Category Archives: Water

Vegas tries to kick its water addiction

By doris | Published: September 4, 2011

Full Story at CNN.com Las Vegas (CNN) — At first glance, it’s pretty easy to say Las Vegas has an unhealthy water fetish. There’s the 22-million-gallon Bellagio fountain, which rockets dancing cylinders of well water 500 feet into the air to the tune of “God Bless the USA.” There’s the liquid volcano at The Mirage, [...]

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Exxon Mobil not upfront on spill, Montana says

By doris | Published: July 6, 2011

Full Story at msnbc.com LAUREL, Montana — Exxon Mobil came under fire on Wednesday from Gov. Brian Schweitzer, who said the oil giant had assured Montana that any spill on the Yellowstone River could be shut off in a few minutes. Instead it took at least 48 minutes for that to happen when a pipeline [...]

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Back-up generators put to use at Nebraska nuclear plant

By doris | Published: June 27, 2011

Full Story at CNN.com (CNN) — A nuclear power plant in Nebraska, which is being threatened by rising floodwaters, switched to back-up generators for a time after a water-filled berm protecting the site collapsed Sunday, a statement from the plant said. “As a precaution, per plant procedure, the operators started the diesel generators and temporarily [...]

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Survivors tell of dread, loss after Missouri tornado

By doris | Published: May 23, 2011

Full Story at msnbc.com JOPLIN, Mo. — From heroism, to disbelief to shock. Those were some of the stories being told by survivors of the Joplin twister. Below are some of those initial reactions to the tragedy.‘Felt like the building was breathing’Rod Pace, Med Flight manager at St. John’s Regional Medical Center, watched the tornado [...]

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Japan’s focus on nuke crisis angers tsunami victims

By doris | Published: April 2, 2011

Full Story at msnbc.com RIKUZENTAKATA, Japan — As Japan’s prime minister visited tsunami-ravaged coastal areas for the first time Saturday, frustrated evacuees complained that the government has been too focused on the nuclear crisis that followed the massive wave. Nearly every day some new problem at the stricken Fukushima Dai-Ichi nuclear plant commands officials’ attention [...]

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Skyrocketing water bills mystify, anger residents

By doris | Published: March 1, 2011

Full Story at CNN.com Atlanta (CNN) — Imagine paying as much for water as you do for your mortgage. Residents throughout Atlanta are outraged by hundreds, even thousands of dollars in monthly spikes in their water bills, and have questioned the legitimacy of the charges for years. Now, they’re demanding answers. “I thought we were [...]

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Halliburton admits skipping test on Gulf well cement

By doris | Published: October 30, 2010

Full Story at msnbc.msn.com Halliburton Co. acknowledged late Thursday that it skipped doing a critical test on the final formulation of cement used to seal the BP oil well that blew out in the Gulf of Mexico. The company, which was BP’s cementing contractor, said that BP at the last-minute increased the amount of a [...]

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Data shows balloon descended rapidly; survival ‘unlikely’

By doris | Published: October 2, 2010

Full Story at CNN.com Rome, Italy (CNN) — Race organizers Friday said a balloon carrying two missing Americans over the Adriatic Sea off Italy made a rapid descent during rough weather, conditions which would make their survival “unlikely.” “This is very pessimistic information,” says the statement from the race organization — Coupe Aeronautique Gordon Bennett. [...]

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The well is dead, but Gulf challenges live on

By doris | Published: September 20, 2010

Full Story at msnbc.msn.com The “nightmare well” is dead. But the Gulf coast’s bad dream is far from over. Federal officials declared Sunday that the well where the Deepwater Horizon rig exploded had finally been killed. Workers drilled a relief well into the damaged one and sealed it with cement. Its official end came 11 [...]

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Big waves pound Bermuda as Hurricane Igor nears

By doris | Published: September 19, 2010

Full Story atnews.Yahoo.com HAMILTON, Bermuda – Big waves are pounding Bermuda’s beaches while islanders rush to board up windows, fill sandbags and stock up on water, food and other supplies before Hurricane Igor’s expected arrival late Sunday. In Mexico, people are cleaning up from flooding and wind damage caused by the now dissipated Hurricane Karl. [...]

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Where did the oil go? Researchers point to sea floor

By doris | Published: September 17, 2010

Full Story at CNN.com (CNN) — A team of researchers in the Gulf of Mexico say they found an oily layer as thick as two inches coating the sea floor in some places, and they believe it may be from the BP spill. “I think what we’re seeing is oil that was on the surface, [...]

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U.S.: 3,500 unused Gulf wells must be plugged

By doris | Published: September 16, 2010

Full Story at msnbc.msn.com WASHINGTON — Oil and gas companies operating in the Gulf of Mexico will have to permanently plug nearly 3,500 temporarily abandoned wells and dismantle about 650 production platforms that are no longer used, the Obama administration announced Wednesday. The move comes as the energy industry voices complaints that it is being [...]

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Julia grows to Category 3 hurricane

By doris | Published: September 15, 2010

Full Story at msnbc.msn.com MIAMI — Julia intensified into a major hurricane early Wednesday in the open Atlantic as Tropical Storm Karl was about to bear down on the Yucatan Peninsula. Behind both was Hurricane Igor. Forecasters said Karl had maximum sustained winds of about 45 mph and was located about 185 miles east of [...]

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Latest Gulf oil rig problem differs from BP spill

By doris | Published: September 3, 2010

Full Story at news.Yahoo.com NEW ORLEANS – Stark differences exist between the oil platform fire in the Gulf of Mexico and the blast that led to the massive BP spill. Mostly notably, no one was killed and no crude was gushing into the water, but the distinctions don’t end there. Even though the Mariner Energy-owned [...]

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Thousands evacuating as Hurricane Earl approaches

By doris | Published: September 1, 2010

Full Story at msnbc.com RALEIGH, N.C. — Thousands of people were told to start evacuating a North Carolina island Wednesday morning as Hurricane Earl threatened to sideswipe the East Coast. The 800 or so year-round residents of Ocracoke Island were told they do not have to go, but Emergency Services Director Lindsey Mooney said officials [...]

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Growing Hurricane Earl threatens north Caribbean

By doris | Published: August 30, 2010

Full Story at news.Yahoo.com SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – Hurricane Earl lashed northern Leeward Islands with heavy rain and strong winds Monday after strengthening into a Category 2 storm. Hotels were shut tightly overnight as tourists sought shelter inside their rooms. The U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami said Earl could become a major hurricane [...]

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Scientists question U.S. estimate on BP oil fallout

By doris | Published: August 18, 2010

Full Story at msnbc.com MIAMI — Two new scientific reports Tuesday raised fresh fears about the environmental fallout from the world’s worst offshore oil spill and questioned government assurances that most of the oil from the ruptured well in the Gulf of Mexico was already gone. In one of the reports, researchers at the University [...]

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Bodies of 2 children recovered from river; mom arrested

By doris | Published: August 17, 2010

Full Story at CNN.com (CNN) — The bodies of two children trapped inside a car submerged in the Edisto River in South Carolina have been recovered, and their mother has been arrested, authorities said Monday. State troopers responded to a report of a car accident early Monday and found a Chrysler sedan in the water [...]

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Obama takes plunge, swims in Gulf

By doris | Published: August 15, 2010

Full Story at CNN.com (CNN) — The one really big question hanging over President Obama’s weekend vacation to Panama City, Florida, now has an answer. Will he or won’t he dive into the water to send a message that the Gulf Coast is back? The answer: He will, and sooner than expected. “I think we’re [...]

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Joke on boat leads to four deaths

By doris | Published: August 13, 2010

Full Story at CNN.com (CNN) — Four men died after horsing around in a boat on a southern Idaho reservoir, authorities said late Monday. The bodies of four men were found Monday evening in the American Falls Reservoir in the same area where the men had fallen into the water a day earlier, said Cpl. [...]

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