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On September 13, 2008, Hurricane Ike made landfall in the United States, directly striking Galveston, Texas with winds in excess of 110 MPH. Ike had previously made landfall in Turks and Caicos Islands, Hispaniola, and Cuba.
In the days and weeks after the hurricane, movement to restore things to back to normal was slow due to the severe impact the storm had on the state of Texas and neighboring areas. Estimates are still being made on how much financial impact Hurricane Ike will ultimately have on the United States.
The aftermath of the powerful storm was widely chronicled in the blogosphere.
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Latest blogosphere posts tagged “hurricane ike”
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Quilt for a Worthy Cause
Patchwork Times by Judy Laquidara —
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I’ve blogged about it before but Bingo-Bonnie has a post on her blog now about the quilt being used to raise funds to help the Bridge City, TX library, which was heavily damaged by Hurricane Ike. Check it out and if you’re so inclined, Bonnie has the info on how you can get your chance [...]1 day ago -
GreenEnergyForEarth.com - Solar & Wind Power Products —
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Dec 16, 2009 - Cleantech Forum San Francisco, on February 24-26th , 2010 at The Palace Hotel will help define the maturing cleantech market. The Forum is themed “Taking Cleantech to Scale” to focus on corporate integration of cleantech into growth strategies, new financing for innovation and infrastructure and ...2 days ago -
TODAYS THE DAY: THE BLOGS LAST POSTING
UT: THE EYES OF TFA ARE UPON YOU! —
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As the old saw goes, "All good things must come to an end," and today marks the end of the blog. In the three and a half years that the blog has been publishing, I believe much good has been done, and there are many things that the Blogmeister is proud of. Perhaps the most important contribution this blog made to ...3 days ago -
Blow back, blow out and a lot of hot air around state-funded insurance plans
slabbed —
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Since state-funded insurance plans are a big money maker for the insurance industry and a deep money pit for the states, it will be interesting to see how this trouble in paradise plays out. Louisiana Citizens Property Insurance Corp., the state’s insurer of last resort, should be abolished, the Commission on ...4 days ago -
BIG LEGAL ACTION AGAINST UTMB AND UT IN THE OFFING
UT: THE EYES OF TFA ARE UPON YOU! —
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Image by vaXzine via Flickr The Blogmeister has now heard rumblings from several reliable sources that something big is brewing in the legal world in response to the faculty RIF. While TFA is not behind this initiative, I wish Godspeed and good luck to the victims of what can only be described as a patently ...5 days ago -
UTMB ADMINISTRATOR RAISES--AND THEY DID GET RAISES
UT: THE EYES OF TFA ARE UPON YOU! —
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The Blogmeister just received this report, linked below, from UTMB in response to a Texas Public Information Act request. (Ive also linked the FY09 report for those who care to compare.) Most notably, the new Executive Vice President and CEO of the UTMB Health System, Donna Sollenberger, is missing from the ...1 week ago -
UTMB ADMINISTRATOR RAISES--AND THEY DID GET RAISES
UT: THE EYES OF TFA ARE UPON YOU! —
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The Blogmeister just received this report, linked below, from UTMB in response to a Texas Public Information Act request. (Ive also linked the FY09 report for those who care to compare.) Most notably, the new Executive Vice President and CEO of the UTMB Health System, Donna Sollenberger, is missing from the ...1 week ago -
Bye bye, hurricane season
Off the Kuff —
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More like this next year would be nice. The Atlantic hurricane season ended Monday with barely a whimper: Not a single hurricane came ashore in the United States. Since June, when the season began, just nine named storms developed. Only three of them became hurricanes, and those stayed out at sea or weakened ...1 week ago -
Tough Season May Force Texas Oystermen to Fold
NYT > Theater —
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Oystermen at work on Galveston Bay off San Leon, Tex. Catches in the bay since Hurricane Ike hit in 2008 are much lower than in previous years.2 weeks ago -
Galveston’s Balinese Room Washed Away By Hurricane Ike
Texas Liberal —
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Below you see a marker where the Balinese Room once was on Galveston’s Seawall. The Balinese Room was once a swinging spot. The marker says the location of the Balinese Room was placed on the National Register of Historic Places by the U.S. Interior Department. While this may well indeed be the case, it is ...2 weeks ago -
UTMB VP BEN RAIMER GARNERS TFA "BURNING PANTS AWARD"
UT: THE EYES OF TFA ARE UPON YOU! —
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Over the past three years or so, the Blogmeister has been admittedly stingy when bestowing the prestigious "Burning Pants Award." To earn this distinction, an administrator has had to engage in exceptionally meritorious meretriciousness. Such is the case with UTMB Vice President Ben Raimer and his recent claim to ...3 weeks ago -
Nelson Re cat bond downgraded, may attach on developing losses from Hurricane Ike
www.Artemis.bm —
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Moody’s has downgraded the ratings of one tranche of the Nelson Re Ltd. catastrophe bond transaction and placed two other tranches on review for possible downgrade. The June 2008 cat bond issued on behalf of Glacier Re is a $180m three year deal. The downgrade follows and announcement by Glacier Reinsurance ...3 weeks ago -
10 Tuesday Tips to Survive a Disaster by Gale Laure
Caridad Pineiro Blog —
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We have with us today a wonderful guest blogger, but first I’d like to announce the winners of last week’s contests! The winner of the Michele Hauf Giveaway is Teonda Tollison. The winner of the Mix It Up! Friday Contest is Linda Henderson! Please e-mail your postal addresses to me at cpsromance @ att dot net ...4 weeks ago
