When a major hurricane was threatening the United States in the late 1980’s, Bob Sheets, then the director of the National Hurricane Center, received an urgent telegram from a French engineering firm. The telegram said the company would destroy the hurricane if the U.S. government would pay a substantial amount of money and then fly [...]
Archive for December, 2006
How To Destroy A Hurricane
December 14, 2006
Danger Is My Middle Name
December 11, 2006
Americans are flocking to places that offer big-city opportunities and amenities, with a lot more green space and lot less stress. So says Money Magazine in its annual report on the best places to live in the United States.
For this year’s list, the magazine editors looked for “small livable cities that had [...]
