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Nueces County

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POA threatens lawsuit against county Sep 30, 2005
KRIS-TV, ...of feud going on between the politicians of Nueces County and the ... But because of the hurricane, they've moved the ... this is the only county in Texas dealing with ...

Edge Petroleum Announces Property Acquisition Oct 4, 2005
Oil & Gas Journal, ...interests ranging from 44% to 50% in the Chapman Ranch Field in Nueces County, Texas. ... to provide an update about the impact of the recent hurricane activity on ...

Mayor defends order to leave Sep 30, 2005
Corpus Christi Caller Times, Although Texas Department of Transportation officials haven't ... the latest forecasts on the hurricane's whereabouts ... "Corpus Christi is in Nueces County and Nueces ...

Around the Area: 09.29.05 Sep 29, 2005
Corpus Christi Caller Times, Hurricane Rita damaged Padre Balli Park, Bob Hall ... County Parks and Recreation, told Nueces County Commissioners on ... The Art Museum of South Texas will exhibit ...

Hurricane news for specific towns in Texas Sep 24, 2005
Mongabay.com ...the devastating toll that Hurricane Katrina inflicted ... various locations in the Texas - Louisiana border ... Nassau Bay, Newton County, Nueces County, Orange County ...

1 million flee as Rita whirls toward Texas Sep 22, 2005
Dallas Morning News (subscription), The Nueces County evacuation order was extended Wednesday night to ... strained by the thousands of evacuees Texas brought in from Hurricane Katrina's rampage ...

Rita Become Category 5 Hurricane on Path Across Gulf (Update1) Sep 21, 2005
Bloomberg In San Patricio County, which borders Nueces County, where Corpus ... Let's hope that the hurricane does not ... Bush is scheduled to make stops in Texas and Arkansas ...

More than 1 million evacuate as Rita bears down on Texas Sep 21, 2005
Kansas City Star, Nueces County had already issued an order for people on Matagorda Island ... already by the thousands of evacuees Texas brought in from Hurricane Rita's rampage ...

Lodging filled to brim with visitors Sep 23, 2005
Kerrville Daily Times, ...and coming back through South Texas or the ... the coast temporarily this week as Hurricane Rita threatened ... Harris said 26 juveniles from Nueces County came early ...

City, Port A start evacuation Sep 21, 2005
Corpus Christi Caller Times, ...who do not have vehicles to Texas A&M University ... counties with prisoners at the Nueces County Jail removing ... to evacuate all inmates if a hurricane becomes a ...

From Austin to the Gulf, officials say we're ready Sep 21, 2005
Houston Chronicle, ...the hurricane, including weekend flooding and tornadoes in the Central Texas Hill Country. For the first time in 35 years, Corpus Christi and Nueces County ...

Monster in the Gulf Sep 22, 2005
Corpus Christi Caller Times, ...are doing so at your own risk," said Nueces County Judge Terry ... watching Rita grow into a Category 5 hurricane that threatened the Texas coast from ...

Del Rio readies for Rita Sep 22, 2005
Del Rio News Herald, ...the flow of evacuees from the Texas Gulf Coast ... opened Wednesday afternoon for evacuees fleeing Hurricane Rita ... expected to receive 70 more from Nueces County today ...

Galveston begins evacuating ahead of Rita Sep 21, 2005
Denton Record Chronicle (subscription), ...for the city and surrounding Nueces County late Wednesday ... The Texas-based 5th Army was told to get ... a joint military task force for Hurricane Rita, spokeswoman ...

HURRICANE RITA - LATEST NEWS AND UPDATE Sep 22, 2005
KSLA-TV, ...be the strongest hurricane on record ever to hit Texas. ... 29 as a Category 4 hurricane. Galveston, Corpus Christi and surrounding Nueces County, low-lying parts ...

Texans flee hurricane Sep 22, 2005
Columbia Daily Tribune, Forecasters said Rita could be the strongest hurricane on record ever to ... Galveston and Corpus Christi, Texas, surrounding Nueces County, low-lying ...

Island beaches remain closed but ferries and causeway are open Sep 24, 2005
Corpus Christi Caller Times, Nueces County Commissioner Chuck Cazalas, whose precinct includes ... to remain closed until after Hurricane Rita makes ... from Padre Island, the Texas Department of ...

Powerful Rita takes aim at Galveston Sep 22, 2005
Houston Chronicle, ...said Rita could be the strongest hurricane on record to ever hit Texas. ... Galveston, Corpus Christi and surrounding Nueces County, low-lying parts of ...

City shelters welcome newcomers as others leave Sep 23, 2005
San Antonio Express (subscription), Houston, proved valuable because many South Texas evacuees spoke ... being allowed to return to Nueces County yet ... deployment as soon as the hurricane makes landfall ...

Hurricane Rita becomes a 175-mph monster; 1.3 million evacuated Sep 21, 2005
KRIS-TV, Galveston, Corpus Christi and surrounding Nueces County, low-lying parts of ... could be the most intense hurricane on record ever to hit Texas, and easily ...

Houston residents stream inland as Rita closes in Sep 22, 2005
Jamaica Observer, 15 inches (38 centimetres) along the Texas and western ... came ashore August 29 as a Category 4 hurricane. ... Corpus Christi and surrounding Nueces County, low-lying ...

Hurricane Rita Spins Toward Texas Coast Sep 22, 2005
Guardian Unlimited, GALVESTON, Texas (AP) - Hurricane Rita grew into a ... than 1.3 million residents in Texas and Louisiana to ... Corpus Christi and surrounding Nueces County, low-lying ...

Astros, Houston area preparing for Rita Sep 22, 2005
MLB.com ...be the strongest hurricane on record ever to hit Texas. ... 4 and a Category 5 hurricane in the ... Galveston, Corpus Christi and surrounding Nueces County, low-lying ...

Hurricane Rita, a 175-mph monster, spins toward Texas coast Sep 22, 2005
Denton Record Chronicle (subscription), Galveston, Corpus Christi and surrounding Nueces County, low-lying parts ... Rita could be the strongest hurricane on record to ever hit Texas, and easily ...

Downgraded: Hurricane Rita drops to Category 4 Sep 22, 2005
Lawn & Landscape, ...second evacuation in a month, having fled Hurricane Katrina to Texas ... Wednesday for 250,000 people in that Texas coastal city and the rest of Nueces County. ...

Galveston Braces For Hurricane Rita Sep 22, 2005
WTKR Your NewsChannel 3, Hurricane-force winds extend up to 70 miles from the center of ... As Texas Gov. ... Galveston, Corpus Christi and surrounding Nueces County, low-lying parts of Houston ...

Colonias residents fear flooding Sep 23, 2005
Corpus Christi Caller Times, Lopez, spokesman for the South Texas Colonia Initiative ... if the area gets rainfall from the hurricane. ... earlier this year gives Nueces County commissioners the ...

Rita's Winds Decrease To 165 MPH; Path Moves East Sep 22, 2005
Local6.com, ...by the time it reaches Texas early Saturday ... effect on either side of the hurricane watch area ... Galveston, Corpus Christi and surrounding Nueces County, low-lying ...

Texas Gulf Coast evacuates as Rita roars ever closer Sep 22, 2005
Taipei Times, Galveston, Corpus Christi, Nueces County, low-lying parts of Houston and New ... Forecasters said Rita could be the strongest hurricane ever to hit Texas. ...

FEMA Moves In As Rita Continues To Threaten Texas Sep 22, 2005
All Headline News Wednesday for 250,000 people in that Texas coastal city and the rest of Nueces County. ... Galveston and Corpus Christi, the National Hurricane Center still ...

Southwest cotton outlook features mixture of drought, hail and ... Sep 15, 2005
Southwest Farm Press, ...a hit from an early hurricane that hit ... Texas Costal Bend cotton is mostly harvested with ... Harvey Buehring, Nueces County Extension agent, reported 95 percent of ...

Hurricane Rita Spins Toward Texas Coast As Gulf Braces 'for The ... Sep 22, 2005
KOTV, GALVESTON, Texas (AP) Hurricane Rita grew into a ... more than 1.3 million residents in Texas and Louisiana ... Corpus Christi and surrounding Nueces County, low-lying ...

Texans Evacuate As Rita Gains Strength Sep 22, 2005
All Headline News ...thousands, including some who fled Hurricane Katrina last ... out of Galveston and other Texas towns Wednesday. ... for 250,000 people and the rest of Nueces County. ...

Hurricane Rita Down to Category 4 Sep 22, 2005
KSBI 52, Galveston was flattened by a hurricane in 1900. ... evacuation orders Wednesday for 250,000 people in that Texas coastal city and the rest of Nueces County. ...

US prepares for worst as Rita powers towards coast Sep 22, 2005
People's Daily Online, Galveston, Corpus Christi and surrounding Nueces County, low-lying parts of ... said Rita could be the strongest hurricane on record ever to hit Texas. ...

As Category 5 Hurricane Rita advances, more than 1.3 million ... Sep 22, 2005
TODAYonline, Galveston, Corpus Christi, Nueces County, low-lying parts of Houston and ... Forecasters said Rita could be the strongest hurricane on record to hit Texas. ...

Rita Prompts Mass Evacuations Throughout Gulf Coast Sep 22, 2005
All Headline News Galveston, Corpus Christi and surrounding Nueces County, low-lying ... make landfall along the central Texas coast between ... Hurricane-force winds extend up to 70 ...

Area events canceled, postponed due to Hurricane Rita Sep 21, 2005
Corpus Christi Caller Times, The Gulf of Mexico Alliance Texas Coastal Bend community workshop scheduled on ... Jury service scheduled for 8 am Thursday at the Nueces County Courthouse is ...

Katie Wernecke Gains a Victory Sep 12, 2005
Food Consumer, ...focused for the past week on Hurricane Katrina and ... and confidently has brought the Texas social services ... drama unfolded further in a Nueces County courtroom in ...

How to help Sep 4, 2005
Corpus Christi Caller Times, The Texas Education Agency has opened a hot line to ... for the next two weeks to benefit hurricane victims ... 4444 and the Nueces County Tejano Democrats will collect ...

Three cases of how hurricanes changed Gulf Coast Sep 10, 2005
Houston Chronicle, ...powerful hurricanes documented hitting the Texas coast blew ... The Category 4 hurricane had sustained winds of ... the anemometer on the Nueces County Courthouse blew ...

Wildcats defeat Edinburg, headed for district Sep 22, 2005
Nueces County Record Star, Patterson has verbally committed to Texas A&M University. ... The game has been moved to Thursday night as a precaution due to hurricane Rita.





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    A Category 4 hurricane could cause a storm surge of as much as 25 feet in Tampa Bay, according to a University of Central Florida researcher who is looking at the risks Florida cities face from tidal surges and flooding.

    Number of Category 4 and 5 hurricanes has nearly doubled over past 35 years September 16, 2005
    The number of Category 4 and 5 hurricanes worldwide has nearly doubled over the past 35 years, even though the total number of hurricanes has dropped since the 1990s, according to a study by researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology and the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR). The shift occurred as global sea surface temperatures have increased over the same period. The research appears in the September 16 issue of Science.

    Hurricane Katrina to cost Louisiana fisheries $1.1 billion September 13, 2005
    The Louisiana Department and Wildlife and Fisheries' preliminary estimates indicate a potential $1.1 billion loss in retail fisheries revenue over the next year and an additional $150 million loss in oyster revenue in the second year due to Hurricane Katrina damage.

    Hurricane could hit San Diego September 8, 2005
    San Diego has been hit by hurricanes in the past and may be affected by such storms in the future according to data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). While a hurricane in San Diego would likely produce significantly less damage that Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans, it could still exact a high cost to Southern California especially if the region was caught off guard.

    Personal account of hurricane destruction along Mississippi Gulf Coast September 6, 2005
    The following is an eyewitness account of hurricane destruction along the Mississippi Gulf Coast. Included is information on plans to provide pro bono services from out of state lawyers to the storm victims, many of whom will need assistance in dealing with insurance companies, relief bureaucracies, and possibly personal or small business bankruptcies in the aftermath of the storm.

    New Orleans Aquarium, Zoo update Surviving animals from the New Orleans will find new homes according to aquarium spokeswoman Melissa Lee. Despite escaping Hurricane Katrina with little physical damage, the Aquarium of the Americas in New Orleans suffered significant loss of animal life when the facility's emergency generator failed and made conditions unlivable for most its animals.

    Hurricanes getting stronger due to global warming says study August 29, 2005
    Late last month an atmospheric scientist at Massachusetts Institute of Technology released a study in Nature that found hurricanes have grown significantly more powerful and destructive over the past three decades. Kerry Emanuel, the author of the study, warns that since hurricanes depend on warm water to form and build, global climate change might increase the effect of hurricanes still further in coming years.

    Environmental problems worsened Hurricane Katrina's impact August 31, 2005
    The loss of coastal marshlands that buffer New Orleans from flooding and storm surges may have worsened the impact of Hurricane Katrina. In the past, the region's wetlands have served as a natural buffer that slows hurricanes down as they come in from the Gulf of Mexico and helps protect New Orleans from storms. But all this has changed.

    Aerial photos of Hurricane Katrina destruction: NOAA posted online more than 1450 aerial images of the U.S. Gulf Coast areas that were decimated by Hurricane Katrina.




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