The First National Bank tower was evacuated just before 10:30 Friday morning. Dispatchers received a call about a possibly hazardous material in the loading dock area at 16th and Dodge Street. The building was evacuated as a precaution.
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission is continuing to monitor impacts from Hurricane Sandy on nuclear power plants in the Northeastern United States, including an Alert declared at the Oyster Creek nuclear power plant in New Jersey.
A hurricane is a type of tropical cyclone or severe tropical storm that forms in the southern Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean Sea, Gulf of Mexico, and in the eastern Pacific Ocean. A typical cyclone is accompanied by thunderstorms, and in the Northern Hemisphere, a counterclockwise circulation of winds near the earth’s surface.
Meteorologists are warning that Hurricane Sandy could potentially be the worst storm to hit the east coast of the United States in 100 years. Do you remember “the perfect storm” back in 1991? That storm was so bad that Hollywood made a blockbuster movie starring George Clooney about it. Well, this storm is going to be much worse. When I first heard about Hurricane Sandy, I didn’t make that much of it.
A post currently circulating on numerous websites quotes a “researcher” named Michael Eckstein who purportedly lives 50 miles from Fukushima in Japan.
Bill, H.R. 6566: To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to require the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency to provide guidance and coordination for mass fatality planning, and for other purposes.
In a riveting interview on CNBC, legendary investor Jim Rogers warned Americans to prepare for "Financial Armageddon," saying he fully expects the economy to implode after the U.S. election.
IDELL, La.— Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano today traveled to Mississippi and Louisiana where she met with state and local officials, first responders, and volunteers, and surveyed ongoing response and recovery efforts to Hurricane Isaac.
WASHINGTON (AP) — It didn't take long for the Internet to start buzzing with conspiracy theories after the Social Security Administration posted a notice that it was purchasing 174,000 hollow-point bullets. Why is the agency that provides benefits to retirees, disabled workers, widows and children stockpiling ammunition? Whom are they going to use it on?
Adventurer and cameraman Ed Wardle is flown into the Yukon wilderness in Canada and, possessing only basic provisions, begins a solitary survival challenge that will test the limits of his physical and psychological capabilities. Overwhelmed by the realization that he is on his own, Ed initially struggles to make decisions, and as the days go by, he realizes surviving in the inhospitable environment is a lot harder than he ever imagined