Natural Disasters

Fill a Bowl, Feed the Children

Here's How Climate Change Will Flood South Florida: A Foot-by-Foot Visual Analysis

Scientists all over the world are warning about rising sea levels -- a problem that could cost Broward billions down the line. ​Last week, we looked out how a sheet of ice covering most of Greenland could threaten Broward and Miami in the distant future if it melts. The gist is that a jump in ... More >>

Rina Expected to Come to Fort Lauderdale With a 50 Percent Chance of Rain, Some Wind

wunderground.comFive-day forecast of Rina's path.​What's currently "Hurricane" Rina is expected to be some wind and possible rain by the time it would affect Fort Lauderdale, according to multiple weather forecasts.Rina is expected to weaken from a category two hurricane to category one tomorrow, ... More >>

Tropical Storm Emily Is Dead

INational Hurricane CenterEmily was kind of a brat anyway.​Tropical Storm Emily was declared dead by the National Hurricane Center at 5 p.m. yesterday.What was once the cause of alarmist hurricane threats, South Florida's weekend weather forecast is now a 50/50 chance of raindrops.The weather prop ... More >>

Tropical Storm Emily Update: Weathermen Aren't Oracles

National Hurricane CenterMaps look scary as hell.​When hurricane season comes around, it seems like weather forecasting is about as effective as homeopathy.The National Weather Service and its subsidiary, the National Hurricane Center, have been putting out updates every few hours over the past co ... More >>

Tornado Spotted in Broward County (Video)

southernhoopty.comNo tigers were involved in the tornado.​A tornado -- yes, a tornado -- touched down in Broward County yesterday evening, according to the National Weather Service.The NWS says the tornado was first spotted on the east side of Tamarac, although it was reportedly seen in North Laud ... More >>

This Guy Is Good

southernhoopty.comNo tigers were involved in the tornado.​A tornado -- yes, a tornado -- touched down in Broward County yesterday evening, according to the National Weather Service.The NWS says the tornado was first spotted on the east side of Tamarac, although it was reportedly seen in North Laud ... More >>

Bernard Mevs, a Tiny Hospital Founded by Floridians, May Be Haiti's Best Hope

southernhoopty.comNo tigers were involved in the tornado.​A tornado -- yes, a tornado -- touched down in Broward County yesterday evening, according to the National Weather Service.The NWS says the tornado was first spotted on the east side of Tamarac, although it was reportedly seen in North Laud ... More >>

Good Food for Good Causes

Woolf Photography​Seems there's never any shortage of disasters on a personal or national scale. Here's two benefits that try to help ease the pain.  At Coco Asian Bistro & Bar in Fort Lauderdale, chef-owner Mike Ponluang is hosting a "Party for a Purpose" on Saturday, June 4, from 11:30 ... More >>

Candlelight Vigil for Japan's Earthquake Victims at Nova Southeastern University Tonight

​Even with all the news coverage of the disaster in Japan, it can be easy to forget about the suffering going on half a world away. We're bogged down in our daily grinds and have to worry about our own severe weather warnings. But students and faculty at Nova Southeastern University have been work ... More >>

Five Suggestions for Your Severe Weather Awareness Week Posters

Flickr: dmguzMake sure to use a cool lightning graphic on your poster.​Florida's Division of Emergency Management and the American Red Cross want you to participate in the 2011 Severe Weather Awareness Week.They want you to make a poster for each day of the awareness week (January 31 to February 4 ... More >>

Video of Tornado, Damage in Boca Raton

In this era of cell phone cameras, a twister doesn't have a chance of scoring a touchdown without being recorded by some brave soul, and the one that hit Boca Raton Saturday was no exception. There's actually several videos of this mini-cyclone, but I found the one recorded by folks who were close e ... More >>

Tropical Storm Bonnie Update From Idiot Who Decided to Drive South

by Lisa RabThe soggy scene at W. Hillsboro Boulevard and S. Dixie Highway in Deerfield Beach.​Brilliant idea to drive south from Lake Worth to Fort Lauderdale, straight into the path of the season's first real tropical storm. But hey, I had a haircut appointment that couldn't be missed.Things star ... More >>

A Recipe for Hurricane Season: Latin Macho Burger

Dori ZinnThe " latin macho" burger from Latin Burger and Taco​Besides Mother Nature's damage, the only other thing hurricane season brings is a massive barbecue. After last week's announcement from the National Hurricane Center that this year's season will be "extremely active," veteran hurrican ... More >>

VIDEO: This Footage From Post-Earthquake Haiti May Keep Two UF Film Students From Graduating

This is a short clip from a documentary by two University of Florida film students. The students, Roman Safiullin from Fort Lauderdale and Jon Bougher from New Hampshire, were in Haiti in January when the big earthquake hit. Despite a university travel ban, the students went back to Haiti several d ... More >>

Amos Lee Smoothes Out the Culture Room Crowd

This is a short clip from a documentary by two University of Florida film students. The students, Roman Safiullin from Fort Lauderdale and Jon Bougher from New Hampshire, were in Haiti in January when the big earthquake hit. Despite a university travel ban, the students went back to Haiti several d ... More >>

In Broward and Palm Beach Hospitals, 266 Patients Treated for Injuries from Haiti Quake

Flickr: IFRC​After the earthquake struck Haiti, there wasn't time to decide exactly what role South Florida hospitals would play in treating victims. Nor was there time to figure out how those facilities would be paid in instances where the victims were Haitian citizens. But three weeks after the ... More >>

UPDATED: Haiti Earthquake Jolts Local Charity

A scene from LW's "Women helping women" program​Jon Pace, a boardmember of local charity  Living Water Ministries of the Palm Beaches told us by phone this morning that Executive Director Pastor Etienne Jacklin's house in the Bon-Repos area north of Port au Prince was destroyed, and his wife' ... More >>

A Bridge Life Follows Josh Grossberg as He Tries to Rescue Hurricane Katrina Victims

A scene from LW's "Women helping women" program​Jon Pace, a boardmember of local charity  Living Water Ministries of the Palm Beaches told us by phone this morning that Executive Director Pastor Etienne Jacklin's house in the Bon-Repos area north of Port au Prince was destroyed, and his wife' ... More >>

The Daily Mouthful: On Foie Gras

"I tell you it will be more tolerable for the Fejee that salted down a lean missionary in his cellar against a coming famine; it will be more tolerable for that provident Fejee, I say, in the day of judgment, than for thee, civilized and enlightened gourmand, who nailest geese to the ground and feas ... More >>

Dirty Dozen Brass Band

"I tell you it will be more tolerable for the Fejee that salted down a lean missionary in his cellar against a coming famine; it will be more tolerable for that provident Fejee, I say, in the day of judgment, than for thee, civilized and enlightened gourmand, who nailest geese to the ground and feas ... More >>

Baptism By Disaster

"I tell you it will be more tolerable for the Fejee that salted down a lean missionary in his cellar against a coming famine; it will be more tolerable for that provident Fejee, I say, in the day of judgment, than for thee, civilized and enlightened gourmand, who nailest geese to the ground and feas ... More >>

Windy Warm-Up

Don't sweat it. A hurricane is just an excuse for a party.

Here I Am: Rock Me Like a Hurricane

Don't sweat it. A hurricane is just an excuse for a party.

Dirty Dozen Brass Band

Don't sweat it. A hurricane is just an excuse for a party.

They’ll Never Be Big In Burma

Don't sweat it. A hurricane is just an excuse for a party.

Former NTer In China's Earthquake Zone

Don't sweat it. A hurricane is just an excuse for a party.

Martin Merzer Among Miami Herald Buyouts

Don't sweat it. A hurricane is just an excuse for a party.

Terence Blanchard

Don't sweat it. A hurricane is just an excuse for a party.

The Dirty Dozen

The kings of New Orleans brass are still going strong

Wet Dreams

It´s wedding month -- let´s get blown

Weird and Wonderful

It´s wedding month -- let´s get blown

A True Horror Classic

It´s wedding month -- let´s get blown

And the Sea Took Us

It´s wedding month -- let´s get blown

Sentinel Snake Oil

It´s wedding month -- let´s get blown

Help Team Bores Us To Tears (Or Is It Our Contacts?)

It´s wedding month -- let´s get blown

The Deep End

Let It Blow

Mogwai

Mr. Beast (Matador)

Heating Up

The Radiators

Sweet Relief

The MusiCares Hurricane Relief Benefit

Rock 'n' Relief

Benefit Events

New Times' Hurricane Guide

Read it before it's too late

Events for June 5-11, 2003

Read it before it's too late

Best Mile of Broward/Palm Beach

State Road A1A

Undercurrents

So-called experts

You Call This Emergency Planning?

Thanks to the Red Cross, more than 130,000 Hollywood residents are without a primary hurricane shelter