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Homeland Security’s Levee PLUGS Pass a Second Test
The X-Journals —
Authority: 142
A new technology, proposed by the Army Corps of Engineers Engineering Research and Development Center in Vicksburg, Miss., is a large balloon or tube—light enough to be transported by helicopter and flexible enough to adapt to a wide range of environmental situations.3 hours ago -
Soggy KAUST
Crossroads Arabia —
Authority: 539
I find it interesting how this Arab News piece, highlighting the flooding problems at KAUST, reference only foreign bloggers talking about their experiences. I guess there were no Saudi bloggers at the university writing it up! In any event, construction of the university student housing seems to have been ‘less ...13 hours ago -
King Orders Investigation into Jeddah Floods
Crossroads Arabia —
Authority: 539
It is unfortunately the case in Saudi Arabia that those responsible for serious problems frequently escape culpability because of their connections, wasta . Usually it’s family connection, often connections through marriage, but sometimes through tribal origins, business relations, or simple friendship. The lack of ...14 hours ago -
Rain, Rain, Go away. Please come back another day
skineart.com —
Authority: 158
Rain, Rain, Go away. Please come back another day - Ink in a Watercolour Moleskine Lots of heavy rain has caused much damage, particularly in the Lake District of England and the South West of Scotland. Thank goodness flood levels are subsiding - just in time for the first hard frosts. Our village, here on the ...14 hours ago -
Sallins Flooding
James Lawless - View from the Tracks —
Authority: 100
About this time last year I was concerned about flooding in Johnstown. Now it’s hit even closer to home. The Waterways estate, which I know well as a local development, and home to some good friends is now submerged. Council response was slow at best, inadequate at worst and a group of us got together yesterday ...1 day ago -
Rain has formed the Lake District
Daily Telegraph | Telegraph.co.uk —
Authority: 970
Deluges in the Lake District created the landscape, says Steve Jones1 day ago -
Rain has formed the Lake District
Daily Telegraph | Telegraph.co.uk —
Authority: 970
Deluges in the Lake District created the landscape, says Steve Jones1 day ago -
Gordon Brown the eco-warrior might swing the green vote his way
Daily Telegraph | Telegraph.co.uk —
Authority: 970
The Copenhagen summit is not only important for the planet - it could also shape politics at home, says Mary Riddell.1 day ago -
Love is Strong as Death
Jesus Lives! —
Authority: 148
Song of Solomon 8:5-7 5 Who is this that cometh up from the wilderness, leaning upon her beloved? I raised thee up under the apple tree: there thy mother brought thee forth: there she brought thee forth that bare thee. 6 Set me as a seal upon thine heart, as a seal upon thine arm: for love is strong as death; ...1 day ago -
Love is Strong as Death
Command the Raven —
Authority: 149
Song of Solomon 8:5-7 [show/hide]Song of Solomon 8:5-7 [5]Who is that coming up from the wilderness, leaning on her beloved? Under the apple tree I awakened you. There your mother was in labor with you; there she who bore you was in labor. [6]Set me [...]1 day ago -
Money no constraint for rescue, rehab works, says Chidambaram
Thaindian News —
Authority: 729
New Delhi, Nov 30 (IANS) The central government Monday assured the states hit by natural calamities that money was not a constraint for carrying out rescue and rehabilitation works as the country’s economy is strong.International lending institutions will help India carry out the rescue and rehabilitation as the ...1 day ago -
Keeping Jeddah Dry
Crossroads Arabia —
Authority: 539
More tough questioning of Jeddah city officials about the causes of the disastrous flooding. The Deputy Mayor, Ibrahim Kutubkhanah, says that officials were aware of the hazards in rogue developments in different parts of the city, primarily the east and south, and had been warning about them. They have also been ...1 day ago -
Climate change may kill 400,000 children every year
Thaindian News —
Authority: 729
London, November 30 (ANI): In a new report, a leading charity has warned that climate change could kill more than 400,000 children every year in the future because of floods and droughts.According to the Telegraph, the effects of climate change on children was compiled in a special report by a charity known as ‘Save ...1 day ago -
Who Is Responsible for Jeddah’s Floods?
Crossroads Arabia —
Authority: 539
Not surprisingly, there’s a quantum of anger at the Jeddah Municipality—rationalized in the person of the Mayor—over the flooding, deaths , and destruction of last week’s disaster. Saudi Gazette/Okaz offers a startlingly harsh (for Saudi media) interview with the Mayor, Adil Faqih. It doesn’t let him ...2 days ago -
Floods, The Comfort of Things and the Poet John Lyons Cooking
We liked it but not quite enough —
Authority: 104
A wet Sunday but nothing like Cumbria where people must view the rain, any rain now, as an enemy, a taker of homes, possessions, livelihood, lives. Our local river still remains within its banks but the floodplains near the town look sodden as if just another jugful of rain will tip them over the edge into fen mere ...2 days ago -
Sparkles
Lives By The Woods —
Authority: 119
Remember I told you about the glorious prize Mr Withay and I were awarded? For our sterling efforts to introduce vegetable-based art to a wider audience? Yeah you do. Anyway, here it is. I ought to have provided a small red velvet cushion for it to rest on, and a series of artful, moody, backlit pictures by ...2 days ago -
Saudi flood victim toll increases
Muslims Against Sharia —
Authority: 611
Saudi emergency services have said the toll from floods that tore through the port city of Jeddah this week has risen to 106. Torrents of water inundated the Red Sea port on Wednesday after Saudi Arabia saw some of the heaviest rainfall in years. Some 1,400 residents had to be rescued. Many of the victims ...2 days ago -
Depravity, Decadence & Punishment
Indonesia Matters News Feed —
Authority: 482
Punishment for sin, a minister blames disasters on depravity & corruption of Indonesians. Minister for Communications & Information Tifatul Sembiring speaking in Padang, West Sumatra on 27th November to the victims of the recent earthquake in the province which killed 1,000 odd people said that all the ...2 days ago -
Flood victims warned of long road to recovery
Daily Telegraph | Telegraph.co.uk —
Authority: 970
Victims of the 2007 floods are still waiting for repairs to their homes to be completed, signalling a long road to recovery for those caught up in recent devastation in Cumbria.3 days ago -
The Jeddah Floods
Crossroads Arabia —
Authority: 539
The death toll resulting from the floods that wracked Jeddah earlier this week continues to rise. Reuters runs this report, also noting that there are still missing persons and that dozens more are expected to be among the dead. Saudi floods death toll rises to 98 JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia (Reuters) – The death toll ...3 days ago

