Hurricane Irene New Jersey: One Million Evacuated, Atlantic City in Danger

New Jersey governor Chris Christie announced one million people have been evacuated ahead of Hurricane Irene, but still worried about residents staying behind -- specifically in Atlantic City. In a Saturday press conference, Christie said that one million New Jersey residents have evacuated their homes, including 90 percent of Cape May Co., but remains worried about stubborn residents refusing to leave their homes. Christie noted that some Atlantic City residents, predominantly senior citizens, have refused to heed Christie's warnings to leave the area. The governor plans to deploy state police and OEM officials to try to get the citizens to...

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Hurricane Irene: Do not underestimate Category 1 storm, FEMA warns

Federal officials are warning residents in Irene's path not to underestimate the storm after it was downgraded to a Category 1 hurricane as it made landfall Saturday morning. "If you’re in a hurricane, you're in a hurricane," Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said in a Saturday morning briefing at FEMA headquarters. "We anticipate heavy rain, potential flooding and significant power outages throughout the area of the storm, which means all up and down the Eastern Seaboard." As Irene pounded the North Carolina coast with hurricane-force winds of about 85 miles per hour, FEMA Administrator Craig Fugate warned that the large, slow-moving...

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Subway Closes in New York as Hurricane Nears

New York became a city without one of its trademarks — the nation’s largest subway system — on Saturday as Hurricane Irene charged northward and the city prepared to face powerhouse winds that could drive a wall of water over the beaches in the Rockaways and between the skyscrapers in Lower Manhattan. The city worked to complete its evacuation of about 370,000 residents in low-lying areas where officials expected flooding to follow the storm, and the transportation system — the subways, along with buses and commuter rail lines — shut down at noon. Police officers sounded the warning, strolling along subway platforms and telling people the next...

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Steve Jobs' resignation 'end of an era'

Steve Jobs' resignation Wednesday as the CEO of Apple will not disrupt the company's product plans in the short-term, but could dull its ability to dazzle consumers down the road, according to one analyst. "Apple is fine, and will be," said Ezra Gottheil, an analyst with Technology Business Research. "Apple knows what it's doing for the next big thing, maybe the next two next big things. They lose the showmanship of Jobs, but [the company's executives] have their marching orders." Shortly after Jobs submitted his resignation, the Apple board of directors took his advice and named Tim Cook, formerly the chief operating officer, as the new...

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East Coast Earhquake (8 23 2011) Magnitude 5.9 - VIRGINIA

Earthquake Details This event has been reviewed by a seismologist. Magnitude 5.9 Date-Time Tuesday, August 23, 2011 at 17:51:03 UTC Tuesday, August 23, 2011 at 01:51:03 PM at epicenter Location 37.975°N, 77.969°W Depth 1 km (~0.6 mile) (poorly constrained) Region VIRGINIA Distances 45 km (27 miles) E of Charlottesville, Virginia 55 km (34 miles) SW of Fredericksburg, Virginia 64 km (39 miles) NW of RICHMOND, Virginia 82 km (50 miles) NNE of Farmville, Virginia Location Uncertainty horizontal +/- 10.9 km (6.8 miles); depth +/- 7.4 km (4.6 miles) Parameters NST=390, Nph=390, Dmin=57.9 km, Rmss=1.17 sec, Gp= 47°, M-type=regional...

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