And the costliest hurricane which was, of course, Hurricane Katrina in 2005 which took nearly 1900 lives. And i would, of course, be shamed in the presence of Cynthia Barnett if i didnt Say Something about rain on the gulf. Does anybody know what city is besides cynthia . [laughter] whats the rainiest city on the gulf, does anybody know . Take a stab. Its in the northern gulf, its a u. S. City. Mobile, yes. What did you say, willa . Mobile. You did . [laughter] did you really . Thats my daughter. Shes not telling the truth. [laughter] all right, smarty pants, how many inches a year does it get . [laughter] 63 inches. And the impact of storms on the gulf mainland would be much greater if not for Barrier Islands that circle the gulf of mexico. The longest Barrier Island in the world, padre island, at 113 miles is in texas. And tobasco sauce was invented on a louisiana island, avery island. And florida actually has an island that is distinguished for having the greatest population density
Some of the best nonfiction writingallows us to see something we thought we knew wellin an entirely new way. This has been the power of my friend, jack davis career, as an environmental, historian who examines the past not through the side glasses of sailors but through the curve of the land, the running of the tide and the rush of the wind and rain. This is also the power of jacks new book were here to celebrate, the gulf the making of an american city. The clear light of nature, tells a truer story, than the cloudy minds of men. Nature decorates in his introduction has been and i quote participants at the sis and catalyst. The riches that made nations wealthy and powerful and overreached their armies fought, it was the wildness our ancestors insisted on taming, discourage that left them despairing and the blessing that kept them alive. Introducing jack in the golf is a challenge as his praise for this book is deep. I thrown all of that out, instead, since he plans to talk about some
Chaos in a florida shopping mall. After people . Think they hear gunshots, and start running for their lives. It wasnt a shooter, fortunately. But several people still got hurt in the panic. All of the chaos was captured on shoppers running through the halls of the florida mall in orlando. The loud pops were followed by an alarm. It turns out it was just popping balloons. And it was part of an inspection. Done ahead of the grand opening of joey fatones new restaurant fat ones. But not several people suffered minor injuries during the chaos. Officials say an announcement was made over the pa warning of the test. But some say the whole thing shouldve been handled differently. The state of florida wont be getting any emergency funds. To help deal with a growing algae outbreak. Fema just rejected governor scotts request for a federa actually the . Second time theyre rejected it. So the state cannot appeal it anymore. The governor started asking for the money in july, when the bloom started
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A 66-year-old man in the United States has been arrested for allegedly decapitating a pet dog that he had adopted from an animal shelter just one day earlier.