RSSStorms and Tornadoes Rip Through Central Florida Killing 14
A horrific string of storms and tornadoes hit central Florida last night and today. 14 deaths have been attributed to the storm and hundreds of homes have been destroyed overnight.
See video from the Weather Channel.
The storm went through so many mobile homes that it “looks like a war zone; it’s been totally devastated,” said Ed Nathanson, Lady Lake’s police chief.
An official at the county’s emergency operations center said more than 500 buildings were damaged or destroyed across the county. Some people were still reported to be missing.
Up to 100 homes were damaged in Sumter County, but there were no reports of deaths. Gov. Charlie Crist declared a state of emergency for Volusia, Sumter, Lake and Seminole counties. “Our priority today is search and rescue,” Crist told reporters in Tallahassee. via MSNBC
The storms hit overnight and caused extensive damage in the dark while many were still sleeping.
Dozens of mobile homes near Lady Lake were destroyed. Chairs, beds and clothes were strewn about yards, with debris hanging from trees. Some homes were tossed from their foundations, while others had their roofs ripped off.
The storms moved across Sumter and Lake counties around 3:15 a.m., then moved to Volusia County, where more than 100 homes were damaged in New Smyrna Beach and 10 people were transported to hospitals with injuries. A county medical clinic in DeLand was severely damaged.
“The most dangerous tornado scenario is a threat for killer tornadoes at night, and that was the case,” said Dave Sharp, a National Weather Service meteorologist.
“I can say with high confidence that it’s tornado damage. It’s not straight-line wind damage,” Sharp said.
Snow in Malibu – Tin Ear Pelosi Calls For Global Warming Committee
Well, you can say this about liberals, they sure do not have a good sense of timing. The day after there is record cold on the west coast (Snow in Malibu!) and people are dying across the country from a horrific storm, Nancy Pelosi introduces her global warming committee to stop global warming.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi sought to create a special committee Thursday in an effort to jump-start long-delayed government efforts to deal with global warming and produce a bill by Independence Day.
Pelosi, D-Calif., said the committee would hold hearings and recommend legislation on how to reduce greenhouse gases, primarily carbon dioxide generated by fossil fuels, that most scientists blame for a gradual warming of the earth’s climate.
“I promise to do everything in my power to achieve energy independence … and to stop global warming,” Pelosi said. via BREITBART.COM
First, the cabal against global warming is one of the most anti US groups out there. Did you ever wonder why the same people screaming about jobs going overseas to China are the same ones expecting the United States to adhere to the Kyoto Treaty, but not the Chinese? C’mon folks, it is another “lets knock the United States down a peg” internationalist move.
Remember, when it is snowing in Malibu, global warming might be just a state of mind. Which reminds me, the phenomenon is called the Gore Effect:
The well documented phenomenon that leads to very low, unseasonal temperatures, driving rain, hail, snow or all of the above whenever Al Gore visits an area to discuss global “warming”. Hence the “Gore Effect.”
Hurricane Ernesto bears down on the Gulf of Mexico
The first hurricane of the season has arrived. Hurricane Ernesto heads toward the Gulf of 
Mexico.
KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) – Ernesto became the first hurricane of the Atlantic season Sunday with winds of 75 mph, and forecasters said it would strengthen as it headed toward the Gulf of Mexico, where it could menace a wide swath of coastline including New Orleans.
Tropical Storm Ernesto Strengthens Over Caribbean
Tropical Storm Chris Soon to be Hurricane Chris
…CENTER OF CHRIS PASSING JUST NORTH OF BARBUDA IN THE NORTHERN
LEEWARD ISLANDS…
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE ISLANDS OF
ANTIGUA…BARBUDA…ANGUILLA…ST. KITTS…NEVIS…SABA…ST.
EUSTATIUS…ST. BARTHELEMY…ST. MARTIN…AND ST. MAARTEN. A
TROPICAL STORM WARNING MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED WITHIN THE WARNING AREA WITHIN THE NEXT 12 TO 24 HOURS.
UPDATE 3-Tropical storm Chris could grow into hurricane
Caribbean – AVN Color Infrared Loop
Tropical Storm BERYL Forming off North Carolina
TROPICAL DEPRESSION VERY NEAR TROPICAL STORM STRENGTH…
A TROPICAL STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE EASTERN COAST 
OF NORTH CAROLINA FROM NORTH OF CAPE LOOKOUT NORTHWARD TO SOUTH OF CURRITUCK BEACH LIGHT.
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UPDATE (7/19/06): Beryl Gains Strength As It Heads North
Tropical Storm Beryl gained strength Wednesday as it pulled away from the North Carolina coast and headed toward New England.
The National Hurricane Center in Miami issued a tropical storm watch for southeastern Massachusetts, from Plymouth south and west to Woods Hole, including Cape Cod, Nantucket and Martha’s Vineyard.
(AP)
