Sunday, October 8, 2017
TROPICAL STORM NATE HITS US GULF COAST
After leaving destruction in Central America, tropical storm Nate quickly moving from the US Gulf Coast early Sunday. Nate made landfall twice as a powerful hurricane with widespread flooding and power outages. Nate is the third hurricane to hit the region in less than two months during this hurricane season.
There are more than 100,000 people affected and without electric power. Officials urged residents to evacuate areas vulnerable before the storm first made landfall on the southeastern tip of Louisiana on Saturday evening. Nate later hit along the Mississippi coast.
The storm had winds of 70 miles per hour according to the National Hurricane Center. In addition, the combination of a dangerous storm surge and the tide will cause normally dry areas near the coast to be flooded by rising waters moving inland from the shoreline. Read More>>
Sunday, September 24, 2017
EARTHQUAKE HITS MEXICO ANEW
A 6.1 magnitude earthquak shook southern Mexico on Saturday morning,while a country still coming to cope with the devastation from a stronger quakes this month. It is in Oaxaca state a town about 275 miles southeast of Mexico City. The epicenter was between the centers of the two more devastating earthquakes namely the 7.1 magnitude that hit Tuesday and the 8.1 magnitude quake that struck September 8 near Chiapas state.
Some highways and a bridge that had been damaged during the September 8 earthquake collapsed in Oaxaca state. Mexico City Authorities warned siren\in Mexico City after the morning quake was detected. It interrupted rescue operations at some of the dozens of buildings that collapsed.
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A 6.1 magnitude quake can produce damage to poorly built structures and and better-constructed buildings. The previous major quakes killed hundreds of people, destroyed buildings into debris in some parts of Mexico. Read more>>
Saturday, September 23, 2017
TRUMP'S NBA AND NFL CRITICISM
Trump condemned football players who refuse to stand by sitting or protest in some other way during the singing of the national anthem. He and called the attention of the the NFL owners for not coming down harder to their disrespect of the flag.
He said "Wouldn't you love to see one of these NFL owners, when somebody disrespects our flag, to say, 'Get that son of a bitch off the field right now. He is fired. He's fired!" "Total disrespect of our heritage, a total disrespect of everything that we stand for. Everything that we stand for."
Meanwhile, NBA superstar Steph Curry for expressed uncertain about whether or not to attend the White House visit celebration as a tradition for champions in professional sports. Then Trump tweeted "Going to the White House is considered a great honor for a championship team.Stephen Curry is hesitating,therefore invitation is withdrawn!" But Lebron James tweeted "U bum @StephenCurry30 already said he ain't going! So therefore ain't no invite. Going to White House was a great honor until you showed up!" Read more>>
FILIPINO NONITO DONAIRE JR. FIGHTS RUBEN GARCIA HERNANDEZ OF MEXICO
The "Filipino Flash" Nonito Donaire, Jr. will come back in the ring this September 23, 2017 for a featherweight bout against Ruben Garcia Hernandez of Mexico. He need to step up his performance to guarantee his return to world-title contention. The last time Donaire fought was last November and lost to Jessie Magdaleno his world junior-featherweight title via decision.Currently Donaire has a record of 37-4, 24 KO
Ruben Garcia Hernandez, who has a record of 22-2-1, 9 KO whose noteworthy career achievement is that he fights a lot.
The bout is schedule for 10 rounds in San Antonio. Read more>>
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