed a truck convoy in the West Australian Goldfields after drivers …
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So. Cal. Wind Warnings Reduced
THE WEATHER SERVICE HAS MODIFIED ITS WIND WARNING for Southern California this morning. Where last week they were predicting the probablility of 60+ mph winds arriving on Wednesday, now they are saying that sustained winds are expected hit 30 mph and l…
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Morning Lineup – November 19
It sure doesn't seem like it's Monday already. But by the time this week is over, all of us will be confused in the mornings. Just two or three days of normal schedules and then the 4-day weekend for Thanksgiving. Or is it up to 5 now?
When I was …
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20 Years Ago Today ….
NOVEMBER 18 OF 1987 WAS one of the worst days in the history of the London Underground (Subway). It was on that tragic day that a fire on the platform of the King's Cross station took the lives of 31 people including a firefighter, Colin Townsley.
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