ISAAC Landed in SE Louisiana, Heading Toward NO
Posted by feww on August 29, 2012
Hurricane ISAAC landed in Louisiana with 80MPH winds
ISAAC has forced tens of thousands to evacuate, and is forecast to strike New Orleans. The storm triggered widespread flooding and damage in the Caribbean, claiming at least 24 lives in the Dominican Republic and Haiti.
Hurricane ISAAC landing in SE Louisiana. Image source: UW-SSEC – Animate this image
Other Global Disasters/ Significant Events
- California. Yosemite National Park has warned about 2,000 visitors who stayed in its canvas and wood cabins in Curry Village this summer that they may have been exposed to the deadly hantavirus.
- Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome has killed at least two campers who stayed at the park earlier this year.
- Two other campers have acquired the infection.
- Symptoms of hantavirus include aches, chills, dizziness and fever.
- Hantavirus is carried in the feces, saliva and urine of infected deer mice, and has no specific treatment.
- The virus has a 30% fatality rate.
- U.S. Corn and Soybean Crops. The U.S. corn and soybean conditions have both deteriorated by an additional one percent, according to the USDA’s latest Crop Progress for the week ending August 26, 2012.
- The amount of corn crops considered to be in very poor or poor conditions increased to 52 percent, an increase of 1 percent from the previous week. It was 19 percent last year.
- Soybean crops in very poor or poor conditions also increased by 1 percent to 38 percent since last week. It was 15 percent last year.
Previous Corn Progress
- U.S. Corn Condition Continues Worsening Posted August 14, 2012
- More Corn Grilled on the Cob Posted on August 7, 2012
- Half U.S. Corn in Very Poor or Poor Condition Posted July 30, 2012
- Deadly Drought Worsens Corn, Soybean, Pasture and Range Conditions Posted July 24, 2012
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