After receiving the full brunt of Hurricane Maria’s winds, rain and storm surge last week, the entire island of Puerto Rico remains decimated with the vast majority of the population lacking electricity and many essential services. By some estimates, 80 percent of long-distance electrical transmission lines are damaged while nearly 100 percent of local distribution […]
A “bucket” bomb placed on a commuter train during rush hour last Friday morning, with a destructive potentially greater than that of the 2005 7/7 Underground bombs, apparently initiated, but failed to detonate. At least thirty people were injured due to the fireball that erupted in the subway car at Parsons Green. In all, six […]
Hurricane Irma took a path of destruction over several days through U.S. territories and states from the Virgin Islands through South Carolina, leaving dozens dead and untold damage behind. Local, state and federal agencies and officials are earning praise, however, in responding to the unprecedented and monstrous cyclone, even amid the scenes of disaster. With […]
n the early-morning hours of October 30, 2016, Engine 1 and Ladder 24 transmitted the 10-75 for fire on the first floor at 9 West 29th Street, a five-story loft building in the trendy neighborhood of Nomad. This quintessential Manhattan neighborhood derives its name from being North of Madison Square Park. Over the years, this […]
Hurricane Irma, tied for second as the strongest cyclone to ever form in the Atlantic Ocean, has already ravaged islands in the Caribbean Sea as it bears down on southern Florida, including the highly-vulnerable Keys. Some islands in the Caribbean, such as Burbuda, Anguilla and Saint Martin, have seen massive devastation from the storm, mostly […]
It was reported Wednesday that 13,000 people were rescued from flooding in Houston, and surrounding cities, by firefighters, police officers, U.S. Coast Guard personnel and other responders, as well as many Good Samaritans using their own watercraft and large vehicles, amid record flooding caused by Hurricane Harvey. Though numbers are expected to increase, more than […]
After receiving the full brunt of Hurricane Maria’s winds, rain and storm surge last week, the entire island of Puerto Rico remains decimated with the vast majority of the population lacking electricity and many essential services. By some estimates, 80 percent of long-distance electrical transmission lines are damaged while nearly 100 percent of local distribution […]
A “bucket” bomb placed on a commuter train during rush hour last Friday morning, with a destructive potentially greater than that of the 2005 7/7 Underground bombs, apparently initiated, but failed to detonate. At least thirty people were injured due to the fireball that erupted in the subway car at Parsons Green. In all, six […]
Hurricane Irma took a path of destruction over several days through U.S. territories and states from the Virgin Islands through South Carolina, leaving dozens dead and untold damage behind. Local, state and federal agencies and officials are earning praise, however, in responding to the unprecedented and monstrous cyclone, even amid the scenes of disaster. With […]
n the early-morning hours of October 30, 2016, Engine 1 and Ladder 24 transmitted the 10-75 for fire on the first floor at 9 West 29th Street, a five-story loft building in the trendy neighborhood of Nomad. This quintessential Manhattan neighborhood derives its name from being North of Madison Square Park. Over the years, this […]
Hurricane Irma, tied for second as the strongest cyclone to ever form in the Atlantic Ocean, has already ravaged islands in the Caribbean Sea as it bears down on southern Florida, including the highly-vulnerable Keys. Some islands in the Caribbean, such as Burbuda, Anguilla and Saint Martin, have seen massive devastation from the storm, mostly […]
It was reported Wednesday that 13,000 people were rescued from flooding in Houston, and surrounding cities, by firefighters, police officers, U.S. Coast Guard personnel and other responders, as well as many Good Samaritans using their own watercraft and large vehicles, amid record flooding caused by Hurricane Harvey. Though numbers are expected to increase, more than […]
