Author: Angel - NYC

Washington Post

Hurricane Irma is not the only show in town. Two other menacing hurricanes, Jose and Katia, were swirling in the Atlantic Ocean basin and forecast to strengthen and impact land areas late Friday into the weekend.

Hurricane Jose

Jose, which was rapidly intensifying Thursday afternoon, could hit some of the same small islands in the northern Lesser Antilles decimated by Irma. The hurricane, which formed as a tropical storm on Wednesday, is following behind Irma on a similar path.   Continue reading “Capital Weather Gang Tropical triple threat: Hurricanes Jose and Katia could join Irma striking land this weekend”

New York Post

A fatal, police-involved shooting in the Bronx on Wednesday marked the very first time cops captured someone being shot on official NYPD body cams, authorities said.

Officers from the 47th Precinct, where the incident took place, were issued the cameras two months ago, according to officials.

Investigators were said to have “secured” the tapes for “further review.”   Continue reading “NYPD cops capture shooting on body cams for the first time”

AOL

When it comes to hurricane prediction, the consensus is on the need for consensus among forecasters. No single computer model should be relied on. And no forecast remains static.

So as Hurricane Irma roars through the Caribbean, forecasters are looking at the top weather models from Europe, the United States and Britain, collectively, to track what on Tuesday was already being described as the second-strongest storm observed in modern times.   Continue reading “Predicting Irma’s path is giving supercomputers a challenge”

Business Insider

JetBlue is taking measures to make evacuating from Hurricane Irma affordable for as many people as possible.

On Wednesday, the New York-based airline announced it had discounted the price of nonstop flights out of Florida to $99 including tax. Connecting flights out of Florida will cost a bit more, at $159.

In addition to airports in Florida, the $99 fares apply to Charleston International and Savannah/Hilton Head International, as well as select airports in Haiti, Turks and Caicos, the Dominican Republic, Cuba, and the Bahamas.   Continue reading “JetBlue is selling $99 tickets so people can escape Hurricane Irma”

Organic Life – by Nick Bernard

Apple cider vinegar deserves to be a staple in every home. It is a life-enhancing elixir, full of nutrients and enzymes, which act as a restorer of well-being. It has a host of uses and will fast become indispensable. Diluted with water, it’s an invigorating tonic that will also be a balm for the digestive system. (Try cider vinegar diluted with sparkling water and you have the perfect soft drink replacement.) Added neat to meat stocks it brings out the nutrients in the bones; it can be used as a marinade and works well as a flavor spike in a vinaigrette. Its benefits are far more than culinary: you can soothe a sore throat with a gargle of warm diluted apple cider vinegar, drive off warts, defeat dandruff, and use a solution as an all-purpose totally natural household cleaner.  Continue reading “How To Make Your Own Health-Boosting Apple Cider Vinegar At Home”

Weather Channel

Officials in the Florida Keys are set to begin mandatory evacuations for visitors on Wednesday morning ahead of rapidly approaching Hurricane Irma.

The storm, which has undergone rapid intensification in the past several days is now the strongest Atlantic hurricane in the last 10 years, a dangerous Category 5, which could have severe impacts on Caribbean island nations and possibly the United States.   Continue reading “Irma Prompts Mandatory Evacuation Orders in Miami, Florida Keys: ‘The Sooner People Leave, the Better’”

Weather Channel

Hurricane Irma has strengthened into a dangerous Category 5 hurricane as it bears down on the Leeward Islands, and will rake through the Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, Hispañola, the Bahamas and Cuba before posing a serious threat to Florida and parts of the Southeast beginning this weekend.

Below is everything we know about Irma right now, including its latest status, along with potential forecast impacts in the U.S. and the Caribbean Islands.   Continue reading “Hurricane Irma Strengthens Into a Category 5 as it Bears Down on the Leeward Islands; Dangerous Threat for Florida, Southeast”

Jacksonville.com

Dave Hlubek, a founding member of Jacksonville-based rock band Molly Hatchet, has died.

The band announced the news via its Facebook page:

“It is with great sorrow to announce the passing of our beloved friend and band member Dave Hlubek. Dave was one of the founding lead guitarists of Molly Hatchet. Amongst his many contributions to southern rock is “Flirtin’ with Disaster.” Our condolences and our prayers go out to his family during this time of loss. He will be missed but never forgotten, as the music lives on through his legacy in Molly Hatchet.”   Continue reading “Dave Hlubek, founding member of Jacksonville band Molly Hatchet, dead at 66”

The Eagle – by Rebecca Fielder

When a young heeler mix came into the A&M Small Animal Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital’s emergency clinic early Wednesday, he’d clearly had quite a journey.

The dog, who came to be known as Grits, was coated in mud and trembling in fear, but had no serious injuries. But it was the way he ended up in College Station was a story in itself.

Grits rode into town stuck in the front bumper of a car.   Continue reading “Rescued pooch had a wild ride”

Chron

Harris County Fire Marshal’s office set fire to the remaining six containers of chemicals at Arkema’s Crosby plant, Sunday afternoon.

Spokeswoman Rachel Moreno refused to provide any details about what was done to set the material on fire, citing “safety and security aspects’ of the operations.

“We did it in a very safe manner,” Moreno said.    Continue reading “Harris County burns down last 6 of Arkema’s chemical containers in Crosby”

eHow – by Mel Frank

How to keep troublesome ticks at bay? This simple natural repellent can be made with a few inexpensive household ingredients. Easy, inexpensive, and chemical-free.

Continue reading “Homemade Tick Repellent Recipe”

Fox 4 KC

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — At least three families in the Brookside neighborhood have had encounters with swooping owls while walking or jogging the street. It’s the reason Janice Allen looks up into the trees while working out in her neighborhood.

“I used to walk looking down at different things that had fallen, sticks and acorns, so I don`t trip on them when I`m walking my dog. And now I find myself looking up at the trees to see where maybe the owls might be,” Allen said. “We have a group email going that alerts us when we have attacks in the area and one of the neighbors recently was attacked when she was running with her dog.”   Continue reading “Swooping owl attacks have Brookside neighbors on alert, experts scratching their heads”

New York Post – by Susan Edelman

The Manhattan District Attorney’s Office says it has “found no evidence” that newspaper reporter and TV star Dorothy Kilgallen was murdered as she dug deep into the JFK assassination.

After announcing last January it would take a new look at Kilgallen’s Nov. 8, 1965, death, a “thorough, eight-month-long investigation” could not conclude that it was a homicide, the DA said in a statement. It thanked her supporters, and promised to review any new evidence that emerges.   Continue reading “DA: ‘No evidence’ reporter investigating JFK assassination was murdered”

Chron

Oil from the Exxon Mobil Beaumont refinery has spilled outside the facility onto a nearby county road, the company reported.

“We are monitoring a sheen. There is not a reported oil spill,” spokeswoman Charlotte Huffaker said by email.

She said company emergency response teams were on hand. The flooding was attributed to rising water on the Neches River.   Continue reading “Exxon Mobil Beaumont refinery reports oil spill”

Chron

Arkema, the company that owns the chemical plant in Crosby on the verge of more explosions, is refusing to provide a chemical inventory and facility map to the public, one day after promising to provide the information.

Speaking to reporters this morning, Arkema CEO Richard Rowe said the company was balancing “the public’s right to know and the public’s right to be secure.”

Late Thursday night, the company provided a list, detailing the names of the chemicals on the site. It did not provide the amounts of the chemicals, where those chemicals were located or in what types of containers the chemicals were stored in.  Continue reading “Arkema backtracks, refuses to provide chemical inventory to the public”

Weather Channel

Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner is strongly encouraging anyone living east side of Houston’s flood control reservoirs with water still inside their home to evacuate.

“Second story housing and above will not be safe,” the mayor said in a series of tweets. “Apartments, therefore, are covered by evacuation request. But only residences with water on [the] first floor. Water may stay there for two weeks.”

Turner said the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will be releasing reservoir water into Buffalo Bayou for 15 days, and the Corps has said the releases are necessary to avoid larger catastrophe if the city should receive another heavy rainfall event. The mayor said 15,000 to 20,000 homes could be impacted by flooding due to water releases from the reservoir.  Continue reading “Houston Mayor Strongly Encouraging Evacuations Near Reservoirs”

NY Daily News

The most expensive meatloaf ever served on Rikers Island came with a hard-to-swallow $378,000 tab for the city.

Twenty-one inmates settled a federal lawsuit with the city after charging the tainted March 2015 lunch caused vomiting, diarrhea, bleeding and fainting among the captive diners.

The city, eager to get the case off its plate, will serve up checks of $17,650 to 20 plaintiffs and $25,000 to one of the victims, the Daily News has learned.   Continue reading “21 Rikers inmates get $378G from city after vomiting from meatloaf they say was tainted with rat poison”

AOL

A veteran Georgia police officer is on leave after unearthed video shows him telling a woman she wouldn’t be shot because she wasn’t black.

“Remember, we only kill black people,” Cobb County police Lt. Gregg Abbott said on dashcam video obtained by WSB-TV. “We only kill black people, right?”

The incident occurred sometime last year, but was only recently obtained by the network — prompting Cobb County police to open an investigation.   Continue reading “Ga. cop tells frightened woman ‘we only kill black people’”