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Hurricane eyes FPSO for Lancaster off Shetlands

Offshore Magazine - Mon Feb 13, 1:36 pm ET

GODALMING, UK – Hurricane Resources believes its Lancaster discovery west of the Shetland Islands could contain 200 MMbbl of recoverable oil.

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Hurricane eyes FPSO for Lancaster off Shetlands
Offshore Magazine - Mon Feb 13, 1:36 pm ET
GODALMING, UK – Hurricane Resources believes its Lancaster discovery west of the Shetland Islands could contain 200 MMbbl of recoverable oil.
Hurricane sex offender ordinance to be revised
WOWK-TV West Virginia - Mon Feb 13, 8:32 am ET
A new ordinance in Hurricane that makes a long list of places off limits to registered sex offenders is headed for a revision, according to city officials.
Climate and the Rising Threat of Hurricane Floods
Forbes - Mon Feb 13, 10:44 pm ET
One of the more obvious fallacies of modern life is that the future will be like the past. As if various cultural, economic and technological changes weren?t disproving that every day. But it?s even harder to accept that??the planet earth itself is changing quite rapidly due to warming temperatures, and with that our surroundings. More ...
At least 1 dead after storm hits Nigerian city
Associated Press via Yahoo! News - Mon Feb 13, 10:37 am ET
Hurricane-strength winds and rain tore through the islands of Nigeria's commercial capital on Monday, killing at least one person and downing trees across major roadways.
Ex-cop's retrial in Katrina case set for May
WWL-TV, Channel 4 New Orleans - 1 hour 44 minutes ago
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The retrial of a retired police sergeant charged with helping cover up deadly shootings on a New Orleans bridge after Hurricane Katrina is scheduled to start May 29. Gerard Dugue's trial was cut short last month when U.S. District Judge Kurt Engelhardt declared a mistrial. Engelhardt, who set the new trial date on Monday, had ruled that Justice Department prosecutor Bobbi ...
Community center draws Hurricane residents downtown
The Spectrum - Mon Feb 13, 7:03 am ET
HURRICANE - While stepping into the Hurricane Community Center, many people are hit with a little nostalgia - the long halls and small rooms make the building's past life as an elementary school obvious.
Local volunteers offer hurricane relief
North Platte Telegraph - 1 hour 50 minutes ago
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N.O. schools tasked to homegrown educator
FOX 8 New Orleans - Mon Feb 13, 11:57 am ET
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Hurricane Katrina cleared the way for changes in New Orleans public schools that were widely heralded nationwide as innovative but often painful locally - including the firing of thousands of teachers and school workers, the takeover of most schools by state government and the proliferation of independently run charter schools. It made for hard feelings. Some saw the takeover ...
Vt. agency says Irene had lessons for new climate
Associated Press via Yahoo! News - Mon Feb 13, 4:40 pm ET
Vermont needs to pay more attention to its rivers and may need to rethink development along their banks, the state's environmental agency said Monday in a report on lessons from the widespread flooding triggered by Tropical Storm Irene.
Snake-shaped water slide to open at Six Flags
Asbury Park Press - Mon Feb 13, 5:06 pm ET
JACKSON — Six Flags Hurricane Harbor will add a serpentine-shaped water slide to its collection of attractions this summer, park officials announced today. "King Cobra" will be a five-story-high, 256-foot-long water slide, with tubers racing down two coiled, covered shoots and open slides before splashing into the hood of the cobra's neck. Each tuber will then veer upward from the leftover ...