Topic: disaster

HeraldNet: FEMA bunker in Bothell ready for disaster: "It was built to withstand a nuclear bomb. The walls are up to 18 inches thick. More than 450 tons of reinforced steel and 4,000 cubic yards of concrete protect the underground building. Today, the former Cold War fallout shelter in Bothell is used to manage the federal government's emergency response to natural disasters in the...

Early yesterday morning at about 6am, while eastbound on NE Marine Drive near 185th, a westbound car drifted over into my lane about 1/4 mile in front of me. I took my foot off the accelerator and began braking as my inner alarm bells clanged. I pondered my options, and there were only two: go onto the bike lane, which was barely wide enough for a car, and the last option if the other car...

from miami herald: Grayston L. Lynch, a hero of the anti-Castro movement for his leadership in the Bay of Pigs invasion, where fired the first shot of the battle, died at 85 on Aug. 10... In his 1998 book, Decision for Disaster: Betrayal at the Bay of Pigs, Lynch detailed his role as CIA case officer in charge of the April 16, 1961, operation. He fired the first shot of the three-day assault -...