Storm

Source: www.miamiherald.com --- 29 minutes ago
Madagascar's disaster officials say at least 36 people have died and more than 38,000 were made homeless by Tropical Storm Hubert. ...

Source: www.blognetnews.com --- 38 minutes ago
Number of comments: 2 from a press relase The Community Room at City hall on 125 East Ave will serve as the warming center for the City of Norwalk rather than Brien McMahon high. We’ll have coffee, some light snacks and information. At this time, approx 7,600 customers are still without power in the City. [...] ...

Source: www.nytimes.com --- 42 minutes ago
Officials across the metropolitan region called damage from the weekend Storm some of the worst they’d seen. ...

Source: www.rightpundits.com --- 1 hour ago
Harv’s Metro Car Wash tax bill? 4 cents. The IRS storming the Sacramento private business to collect on said bill? Priceless. The IRS aren’t commenting on their recent escapade, probably thanking their lucky stars they can hide behind privacy and disclosure laws. However, Aaron Zeff, Harv’s owner, has a few comments all his own like, “They didn’t even get a car wash.” According to The Sacramento Bee, the two dark-suited IRS agents came to the car wash on Wednesday on a matter of utmost importance. Harv’s Metro Car Wash owed the government 4 cents. And the bill had come due. “They were deadly serious, very aggressive, very condescending,” says Harv’s owner, Aaron Zeff. Condescending? The IRS? The hand-delivered bill stated that Harv’s owed 4 cents from 2006, with penalties and taxes now equaling $203.31, a number Zeff finds not only comical but astronomical when considering the alleged original bill, a bill Zeff never received. Of course, that also doesn’t explain the Oct. 22, 2009 letter Zeff received from the IRS saying Harv’s “has filed all required returns and addressed any balances due.” Would the IRS like to comment? Privacy and disclosure laws, laws that were apparently designed to protect the private citizen, are now conveniently protecting the IRS. “It’s hilarious,” he says, “that two people hopped in a car and came down here for just 4 cents. I think (the IRS) may have a problem with priorities.” Priorities may have kept th ...

Source: mostlydonuts.tumblr.com --- 1 hour ago
Storm DAMAGE FOOTAGE FROM WESTCHESTER COUNTY NEW YORK. ...

Source: www.app.com --- 1 hour ago
Township Administrator Paul Shives said a report from Township Engineer Robert J. Chankalian estimates the damage is at least a third of the damage cause by the November nor'easter. ...

Source: www.flagstafftoday.com --- 1 hour ago
AP – Torrential rains and high winds pounded the Northeast for a third day Monday, taking a heavy toll on people and property in a region that only recently restored power or finished digging... ...

Source: www.orlandosentinel.com --- 1 hour ago
There's been no sign of a family of bald eagles since high winds blew down their nest at Orlando's Greenwood Cemetery on Saturday. ...

Source: devonmonk.livejournal.com --- 1 hour ago
I'm over at SCIFIGUY today chatting and giving away two free ARCs of MAGIC ON THE Storm . The book won't be out until May 4th, so if you win the ARCs, you'll have it a month before anyone else!  Come say hi, and enter to win, won't you? If you've never read the Allie Beckstrom books...or if you want a longer sneak peek at an excerpt from MAGIC ON THE Storm--or any other of the books in the series--I now have first chapter excerpts on my web page.  How cool is that?  (Viewing this via LiveJournal, Facebook, or some other feed? start by clicking here ) ...