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Unusually destructive hurricane season ends

(CNN) -- The 2008 Atlantic hurricane season ended Sunday, marking the finish of one of the busiest and costliest hurricane seasons ever.

FEMA Statement on the Release of Personal Information

On Tuesday, December 16, 2008, FEMA was alerted to an unauthorized breach of private information when an applicant notified FEMA that their personal information pertaining to Hurricane Katrina was posted on the internet. FEMA took immediate and aggressive action to verify that the information posted was indeed tied to FEMA applicants from Hurricane Katrina. FEMA swiftly contacted the website hosting the private information, and worked with them to have this private information removed from public view. Additionally, FEMA identified a second website posting the same information. We also contacted this second website and worked with them to have the private information removed from public view.

Biggest tab still ahead on hurricane clean-up (The Barrel blog)

Often overlooked in assessments of recovery from last year's Gulf of Mexico hurricanes, the largest chunk of spending is yet to come in the abandonment arena with an estimated $1.8 billion to $6 billion likely required to close down destroyed fields. And that estimate comes atop the estimated $15 billion worth of abandonment work still under way from storms in 2004 and 2005.

CES 2009: iLuv iMM183 Dual iPod Dock Alarm Clock with Hurricane Warning

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Most Expensive Home Insurance

Flood insurance, hurricane insurance, earthquake insurance -- all can make insuring your home from Mother Nature a costly endeavor, but you might avoid higher rates by reading this helpful guide of the most expensive states to insure a home.

A Tale of Two Cities: Desolate New Orleans, Ruined Galveston That Gets New Body Blow

It has been three years since Hurricane Katrina hit the Gulf Coast. At the time it happened, the north and central areas of the State of Louisiana only felt a little wind; the southern sections were devastated, but none more than the City of New Orleans

'Gossip Girl': Georgina's back!

Michelletrachtenberg_lBatten down the hatches, Upper East Siders -- Hurricane Georgina is blowing back into town.

Mobile 911 System Could Be A Lifesaver

That scenario isn't as unlikely as it sounds. During Hurricane Katrina, dozens of 911 call centers in the area were out of service due to flooding, evacuation and loss of power. Most landlines weren't working, and 70 percent of the cell phone towers in New Orleans had failed. "The communications infrastructure completely collapsed," says Curtis Papke, an engineer at Idaho National Laboratory. "Even if you had cell coverage, there was no one at the 911 centers to answer the call."

PCS updates Ike cost to $11bn

Property Claim Services (PCS) has raised its estimate for onshore insured losses from Hurricane Ike by just over 30 percent to $10.655bn.

Sweeping Changes Coming With Smart Dust

Imagine a cloud of sensors, each the size of a grain of sand, blown aloft by hurricane winds and relaying data on the storm to weather stations below. Or picture tiny robotic chips drifting through a human artery to locate, and eradicate, a hidden clot.

Top Chef NY, guest-blogged: Episode 4, Quickfire Challenge with a Trumpian Rocco di Spirito

Due to circumstances more or less beyond my control, I have not had television service since Hurricane Ike. Do. Not. Ask. So--sadly--I have been more or less unable to follow the current and no doubt gripping season of Top Chef. But on the principle of better late than never, I have managed to the secure the guest-blogging services of my sister, the brilliant Melissa Cook of Monkton Ridge, Vermont, to stand in for me during the rest of the season. She has also graciously agreed to recap the first three episodes, too, so in the days to come Cook's Tour will be able to commemorate all the sticky, crumby, messy details of the story so far. Since she is far more thorough--and withering!--than I, I will divide her updates into two easily digestible segments, The Quickfire and The Elimination Challenge.

National Gallery Forced to Postpone Programmes

A press release from the National Gallery said, “Due to the damage caused by the passing of Hurricane Paloma and the ongoing recovery efforts in Cayman Brac & Little Cayman, the management and staff of the National Gallery of the Cayman Islands is sad to announce the postponement of our Sister Islands programmes.”

NASA Study Links Severe Storm Increases, Global Warming

Extremely high clouds, known as deep convective clouds, are typically associated with severe storms and rainfall. In this AIRS image of Hurricane Katrina, taken August 28, 2005, the day before Katrina made landfall in Louisiana, the eye of the storm was surrounded by a "super cluster" of 528 deep convective clouds (depicted in dark blue). The temperatures of the tops of such clouds are colder than 210 degrees Kelvin (-82 degrees Fahrenheit). Image credit: NASA/JPL

NG Sister Islands art programmes back on track

National Gallery Sister Islands’ art classes will resume early in the New Year after being temporarily halted in the wake of Hurricane Paloma.

Chick-fil-A Launches Successful Mobile FKM Campaign in the Face of Ike

Houston announced today that a recent mobile campaign targeted at driving back-to-school breakfast business was a success despite the untimely arrival of Hurricane Ike. This was the first-ever text messaging campaign for the QSR restaurant that used text to supplement radio, point-of-purchase and reader boards for a limited-time offer to win a year's worth of three-count Chick-n-Minis. Mobile FKM, a Houston-based mobile marketing company, created and executed the campaign during the four-week promotion.

The Amazon Honor System, 2001-2008

The “tip jar” system that provided a donation option for thousands of small sites in the early 2000s and raised millions for survivors of Hurricane Katrina and other disasters will turn off the lights on Thursday.

DHS and Cybersecurity: Yes, No, Maybe So?

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has had a stained reputation almost from the start, and especially since its dismal performance in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. With a new administration coming in January, a lot of smart people are scrutinizing the agency and trying to carve out the way forward.

DHS and cybersecurity: Yes, no, maybe so?

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has had a stained reputation almost from the start, and especially since its dismal performance in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. With a new administration coming in January, a lot of smart people are scrutinizing the agency and trying to carve out the way forward.

DHS and Cybersecurity: Yes, No, Maybe So?

CSO — The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has had a stained reputation almost from the start, and especially since its dismal performance in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. With a new administration coming in January, a lot of smart people are scrutinizing the agency and trying to carve out the way forward.

Houston Chick-fil-A mobile text campaign a success

HOUSTON — Chick-fil-A Houston has announced that a recent mobile campaign targeted at driving back-to-school breakfast business was a success, despite the untimely arrival of Hurricane Ike.

MMS: 14.9% Oil, 20.9% Gas Output Still Off Line In US Gulf

HOUSTON -(Dow Jones)- Output of crude oil and natural gas from the Gulf of Mexico increased from two weeks ago, as energy companies worked to restore production that was shut in by Hurricane Ike, the U.S. Minerals Management Service said Wednesday.

New Orleans Art Exhibition Aims to Help Battered City Heal

A new contemporary art exhibit in New Orleans that's billed as the largest of its kind to ever be held in the U.S. seeks to help bring about the healing and rebirth of the vibrant city that was devastated by Hurricane Katrina three years ago. Jeffrey Brown reports.

Robots To Explore Ike's Aftermath

The Center for Robot-Assisted Search and Rescue (CRASAR) and the Texas Transportation Institute (TTI) at Texas A&M University will be inspecting the extent of damage and mapping the underwater debris field on the Rollover Pass Bridge using a small robot pontoon carrying a new type of underwater acoustic sensor. The bridge, which collapsed during Hurricane Ike, is located near Galveston.

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