It's like watching an old friend die. The Albertson's grocery store I've shopped at for 30 years is going out of business, having been bought by chain-grocery Publix. A month from now, it will reopen with all new staff and a different mix of products. ...more

August 20, 2008

A tropical disturbance zipping across the Caribbean Sea is becoming more disheveled and less likely to grow into anything more significant. ...more

July 17, 2008

When tropical weather threatens, agencies from the local to federal levels watch the systems and try to gauge their strength. When a hurricane is approaching land, the National Hurricane Center will begin issuing watches and warnings. Here's how to decipher those: ...more

May 29, 2008

Emergency officials use the Saffir-Simpson scale to decide which areas to evacuate. It ranks hurricanes from Category 1 (minimal) to Category 5 (catastrophic). ...more

May 23, 2008

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December 14, 2007

Herbert Saffir, an engineer who created the five-category system used to describe hurricane strength and warn millions of an approaching storm's danger, has died. He was 90. ...more

November 24, 2007