Isaac came ashore Tuesday night and hit west of New Orleans Wednesday morning as a Category 1 Hurricane seven years to the day after Katrina inundated the city. According to reporters on the ground, the slow moving storm pushed water over at least one Louisiana levee. But according to the Army Corps of Engineers, the…
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Hurricane Isaac Barrels Toward New Orleans
A screen shot of Hurricane Isaac as it became a Category 1 hurricane in the Gulf of Mexico — Track Map by Glynn Wilson Tropical Storm Isaac became a Category 1 hurricane Tuesday morning in the Gulf of Mexico with sustained winds of up to 75 mph as its path tracked right for the mouth…
Neil Armstrong’s Death Marks the End of an Era
The Big Picture by Glynn Wilson Reading the obituaries for Neil Armstrong over the past couple of days, I’m reminded again of the month when I came kicking early into this world. If timing means anything, it was an auspicious moment in the history of science, since the Cold War era “space race” began on…
