October 2018 – Page 5 – Weather Preppers

Fletcher says Trump belittled Harvey rescuers

Posted on October 27, 2018October 27, 2018 by WeatherPreppers

HOUSTON (FOX 26) – For the second time in the space of a year, President Donald Trump got a critical portion of the Harvey rescue effort dead solid wrong by telling the capacity crowd at the Toyota Center in downtown Houston that the thousands of people who rescued fellow Texans were incompetent and foolhardy. “And I don’t know who in this room did it, but these guys with the little boats that think they have this great boat…

Calm on a crazy night, Mrazek makes his case in Hurricanes’ net

Posted on October 27, 2018October 27, 2018 by WeatherPreppers

Petr Mrazek’s one-legged fist pump after steering the final shot of the shootout wide was a novel contribution on a night the Carolina Hurricanes pushed the envelope on celebrations, and his third-period saves helped get the Hurricanes to overtime, and all of that was still the least of what he did Friday night. Scott Darling will almost certainly start Sunday, because he appears to be ready after one rehab start and because he has to…

Brock McGinn lifts Hurricanes past Sharks in shootout

Posted on October 27, 2018October 27, 2018 by WeatherPreppers

Brock McGinn scored in regulation and had the lone shootout goal in the Carolina Hurricanes’ 4-3 victory over the San Jose Sharks on Friday night. Carolina outshot San Jose 23-6 from start of the second period to the midpoint of the third and finished with a 41-23 edge. It was the first time the Sharks had been outshot this season. McGinn, Teuvo Teravainen and Dougie Hamilton scored for Carolina in the second period, and Teravainen…

Hurricanes rally past Sharks, win in shootout

Posted on October 27, 2018October 27, 2018 by WeatherPreppers

It took a while for the Carolina Hurricanes to get started Friday at PNC Arena but once they did … The Hurricanes erased a two-goal deficit against the San Jose Sharks, taking the game to overtime and then to a shootout, emerging with a 4-3 victory. Brock McGinn, who scored in the second period for the Canes, had the only shootout goal to win it. He then led the Canes in the postgame celebration, the…

The Carolina Hurricanes make a visit to Duke practice. UNC could be next.

Posted on October 26, 2018October 26, 2018 by WeatherPreppers

Dougie Hamilton of the Carolina Hurricanes is a tall man on the ice, standing 6 feet 6. Put the defenseman at, say, a Duke basketball practice and he comes off average-sized. Hamilton recently attended a practice at Cameron Indoor Stadium with teammates Warren Foegele, Scott Darling and Clark Bishop, watching how Blue Devils coach Mike Krzyzewski runs things. “It was a lot of fun,” Hamilton said. “I really like that stuff. I like college sports…

Diligence returns home after deterring migrants, responding to hurricanes

Posted on October 26, 2018October 26, 2018 by WeatherPreppers

The crew of Coast Guard Cutter Diligence returned to Wilmington on Friday, following a 60-day patrol. (Photo: Coast Guard) WILMINGTON, NC (WWAY) — The crew of Coast Guard Cutter Diligence returned to Wilmington on Friday, following a 60-day patrol in the Caribbean, Mid-Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico. The Diligence’s crew performed counter-drug and migrant interdiction in the northern Caribbean Sea and post-hurricane responses in North Carolina and Florida. – Advertisement – The crew began their patrol…

Darling back for the Hurricanes

Posted on October 26, 2018October 26, 2018 by WeatherPreppers

Dundon frames the moment for Hurricanes rookie Hurricanes owner Tom Dundon presents rookie forward Andrei Svechnikov with a framed photo of him scoring his first NHL goal, along with the puck, following the Vancouver game on Oct. 9, 2018. Svechnikov scored Oct. 7, against the New York Rangers.

Officials offer plan to protect Texas from hurricanes

Posted on October 26, 2018October 26, 2018 by WeatherPreppers

Juan A. Lozano, Associated Press Published 12:35 pm CDT, Friday, October 26, 2018 HOUSTON (AP) — State and federal officials are recommending a plan to protect the Texas coast from hurricanes — particularly the Houston area — with a barrier system made up of floodwalls, floodgates and seawall improvements. The proposal, which could cost up to $31 billion, focuses on preventing storm surge from entering Galveston Bay, which leads into the Houston Ship Channel, home to…

The Hurricanes’ new-look defense can stop the puck, but can it score more goals?

Posted on October 26, 2018October 26, 2018 by WeatherPreppers

Jaccob Slavin and Brett Pesce. For the past couple of years, those two names were interlocked as a Carolina Hurricanes’ lineup fixture, a defensive shutdown pairing: Slavin on the left side, Pesce on the right. Both American-born, both coming out of college hockey and both defensemen given long-term contracts with the Canes. Slavin and Pesce. The fit was a good one. But the coming of Dougie Hamilton this season has brought a change. It’s now…

Army Corps, Texas officials propose sweeping hurricane protection plan

Posted on October 26, 2018October 26, 2018 by WeatherPreppers

Following years of research, studies and public debate, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers — in partnership with the state’s General Land Office — has recommended a multi-billion-dollar project that would protect the Houston area and its massive industrial complex from hurricane storm surge. The agencies had narrowed it down to four plans — one of them with an alternate variation — with varying configurations of levees, seawalls and locks. They also identified extensive “non-structural…

Wilmington National Cemetery suffered minimal damage during Hurricane Florence

Posted on October 26, 2018October 26, 2018 by WeatherPreppers

Willmington National Cemetery (Photo courtesy: Jeff Rivenbark) WILMINGTON, NC (WWAY) – Despite widespread damage across the Cape Fear from Hurricane Florence, one area survived nearly unscathed. Wilmington National Cemetery, located at 2011 Market Street, only had only two headstones damaged during the September storm. – Advertisement – This is surprising considering so many stately trees along Market Street came down impeding traffic for several days thereafter. According to Steven Fezler, spokesman for Wilmington National Cemetery,…

Mayor Adler issues 'Disaster Declaration' for ATX

Posted on October 26, 2018October 26, 2018 by WeatherPreppers

Last week was rough for Central Texas. Flooding took a major toll on the hill country and water from the Highland Lakes was moved through the Austin area by way of opened floodgates. The State of Texas issued a Disaster Declaration for counties in the area and Travis County declared a local state of disaster. This week, because of the severely compromised turbidity, or clarity, of the Colorado River — Austin’s sole source of…

Heavy rain leaves Santa Fe homes flooded

Posted on October 26, 2018October 26, 2018 by WeatherPreppers

SANTA FE, Texas (FOX 26) – Several families in Santa Fe are cleaning up the flood damage left in their homes after heavy rain hit their neighborhoods overnight. The yards on Avenue R still looked like lakes Thursday afternoon, many hours after the rain stopped falling. “All night it was raining and raining—never stopped,” said Camerino Castro who moved into his home on Avenue R three weeks ago. Castro says his little family watched the…

Students raise thousands of dollars for Florence victims, cannot distribute funds

Posted on October 26, 2018October 26, 2018 by WeatherPreppers

WILMINGTON, NC (WWAY) — What started out as a small Hurricane Florence relief effort, turned into much more. Area college students organized donation sites around the state and even a Go Fund Me account. “When we were collecting money, it was more like ‘Oh we’ll collect $500 and donate it to a charity.’ And then we became the charity that people were donating to. And we were just kind of like ‘Whoa. We don’t know what…

Some North Carolina seafood unsafe to eat after Hurricane Florence

Posted on October 25, 2018October 25, 2018 by WeatherPreppers

RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) — Some seafood caught in North Carolina may not be safe to eat in the aftermath of Hurricane Florence. Florence made landfall in Wrightsville Beach on Sept. 14. It was a Category 1 storm at landfall, and the storm moved extremely slowly–dumping dozens of inches of rain on many parts of North Carolina. Florence dumped 8 trillion gallons of water on North Carolina. That’s enough to fill Falls Lake more than 70…

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