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Two Tropical Depressions Coming for the U.S.

posted by martyb on Monday August 29 2016, @06:41AM   Printer-friendly
from the maybe-they-need-a-'shrink' dept.

takyon writes:

USA Today reports that Tropical Depression Eight is moving towards the east coast of North Carolina, and the National Hurricane Center expects the storm to develop into Tropical Storm Hermine.

In the Gulf of Mexico, Tropical Depression Nine is projected to strengthen into a tropical storm and make landfall around central Florida. It could also bring more rain to Louisiana, which is still recovering from last week's deadly floods. On Sunday, a bus carrying relief workers headed to Baton Rouge crashed into a fire truck, killing two people and injuring dozens.

Category 3 Hurricane Gaston is projected to move further into the Atlantic Ocean and weaken.

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  • (Score: 1, Offtopic) by requerdanos on Monday August 29 2016, @11:22AM

    by requerdanos (5997) Subscriber Badge on Monday August 29 2016, @11:22AM (#394600) Journal

    a bus carrying relief workers headed to Baton Rouge crashed into a fire truck

    Specifically, a rented bus full of construction workers being driven by a Mr. Rodriguez, an illegal immigrant from Honduras who had no drivers license, crashed into a fire truck, killing two people. From TFA:

    Authorities planned to charge the bus driver, Denis Yasmir Amaya Rodriguez, 37, with two counts of negligent homicide, reckless operation and other crimes[....] Additional charges were expected.... Rodriguez, a Honduran national, was in the country illegally and was driving without a license.

    This was a terrible accident on top of an already tragic situation.

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  • (Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Monday August 29 2016, @01:12PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday August 29 2016, @01:12PM (#394642)

    Time to build that wall...

    • (Score: 1, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Monday August 29 2016, @04:19PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Monday August 29 2016, @04:19PM (#394789)

      But who will drive the construction workers to build it?

      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday August 29 2016, @08:28PM

        by Anonymous Coward on Monday August 29 2016, @08:28PM (#394917)

        Easy: They build the wall starting from the American side to Mexican side. Once they're finished, they'll be behind the wall. In Mexico. Where they belong.

  • (Score: 2) by requerdanos on Tuesday August 30 2016, @06:26PM

    by requerdanos (5997) Subscriber Badge on Tuesday August 30 2016, @06:26PM (#395388) Journal

    Bad news all around (Score:0, Offtopic)

    Offtopic? It quotes, and adds detail to, TFS, and quotes TFA, about a (peripherally) weather-related accident.

    You could wonder why that bit is in TFS, but how does that make discussion of the information in TFS/TFA offtopic?