Sunday, September 26, 2004
MOTOR RACING Formula One Bad luck hits SchumacherThe world champion consoled himself with the fact that the race was won by his Ferrari teammate Rubens Barrichello.SHANGHAI, REUTERS:
Michael Schumacher cursed his bad luck after finishing a roller-coaster Chinese Grand Prix in a distant 12th place on Sunday.Ferrari team mate Rubens Barrichello took victory as Schumacher, who clinched his seventh world title in Belgium last month, survived a collision, a spin and a puncture in Shanghai.Schumacher was lapped for the first time in more than a year and was even beaten into the first corner by the safety car after starting the inaugural Chinese Grand Prix from the pit lane.“That was a heck of a turbulent race, more than I imagined it would be,'' gasped Schumacher, who has won 12 out of 16 races in a record-breaking season. ''Certainly, it was not my weekend but I have had so many good weekends this year. We have still won the race with Rubens and those are the important factors.'' Schumacher bumped Jaguar's Christian Klien on lap 12 and spun off three laps later. A tyre blow-out 20 laps from the end capped a nightmare day for the German.''I had to pull the car out of the fire a few times,'' he shrugged. ''I thought I was inside Christian and he thought he had his nose in front, which resulted in the collision.''Then I was fighting with (Fernando) Alonso but got too close in the important area of the corner and just spun off. After that I had the tyre failure -- from that moment the race was over.'' Schumacher, who began the race from the pit lane after spinning out in Saturday’s qualifying, expressed amazement at getting stuck behind the safety car at the start.''The safety car was a joke for sure,'' he said. ''He was trying to join in the race. In a way, I'm disappointed not to take a certain number of points. But we came here to China and it's a great moment for us as a team, for Ferrari, to put our name in the book.
Michael Schumacher cursed his bad luck after finishing a roller-coaster Chinese Grand Prix in a distant 12th place on Sunday.Ferrari team mate Rubens Barrichello took victory as Schumacher, who clinched his seventh world title in Belgium last month, survived a collision, a spin and a puncture in Shanghai.Schumacher was lapped for the first time in more than a year and was even beaten into the first corner by the safety car after starting the inaugural Chinese Grand Prix from the pit lane.“That was a heck of a turbulent race, more than I imagined it would be,'' gasped Schumacher, who has won 12 out of 16 races in a record-breaking season. ''Certainly, it was not my weekend but I have had so many good weekends this year. We have still won the race with Rubens and those are the important factors.'' Schumacher bumped Jaguar's Christian Klien on lap 12 and spun off three laps later. A tyre blow-out 20 laps from the end capped a nightmare day for the German.''I had to pull the car out of the fire a few times,'' he shrugged. ''I thought I was inside Christian and he thought he had his nose in front, which resulted in the collision.''Then I was fighting with (Fernando) Alonso but got too close in the important area of the corner and just spun off. After that I had the tyre failure -- from that moment the race was over.'' Schumacher, who began the race from the pit lane after spinning out in Saturday’s qualifying, expressed amazement at getting stuck behind the safety car at the start.''The safety car was a joke for sure,'' he said. ''He was trying to join in the race. In a way, I'm disappointed not to take a certain number of points. But we came here to China and it's a great moment for us as a team, for Ferrari, to put our name in the book.
Storm history
Tropical Depression Eleven formed from a tropical wave 70 miles (110 km) east-southeast of Guadeloupe in the evening of September 13, and was upgraded to Tropical Storm Jeanne the next day. It passed south of the U.S. Virgin Islands on September 15 and made landfall near Yabucoa, Puerto Rico later the same day. After crossing Puerto Rico it reached hurricane strength on September 16 near the eastern tip of the Dominican Republic on the island of Hispaniola, but fell back to tropical storm strength later that day as it moved inland across the Dominican Republic. Jeanne continued to move slowly over the Dominican Republic on September 17 before finally leaving the island late that afternoon. By that time, Jeanne had declined one more level, to tropical depression strength.
On September 18, while the system was being tracked near Great Inagua and Haiti, a new center formed well to the north-east and the previous circulation dissipated. The new center strengthened again, becoming a hurricane on September 20. Jeanne continued to meander for several days before beginning a steady westward motion toward the Bahamas and Florida.
Jeanne continued strengthening as it headed west, passing over Great Abaco in the Bahamas on the morning of September 25. Shortly after, it reached Category 3 strength. It maintained this intensity as it passed Grand Bahama during the remainder of the day. At 11:50 pm EDT September 25 (0450 UTC September 26), Jeanne made landfall on Hutchinson Island, just east of Stuart, Florida, at Category 3 strength. This is only a few miles (or km) from where Hurricane Frances struck Florida three weeks earlier.
Jeanne is the first major (category 3 or higher) storm to make landfall on the east coast north of Palm Beach, Florida and south of the Georgia–South Carolina border since at least 1899.
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Current status
Forecast track of Hurricane Jeanne as of Sept. 26, 2004 at 5 pm EDT
At 8 pm EDT on September 26 (2400 UTC), the center of Jeanne was located 10 miles (16 km) south of Bronson, Florida, and 30 miles (48 km) southwest of Gainesville, Florida, and was moving northwest near 13 mph (21 km/h). Jeanne has weakened to a tropical storm with sustained winds of 55 mph (90 km/h).
Jeanne is expected to continue northwest along the Gulf coast of Florida, then to turn north over the Florida Panhandle towards Georgia. As it weakens to a tropical depression over land, Jeanne's track is expected to curve to the northeast, bringing it over the Carolinas and southeastern Virginia before heading back out to sea.
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Current watches and warnings
Tropical storm warnings are in effect for:
the west coast of Florida from Englewood to Destin
the east coast from St. Augustine to the Savannah River
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Preparations
The weary citizens of Florida are on the move again:
Mandatory evacuations began on Saturday Sept. 25 for vulnerable areas in Brevard, Broward, Duval, Flagler, Hardee, Hendry, Indian River, Marion, Martin, Miami-Dade, Okeechobee, Palm Beach, Pasco, St. Johns, St. Lucie, Sarasota, Seminole, Union and Volusia counties. However, news reports suggested that millions of Floridians had ignored the evacuation notices and stayed put.
Voluntary evacuations apply to Alachua, DeSoto, Highlands, Osceola, Pinellas, Polk and Putnam counties
On Friday September 24 the Kennedy Space Center closed to non-essential personnel. It was still undergoing repairs to damage caused by Charley and Frances.
Yom Kippur began at sundown on September 24 and lasted until sundown on September 25; residents in the affected areas were asked to alert any Jewish neighbors who would be avoiding the use of electrical equipment (eg radios) during the solemn observation.
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Impact
Most of the 4 million inhabitants of Puerto Rico were left without power, and 600,000 without running water. Landslides caused a large amount of damage to the exotic vegetation in the Caribbean National Forest. Seven people were reported killed.
During its slow progress over the northern Dominican Republic, the storm damaged many homes in the town of Samaná. At least 18 deaths were attributed to Jeanne in this country.
Heavy rains totaling about 13 inches (33 cm) in the northern mountains of Haiti caused severe flooding and mudslides in the Artibonite region of the country, causing particular damage in the coastal city of Gonaïves, where it affected about 80,000 of the city's 100,000 residents. As of September 26, at least 1,650 people are confirmed dead. [1] (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6004150/) Many of the dead remain unburied and relief workers have begun burying bodies in mass graves in an attempt to avoid the spread of disease. Relief workers expect the total number of dead to rise even further, as hundreds of people remain missing; some bodies may have washed out to sea and may never be recovered. The flooding occured well after the center of the storm had left Haiti, and outside the areas covered by storm warnings. [2] (http://ap.tbo.com/ap/breaking/MGBWZ9I3KZD.html)
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External links
NHC's public advisory on Hurricane Jeanne (http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/text/refresh/MIATCPAT1+shtml/) - official forecasts.
State of Florida hurricane situation (http://www.myflorida.com/myflorida/hurricane/public_advisories.html)
Hurricane Jeanne Pictures (http://hurricane-jeanne-pictures.blogspot.com/)
Hurricane information (http://a.www.orlandoweather.com/hurricanes/index.html)
Watch Hurricane Jeanne's Path (http://html.wesh.com/sh/idi/weather/hurricanes/hurricanetracker.html)
Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Jeanne"
Tropical Depression Eleven formed from a tropical wave 70 miles (110 km) east-southeast of Guadeloupe in the evening of September 13, and was upgraded to Tropical Storm Jeanne the next day. It passed south of the U.S. Virgin Islands on September 15 and made landfall near Yabucoa, Puerto Rico later the same day. After crossing Puerto Rico it reached hurricane strength on September 16 near the eastern tip of the Dominican Republic on the island of Hispaniola, but fell back to tropical storm strength later that day as it moved inland across the Dominican Republic. Jeanne continued to move slowly over the Dominican Republic on September 17 before finally leaving the island late that afternoon. By that time, Jeanne had declined one more level, to tropical depression strength.
On September 18, while the system was being tracked near Great Inagua and Haiti, a new center formed well to the north-east and the previous circulation dissipated. The new center strengthened again, becoming a hurricane on September 20. Jeanne continued to meander for several days before beginning a steady westward motion toward the Bahamas and Florida.
Jeanne continued strengthening as it headed west, passing over Great Abaco in the Bahamas on the morning of September 25. Shortly after, it reached Category 3 strength. It maintained this intensity as it passed Grand Bahama during the remainder of the day. At 11:50 pm EDT September 25 (0450 UTC September 26), Jeanne made landfall on Hutchinson Island, just east of Stuart, Florida, at Category 3 strength. This is only a few miles (or km) from where Hurricane Frances struck Florida three weeks earlier.
Jeanne is the first major (category 3 or higher) storm to make landfall on the east coast north of Palm Beach, Florida and south of the Georgia–South Carolina border since at least 1899.
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Current status
Forecast track of Hurricane Jeanne as of Sept. 26, 2004 at 5 pm EDT
At 8 pm EDT on September 26 (2400 UTC), the center of Jeanne was located 10 miles (16 km) south of Bronson, Florida, and 30 miles (48 km) southwest of Gainesville, Florida, and was moving northwest near 13 mph (21 km/h). Jeanne has weakened to a tropical storm with sustained winds of 55 mph (90 km/h).
Jeanne is expected to continue northwest along the Gulf coast of Florida, then to turn north over the Florida Panhandle towards Georgia. As it weakens to a tropical depression over land, Jeanne's track is expected to curve to the northeast, bringing it over the Carolinas and southeastern Virginia before heading back out to sea.
[edit]
Current watches and warnings
Tropical storm warnings are in effect for:
the west coast of Florida from Englewood to Destin
the east coast from St. Augustine to the Savannah River
[edit]
Preparations
The weary citizens of Florida are on the move again:
Mandatory evacuations began on Saturday Sept. 25 for vulnerable areas in Brevard, Broward, Duval, Flagler, Hardee, Hendry, Indian River, Marion, Martin, Miami-Dade, Okeechobee, Palm Beach, Pasco, St. Johns, St. Lucie, Sarasota, Seminole, Union and Volusia counties. However, news reports suggested that millions of Floridians had ignored the evacuation notices and stayed put.
Voluntary evacuations apply to Alachua, DeSoto, Highlands, Osceola, Pinellas, Polk and Putnam counties
On Friday September 24 the Kennedy Space Center closed to non-essential personnel. It was still undergoing repairs to damage caused by Charley and Frances.
Yom Kippur began at sundown on September 24 and lasted until sundown on September 25; residents in the affected areas were asked to alert any Jewish neighbors who would be avoiding the use of electrical equipment (eg radios) during the solemn observation.
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Impact
Most of the 4 million inhabitants of Puerto Rico were left without power, and 600,000 without running water. Landslides caused a large amount of damage to the exotic vegetation in the Caribbean National Forest. Seven people were reported killed.
During its slow progress over the northern Dominican Republic, the storm damaged many homes in the town of Samaná. At least 18 deaths were attributed to Jeanne in this country.
Heavy rains totaling about 13 inches (33 cm) in the northern mountains of Haiti caused severe flooding and mudslides in the Artibonite region of the country, causing particular damage in the coastal city of Gonaïves, where it affected about 80,000 of the city's 100,000 residents. As of September 26, at least 1,650 people are confirmed dead. [1] (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6004150/) Many of the dead remain unburied and relief workers have begun burying bodies in mass graves in an attempt to avoid the spread of disease. Relief workers expect the total number of dead to rise even further, as hundreds of people remain missing; some bodies may have washed out to sea and may never be recovered. The flooding occured well after the center of the storm had left Haiti, and outside the areas covered by storm warnings. [2] (http://ap.tbo.com/ap/breaking/MGBWZ9I3KZD.html)
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External links
NHC's public advisory on Hurricane Jeanne (http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/text/refresh/MIATCPAT1+shtml/) - official forecasts.
State of Florida hurricane situation (http://www.myflorida.com/myflorida/hurricane/public_advisories.html)
Hurricane Jeanne Pictures (http://hurricane-jeanne-pictures.blogspot.com/)
Hurricane information (http://a.www.orlandoweather.com/hurricanes/index.html)
Watch Hurricane Jeanne's Path (http://html.wesh.com/sh/idi/weather/hurricanes/hurricanetracker.html)
Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Jeanne"
Latest Hurricane Kills Five in Florida
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By DEBORAH HASTINGS, AP National Writer
HUTCHINSON ISLAND, Fla. - Jeanne, Florida's fourth hurricane in six weeks, piled on destruction in already ravaged areas Sunday, slicing across the state with howling wind that rocketed debris from earlier storms and torrents of rain that turned streets into rivers.
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AFP
Slideshow: Hurricanes & Tropical Storms
Hurricane Jeanne Floods, Destroys, Kills in Fla.(AP Video)
At least five people died in the storm, which was a cruel rerun for many still trying to recover from earlier hurricanes. Jeanne came ashore in the same area hit three weeks ago by Hurricane Frances and was headed for the Panhandle, where 70,000 homes and businesses remained without power because of Hurricane Ivan 10 days earlier.
The storm peeled the roofs off buildings, toppled light poles, destroyed a deserted community center in Jensen Beach and flooded some bridges from the mainland to the Atlantic coast's barrier islands. More than 1.5 million homes and businesses were without power.
"The last three weeks have been horrific," said Joe Stawara, owner of a Vero Beach mobile home park where about half the 232 trailers were damaged. "And just when we start to turn the corner, this happens."
Until Sunday, no state had suffered a four-hurricane pounding in one season since Texas in 1886. And the hurricane season still has two months to go.
Rain blew sideways in wind that reached 120 mph when the hurricane's eye hit land shortly after midnight; by 5 p.m. EDT it had weakened to a strong tropical storm, with sustained wind near 65 mph.
At least a foot of water rushed through some streets in Vero Beach, where a mattress floated through one neighborhood.
The hurricanes have prompted the largest relief effort in the Federal Emergency Management Agency (news - web sites)'s history, eclipsing responses for the 1994 earthquake in Northridge, Calif., and the 2001 terrorist attacks, director Michael Brown said.
"You're going to have some areas that have been hit once, twice and sometimes maybe three times," Brown said. "That's very frustrating, I know, for those who live in those communities."
Frances was larger, while Charley and Ivan were more powerful. But Jeanne was bad enough, once again sending the Sunshine State into a state of emergency.
Gov. Jeb Bush sought to reassure weary Floridians. "This will become a memory," he said. "This does come to an end, and when it does we can probably use the term 'normal' again."
Seawater submerged the bottom floor of condominiums on Hutchinson Island, where Josh Lumberson rode out the storm. The parking lot was under 5 feet of sand and water, and sand rose to the kitchen cabinets inside first-floor condos. The ocean, once 75 yards away, lapped at the foundation.
"It sounded like the whole building was coming down," Lumberson said. "You could hear every metal screw coming out of the walls."
As the wind subsided, the clang of metal siding could still be heard on the barrier island.
Jeanne made landfall as a Category 3 hurricane with winds of up to 120 mph just before midnight Saturday at Hutchinson Island, 35 miles north of West Palm Beach. Frances struck in almost the same spot.
Once inland, Jeanne's 400-mile diameter system trudged across the state, passing northeast of Tampa. It then headed toward the Panhandle, which was still recovering from Ivan.
Max Mayfield, director of the National Hurricane Center (news - web sites) in Miami, described the similar paths of Jeanne and Frances as perhaps unprecedented.
The toll from the latest storm extended as far north as Daytona Beach, where the famous beach was ravaged by erosion, and south to Miami, where one person was electrocuted after touching a downed power line.
Two people died when the sport utility vehicle they were driving plunged into a lake beside the Sawgrass Expressway south of Boca Raton.
In Brevard County, a man was found dead in a ditch in Palm Bay in what police called an apparent drowning. In nearby Micco, a 60-year-old man was found dead after a hurricane party at a home. He was found lying in water after the house had flooded; police said the death may be alcohol-related or the man may have drowned.
Jeanne's predecessors killed at least 70 people in Florida and caused billions of dollars in damage.
In St. Lucie County north of West Palm Beach, police rescued five families when the hurricane's eye passed over late Saturday, including a wheelchair-bound couple in their 90s whose mobile home collapsed around them, emergency operations spokeswoman Linette Trabulsy said.
In Rockledge, the Indian River overflowed its banks, lifting docks off their moorings carrying them into roads and yards.
Single-engine planes flipped over at Palm Beach International Airport. At Cape Canaveral, the third hurricane to hit NASA (news - web sites)'s spaceport in just over a month blew out more panels and left more gaping holes in the massive shuttle assembly building.
More than 3,000 National Guard troops were deployed to aid relief efforts.
But some residents acknowledged it could have been worse. Peirce Braun assessed the mess from the front yard of his bungalow.
"It's really not that bad," he said. "The worst thing in Florida is to be without the AC."
Among the areas left without power were much of Palm Beach County, population 1.1 million, and — for the second time in three weeks — all of Vero Beach.
With Jeanne dumping heavy rain, there was fear of flooding in the days to come from swollen rivers in east and central Florida, already saturated by two previous hurricanes.
In Sanford, a city near Orlando surrounded by lakes and rivers, a foot of water flowed down a scenic road that parallels Lake Monroe, and three-foot waves broke over the seawall that separates the lake from the historic downtown area.
State officials said 59,000 people, many with homes already damaged by Frances, rode out Jeanne in shelters.
At least one family will remember Jeanne fondly. An Indiantown woman gave birth at her home during the hurricane with help from 911 operators who offered instructions. The woman and her newborn son were doing well after being transferred by fire rescue personnel to a hospital.
By 5 p.m. EDT, Tropical Storm Jeanne was centered about 35 miles southeast of Cedar Key, and was moving northwest near 12 mph. It was forecast to weaken into a tropical depression sometime Monday.
Earlier, Jeanne tore across the Bahamas, leaving some neighborhoods under 6 feet of water. The storm caused flooding in Haiti that killed more than 1,500 people.
Jeanne followed Charley, which struck Aug. 13 and devastated southwest Florida; Frances, which struck Labor Day weekend; and Ivan, which ravaged the western Panhandle when it made landfall in Alabama on Sept. 16.
Before Jeanne, FEMA had received more than 600,000 requests for aid from hurricane victims in Florida and throughout the eastern United States and disbursed about $360 million, Brown said. FEMA already has delivered millions of gallons of water, bags of ice and ready-to-eat meals to storm victims.
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By DEBORAH HASTINGS, AP National Writer
HUTCHINSON ISLAND, Fla. - Jeanne, Florida's fourth hurricane in six weeks, piled on destruction in already ravaged areas Sunday, slicing across the state with howling wind that rocketed debris from earlier storms and torrents of rain that turned streets into rivers.
AP Photo
AFP
Slideshow: Hurricanes & Tropical Storms
Hurricane Jeanne Floods, Destroys, Kills in Fla.(AP Video)
At least five people died in the storm, which was a cruel rerun for many still trying to recover from earlier hurricanes. Jeanne came ashore in the same area hit three weeks ago by Hurricane Frances and was headed for the Panhandle, where 70,000 homes and businesses remained without power because of Hurricane Ivan 10 days earlier.
The storm peeled the roofs off buildings, toppled light poles, destroyed a deserted community center in Jensen Beach and flooded some bridges from the mainland to the Atlantic coast's barrier islands. More than 1.5 million homes and businesses were without power.
"The last three weeks have been horrific," said Joe Stawara, owner of a Vero Beach mobile home park where about half the 232 trailers were damaged. "And just when we start to turn the corner, this happens."
Until Sunday, no state had suffered a four-hurricane pounding in one season since Texas in 1886. And the hurricane season still has two months to go.
Rain blew sideways in wind that reached 120 mph when the hurricane's eye hit land shortly after midnight; by 5 p.m. EDT it had weakened to a strong tropical storm, with sustained wind near 65 mph.
At least a foot of water rushed through some streets in Vero Beach, where a mattress floated through one neighborhood.
The hurricanes have prompted the largest relief effort in the Federal Emergency Management Agency (news - web sites)'s history, eclipsing responses for the 1994 earthquake in Northridge, Calif., and the 2001 terrorist attacks, director Michael Brown said.
"You're going to have some areas that have been hit once, twice and sometimes maybe three times," Brown said. "That's very frustrating, I know, for those who live in those communities."
Frances was larger, while Charley and Ivan were more powerful. But Jeanne was bad enough, once again sending the Sunshine State into a state of emergency.
Gov. Jeb Bush sought to reassure weary Floridians. "This will become a memory," he said. "This does come to an end, and when it does we can probably use the term 'normal' again."
Seawater submerged the bottom floor of condominiums on Hutchinson Island, where Josh Lumberson rode out the storm. The parking lot was under 5 feet of sand and water, and sand rose to the kitchen cabinets inside first-floor condos. The ocean, once 75 yards away, lapped at the foundation.
"It sounded like the whole building was coming down," Lumberson said. "You could hear every metal screw coming out of the walls."
As the wind subsided, the clang of metal siding could still be heard on the barrier island.
Jeanne made landfall as a Category 3 hurricane with winds of up to 120 mph just before midnight Saturday at Hutchinson Island, 35 miles north of West Palm Beach. Frances struck in almost the same spot.
Once inland, Jeanne's 400-mile diameter system trudged across the state, passing northeast of Tampa. It then headed toward the Panhandle, which was still recovering from Ivan.
Max Mayfield, director of the National Hurricane Center (news - web sites) in Miami, described the similar paths of Jeanne and Frances as perhaps unprecedented.
The toll from the latest storm extended as far north as Daytona Beach, where the famous beach was ravaged by erosion, and south to Miami, where one person was electrocuted after touching a downed power line.
Two people died when the sport utility vehicle they were driving plunged into a lake beside the Sawgrass Expressway south of Boca Raton.
In Brevard County, a man was found dead in a ditch in Palm Bay in what police called an apparent drowning. In nearby Micco, a 60-year-old man was found dead after a hurricane party at a home. He was found lying in water after the house had flooded; police said the death may be alcohol-related or the man may have drowned.
Jeanne's predecessors killed at least 70 people in Florida and caused billions of dollars in damage.
In St. Lucie County north of West Palm Beach, police rescued five families when the hurricane's eye passed over late Saturday, including a wheelchair-bound couple in their 90s whose mobile home collapsed around them, emergency operations spokeswoman Linette Trabulsy said.
In Rockledge, the Indian River overflowed its banks, lifting docks off their moorings carrying them into roads and yards.
Single-engine planes flipped over at Palm Beach International Airport. At Cape Canaveral, the third hurricane to hit NASA (news - web sites)'s spaceport in just over a month blew out more panels and left more gaping holes in the massive shuttle assembly building.
More than 3,000 National Guard troops were deployed to aid relief efforts.
But some residents acknowledged it could have been worse. Peirce Braun assessed the mess from the front yard of his bungalow.
"It's really not that bad," he said. "The worst thing in Florida is to be without the AC."
Among the areas left without power were much of Palm Beach County, population 1.1 million, and — for the second time in three weeks — all of Vero Beach.
With Jeanne dumping heavy rain, there was fear of flooding in the days to come from swollen rivers in east and central Florida, already saturated by two previous hurricanes.
In Sanford, a city near Orlando surrounded by lakes and rivers, a foot of water flowed down a scenic road that parallels Lake Monroe, and three-foot waves broke over the seawall that separates the lake from the historic downtown area.
State officials said 59,000 people, many with homes already damaged by Frances, rode out Jeanne in shelters.
At least one family will remember Jeanne fondly. An Indiantown woman gave birth at her home during the hurricane with help from 911 operators who offered instructions. The woman and her newborn son were doing well after being transferred by fire rescue personnel to a hospital.
By 5 p.m. EDT, Tropical Storm Jeanne was centered about 35 miles southeast of Cedar Key, and was moving northwest near 12 mph. It was forecast to weaken into a tropical depression sometime Monday.
Earlier, Jeanne tore across the Bahamas, leaving some neighborhoods under 6 feet of water. The storm caused flooding in Haiti that killed more than 1,500 people.
Jeanne followed Charley, which struck Aug. 13 and devastated southwest Florida; Frances, which struck Labor Day weekend; and Ivan, which ravaged the western Panhandle when it made landfall in Alabama on Sept. 16.
Before Jeanne, FEMA had received more than 600,000 requests for aid from hurricane victims in Florida and throughout the eastern United States and disbursed about $360 million, Brown said. FEMA already has delivered millions of gallons of water, bags of ice and ready-to-eat meals to storm victims.
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September 15, 2004.
Dear Tom,
From the very real perspective that I have now, I sadly would feel a failure as a parent if I had not been able to amply demonstrate to my son that this organization called "Brotherhood of Ironworkers" has largely outlived its relevance as an institution. The Organized Labor and resultant rights of collective bargaining came into being at a time when the working man and woman was clearly and viscerally aware of the pains and sacrifices that had been endured to make the concept of Union representation and membership a reality. It was born of hunger and strikes and Pinkerton Guards with rifles who fired into crowds indiscriminately. It was born of children who were forced underground to dig out coal from the earth at twelve and thirteen years old, and so this organization was a first second and third loyalty to its members. What is the point of belonging to a Union when the management of the company , in our case Field Superintendents, General Forman, Forman, etc. are all steady company hands. They drive expensive cars and trucks, they live in overly leveraged homes, and if they miss one day of work or are threatened with a layoff there is virtually no way they can do anything except what the given outfit tells them to do. No Tom, I would want my son to be able to belong to an organization , whatever that grouping or association may endeavor to achieve, that has the mission statement and fundamental values in the forefront of their decision making apparatus. If he joins a "Brotherhood" it would kill me to watch him slowly turn cynical as he came to understand that there was only one thing to know in order to succeed and that was to perfectly subscribe to the lie at every given point in the equation. The moment you would deviate from the "path of least resistance" you will inevitably set in motion a suspicion that can help you only to be inevitably marginalized and portrayed as a "trouble maker", or worse. There was a time when our Brotherhood knew what it meant and what it stood for. In 2004, in Las Vegas, Nevada, there is a picture that you have witnessed with your own eyes. I pray that there is the will to fight for a more clearly defined vision of what the future should become, but I cannot begin to throw away the remaining years of a life that has been already circumscribed by years of very serious personal stress and family responsibility, so as to discover that things here in Las Vegas are exactly the way the membership want them to be. Case Closed. Your Friend for Life, Michael
Dear Tom,
From the very real perspective that I have now, I sadly would feel a failure as a parent if I had not been able to amply demonstrate to my son that this organization called "Brotherhood of Ironworkers" has largely outlived its relevance as an institution. The Organized Labor and resultant rights of collective bargaining came into being at a time when the working man and woman was clearly and viscerally aware of the pains and sacrifices that had been endured to make the concept of Union representation and membership a reality. It was born of hunger and strikes and Pinkerton Guards with rifles who fired into crowds indiscriminately. It was born of children who were forced underground to dig out coal from the earth at twelve and thirteen years old, and so this organization was a first second and third loyalty to its members. What is the point of belonging to a Union when the management of the company , in our case Field Superintendents, General Forman, Forman, etc. are all steady company hands. They drive expensive cars and trucks, they live in overly leveraged homes, and if they miss one day of work or are threatened with a layoff there is virtually no way they can do anything except what the given outfit tells them to do. No Tom, I would want my son to be able to belong to an organization , whatever that grouping or association may endeavor to achieve, that has the mission statement and fundamental values in the forefront of their decision making apparatus. If he joins a "Brotherhood" it would kill me to watch him slowly turn cynical as he came to understand that there was only one thing to know in order to succeed and that was to perfectly subscribe to the lie at every given point in the equation. The moment you would deviate from the "path of least resistance" you will inevitably set in motion a suspicion that can help you only to be inevitably marginalized and portrayed as a "trouble maker", or worse. There was a time when our Brotherhood knew what it meant and what it stood for. In 2004, in Las Vegas, Nevada, there is a picture that you have witnessed with your own eyes. I pray that there is the will to fight for a more clearly defined vision of what the future should become, but I cannot begin to throw away the remaining years of a life that has been already circumscribed by years of very serious personal stress and family responsibility, so as to discover that things here in Las Vegas are exactly the way the membership want them to be. Case Closed. Your Friend for Life, Michael
