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Local Family Homeless After Tornado Destroys White House

ISSUE 46•29 | 07.21.10 | News

WASHINGTON—"My God, just look at this," the 48-year-old government employee said as he surveyed the splintered furniture and mangled chandeliers that littered the 18-acre property. "Everything is gone. Our clothes, our family photos, the federal budget for fiscal year 2011—it's all gone." more»
Massive Earthquake Reveals Entire Island Civilization Called 'Haiti'

ISSUE 46•04 | 01.25.10 | News

PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI—Less than two weeks after converging upon the site of a devastating magnitude 7.0 earthquake, American anthropologists have confirmed the discovery of a small, poverty-stricken island nation, known to its inhabitants as "Haiti." more»
Obama To Enter Diplomatic Talks With Raging Wildfire

ISSUE 45•42 | 10.13.09 | Newsroom

White House officials are confident the President will be able to convince the wildfire to stop incinerating large swaths of land and American homes. more»
Mildfires Amble Through California

ISSUE 45•22 | 05.26.09 | News in Brief

OJAI, CA—A series of mildfires ambled casually through California this week, lazily threatening nearby homes, warming helpless wildlife, and... more»
San Francisco Historians Condemn 1906 Earthquake Deniers

ISSUE 45•10 | 03.06.09 | News

SAN FRANCISCO—Avowed earthquake denier William Pletcher believes the so-called 'violent shift in the earth's tectonic plates' is nothing more than a thinly veiled lie. more»
Hurriphoonado Cuts Swath Of Destruction Across Eastern, Western Hemispheres

ISSUE 44•52 ISSUE 44•51 | 12.18.08 | News

WASHINGTON—Leading meteorologists classified the hybrid storm as an F4 tornado, Category 5 hurricane, and Level 7 redemptive act of God. more»
Teenage Katrina Survivor Wins Yet Another Essay Contest

ISSUE 44•47 | 11.20.08 | News in Brief

WASHINGTON—At an awards ceremony held yesterday for the 2008 Profiles in Courage Essay Contest, 17-year-old Hurricane Katrina survivor... more»
Hurricane Katrina Returns To New Orleans To Apologize

ISSUE 44•40 | 09.30.08 | News

NEW ORLEANS—"Please don't run," said the hurricane, addressing residents fleeing from a press conference in the now destroyed Superdome. "I'm not here to hurt you!" more»
Californians Gather To Celebrate Annual Wildfire Tradition

ISSUE 44•34 | 08.20.08 | Newsroom

Residents took part in rituals like picking through the charred remains of their homes and feigning shock that this could happen to them. more»
Bags Filled With Sand Still Most Advanced U.S. Anti-Flood Technology

ISSUE 46•52 ISSUE 44•32 | 08.05.08 | News in Brief

WASHINGTON—Filling a large number of bags with sand and then placing them side by side next to a body of water remains the nation's most... more»
Depressed Tornado Hangs Out Alone In Corner Of State

ISSUE 44•30 | 07.28.08 | Radio News
Aftershock A Real 'Fuck You' To Earthquake Victims

ISSUE 44•23 | 06.04.08 | News in Photos
Midwestern Tornado Destroys 4 World's Largest Objects

ISSUE 44•22 | 05.29.08 | News in Brief

SAC CITY, IA—A category F4 tornado ravaged large sections of Iowa, Illinois, Minnesota and Wisconsin Sunday, killing 15 people and irreparably... more»
Reporter In Helicopter Pretty Sure Landslide Down There Somewhere

ISSUE 44•22 | 05.28.08 | Newsroom

Intrepid reporter Don Abrams surveys what might be damage from a massive landslide in the Philippines, although it's hard to tell from his altitude. more»
Jaded Seismologist Can No Longer Feel Anything Under 7.0 On Richter Scale

ISSUE 44•19 | 05.05.08 | News in Brief

SAN FRANCISCO—Numbed by 30-plus years of recording more than 700,000 major and minor earthquakes, seismologist Richard Keefer, 58, told... more»
Tennessee Helpless Against New Basement Tornadoes

ISSUE 44•09 | 02.25.08 | News

MEMPHIS—Meteorologists have measured basement winds at speeds of up to 200 mph—powerful enough to drive a box of dryer sheets six inches into solid concrete. more»
Fall Canceled After 3 Billion Seasons

ISSUE 44•27 ISSUE 43•45 | 11.07.07 | News

WASHINGTON, DC—Autumn, which had been slotted between summer and winter, will be replaced by stifling humidity, constant sunshine, and little precipitation. more»
It Only Tuesday

ISSUE 43•42 | 10.16.07 | News

WASHINGTON, DC—Tuesday's arrival stunned a nation still recovering from Monday's nightmarish slog, leaving some to wonder if the week was ever going to end. more»
Nameless Hurricane That Much More Terrifying

ISSUE 44•27 ISSUE 43•36 | 09.03.07 | News

MIAMI—Thousands have already fled the popularly dubbed "Hurricane That Shall Not Be Named," to escape its destructive winds and chilling impersonality. more»
April 16, 1912

ISSUE 43•16 | 04.16.07 | History

World's Largest Metaphor Hits Ice-Berg more»
Men, Boys Separated

ISSUE 43•15 | 04.11.07 | News in Brief

CORNING, KS—The male population of a Kansas town was effectively separated into categorically distinct groupings by displaying either... more»
Climatologists Secure Funding To Breed Glaciers In Captivity

ISSUE 44•27 ISSUE 43•13 | 03.30.07 | News in Brief

FAIRBANKS, AK—Researchers from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration received a $42 million federal grant for a... more»
FEMA Calls Rebuilding Complete As New Orleans Restored To Former Squalor

ISSUE 43•05 | 01.30.07 | News

NEW ORLEANS, LA—"Our job here is done," said FEMA Undersecretary R. David Paulison, cutting the ribbon on a newly restored pile of garbage. more»
Overjoyed Saints Fans Tear Roof Off Reopened Superdome

ISSUE 42•52 ISSUE 42•39 | 09.28.06 | Sports News

NEW ORLEANS—Over 70,000 elated New Orleans Saints fans celebrated the first professional football game to take place in the newly renovated Superdome since Hurricane Katrina Monday night by joyously rushing from their seats onto the field,... more»
Massive Tag Body Spray Slick Spreading From Jersey Shore

ISSUE 42•38 | 09.20.06 | News

TOMS RIVER, NJ—Environmentalists fear that the noxious spill could offset Mid-Atlantic breeding patterns for years to come. more»
Report: Majority Of Americans Unprepared For Apocalypse

ISSUE 42•37 | 09.13.06 | News

WASHINGTON, DC—Eighty-seven percent of Americans are "ill-equipped" to deal with solar flares, giant comets, and an all-engulfing Armageddon borne out of God's wrath. more»
Area Man's Hurricane-Disaster Plan Begins, Ends With Jar Of Nickels

ISSUE 42•32 | 08.14.06 | Radio News
Grease Fire Rages Through Midwest

ISSUE 42•17 | 04.26.06 | News

MILWAUKEE—Baking soda supplies are diminishing as flames are leaving behind only the medium-well remains of America's greasy heartland. more»
Asteroid Crashes Earth Day Celebration, Leaving Millions Dead

ISSUE 42•16 | 04.25.06 | Radio News
Bush Knew About Katrina

ISSUE 42•09 | 03.06.06 | American Voices

In spite of his assertions to the contrary, reports say that Bush was informed of the worst-case scenario surrounding Hurricane Katrina, and was even... more»