Hurricane names remain in people's memory, proportionally to the disaster they have caused, but who exactly chooses these names and by what criteria?Even if Fiona and Earl seem very simple and common names, the whole hurricane-naming process has a rather long and far-from-simple history.Data from NOAA says that ... |
6 September 2010 05:12 GMT |
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According to a new set of investigations, it would appear that Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath caused a lot of negative and serious emotional disturbances in children living in the affected areas. The atmospheric event was one of the worst natural disasters to have ever stricken the United States, and many people... |
5 January 2010 19:01 GMT |
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Microsoft has debuted a new initiative designed to offer one-year worth of free licenses to its flagship products. The company announced that its two main cash cows, Windows Vista and the Office 2007 System, are among the products delivered via the Software License Relief Program. According to estimates from the Redm... |
28 August 2007 03:14 GMT |
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The notorious rapper 50 Cent keeps searching for the spotlight these past few days, as he's planning to launch his new album some time in the future and so, he desperately needs the publicity. So he's out making strange statements about his fellow rappers and about himself. Although recently he's made ... |
18 July 2007 08:51 GMT |
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Google Earth was the subject of a recent dispute between the parent company Google and the New Orleans authorities after the application removed pre-Katrina pictures. The search giant decided to remove numerous photos captured after the Hurricane Katrina assaulted the city, the local authorities accusing the company ... |
5 April 2007 09:56 GMT |
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Last week, an interesting matter concerning Google Earth was spreading on the Internet after numerous New Orleans residents were accusing the search giant for removing Katrina images. According to the local authorities, Google removed all the photos showing damaged areas of the city just after Hurricane Katrina assau... |
3 April 2007 03:55 GMT |
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