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Hurricane Rita

Reuters | 3 days ago

Judge sets aside $100 mln verdict in BP Texas case

...they were exposed to the chemicals while repairing two refining units damaged in a plantwide 2005 shutdown prior to Hurricane Rita's strike on the Texas Coast. They said BP had a poorly...

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Fox News | 1 week ago

Chicago Doc in Haiti: Men, Women Differ

...come in on our makeshift landing pad in the parking lot of Walter Hermann Memorial Hospital in Texas after Hurricane Rita. We were tired and there were no choppers in sight. So we slept...

"In the wake of Hurricane Rita and Hurricane Katrina, we realized that we didn't have the infrastructure," said the bill's author, Sen. Preston Smith (R-Rome). "A doctor would have to be licensed in a state, and if you practice without a license, it is a crime. "

Bill would clarify how Georgia gets outside emergency aid Atlanta Journal-Constitution | 1 month ago

Beaumont Enterprise | 1 week ago

Orange panel, builders discuss house designs

...of Orange's Historic Preservation Commission wants the house, slated to be built with government money as Hurricane Rita recovery, to have an old-fashioned exterior design. The...

CBS | 1 week ago

Woman charged in Rita relief fraud

A San Antonio woman has been charged with defrauding Hurricane Rita relief programs and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development out of $71,526. Piquela Anjelle Stelly made...

The Dallas Morning News | 1 week ago

Women's basketball: UNT guard has shined during tough times

...being recruited by several Division I schools when her family was forced to evacuate its home in advance of Hurricane Rita. James had just made an official visit to UNT and made the best...

Houston Chronicle | 2 weeks ago

UT's Thomas offers NFL teams help at any DB position

...Texas. Thomas left the Longhorns two years early because his family needs his help. They lost their home in Hurricane Rita, and his parents have been forced to reside with his...

Houston Chronicle | 2 weeks ago

Tompkins: Lake Livingston boosted by black bass

...said guide Mike Jeffcoat. "The lake's chock-full of 5-pounders. And I think it all goes back to Hurricane Rita. " The 2005 hurricane that churned through much of East Texas...

Miami Herald | 3 weeks ago

Key Largo underwater research lab director to retire

...taking,'' Cooper said. That was easy to solve compared to the damage caused by the 30-foot seas of Hurricane Rita in 2005 that moved Aquarius six feet, and partially flooded the...

BlogHer | 3 weeks ago

The Sky (Oh, Wait, It's Just The Ceiling) Is Falling!

...to put the 'acoustical finish'- aka popcorn- on the ceiling. He said he was a refugee from New Orleans and Hurricane Rita. We heard that a lot around here. The people of my small Gulf...

Hot Air | 1 month ago

Did the IPCC fudge the hurricane data, too?

...more thorough in recent years, there's no way to compare recent storms to old ones. For example, I think Hurricane Rita went up to a category 5 in the middle of the night about a...

Beaumont Enterprise | 1 month ago

Hutchison campaigns in Beaumont

...Texas values." During her Senate tenure, she helped Texas win 100-percent reimbursement from FEMA for Hurricane Rita cleanup when the federal agency wasn't going to provide the same...

Columbia Daily Tribune | 1 month ago

Moye quits MU football team

...stars of MU's recruiting class. In 2005, he transferred to Diboll High School from Jasper, Texas, after Hurricane Rita leveled parts of East Texas. At MU, he began his college career at...