The first people who gave names to hurricanes were those who knew them best - the people of Puerto Rico. The small island of Puerto Rico is in the West Indies, off the coast of Florida. This is where all the hurricanes begin that strike the east coast of
The Miami Hurricanes took the football world by storm in the 1980s, winning three NCAA national championships. The program tacked on a fourth title in 1991 and a fifth in 2001. The baseball program also had success along the same timeline, winning NCAA national championships in 1...
We can only begin to solve a problem once we dare to name it, and Monbiot has made every effort to consult not only the scientific evidence but the practical experience of the farmers who know what it takes to turn dirt into food. There is no silver bullet, only hard choices, and it ...
Thank you for reading. I hope you all have (or had) a Happy New Year. Here in the U.S., some of us feel dread as we begin 2025. I hope it’s many of us feeling that dread because we’ll need a lot of us to show up in 2026 and vote out the authoritarians and broligarchs ...
While the country is still recovering from multiple hurricanes, Honduras is still keeping its borders open for tourists including American arrivals. You’ll need to completethishealth declaration and bring a printed copy of it as well as show a negative PCR test taken up to 72 hours before arri...
Likewise, if trees are harvested in an area with a high pest density (e.g., salvage logging due to a bark beetle outbreak) the risk of that pest’s presence in the WPM chain is greater. Insects can also be attracted to fallen trees associated with blow-down events (e.g., hurricanes...
All things (photons of sunlight,the movement of nuclear waste, human bodies, tea, viruses, hurricanes etc. etc.) are configurations of fundamental dynamics of reality’s continuous unfolding. The temporary states of reality’s materials and forms configure, dissipate, reconfigure. Change continues on...
Hurricanes It wasn’t just her birthday that prompted me to think about Charlotte. It was also the hurricanes—one past, another on its way. Charlotte had lived in St. Petersburg, FL, in a mobile home park. If she were still alive, she’d be evacuating right now, trying to get as ...
A: The winds, hurricanes, and tornadoes should be much less of a problem for a house made out of heavy materials like earth and straw compared to lightweight framed houses that are the norm in the US. As long as your roof is securely fastened to the foundation and walls, then you need...
Our new good friend named James came through unexpectedly on Monday night and asked to pick up the LoveSac for $75. We were eager to be able to donate to thesurvivors of the hurricanes in Puerto Rico, where virtually the entire island is without power, so we took James up on his offer...