Posts Tagged ‘Flashlight’

Gustav, Hanna, Ike, and Josephine

Tuesday, September 9th, 2008

Posted by: Colin Hageney

Once again, hurricane season has everyone in the Gulf Coast on alert. As I write this posting, there are two active storms threatening our country – Hanna is taking a tour up the east coast and Ike is poking its way towards the gulf.Tropical storms in our area start out as tropical waves from the western African coast. Africa blows these deadly kisses across the Atlantic to the Caribbean Sea and North America.

There’s nothing scarier than being in the “cone of uncertainty” as the hurricane approaches our communities.Being prepared is critical and something we should all do.”

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Green is Gold

Monday, July 7th, 2008

Posted by: Colin Hageney

Everywhere you look these days, we’re being bombarded by words like:  green, eco or earth friendly, enviroconscious.  Is going green hype or here to stay?  Green is the new low-fat and this blogger thinks it’s here to stay

So what does green actually mean other than the obvious? Okay yes, it’s a color or to be more precise, it’s an additive primary color. My 4 year old would tell me it’s a mixture of yellow and blue. Green is closely related to the Old English verb growan or “to grow”. Back in the 80’s it was popular to call money “green”. Green topics are on the covers of most magazines and newspapers around the country, yet everyone struggles with the definition.

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