September 9, 2012 • 4:25 am 0
A tornado ripped through a beach club in Queens on Saturday, one of several outbursts of severe weather across the New York region that flooded roads, felled power lines and forced the delay of the …
MORE via Tornadoes Touch Down in Brooklyn and Queens – NYTimes.com.
Filed under: Bad Weather Problems, Blogosphere, Tornado in NY, tornados; storms; dead; victims; tragedy
November 1, 2011 • 3:16 am 0
For all the attention it got for timing (early) and snow accumulation (astonishing) and — if there were a way to measure this — annoyance and aggravation, the freakish northeaster of October may well be remembered as the Grinch that stole Halloween.
MORE via One Casualty of Northeaster – ‘Trick or Treat!’ – NYTimes.com.
Filed under: Bad Weather Problems, Blogosphere, Mass Media and Public Opinion, News, WeSeeReason, Monster Storm Scares Away Halloween, tornados; storms; dead; victims; tragedy, weather
October 31, 2011 • 3:46 am 0
At least 10 people died over the weekend when a rare October storm roared up the Eastern seaboard, cutting power to more than two million homes, disrupting roads and railways and dumping as much as 30 inches of snow in some places.
In Connecticut, the state hit hardest by outages, officials reported more than …
MORE via Early Snow Pelts East Coast, Cuts Power to 2.7 Million – WSJ.com.
Filed under: Assessing damage and insurance coverage, Bad Weather Problems, Blogosphere, News, Public Service, WeSeeReason, ice storm, tornados; storms; dead; victims; tragedy, weather
October 30, 2011 • 9:18 pm 0
Millions of people across the Northeast found themselves without power on Sunday after an unusual autumn storm dumped record …
MORE via Storm Leaves More Than 2 Million Without Power – NYTimes.com.
Filed under: Assessing damage and insurance coverage, Bad Weather Problems, Blogosphere, News, Public Service, WeSeeReason, climate, tornados; storms; dead; victims; tragedy, weather
August 14, 2011 • 7:26 pm 0
Catastrophe struck the Indiana State Fair on Saturday, where a 60mph gust of wind brought down the concert stage where the country music duo Sugarland was about to appear.
With the stage coverings acting as an enormous sail, the lighting grid and supporting scaffolding collapsed under the wind’s force, killing at least …
MORE via Sugarland Concert Ends in Tragedy: Video.
Filed under: Blogosphere, Community Tragedy, News, WeSeeReason, tornados; storms; dead; victims; tragedy
July 17, 2011 • 7:26 am 0
Less than an hour after Casey Anthony was released from the Orange County Jail, it is entirely unclear where she is and where she’s headed.
MORE via Casey Anthony released from jail: Casey Anthony was released from jail early Sunday – latimes.com.
Filed under: News, News, Parenting: Loving and living with our kids..., tornados; storms; dead; victims; tragedy, WeSeeReason on Twitter
July 15, 2011 • 11:48 am 0
A Brooklyn man reportedly told police that he spent more than 12 hours with a young Orthodox Jewish boy — including taking him to a wedding just outside New York City — before smothering and dismembering him in a panic.
MORE via NYC boy spent hours with suspect before murder – CBS News.
Filed under: News, News, NYC kid chopped up; parents hurt and suffer;, Parenting: Loving and living with our kids..., tornados; storms; dead; victims; tragedy, WeSeeReason on Twitter
July 7, 2011 • 5:46 am 0
A hiker in Yellowstone National Park was killed by a grizzly bear Wednesday morning after he and his wife surprised a sow and her cubs on a popular trail.
The unidentified couple were about a mile and a half from the trailhead of the Wapiti Lake trail when they encountered the sow and her cubs. The bear, apparently reacting to the …
MORE via Grizzly bear kills hiker in Yellowstone National Park – latimes.com.
Filed under: News, bear attacks; Yellowstone Park; hiker killed by bear; bear kills hiker;, News, Public Policy, tornados; storms; dead; victims; tragedy, WeSeeReason on Twitter
May 30, 2011 • 3:39 am 0
President Barack Obama promised victims of the deadliest U.S. tornado in 65 years that the federal government would help them rebuild, saying on Sunday it was a national tragedy.
MORE via Obama vows national response to Missouri tornado | Reuters.
Filed under: News, Election 2012: Operation Next?, national identity, News, Policy & Politics, Public Policy, Things Worth $Supporting, tornados; storms; dead; victims; tragedy, WeSeeReason on Twitter
May 30, 2011 • 3:35 am 0
A week ago the Missouri Southern State University campus here was rich with celebration and smiles as the graduating seniors of the public high school paraded across stage to …
MORE via Obama Visits Joplin and Offers Words of Comfort – NYTimes.com.
Filed under: News, News, Public Policy, Things Worth $Supporting, tornados; storms; dead; victims; tragedy, WeSeeReason on Twitter
May 29, 2011 • 5:22 am 0
The numbers look increasingly bleak for families hoping for the best after a monster tornado devastated this southwestern Missouri city last Sunday. The city has raised the death toll to at least…
Filed under: News, Election 2012: Operation Next?, News, Things Worth $Supporting, tornados; storms; dead; victims; tragedy, WeSeeReason on Twitter
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