SPORTS
By Jack McCarthy | February 25, 2007
HOFFMAN ESTATES, Ill. -- After struggling earlier this season away from home, the Blast has suddenly transformed into a team of road warriors. With yesterday's 12-4 Major Indoor Soccer League victory over the Chicago Storm, the Blast has won three straight away from 1st Mariner Arena. KiXX@Blast Friday, 7:30 p.m., 680 AM
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By Mark Dupuy | May 30, 2007
PORT CHARLOTTE, Fla. -- Already the hurricane hysteria industry is in full force, not even waiting for the official start of the season. The story is that we're in for a busy season this year. Yeah, right. I moved to Punta Gorda just in time for Hurricane Charley in August 2004. My family was watching it on The Weather Channel when it changed its mind. Originally, it was a benign Category 2 storm headed to Tampa. Then it was headed to Fort Myers. Then it turned right at my house and quickly upgraded to a Category 4. We got maybe 30 minutes' notice.
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By FRANK ROYLANCE | December 9, 2007
T.J. Hamilton, 75, of Baltimore asks, "When was the worst ice storm in Baltimore's history. ... I would like to know this before I die." I'll hurry, but there's no objective way to compare. My nomination goes to a relentless series of storms in January and February 1994. The worst was Feb. 10-11. Freezing rain and sleet left 1 to 3 inches of ice. North Central Maryland added 4 to 7 inches of sleet. Trees, power lines, gutters and pedestrians fell. Damage was put at $100 million. Readers?
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December 5, 1999
1958: J. Millard Tawes is elected governor1962: March storm smashes Ocean City1962: Sit-in demonstrators are arrested
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BY A SUN STAFF WRITER | June 15, 1999
Driven by strong winds, a brief storm struck the Baltimore metropolitan area around dinner time yesterday and left more than 18,000 homes and businesses without power, several downed trees and malfunctioning traffic signals, said a Baltimore Gas and Electric Co. spokesman.Service was expected to be restored by rush hour today, said BGE spokesman Karl Neddenien.On the average, .18 inches of rain fell during the storm, doing little to reverse a long dry spell, said a spokesman for the National Weather Service in Sterling, Va. Wind gusts between 30 and 40 mph were reported during the storm.
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By Devon Spurgeon | January 4, 1999
Baltimore was poised for battle. An army of salt trucks stood ready to cruise the city's streets. Hot coffee brewed in police stations. Residents stockpiled bread, milk and toilet paper.It was supposed to be a colossal mess, but the much-hyped ice storm ended up as a long night of rain.As freezing rain coated streets with sheets of ice Saturday night, Marylanders went to bed with full refrigerators and piles of rented movies, prepared to be trapped at home. But they awoke yesterday to the sweet sound of traffic running smoothly.
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By LOS ANGELES TIMES | May 9, 1999
DEL CITY, Okla. -- President Clinton brought personal solace and the promise of federal financial aid yesterday to tornado survivors in Oklahoma, where devastating twisters killed 41 people and caused more than $600 million in property losses Monday.On a walking tour of the hard-hit Frolic Meadows neighborhood southwest of Oklahoma City, the president spent 90 minutes embracing residents and offering his sympathy.Tammy Weston, a mother of three whose family "lost it all" when the storm hit, said the president's words of consolation "made us feel better, actually."
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By Laura Sullivan | July 22, 1998
An article in yesterday's Maryland section incorrectly reported the amount of power used in the Baltimore region on Tuesday. Baltimore Gas and Electric Co. said the usage was 6,016 megawatts, a summer record but lower than the all-time high.The Sun regrets the error.A fast-moving storm whipped through portions of Maryland yesterday evening, cutting power to more than 95,000 people in Montgomery and southern Prince George's counties.The heavy winds from the largely dry storm also left 9,800 without power in southern Anne Arundel and northern Prince George's counties, Baltimore Gas and Electric Co. officials said.
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By Chris Guy and Frank D. Roylance | August 26, 1998
OCEAN CITY -- Emergency management officials say Maryland's resort city should receive only a glancing blow from Hurricane Bonnie, as the first major storm of the season apparently will spare both property owners and beach-goers.Forecasters from the National Weather Service say the storm will arrive tonight, pass within 150 miles of the coast early tomorrow morning and bring sustained winds of 50 mph and higher gusts.Heavy rains and wind could bring flooding in some low-lying areas and some property damage is likely, officials say. But more than 200,000 visitors will be allowed to finish their late-summer vacations.
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By NEW YORK TIMES NEWS SERVICE | April 11, 1998
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. -- For as long as even the very oldest can remember, the wail of warning sirens atop courthouses, little police stations, and volunteer fire departments has pierced the calm of the drowsy Alabama communities of Rock Creek, Oak Grove, and Sylvan Springs.It chases the people deep into their basements and down on their knees, till the skies clear and they walk outside to see who was spared, who was not.Always, their prayers seemed to nudge the full force of the wind away, so that while a few lives have always been lost, a few houses destroyed, the communities have survived.