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Hurricane Katrina: Lest We Forget

August 29 will mark the fifth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina which cost 1,836 lives due to the hurricane and floods which caused property damage of $81 billion and left thousands homeless. It doesn’t...

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Archive.org: Great Multimedia Website

Archive.org will keep a reader entertained for hours. Archive.org is probably the best source for audio and video online this side of YouTube.  The home page for the website as I write this article has...

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Swarm of Arkansas Earthquakes

Farmland that shifted due to earthquake in New Madrid faultline. A 4.7 magnitude earthquake hit Greenbrier, Arkansas Sunday night at 11PM. Three more earthquakes had hit the city with the last one a...

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Hilo Tsunami of May 22,1960

With Hilo, Hawaii in danger, of being in the path of the tsunami this morning, it reminds me of the 1960 tsunami which hit Hilo. The aftermath of the May 22, 1960 tsunami that hit Hilo, Hawaii....

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Video of Cars Being Washed Away After Earthquake

This video shows cars and other vehicles being washed away after an earthquake hit Japan earlier today. Filed under: Earthquakes, Internet, Natural disaster, News, Tsunami Tagged: Earthquake-Tsunami...

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Video of Earthquake As it Happens in Japan

The earthquake in Japan as it happens. Filed under: Earthquakes, Internet, Natural disaster, News, Tsunami Tagged: Earthquake-Tsunami in Japan

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Tsunami Flooding Airport in Japan

Video showing tsunami engulfing a Japanese airport. Filed under: Natural disaster, News, Tsunami Tagged: Tsunami Hits Japanese Airport

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Japanese Nuclear Plant In Danger

This video includes a description of possible scenarios arising from damage to the nuclear plant.   Filed under: Earthquakes, Natural disaster, News, Tsunami Tagged: Japanese Nuclear Plant in Danger

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Japan Devastated By Natural Disasters

This photo shows the utter devastation after an earthquake and tsunami in Japan last Friday. A Japanese girl cries in the foreground after seeing the destruction. Television coverage of the earthquake...

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Workers Evacuate Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant

Workers have evacuated the Fukushima atomic power plant ending any hope of stabilizing the plant due to safety concerns for the workers. The fight to contain nuclear radiation in Japan was dealt a huge...

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Tragic Japanese Earthquake Photos

This article from the Daily Mail in England tells the story of the earthquake in Japan so well there is nothing to add to it. You will see a ship on a city street and a large boat that is atop a...

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American Idol: Lauren Alaina Suddeth Celebrates Special Day, Visits Site of...

This weekend was special for Lauren Alaina Suddeth as she returned to her hometown of Rossville, Georgia. She participated in homecoming activities after finding out Thursday night that she was in the...

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In the Path of Tropical Storm Isaac

  This latest tracking map indicates that Isaac will engulf almost the entire state of Louisiana. Now that we are living in a trailer, there is even more concern than usual about the impending storm,...

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Memories of a Lifetime: 1961-1965

1961 – Entered the 12th grade, after spending two years in the 10th grade at Pineville High School, due to going to summer school for the third straight year. John F. Kennedy was sworn in as the 35th...

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Memories of a Lifetime: 1986-1990

For some reason my memory of the 1986-1990 period in my life is drawing a blank for the most part. Anyone with memories of what happened in Pineville-Alexandria during these years are welcome to...

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Memories of a Lifetime: 2001-2005

Grandson Mark Geisel who was born one day after my birthday.   2001 – Mark Geisel was born on October 15, 2001 in Sulphur, Louisiana, while his father was the manager at the Domino’s Pizza place in...

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Memories of a Lifetime: 2006-2010

2006 – I would return to my job at Louisiana Community Care, after losing my job with Coastal Culvert. I primarily worked in a group home with seven guys at the time. It was a very demanding job as I...

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Memories of a Lifetime: 2011-2013

2011 – We were living in Sulphur, Louisiana, a city of about 20,000 at the start of 2011. We were living on Live Oak Street in Sulphur and we found a home church in Calvary Baptist Church on Lewis...

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1948 Killer Smog In Donora, Pennsylvania

Killler smog that engulfed Donora, Pennsylvania in October of 1948. I have been reading Stan Musial: An American Life which mentioned that a killer smog had took 18 or more lives. Stan Musial’s father...

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